FOOD & WINE’S “CHEFS MAKE CHANGE” COALITION BRINGS TEN SUPERSTAR CHEFS TOGETHER TO RAISE ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR CHARITY 

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New York, NY (January 10, 2012) –- Today FOOD & WINE announces the launch of “Chefs Make Change” (CMC), a coalition of ten superstar chefs. CMC aims to raise one million dollars for the chefs’ charities, an amount that represents approximately one dollar for each FOOD & WINE subscriber. “‘Chefs Make Change’ brings together ten amazing chefs in the belief that the power of ten is exponentially greater than the power of one,” says FOOD & WINE Editor in Chief Dana Cowin. Read more »

‘Boudin & Beer’ Brings Food and Festivities to the Street with Charity Bash co-hosted by Emeril Lagasse, Donald Link & Mario Batali

Abita Beer – Louisiana’s Largest Craft Brewer – Presenting Sponsor For First Annual Fete

NEW ORLEANS – September 28, 2011 – Emeril Lagasse Foundation announces the first-ever Boudin & Beer, a new outdoor charity food and music event, presented by Abita Beer and hosted by Emeril Lagasse with chefs Mario Batali and New Orleans’ own Donald Link on Friday, November 11.  Boudin & Beer will take place at The Foundry and outdoors in New Orleans’ warehouse district off Tchoupitoulas Street, with New Orleans’ favorite restaurant chefs sharing a taste of their signature creations alongside top regional chefs and culinary food stars, all in support of children’s arts and educational programs. This new nighttime food and music celebration is the latest addition to Emeril Lagasse Foundation’s hugely successful charity food and wine event Carnivale du Vin, which will take place the following night on Saturday, November 12. Tickets to Boudin & Beer start at $75 and may be purchased online at boudinandbeer.com with proceeds benefitting Emeril Lagasse Foundation. Read more »

James Beard Foundation to “Kick It Up a Notch” at Annual Chefs & Champagne® New York Fundraiser and Tasting Gala Honoring Emeril Lagasse

New York, NY – This summer the James Beard Foundation will honor chef, TV personality and multiple JBF Award-winner Emeril Lagasse at Chefs & Champagne® New York at the Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, N.Y.  This annual sumptuous tasting party and fundraiser features flowing Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte, the wines of Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Stella Artois beers, and culinary offerings from a select group of over 40 fine chefs, several from JBF Award-winning restaurants.

Chefs & Champagne
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Sagaponack, NY

VIP Experience: 4:30–10:30 P.M.
General Admission: 5:30–8:00 P.M.

RESERVATIONS

• JBF Members $200
• General Public $275
• VIP tickets: JBF members and general public $375
• VIP tables of 10: $3,500

For reservations or more information, please call (212) 627-2308 or BOOK ONLINE.

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EMERIL LAGASSE KICKS OFF ANNUAL “CARNIVALE DU VIN” CHARITY EVENT LIVE FROM NEW ORLEANS ON SIRIUS XM AT EMERIL’S RESTAURANT ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11

•    Special guests will include Mario Batali, students from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Gale Gand, Norman Van Aken, and the country’s top winemakers

NEW ORLEANS (November 10, 2010) – World-renowned chef Emeril Lagasse will kick off this year’s Carnivale du Vin—the annual charity wine auction and gala to benefit the Emeril Lagasse Foundation’s children’s education programs—by hosting a special edition of his SIRIUS XM Martha Stewart Living Radio show live from his flagship Emeril’s Restaurant in New Orleans. Read more »

With 6,027 Dishes Sold, Proceeds Will Go To Helping Build New Culinary Arts Teaching Kitchen

NEW ORLEANS (November 10, 2010) – In the first of its kind Emeril Lagasse Foundation fundraiser, guests dining at Emeril Lagasse’s restaurants in October helped raise an unprecedented $46,950 through purchasing dishes created by high school students. The money raised will go to establishing a new culinary arts program with the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and the design and construction of a new state-of-the-art commercial teaching kitchen to house the school’s culinary program. Read more »

700 Patrons to Toast Children’s Causes at Country’s “Top 10” Charity Wine Event — Tickets Sold-Out

NEW ORLEANS (October 26, 2010) – Each fall, the world’s most celebrated chefs and winemakers come together in New Orleans for a spirited weekend to toast the charitable works of Emeril Lagasse Foundation. The perennially sold-out Carnivale du Vin returns to New Orleans on November 13, 2010 with the stars of the food and wine world, including chefs Mario Batali, Gale Gand, Kevin Rathbun, and Norman Van Aken, along with top winemakers pouring wines from their vineyard’s special collections. Read more »

$10 from Each Dish Sold to Help Build New Teaching Kitchen at NOCCA

$100,000 Grant from Emeril Lagasse Foundation to Complete Culinary Arts Center

NEW ORLEANS (September 10, 2010) – Emeril Lagasse Foundation invited aspiring young culinary students at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) to create an original dish inspired by the traditions of Louisiana’s Creole cuisine. Chef Emeril Lagasse and a panel of New Orleans chefs and restaurateurs will select the winning dish from three finalists based on taste, presentation, creativity, use of fresh, seasonal ingredients and representation of Louisiana’s cuisine.

Emeril Lagasse Foundation also announced today a $100,000 grant to fund the final stages in the development of a four-year culinary arts program at NOCCA. Emeril Lagasse Foundation is the founding partner in the effort to establish a four-year culinary arts program for high school students and has granted over $500,000 to develop curriculum for the program. The school is expected to admit its first students to the culinary arts program in spring 2011. Read more »

Louisiana’s First Lady Supriya Jindal to Distribute School Supplies in Boothville and Violet

BATON ROUGE (August 10, 2010) – Today, First Lady Supriya Jindal will distribute school supplies to students whose families have been impacted by the oil spill and deepwater drilling moratorium in coastal Louisiana. She will visit Boothville-Venice Elementary in Boothville at 11 AM. The First Lady will also visit W. Smith Elementary in Violet at 12:30 PM.
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Emeril Lagasse Foundation Joins Fight to End Hunger in Las Vegas with Funding for Three Square Food Bank “Kids Cafe®”

LAS VEGAS (November 17, 2009) – At the Emeril Lagasse Foundation’s fifth anniversary “Carnivale du Vin,” a crowd of 700 guests gathered for an evening of food, wine and revelry on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at The Venetian in Las Vegas and helped raise $1.9 million for children’s causes.

Building on the Foundation’s mission to support children’s culinary arts, nutrition and education programs in communities where Emeril Lagasse has restaurants, Lagasse announced his Foundation’s partnership with Three Square food bank and a grant to establish Kids Cafe® – a program of Feeding America – in three Las Vegas area pilot schools, to provide nutritious afterschool meals to more than 500 students.  In addition to serving meals, the program will teach students healthy eating skills so they can make smart choices about food. Read more »

Fifth Annual Gala & Wine Auction Unites 40 of the Country’s Top Chefs & Vintners – Proceeds to Benefit Children’s Charities in Las Vegas and the Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (June 18, 2009) – The special fifth anniversary Carnivale du Vin gala and wine auction benefiting the Emeril Lagasse Foundation will bring together over 40 prestigious names in the culinary and wine worlds on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas. As a result of this event, which continuously ranks among the “Top Ten U.S. Charity Wine Auctions” in Wine Spectator magazine, the foundation has granted over $3 million to charities on the Gulf Coast since the inaugural gala held in Las Vegas in October 2005. Read more »