HSN Kicks It Up a Notch with Chef Emeril and His Signature Cookware Line
(St. Petersburg, FL - June 11, 2007) - World-renowned Chef Emeril Lagasse brings his line of professional cookware and gourmet kitchen tools to HSN. On July 1, Lagasse will be featured on the multichannel retailer, kicking off the network’s 30th birthday celebration.Known for his fresh adaptations of classic Creole cuisine and his fun, approachable style of cooking, Lagasse partnered with the finest culinary manufacturers to develop “Emerilware” - a professional line of cookware, appliances, cutlery and kitchen accessories.
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Tournament of Roses will “kick it up a notch” in 2008 with a Grand Marshal known for good food, good times and good funPASADENA, CA. (June 8, 2007) – The Tournament of Roses revealed today that Chef Emeril Lagasse will be the Grand Marshal for the 2008 Tournament of Roses. Themed Passport to the World’s Celebrations, the 2008 Rose Parade will pay tribute to festivities from around the globe.As Grand Marshal, Emeril Lagasse will ride in the 119th Rose Parade in front of a worldwide television audience, and toss the coin before the 94th Rose Bowl Game on January 1, 2008. Read more »

GULFPORT — Island View Casino kicked it up a notch Monday, opening the second phase of its resort and reminding the crowd there is more to come with an appearance by chef Emeril Lagasse.
“We’ve got something special to show you,” owner Rick Carter said as he unveiled the expansion that nearly triples the size of Gulfport’s only casino.

The addition that opened Monday adds 50,000 square feet of gambling space, and more than 1,000 slots and 32 new table games. The casino has hired an additional 600 workers. Read more »

Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse says he’s more concerned than ever about Gulf Coast children and hopes the more than $500,000 in grants he’s committing for culinary education and summer camp programs will help to enrich lives tattered since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.”These kids are the future. They’re the future of New Orleans,” said Lagasse, after announcing the grants at one of his two New Orleans restaurants. Read more »

Nominees for the 34th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards were announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences live on CBS News’ “The Early Show” and Emeril has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of “Outstanding Lifestyle Host” for Essence of Emeril. The 34th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards will be broadcast live on Friday, June 15, 2007 (9:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

OUTSTANDING LIFESTYLE HOSTCREATIVE JUICE * HGTVCATHIE FILIAN, CO-HOSTSTEVE PIACENZA, CO-HOSTESSENCE OF EMERIL * FOODEMERIL LAGASSE, HOSTTHE MARTHA STEWART SHOW * SYNMARTHA STEWART, HOSTPAULA’S HOME COOKING * FOODPAULA DEEN, HOST

No New Orleanian has as high a profile in the outside world as Chef Emeril. He’s so well liked around America that his series of fundraisers for the city in the months right after the hurricane generated millions, dwarfing the numbers from any comparable private source.
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Wednesday, October 4, 2006

By JOYCE SÁENZ HARRIS / The Dallas Morning News

Emeril Lagasse is a busy man. He’s got nine restaurants to oversee. He’s got shows to do on the Food Network. He’s got cookware and other kitchen goodies to flack.

But he’s not too busy to give some thought to what his kids, and yours, should be eating.

“Whenever people say, ‘My kids don’t eat anything but chicken nuggets,’ I cringe,” Emeril says bluntly in a recent telephone interview. “I know we’re all busy, but we have to take the time to be a family at the table.”
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NEW YORK, For Immediate Release – It will be rocket science for Chef Emeril Lagasse when his recipes are served to the astronauts on the International Space Station on August 10, 2006. Lagasse is the first celebrity chef to have meals developed for NASA astronauts and the first person to have those recipes served in space. On August 10, from approximately 1:30pm to 1:50pm ET/PT, Emeril will speak live via satellite with the astronauts while they feast on the fruit of his culinary labors.
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Emeril Lagasse is hoping to bring the centuries-old cooking vessel into more American kitchens

Tagines have been used for centuries in Morocco, but Food Network chef Emeril Lagasse is hoping to bring them into more American kitchens.

Recognizing the growing popularity of ethnic cuisine in this country, Lagasse has designed a modern version of a tagine for his Emerilware collection made by All-Clad Metalcrafters.
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Emeril Lagasse was inducted May 20 into the MenuMasters Hall of Fame, a program run by the food service industry magazine Nation’s Restaurant News to honor leaders in restaurant and food development. In its nomination, the magazine credits Lagasse with ushering in the era of the celebrity chef.
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