Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

November 20, 1996

CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Published on November 20, 1996



Exhibit 23.2



Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the reference to our firm in the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 for the registration of 1,500,000 shares of common stock of Papa John's
International, Inc., which incorporates by reference a previously filed
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 33-67472), pertaining to the Papa
John's International, Inc. 1993 Stock Ownership Plan (collectively referred to
as the Form S-8) and to the incorporation by reference in the Form S-8 of our
report dated February 27, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Papa John's International, Inc. and subsidiaries incorporated by
reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1995, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



Ernst & Young LLP



Louisville, Kentucky
November 14, 1996