Emeril John Lagasse (born October 15, 1959, Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.) 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.

Talking briefly about Emeril and Justin Wilson the other day brought back to mind the pioneer of television cooking as entertainment, Graham Kerr (pronounced “care”) who billed himself as The Galloping Gourmet.Bounding onto the tv scene in 1969, Kerr began a daily half-hour shows for the CBC in Canada. That’s right, every day.

On December 11 the Food Network will pull the plug on "Emeril Live!" one of its longest-running cooking shows, and will be going off air.Both the Food Network and the New Orleans power cook say their relationship hasn't soured. Emeril remains firmly in position at the helm of his other show, "The Essence of Emeril." Check Out Full Story!!

T.V. cooking show "Emeril Live" ends

Food Networks golden boy is done with his show "Emeril Live" which has coined such sayings as, "BAM!" and "kick it up a notch".

Emeril Lagasse, bless his heart, made cooking okay for men. I don’t mean professional cooks and chefs; I mean he made cooking okay for the guy next door. Because it’s okay for men to cook, it’s okay for men’s magazines to include recipes. They’re mostly manly recipes, like laying down a thick juicy porterhouse on the grill...