He had his first professional kitchen jobs in the Northeast, but by the age of 23 he was the executive ... Emeril Cooked A Classic Leek And Potato Soup With Julia Child On Emeril Live As Lagasse grew ...

He has an eponymous restaurant, a test kitchen for cookbook and recipe development ... and starred on the Cooking Channel's Emeril Live for 10 seasons. GQ magazine named him Chef of the Year ...

Related: Emeril and E.J. Lagasse Will Serve You a Mountain of the World's Best Butter “While E.J.'s focus is heading up the kitchen at our flagship restaurant [Emeril's] down the street ...

What is this well-kept secret? It’s a Chef Experience Dinner at the Emeril Lagasse Foundation Innovation Kitchen at Arc Broward, where the disabled learn life skills at little or no cost.