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NEW YORK - Food Network is kicking Emeril Lagasse down a notch.
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The celebrity chef's "Emeril Live," which has been on the air for 10 years, will cease production Dec. 11, Food Network publicist Carrie Welch told The Associated Press.
"However, Emeril is under contract with Food Network," Welch said Tuesday. "We love him, we support him and look forward to a long partnership with him."
Welch wouldn't comment on Lagasse's contract.
Asked why the show was canceled, she told the AP: "The only reason would be that it hit a ton of television milestones and, you know, all good things come to an end."
The Food Network will continue producing Lagasse's "The Essence of Emeril," and he will take part in "specials and other development opportunities in the future," Welch said.
The network will also air reruns of "Emeril Live."
"I am deeply appreciative to all the unbelievable staff--many who have been with the show since the beginning--and all the loyal viewers, and the many talented guests who have appeared on the show through the years," Lagasse, 48, said in a statement provided by Welch. "Cause I don't know where you get your staff, but where I get mine, they don't come seasoned! BAM! BAM! Oh yeah! Let's kick it up a notch! Add a little bacon fat--BAM!!"
Emeril then went on a ten-minute string of stupid catch phrases, and we stopped paying attention to him. When the vynsane.com news staff told Food Network this, the official response was, "Yeah. Everyone quits paying attention to him when he gets on his little tirades. That's the real reason we're axing him. Well, that and to air a special called 'Giada deLaurentis Just Shows Her Cleavage and Doesn't Even Pretend to Cook.'"
There is no word if his cancellation is due to his recently popping the cherry of overrated Food Network darling, Rachael Ray, who only responded in a similar string of catch phrases when questioned.
