Emeril Lagasse Foundation

For the fifth consecutive year, we’re proud to sponsor Summer Art Camp at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. This program is a unique interactive arts experience for kids ages 6 to 14. Each day, the children enjoy lessons in theatre, cooking, music, visual arts, dance, film and photography — with professional New Orleans artists serving as instructors.

Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools is a non-profit that helps public middle-school students identify and work torwards a better schoolday environment. They have issued 12 recommendations to improve school food, and Emeril Lagasse Foundation has awarded them grant funding since 2007. See photos and learn more about Rethink.

Today is the closing day of the online auction package to attend Carnivale du Vin, which is Emeril Lagasse Foundation’s annual fundraiser featuring the top names in food and wine. This package of 4 tickets benefits Larry King’s Disaster in the Gulf auction at charitybuzz.com .

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Emeril Lagasse Foundation just announced $375,000 in grants for educational and summer programs in the New Orleans area. The programs supported include New Orleans Center for Creative Arts’ (NOCCA) culinary arts summer session, a new commissary meals program at Liberty’s Kitchen that will bring fresh, nutritious lunches to hungry local school students this fall, and a new social and job skills training project at Café Hope. Our contributions to children’s organizations now exceed $3.6 million!

This week, 16 local high school students began a summer session focused on the culinary arts at NOCCA. The program pairs Louisiana high school students with culinary faculty from Johnson & Wales University for a two week intensive program including lectures, hands-on cooking techniques, nutrition and culinary career exploration. Now in its fourth year, the summer session is part of the development leading up to the launch of a full four-year program in culinary arts at NOCCA in partnership with the Emeril Lagasse Foundation.

On Friday March 26th, Emeril will host a special anniversary reception to mark the grand opening of his namesake restaurant on March 26, 1990 – and the start of his restaurant company. In honor of this milestone, Emeril Lagasse Foundation will provide a $20,000 grant for a culinary arts summer education program at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) – Louisiana’s arts conservatory. The two-week intensive session is a pilot program in a partnership between Emeril’s foundation and Johnson & Wales University for a four-year culinary arts curriculum for high school students.