Emeril Lagasse Major Accomplishments

Emeril John Lagasse was born in the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts on October 15, 1959. In Emeril’s home his Portuguese mother, Hilda Lagasse, was a homemaker who enjoyed her cooking. Emeril’s earliest cooking experience was helping his mother add vegetables to a soup when he was seven years old. Emeril always wanted to be in charge of the kitchen and his mother would always teach him how to cook the different foods she would do. Emeril and his mother would spend most of the time cooking together and she would always instruct him so that he knew exactly what he was doing so then later on he would just help her. Emeril was able to choose his career path because of the experience he had with his mom in the kitchen that taught him how
Emeril Lagasse’s top accomplishments are that he is the chef of 13 restaurants which he has 3 in New Orleans, 4 in Las Vegas, 2 in Orlando, 3 at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Pennsylvania and his most recent is in Charlotte, North Carolina. Emeril Lagasse has hosted over 2,000 shows on Food Network. Emeril is the best-selling author of 17 cookbooks and the host of Emeril’s Florida, Fresh Food Fast and The Originals with Emeril. One of Emeril’s important accomplishments was in 2002 which he made the Emeril Lagasse Foundation in order to help children’s educational programs that help inspire young people through the culinary arts, and important life skills. It has given over $5.5 million dollars to children’s causes in Las Vegas, on the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans. His restaurants have won top ratings and great admiration from the public. Emeril's Restaurant won Restaurant of the Year by John Mariani in Esquire magazine in 1990 and received the Wine Spectator "Grand Award" in 1991. In 1991 as well, Lagasse was named Best Southeast Regional Chef by the James Beard Foundation which is a foundation that promotes the culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals and cookbook authors at