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Emeril Lagasse

BAM! That's Emeril! Emeril Lagasse came to television and shook things up. Suddenly chefs could have personality, be exciting and make delicous food. His bold and fun personna solidified his cooking show and the experience you had watching a show.

He's that guy down the street who can cook. He makes everything from homemade comfort foods, to exotic and interesting cuisine.

"Emeril Lagasse" is now a household word with a show, restaurants, cookbooks, cookware and more.

Emeril is the guy everyone likes!

He includes music, stories from growing up and all different things in his show, and mostly includes people to taste his dishes as he completes them. They are the hot, lucky seats!

His official site is here.

Emeril Live will be stopping production Dec 11, 2007 :\

More Emeril Lagasse

Emeril Lagasse has 9 restaurants. He has places in Atlanta, New Orleans, Miami, Las Vegas and Orlando.

You can find his site restaurant information here.

You can learn more about his foundation Emeril.org here.

The Emeril Lagasse Foundation helps create programs to support and encourage educational opportunities near the Emeril restaurant communities for children.

Emeril Lagasse at a Glance

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Emeril John Lagasse' (born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. A regional James Beard Award winner, he is perhaps most notable for his Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril as well as catchphrases such as ?Kick it up a notch!? and ?BAM!? He is a 1978 graduate of Johnson & Wales University's College of Culinary Arts. The "Emeril Empire" of media, products and restaurants generates an estimated USD$150 million annually in revenue.

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