The award-winning celebrity chef/owner reveals how he invented a cooking catchphrase. The Eater Upsell - Emeril on growing an empire, listening to your staff, and how food TV evolved into what it is today ►►►► https://soundcloud.com/eaterupsell/emerillagasse Emeril Lagasse is the James Beard Award-winning chef/owner behind 12 restaurants across the country, including the 25-year-old Emeril’s in New Orleans and Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House in Las Vegas. Lagasse has authored 18 cookbooks during his career, and he has starred in numerous TV shows, including The Essence of Emeril, which premiered in 1997. Lagasse is currently the host of Emeril’s Florida on the Cooking Channel. His new book, Essential Emeril, hit stands on October 6. Emeril Lagasse's Secrets to Career Longevity ►►►► http://goo.gl/vIqgE9 Emeril Lagasse Looks Back on the Restaurant That Started It All ►►►► http://goo.gl/u7uctf -------------------------- Eater is the one-stop-shop for food and restaurant obsessives across the country. With features, explainers, animations, recipes, and more — it's the most indulgent food content around. So get hungry. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel now!: http://goo.gl/hGwtF0 Check out more on Eater: http://www.eater.com/ Eater on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eater Like Eater on Facebook: http://goo.gl/TA4Usd Like Eater LA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eaterla?_rdr=p View our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/plZhhc Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/I7tTMO Follow on Pinterest: http://goo.gl/Gyr7XL More at Eater Los Angeles: http://la.eater.com/ More at Eater New York: http://ny.eater.com/ More at Eater Chicago: http://chicago.eater.com/ Our Video Crew: https://www.eater.com/pages/masthead-video