Emeril Lagasse

Introspective, earnest Emeril traveling around the world with chef friends is the best Emeril.

Anyone with a television spent the '90s enthralled by the larger-than-life essence of chef Emeril Lagasse. On today's episode, we sit down with him to talk cooking for Julia Child (yes, he was nervous) and who he'd rather binge-watch: Ina Garten or Guy Fieri.

If chef Emeril could take back the word "Bam!", would he? We talked to America's most lovable chef to find out.