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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...