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Chef Emeril Lagasse Invites Local High School Students To Dream Up Next Emeril’s Original Dish
| Posted on September 03, 2010 |
Chef Emeril Lagasse Invites Local High School Students To Dream Up Next Emeril’s Original Dish
Proceeds from Each Dish Sold to Benefit Construction of New Culinary Arts Center at NOCCA
NEW ORLEANS (September 2, 2010) – On March 26, 1990, Emeril Lagasse served the first dish at his namesake New Orleans restaurant – barbecue shrimp with rosemary biscuits. Two decades later, Lagasse invites aspiring young culinary students at NOCCA – New Orleans Center for Creative Arts – to create an original dish inspired by the traditions of Louisiana’s Creole cuisine.
The winning dish will be served at Emeril’s restaurants* across the country October 1–31. For each dish sold, Emeril Lagasse Foundation will make a donation to NOCCA for the construction of a new culinary arts teaching kitchen – the final stage in the development of a formal four-year culinary arts program at the arts high school.
Student graduates from NOCCA’s summer culinary arts session submitted entries for the recipe competition. Lagasse and his culinary team will review entries and select three finalists based on the criteria of taste, presentation, creativity, use of fresh, seasonal ingredients and representation of Louisiana’s cuisine.