Emeril Lagasse is an Emmy-winning television personality, the chef and proprietor of several restaurants, a cookbook author, and a philanthropist. He is a James Beard Award winner, known for his mastery of Creole and Cajun cuisine which inspired the development of his "New, New Orleans" style.

Chef Emeril is most notable for having appeared on a wide variety of cooking TV shows, including the long-running and highly rated Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril, and most recently, Amazon’s original series Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse.