Amazon Original Series Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse Premieres Exclusively on Prime Video on September 2
June 16 2016 - 01:00PM
The docuseries follows world-famous Lagasse as
his award-winning friends and colleagues José Andrés, Mario Batali,
Danny Bowien, Marcus Samuelsson, Aarón Sánchez and Nancy Silverton
introduce him to the history, techniques and cooking traditions of
their favorite locales across the globe
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced Eat the World with Emeril
Lagasse, an Amazon Original Series, will premiere on Prime Video on
September 2 in the U.S. The series follows the ever-popular Emeril
Lagasse (Emeril Live, Top Chef) and some of the world’s most
celebrated chefs—Mario Batali (The Chew), José Andrés (Made in
Spain), Nancy Silverton (Hell’s Kitchen), Marcus Samuelsson
(Chopped), Aarón Sánchez (Chopped) and Danny Bowien—as they each
join Emeril to embark on a global culinary journey to their
favorite destinations. The six-episode season will premiere
exclusively for Prime members via the Amazon Video app for TVs,
connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online at
Amazon.com/originals. For a list of all Amazon Video compatible
devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.
“This has been an incredible opportunity to
travel the world and explore unbelievable destinations with some of
my dearest friends and colleagues,” said Chef Emeril Lagasse. “I
have learned so much on this journey and it’s been extremely
inspiring to discover cultures and people through food.”
“Eat the World is more than just a travel or
cooking show, it’s a heartwarming look at Emeril and his
relationship with his friends, as he learns about new foods and
cultures,” said Conrad Riggs, Head of Unscripted, Amazon Studios.
“Prime members will get an inside look at incredible destinations
and unbelievable cuisine with one of the world’s most respected
chefs.”
Each 30-minute episode of Eat the World takes
viewers on a new adventure to a different country with Lagasse and
one of his master chef friends. Throughout these exciting trips,
Prime members will get to share these once-in-a-lifetime
experiences along with their two intrepid guides. This season
Emeril visits:
- China with Mario Batali—Emeril and his
longtime friend Batali, the founder of restaurants including Babbo
and Eataly, start off their journey with ravioli in New York City,
and then head to China in search of the best soup dumpling in
Shanghai
- Spain with José Andrés—Emeril arrives in his
good friend and modernist chef Andrés’ hometown, Oviedo, to explore
the roots of Modernist cuisine. Together they visit Ferran Adrià’s
never before filmed and famed ElBulli Lab in Barcelona, in which
Adrià is decoding the secrets of food.
- Italy with Nancy Silverton—Silverton, founder
of LA’s Pizzeria Mozza and La Brea Bakery, brings Emeril to her
second home to seek out what she thinks is the world’s best pizza,
courtesy of Franco Pepe
- Sweden with Marcus Samuelsson—Samuelsson, who
at 24 became the youngest chef ever to receive a three star
restaurant review from The New York Times, brings Emeril to Sweden
to experience New Nordic Cuisine, which incorporates new flavors
into traditional Swedish food
- Cuba with Aarón Sánchez—Emeril and Sánchez,
Chef-Partner of Johnny Sánchez restaurants and co-star of the Food
Network series Chopped, head to Cuba to meet with leaders of the
modern Cuban culinary world at the moment the country is on the
brink of epicurean and economic change
- South Korea with Danny Bowien—Bowien, winner
of the James Beard Award in 2013, has credited Emeril as a de facto
mentor for years, and relishes the opportunity to travel with him
to Korea to meet Jeong Kwan, a Zen Buddhist nun who’s been called
“the Philosopher Chef” by The New York Times
Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse is produced
and created by Ugly Brother Studios (House of Food, Startup U, Life
or Debt), and executive produced by Tim and Mike Duffy, Emeril
Lagasse and four-time Emmy winner Bill Pruitt (The Amazing Race,
Deadliest Catch).
About Emeril LagasseChef Emeril
Lagasse is the chef/proprietor of 12 restaurants in New Orleans,
Las Vegas, Orlando and Bethlehem, PA. As a national TV personality,
he has hosted more than 2,000 shows on the Food Network, and is the
food correspondent for ABC's "Good Morning America." Lagasse has
appeared as a guest judge in four seasons of Bravo’s hit food
series, “Top Chef,” was named a co-host for the tenth season of the
“Rachael Ray Show,” and in January 2016, he entered his fourth
season of “Emeril’s Florida” on the Cooking Channel. Lagasse is the
best-selling author of 19 cookbooks, the latest, Essential Emeril:
Favorite Recipes and Hard-Won Wisdom from My Life in the Kitchen,
was released in October 2015. In 2002, Emeril established the
Emeril Lagasse Foundation to support children's educational
programs that inspire and mentor young people through the culinary
arts, nutrition, healthy eating, and important life skills. To
date, the Foundation has donated more than $7 million to community
organizations in New Orleans, Las Vegas and on the Gulf Coast. In
December 2015, Sequential Brands Group, Inc. acquired the assets
related to Emeril Lagasse’s media and merchandising business,
including television programming, cookbooks, the Emerils.com
website and his licensed kitchen and food products. For more
information, visit: http://www.emerils.com.
About Sequential Brands Group,
Inc. Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQBG) owns,
promotes, markets, and licenses a portfolio of consumer brands in
the lifestyle, fashion, active, and home categories, which includes
the Emeril Lagasse media and merchandising properties. Sequential
seeks to ensure that its brands continue to thrive and grow by
employing strong brand management, design and marketing teams.
Sequential has licensed and intends to license its brands in a
variety of consumer categories to retailers, wholesalers and
distributors in the United States and around the world. For more
information, please visit Sequential's website
at: www.sequentialbrandsgroup.com. To inquire about licensing
opportunities, please email: newbusiness@sbg-ny.com.
Media Contacts:
Sequential Brands Group, Inc.
Jaime Cassavechia, 212-518-4771 x108
jcassavechia@sbg-ny.com
Emeril Lagasse
Carrie DeVries, 504-949-3999 x209
pr@emerillagasse.com
Amazon.com, Inc.
Media Hotline: 206-266-7180
www.amazon.com/pr
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