Form: S-8

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

September 3, 1999

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Published on September 3, 1999



Exhibit 23.2


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 pertaining to the 1999 Team Member Stock Ownership Plan of Papa
John's International, Inc. of our report dated February 26, 1999, with respect
to the consolidated financial statements of Papa John's International, Inc. and
subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
December 27, 1998, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.





Ernst & Young LLP



Louisville, Kentucky
August 6, 1999