Press
March 8, 2023
Yahoo Life
Chef E.J. Lagasse Shares the Advice his Dad Gave Him
“I’m still developing my own style, but at Emeril’s [Restaurant] I’m working hard to meld those big flavors from my father’s food that everyone loves with more luxurious technique and presentation,” says E.J. “I want to pay homage to the way my father transformed American cooking while pushing the envelope gastronomically, too.”
March 7, 2023
Garden & Gun
Meet E.J. Lagasse, the Nineteen-Year-Old New Chef at World-Famous Emeril’s
By the time E.J. Lagasse was born, his father, Emeril Lagasse, had been a celebrity chef for more than a decade. But little E.J., quite logically, assumed dad’s fame sprang from providing the voice for a cartoon alligator in the 2009 Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. “That’s why I thought he was always getting his picture taken,” he says.
February 20, 2023
CBS Mornings
Chef EJ Lagasse on How His Father Inspired His Career
Award-winning chef Emeril Lagasse became a national figure as a host of several popular cooking shows. But in New Orleans, he’s known for his flagship restaurant “Emeril’s.” It’s been an institution in the city for more than 30 years. His restaurant has undergone some big changes thanks to the new young chef at its helm — E.J. Lagasse.
January 17, 2023
Eater New Orleans
Best Restaurant Wine Lists in New Orleans
Winner of Wine Spectator’s “Grand Award” for 20 consecutive years, Emeril’s boasts a fabulous cellar of nearly 2,650 selections and 16,000 bottles collected by sommelier Johnny Slamon. In the Salon, guests can experience a rotating list of specially curated wines by the glass. Celebrate in grand style with private dining for 12 in the restaurant’s wine cellar, with its wine cask ceiling and walls of spectacular wine.
December 27, 2022
Esquire
Chef Emeril Lagasse is Finally Ready to Kick it Down a Notch
He was the most famous chef in the world. And then, after being spurned by the network he helped create, he wasn’t. But the King of Bam! is done being angry and ready to get philosophical.
November 25, 2022
The New Orleans Advocate
Ian McNulty: Emeril’s goes even more upscale. See what it’s like to dine here now
Always high-end, and boundary-pushing in its first heyday for its namesake chef’s “new New Orleans cooking,” Emeril’s today feels like a new restaurant in some ways.
November 25, 2022
The New Orleans Advocate
At Emeril’s Restaurant, a father’s legacy, a son’s ambition, a New Orleans icon’s next act
From a table at Emeril’s Restaurant, diners can catch glimpses of the cavernous, gleaming kitchen at work. It’s a choreography of cooks in formal whites moving between steel tables, roaring stoves and racks of hanging pots as plates make their way through a progression of specialized stations.
November 29, 2022
Entrepreneur Restaurant Influences
Bam! Emeril Lagasse on Kicking Your Content Up A Notch
From restaurants to media, Emeril Lagasse has had a remarkable career. Through it all the famed chef and humanitarian has been able to grow his business empire by prioritizing people. Listen to learn about making memorable moments with hospitality, putting relationships first, and creating content with purpose.
November 17, 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast
Emeril Cooks Celebrates NOLA Dining
World-renowned Chef and Restauranteur Emeril Lagasse discusses his new Roku show Emeril Cooks.
November 2022
La Liste 2023
The World’s Best Restaurant Selection: Emeril’s New Orleans
The 2023 awards recognize chefs, restaurants, and regions who are making waves in the industry through excellent cooking, innovation, sustainability, authenticity, and more.
November 23, 2022
Eater Las Vegas
Where to Drink Wine in Las Vegas Right Now
Try one of these 18 restaurants and wine lounges to get your wine fix in Las Vegas.
May 16, 2018
Yelp Official Blog
Pour Over What New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Has In Store This Year
You can find a list of the participating wineries here, and below you can whet your appetite with a glowing list of the highly-rated restaurants that’ll be at various NOWFE events. (ENO)
September 6, 2018
CNN Travel
Emeril Lagasse’s New Orleans must-dos
Call him “Mr. Bam,” the “Elvis of TV chefs” or simply Emeril, this forerunner of “New New Orleans” cuisine has a name that precedes him.
September 4, 2018
CNN Travel
Four chefs, one extraordinary city
Four chefs — Leah Chase, Emeril Lagasse, Donald Link and Nina Compton — sat down for an intimate CNN family meal to talk about their unique journeys, both to restaurant kitchens and to the extraordinary city of New Orleans.
August 24, 2018
Buzzfeed
9 Chefs Share Their Go-To Dinners They Cook For Their Kids
Bolognese, stir-fry, and linguine with clams — Emeril Lagasse, chef and TV personality
August 28, 2018
The Guardian
Gravity-defying dessert, $195 mac’n’cheese and Beyoncé’s guacamole: the tastiest food TV
Eat the World With Emeril Lagasse Amazon
August 8, 2018
Wine Spectator
Star Chef Challenge: Pairing with Emeril Lagasse and José Andrés
Chef José Andrés and Wine Spectator’s Thomas Matthews battle to select the best wine for chef Emeril Lagasse’s twist on a Reuben.
June 15, 2018
USA Today Eat Sip Trip
Where to eat in New Orleans, according to Emeril Lagasse
Chef Emeril Lagasse is known worldwide for his innovative dishes, award-winning restaurants and overall exuberance.
June 1, 2018
Garden & Gun (also featured in Talk of the South newsletter on 6/5)
What Ella Brennan Meant to Me
“She was the grande dame of our business, not just in New Orleans but America.”
June 1, 2018
Eater
Chefs Pay Tribute to NOLA Restaurant Legend Ella Brennan
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