Emeril Lagasse

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Biography

Emeril Lagasse is an American chef based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Emeril John Lagasse, III was born on 15 October 1959 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA is the son of Hilda (Medeiros) from Portugal and Emeril John Lagassé, Jr. from Quebec, Canada. He has stated that he "grew up very Catholic".

As a teenager he worked in a Portuguese bakery where he discovered his talent for cooking and subsequently enrolled in a culinary arts program at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School.

His talents as a percussionist earned him a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music, but in hopes of becoming a chef, he chose instead to attend Johnson & Wales University in 1978. Many years later, the school awarded him an honorary doctorate.

In 1979 he became executive chef at the Dunfey's Hyannis Resort. H

In 1982 he became executive chef of Commander's Palace in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and led the kitchen there for 7.5 years before leaving to open his own restaurant.

In 1983 he was nominated as Chef of the Year.

In 1990 he opened "Emeril's" in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and it was designated "Restaurant of the Year" in Esquire magazine that year and has been a recipient of the Wine Spectator Grand Award since 1999.

In August 2006 he contributed several recipes to the meal selection aboard the International Space Station, as part of a general NASA effort to improve the quality of the food supply for astronauts. His cuisine in particular was selected in the hopes that the spicier fare would offset the reported tendency of microgravity to deaden flavors.

His restaurant company, "The Emeril Group", is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and houses restaurant operations, a culinary test kitchen for cookbook and recipe development, and a boutique store for his signature products. As of 2023 his company owns 5 restaurants.

Emeril Lagasse has been married three times ...

- m: 1978 to (private, still living) with 2 children; divorced: 1986

- m: 1989 (private, still living) with no children; divorced: 1996

- m: 2000 (private, still living) with 2 children.

Sources

• Wikidata: Item Q339838, en:Wikipedia for Emeril Lagasse (American chef)