See what Emeril Lagasse enjoyed in Orlando.
Updated Feb. 28, 2025
If touring Orlando with a celebrity chef is your dream, then BAM!, you're in luck! A new season of Emeril's Florida with celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse has kicked off on the Cooking Channel and Food Network in the U.S., featuring all-new dining in Orlando. In the premiere episode, Emeril takes his tastes buds for a thrill ride with some of the top chefs in the theme park capital of the world.
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Eat Like Emeril
Emeril's Florida, featuring food and dining around the state of Florida, regularly showcases the thriving dining scene. And Visit Orlando has a behind-the-scenes taste of this new show.
At Walt Disney World® Resort, Iron Chef Morimoto shows Emeril how he's "kicking it up a notch" with his new Morimoto Asia restaurant at Disney Springs®. They sample some creations including Morimoto's own brand of beer.
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In search of Southern comfort food, Emeril meets up with 4 Rivers Smokehouse owner John Rivers. Emeril learns about the explosion of 4 Rivers barbecue across Florida and then serves up some fine Southern dining to a few lucky guests. 4 Rivers has locations in East Orlando, Kissimmee, Longwood, SODO, Winter Garden and Winter Park, as well as the 4 Rivers Cantina Barbacoa Food Truck at Disney Springs.
Emeril learns a new twist on farm fresh at one of Orlando's resort hotels, JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes, where Chef Melissa Kelly, a leader in the farm-to-table movement, has created a small farm on the property to grow ingredients for her MICHELIN Recommended restaurant, Primo.
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Orlando will also be featured in several other episodes throughout the season, including a rustic Italian restaurant in Winter Park, the MICHELIN Recommended Prato, with Chef Brandon McGlamery.
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