Form: S-8

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

March 31, 1998

CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG

Published on March 31, 1998



Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the reference to our firm in the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 pertaining to the 401(k) Plan of Papa John's International, Inc. and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 27, 1998, 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 year ended December 28, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


Louisville, Kentucky
March 26, 1998