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Emeril Lagasse
American chef
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- Born:
- October 15, 1959, Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. (age 65)
Emeril Lagasse (born October 15, 1959, Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American celebrity chef, author, and television personality who by the early 21st century was one of the most recognizable chefs in the United States, known as much for his cooking as for his energetic personality and catchphrases. As a child, Lagasse was fascinated with food. By age seven he was begging his mother to teach him how to make vegetable soup. He made several attempts before he got the soup right, and he declared that even in those first lessons, his mother taught him to cook with passion ...(100 of 410 words)