According to The New York Times, no one is more surprised than the chef himself, whose team just discovered archived footage of Emeril Live!and Essence of Emerilis charming an entirely new generation of cooks and viewers online, particularly on X (formerly Twitter).
“I continue just to keep scratching my head,” Lagasse said about his viral status.
I’m trending on the internet? pic.twitter.com/dDU2uda0Kz
— Emeril Lagasse (@Emeril) July 24, 2026Over the video, Lagasse wrote, “POV: You find out you’re trending on the internet.”
Lagasse is from the small town of Fall River in Massachusetts. But his chef’s career really got started in the early '80s when he moved to New Orleans and led the kitchen of the legendary Commander’s Palace, succeeding chef Paul Prudhomme. Eight years later, he opened his namesake restaurant, Emeril’s, on the city's historic Tchoupitoulas Street.
The popularity of Emeril Live!is difficult to overstate. A massive cultural phenomenon, the series turned its spice-loving host into America’s first rock star chef. Touted as a cooking variety show,Emeril Live! had guest stars, a live jazz band, an electric studio audience, and record-breaking cable television ratings that saw its host “taking it up a notch” for a whole decade.
In one of the viral posts the Times points out, Lagasse grates some potatoes while polling the audience on their love of starch, to which “a delirious audience delivers a resounding yes.” That post currently has 3.4 million views.
After noticing Lagasse’s clips in his YouTube feed, the nostalgia took over, so he shared the sentiment with his followers on X under the account @nachoeveryday.
This shit is electric t.co/WCNKbysw0D pic.twitter.com/aSb8vWj8ia
— nacho (@nachoeveryday) July 21, 2026Comments on all the Emeril-maxxing posts range from calling him an American treasure to bragging about being one of the lucky audience members.
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