Since Food Network gave him the boot in 2007, Emeril Lagasse has been in about a dozen shows as either the star or a guest. Not all were successes, but he wants to be remembered first and foremost as a restaurateur. This is the untold truth of Emeril Lagasse.

When Lagasse was just 10 years old, Carreiro’s Bakery hired him for $1 an hour to wash pans, according to CNN. Two years later, the bakers taught him how to bake bread, and at Carreiro’s, his passion for cooking was kindled. But Lagasse wasn’t sure if he wanted to become a chef because he also loved music just as much. He was a percussion major and played drums with a local band, performing several nights a week throughout the school year.

As his high-school graduation got closer, the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music offered Lagasse a full scholarship. But cooking inevitably won out over music, and he turned it down. His mother was upset about his decision, but his father encouraged him to go do what he loved, saying,

“If you think this is a way you can get a ticket out of here, then you go for it.”

Lagasse enrolled in the culinary program at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, and paid his tuition by working at a local Italian restaurant, where he met his first wife. He graduated in 1978 – and set out to France to hone his skills.

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