Emeril Lagasse
Chef Emeril Lagasse is the chef/proprietor of 12 restaurants including three in New Orleans (Emeril’s, NOLA and Emeril’s Delmonico); four in Las Vegas (Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House, Delmonico Steakhouse, Table 10 and Lagasse’s Stadium); two in Orlando (Emeril’s Orlando and Tchoup Chop); one in Miami (Emeril’s Miami Beach), and two at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Pennsylvania (Emeril’s Chop House and Burgers And More by Emeril).
Lagasse is a national TV personality, and has hosted over 1500 shows on the Food Network, and is the food correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America. This summer he will launch his latest program, Fresh Food Fast on The Cooking Channel. He is also the host of Emeril Green, an original series exploring fresh and seasonal ingredients, which airs on Discovery’s Planet Green as well as The Emeril Lagasse Show which airs on Ion Television. His shows Essence of Emeril and Emeril Live can be seen on Food Network.
In addition to his television presence, Emeril has a live, call-in radio program, Cooking with Emeril, which airs twice weekly exclusively on Martha Stewart Living Radio on SIRIUS XM.
Lagasse is the best-selling author of 15 cookbooks including Emeril’s New New Orleans Cooking which introduced his creative take on Creole cuisine. His latest book, Farm to Fork: Cooking Local, Cooking Fresh is scheduled was released on June 1.
In 2002, Emeril established the Emeril Lagasse Foundation to support children’s educational programs that inspire and mentor young people through the culinary arts, nutrition, healthy eating, and important life skills. As of 2009, the Foundation has given over $3.2 million to children’s causes in New Orleans, Las Vegas and on the Gulf Coast.
Lagasse's restaurant company, Emeril's Homebase, is located in New Orleans and houses culinary operations, a test kitchen for recipe development, and a boutique store for his signature products.
Emeril Lagasse joined the Martha Stewart family of brands in 2008; Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) acquired the assets related to Emeril’s media and merchandising business, including television programming, cookbooks, and emerils.com website and his licensed kitchen and food products.
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