Emeril and Elmo's Healthy Start was a special episode of the Food Network show Emeril Live, featuring Elmo and Emeril Lagasse, that aired November 4, 2005. Aired as part of the Food Network's second annual "Cook With Your Kids Week", the special was produced in conjunction with Sesame Workshop's Healthy Habits for Life program. Television Food Network, normally referred to as Food Network, is a New York-based cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food and its preparation. ... Emeril Live is a program on Food Network hosted by Emeril Lagasse. ... Jump to: navigation, search Emeril Lagasse Emeril Lagasse (born October 15, 1959 in Fall River, Massachusetts) is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and writer. ... Healthy Habits for Life is a series of segments and storylines in childrens television series Sesame Street. ...

According to the Sesame Workshop website: "Chef Emeril teaches Elmo a number of valuable lessons about developing healthy eating habits, including that the best way to eat is to "eat your colors", even though all of Elmo's favorite foods are red! Together, Emeril and Elmo create a menu full of colorful and delicious fruits and vegetables, foods that children should eat every day! Breakfast is a Yummy Wake Up Smoothie, followed by a Power Packed Spinach Salad and Pasta Primavera (this dish has all the colors in it!), Lean Mean Turkey Meat Loaf, and for dessert Very Red Strawberry Shortcake." Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Childrens Television Workshop (or CTW), is a non-profit organization behind the production of several educational childrens programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world (including PBS in the United States), as well as Noggin. ...

Roscoe Orman, who plays Gordon Robinson on Sesame Street, appears in the audience.