Indulge your senses with gift cards to award-winning chef John Besh's restaurants. Experience a melding of German and French Old World cooking in an authentic brasserie setting at Lüke, contemporary French fine dining at the beautiful August Restaurant, and traditional steak house cuisine with a New Orleans twist at Besh Steak.

$150 gift certificate to August. $100 gift certificate to Luke. $150 gift certificate to Besh Steak.

Acclaimed chef John Besh grew up in Southern Louisiana, learning at an early age the essentials of Louisiana's rich culinary traditions. Besh has set the benchmark for fine dining in New Orleans- with the four successful restaurants-Restaurant August, Besh Steak, Lüke and La Provence. Besh's appreciation for local ingredients and local cuisine has only increased since Hurricane Katrina as he considers these essential to the survival of the people and cultural heritage of New Orleans.

Enjoy dinner for two at any of Emeril's Restaurants, valued at $150.

The flavor of Emeril's restaurants is what Chef Emeril Lagasse calls "new" New Orleans cuisine. It has all the history and richness of Creole cuisine with the addition of progressive cultural and seasonal influences. Experience dishes such as New Orleans barbecued shrimp with a petite rosemary biscuit, roasted sweet potatoes and a green chili mole sauce, and smoked wild and exotic mushrooms in a home cured tasso cream sauce over angel hair pasta, garnished with fresh grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese.