I was today years old when I found out Chef Elzar is based on a real person, Chef Emeril Lagasse
I was barely watching the Drew Barrimore show, live, and they had this old chef dude talking about one of his first ‘viral’ tv moments. My neck almost snapped when I heard ‘BAM’, and sure enough, it’s chef Emeril Lagasse talking about his moment on television when he said ‘BAM’ while adding a spice to a dish, in order to wake up his tv crew because everyone was tired from shooting 7 days a week or something. He goes on to start cooking a dish with Drew, and I swear to god this man says ‘you can buy them frozen, but to do it right, you gotta get yourself fresh shrimp’ and my mind nearly exploded. Maybe the best character reference in existence.