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About Emeril Lagasse

Emeril Lagasse is the chef/proprietor of 13 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 Emeril's Tchoup Chop), three at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Pennsylvania (Emeril's Italian Table, Emeril's Chop House, and Burgers and More by Emeril), and one in Charlotte, North Carolina (e2 emeril's eatery).

As a national TV personality, Lagasse is the food correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America and has hosted more than 2,000 shows on The Food Network. Lagasse joined the judges' table on season 11 of Top Chef: New Orleans part of Bravo's hit food series, Top Chef, and premiered the second season of his show, Emeril's Florida, in January 2014 on The Cooking Channel. Most recently, Lagasse joined TNT as co-host for its revolutionary new reality cooking series, On the Menu.

Lagasse is the best-selling author of 18 cookbooks, including Emeril's New New Orleans Cooking, which introduced his creative take on Creole cuisine. His latest cookbook, Emeril's Cooking with Power, was released October 2013.

In 2002, Lagasse 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. To date, the foundation has distributed $5.7 million in grants benefitting children's charities in New Orleans, Las Vegas, and on the Gulf Coast. In 2013, Lagasse was named the Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation for his dedicated efforts to further the culinary arts in America, as well as his philanthropic work supporting children's educational programs through his foundation.

Emeril Lagasse joined the Martha Stewart family of brands in 2008. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia acquired the assets related to Emeril's media and merchandising business, including television programming, cookbooks, Emerils.com website, and his licensed kitchen and food products.

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.

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