Chef Jacques Pépin Awarded Lifetime Achievement Emmy

Chef Jacques Pépin will be recognized for his contributions to the world of televised cooking instruction with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 46th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, it was announced this week. The host of myriad public television series—including Jacques Pépin’s Cooking Techniques, Today’s Gourmet, and Fast Food My Way—and cofounder of MET’s Certificate in the Culinary Arts and MLA in Gastronomy programs, is being bestowed the award for “uniquely shaping the culinary [television] genre which has grown to become one of the mainstays of our medium,” according to National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences President Adam Sharp.