He has appeared on a wide variety of cooking TV shows, including the long-running Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril. On those shows he pioneered several catchphrases he is associated with, including "Kick it up a notch!" and "Bam!" Lagasse\'s portfolio of media, products, and restaurants generates an estimated US$150 million annually in revenue.\n', '

Emeril John Lagasse III was born on October 15, 1959, in Fall River, Massachusetts to a French-Canadian from Quebec[citation needed] father, Emeril John Lagassé, Jr. and Portuguese mother, Hilda Medeiros (December 8, 1931–August 24, 2016). Lagasse worked in a Portuguese bakery as a teenager where he discovered his talent for cooking and subsequently enrolled in a culinary arts program at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. \n', '

His talents as a percussionist earned him a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music, but he chose instead to attend Johnson & Wales University in hopes of becoming a chef. He attended Johnson & Wales in 1978. Many years later, the school awarded him an honorary doctorate.\n', '

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