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 1993 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option 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