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Chef Emeril Lagasse is a national TV personality. Lagasse joined the Food Network in 1993 and has hosted over 1600 shows on the network which reaches more than 85 million homes daily. He is the host of the "Essence of Emeril" and "Emeril Live" which is now in syndication. The former has been nominated for numerous Emmy Awards, and was voted by Time magazine as one of the "Top 10 TV Shows" in 1996. The latter has won a Cable Ace Award for "Best Informational Series." Chef Emeril is also the food correspondent for ABC's "Good Morning America". In July 2008, he will host "Emeril Green", a new series exploring fresh and seasonal ingredients on Discovery Communications' Planet Green - an eco-lifestyle network.

Lagasse is the best-selling author of twelve cookbooks including Emeril's New New Orleans Cooking which introduced his creative take on Creole cuisine, and Emeril's There's a Chef in My World, a children's cookbook. As of 2005, 4.2 million copies of Lagasse's books have been sold.

In September 2002, Emeril established the Emeril Lagasse Foundation to support and encourage programs creating developmental and educational opportunities for children. Each fall, the Foundation hosts its annual Carnivale du Vin, a premiere wine and food event to benefit the children of the New Orleans region. In November 2007, Lagasse announced funding for the future Emeril Lagasse Culinary Learning Center which will be located at Café Reconcile in New Orleans.

Lagasse's corporate office, Emeril's Homebase, is located in New Orleans and houses restaurant operations, a culinary test kitchen for cookbook and recipe development, the emerils.com website, and a boutique store for his signature products.

Emeril Lagasse joined the Martha Stewart family of brands in April 2008, when Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia acquired the assets related to Lagasse's media and merchandising business, including television programming, cookbooks, emerils.com website and his licensed kitchen and food products.