Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Lagasse
Emeril John Lagasse is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. He is a regional James Beard Award winner, known for his mastery of Creole and Cajun cuisine and his self-developed "New New Orleans" style. However, he is perhaps most notable for having appeared on a wide variety of cooking TV shows, including the long-running Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril. On those shows he pioneered several catchphrases he is associated with, including "Kick...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth15 October 1959
CityFall River, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?
I've never really had a problem with people.
The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing their own challenges. It's back to cooking. And it's real cooking.
Everyone needs a mentor.
I've been very fortunate, because I've cooked for a lot of actors and actresses and musicians. I've cooked for presidents and I've been to the White House...
Cooking is so popular today because it's the perfect mix of food and fun.
If you think big, then it's going to be big.
Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.
I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them.
Food is very representative of a city's culture. In order to really get to know a place and the people, you've got to eat the food.
If you don't follow your dream, who will?
If kids can learn how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, they will never go hungry. It's pretty easy to cook pasta, but a good sauce is way more useful.
I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels.
Anything made with love, bam! -it's a beautiful meal.