Didn't Emeril and other chefs come in there to open up shop?
A lot of chefs have opened up shop there. Either directly controlling the restaurant, or, as Mdot mentioned, signing a licensing agreement.
Morimoto, Art Smith, Wolfgang Puck, Jose Andres are a few that come to mind.
Todd English has a restaurant called Blue Zoo he opened at the Swan and Dolphin resort on Disney property. I can confirm he actually shows up as one of my best friends was one of the head chefs there and worked with him on multiple occasions.
Cool story. Iron Chef Cat Cora used to have a greek place on Disney's Boardwalk. I was staying out there with my wife and daughter one weekend. We decide to take a late night dip in the pool and hot tub. There are other people there with their kids. I get to talking with one the guys and it turns out my daughter is playing with Cats kids. He mentions she's on her way over. Sure enough she shows up. We had a few drinks with her and shot the breeze about cooking, etc. She looked good in a bikini.
So I called my friend the head chef because surely he'd love to hear I hung out with Cat. He doesn't seem surprised. Apparently she used to party after hours with some of the other foodies at Blue Zoo. To the point she was doing shots and dancing on the bar topless.