One last bam?
Mediabistro's Fishbowl NY says that Emeril Lagasse will not be returning to the Food Network after contract negotiations between him and Scripps Howard went nowhere.
Emeril will tape his last show on December 11.
So readers....are you going to miss him? I can't say I will. I really couldn't watch his show, with the bams and the live band and audience.
Update: Looks like Emeril isn't leaving the network altogether, just ending Emeril Live. He'll continue with Essence of Emeril and other projects.
1-27-2008 @9:32PM Thomas C Wilson said... Emeril is the Food Network....I have enjoyed every one of his shows and learned a lot from him...he is an honest hard working showman and tops as far as a chef....the others on the network...Rachael, Paula, Bobby are all pretty much fakes and phonies...I have dined at his restruants and it is the finest I have ever had...I think it is a big mistake to let him go...his comments and music is his style and makes the show entertaining...I will miss him greatly but I am sure he will be great at whatever he does...he is tops in my book.
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1-30-2008 @10:45PM TDK said... Emeril will be missed by me!! Not only is he a great chef, he is fun to watch. He is also a very caring man. He has raised lots of money for New Orleans, to help rebuild after Katrina. He has cooked for our troops, and he was there for the fireman and police after 9/11. He gives a lot of himself. So to read what some of you have said about him turns my stomach. It just goes to show some people are only happy if they can complain and put others down. OMG people laugh and applaud when he says gahlic, or when he comments on smell-o-vision, or his food would make the bumper of a car taste good... well by all means take him out and shoot him!! Grow up people, if you dont like him dont watch him, but dont put him down and talk about him like he is the devils personal chef.
Emeril will be missed
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2-12-2008 @12:04AM Nancy Yurick said... I really hate to say this, BUT, Rachael Ray's show is unbelieveable! Her food ALL looks alike, and very, very unappetizing to say the least. It all looks like dog food and every recipe is kind of the same. How this dear girl made it is beyond me; however, God Bless her. She is definitely not a chef, as she has proclaimed. She is RIGHT. How does this happen. Don't people get sick of STUP, EVOO, S&P, please! And.............she is on the air more than anyone on Food Network!! I don't get it. Give me Ina Garten, Giada, Taylor Florence. Your network needs, desperately, new blood. It's really getting bad. It needs talent. Thank you.
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2-12-2008 @9:28PM Bill said... I wish he would have left the network altogether. There's too many "look at me" "not my cooking" personalities on the Food Network. I like to cook and I get irritated when I have to constantly ignore certain cook's oddball expressions like, "evoo" and "bam"! My opinion is that if they were good, serious cooks they wouldn't need all that "I'm so cute" hype...just good recipes and good skills I can learn from.
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2-21-2008 @12:38PM Zenzele said... I will miss Emeril Live! Emeril is a showman *and* a REAL chef, unlike that faker Flay. (will SOMEBODY please cancel "Throwdown"? That's the most arrogant show premise, especially when it features someone who's incompetent...) I like the idea of Emeril's house band - it's a welcome breather from the usual cooking show focused on the money shot of the chef tasting the food and telling us how good it alledgedly is (what, you think they'll tell you if it's bad?). Guess I'll have to rely on Alton Brown for my FN food show fix on weeknights...he's the only good chef left, despite the goofy histrionics. Martha, if FN can't/won't do it, please bring back Emeril Live on another network!
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11-26-2007 @3:16PM linnstewart said... Not one bit!!!!!
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11-26-2007 @3:23PM Amy said... Aw man. The only show of his I could stand was Emeril Live. He's so bland by himself — I really felt he truly fed off of the energy of the live band and audience.
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11-26-2007 @3:30PM Big John said... Emril Live was where he lived. He made that network. It's sad to see him go but honestly, the network has moved on from his "brand". It's been around for years now. It would be nice to see him go like an aging pitcher in baseball, taking a pay cut to do some minor work as he ages gracefully, phasing out. Too bad.
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11-26-2007 @3:41PM Claudia said... That's 1/2 the Food TV schedule - curious how they will attempt to fill the void he leaves!!!
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11-26-2007 @3:50PM Barbara Thomason said... Emeril Lagasee was the reason I started watching the Food Network. He's a master chef, but I understand and can follow his recipes easily. There's a few other shows I enjoy on the network, like Iron Chef, but they could take half of them off and renegotiate with Emeril and come out a lot better in the ratings. Personally, I always wondered why Bobby Flay is called an Iron Chef - he can't hold a candle for Emeril to run by.
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11-26-2007 @3:59PM Punisher2K said... I was forced to stop watching after the 100th time I heard about my knob, something not coming seasoned or the next notch. At least on Essence he is watchable because he doesn't have to do it live, he reads a teleprompter.
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11-26-2007 @4:02PM Julie said... It's sad but it's time the novelty has worn out and "BAM and Kick It Up a Notch" are like an annoying skipping record. He's done great things for FoodTV and I am sure he will continue to do great things elsewhere.
http://www.noshtalgia.blogspot.com/
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11-26-2007 @4:25PM Noriece said... emeril is a great chef i liked watching him on tv and for his bam & turn it up a notch i liked that too. But he was doing to many fish shows and i like a variety of things to cook and also he ranks up there with rachel ray, paula dean and maybe a few others but is greatest of them all.
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11-26-2007 @4:28PM Brandon said... I have a hard time watching any of the Emeril shows... he is just grating, especially when everyone is supposed to care when he happens to add a little garlic or pepper to something... come on people, if it's so amazing to everyone that you put herbs and spices in your food to make it taste good, then I guess maybe you should continue to eat you Kraft Mac n Cheese and McDonald's. I enjoy Bobby Flay occasionally, and I have seem most of Alton Brown's "Good Eats" but I suppose that's because I really don't want to watch somebody make something on TV, I want to know why it's done that way so I can change it up myself. I think the Food Network is making a good move by taking Emeril Live off of the air. And it wouldn't hurt my feelings to take him off of the air completely.
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11-26-2007 @4:46PM Henry said... How about they replace him with Ramsay's F Word re-runs? I'm tired of explaining who Gordon Ramsay is to people because he's so far up the dial on BBC America (and dumbed down and sensationalized on Fox)
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11-26-2007 @5:00PM K said... I admit he was a major draw for me when I first started watching the network. He made more complicated dishes seem or appear easier than I thought. He "threw things on the plate" to demonstrate it isn't all "Placed Just So" and gave me more confidence.
That said, his "schtick" got old in a BIG ASS hurry. I'm sick of "BAM" and mindless applause every time he uses the word garlic, and worst of all, his one liners that are just tired. "Too bad you don't have smell-o-vision" and the worst offender of all "I don't know about you, but where I come from, flour don't come seasoned." I think his overuse of that line alone is what makes me turn the channel every single time.
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11-26-2007 @5:06PM Aquadro said... I NEVER WATCHED THE FOOD CHANNEL UNTIL EMERIL LAGASSEE. HE NOT ONLY IS A CHEF BUT ALSO A SHOWMAN, HE IS FUNNY AND TALENTED. I ENJOYED THE SHOW THAT HE TOOK US INTO THE KITCHEN WHERE HIS BACK UP TEAM OF CHEFS ARE WORKING AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO HIS SHOW IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM TO SMOOTH OVER HIS GOOFS... NOW THAT IS CLASS!!
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11-26-2007 @5:11PM Ada L. Smith said... EMERIL IS THE BEST
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11-26-2007 @5:12PM Ada L. Smith said... Emeril is the best.
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11-28-2007 @8:27PM jbeever said... I'D RATHER BE WATCHING JUSTIN WILSON RE-RUNS ANYWAY.
HE IS THE ORIGINAL BAM MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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