Guy Fieri is now the highest paid chef on cable television

Fat fuck

[quote] Fat fuck

Jealous bitch.

He's my not-so-secret crush. I love Guy's Ranch Kitchen. Also a fan of Grocery Games. He is a truly nice "Guy" and has done a lot of the restaurant business during COVID and for Northern CA during the fires.

I'll take him, frosted tips and all.

damn. just goes to show some people have no taste.

R4 they just want his $$$

It's actually pretty well-deserved.

DDD is probably THE most watched cable television show.

It's extremely popular, across all demographics.

Food Network hit the jackpot with Guy Fieri.

He was literally a nobody, until he got on to the "Next Food Network Star" reality show.

i haven't watched food network in years.

Bobby Flay must be so pissed!

He actually was on the judging panel that chose Guy Fieri.

Now guy is more popular, and also making WAY more money than Bobby Flay.

No wonder Bobby has NEVER had Guy on any of his television shows.

I like Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. I love diner food and road trips, so it's perfect for me. Also, he's really respectful of the restaurant owners. These really are mom and pop, non-chain restaurants. DDD brings business to these people.

However, I think he got paid to feature Tommy's Joynt in San Francisco. I've never heard any SF resident talk about eating at Tommy's Joynt.

He's beloved.

I loved him.

It's very much well deserved.

I still remember the work he did helping out restaurant workers during the pandemic.

these shows are so fucking fake, they know the tv crew is showing up so of course they cook the best dishes, extra big servings etc...as if they really serve what they show on TV

Has anyone eaten his fatty food?

[quote] However, I think he got paid to feature Tommy's Joynt in San Francisco. I've never heard any SF resident talk about eating at Tommy's Joynt.

I agree with you, R9.

However, Guy has publicly acknowledged on his show that some of the places he visits, are based on recommendations.

I noticed on one episode that he uncomfortably mentioned visiting this one restaurant in Denver, because the guy who owns DDD's production company made the recommendation.

I think that he really does take ownership of DDD, and doesn't want to recommend a place that really sucks. Especially because his name is behind the recommendation.

[quote] these shows are so fucking fake, they know the tv crew is showing up so of course they cook the best dishes, extra big servings etc

Guy point blank asks them, "Is this a regular portion/serving, or are you just doing this for television?"

I've heard him ask the chefs this question MANY times. On air.

You just know there's a deal to give Hunter Fieri his own show tucked away in that $80 million deal.

[quote] Guy point blank asks them, "Is this a regular portion/serving, or are you just doing this for television?"

Well that settles it then. The show is real and Guy Fieri is a real guy!

Hunter has ZERO charisma, R15.

Personality definitely isn't genetic, because Hunter is a total bore.

It really does give you a contrast between Guy's HUGE personality and charisma, versus Hunter's dead energy.

R14, omg, you are so fucking naive!!! LOL

Fat cunt

he has a huge entourage

Totally agree, R17. He's as exciting as a boiled turnip. But Guy is clearly trying to make him happen.

I like him but I really don't know what his own cooking style is like - he hosts programs where other cooks/chefs compete against each other.

This guy used to manage chain restaurants. How the fuck did he arrive at this?

Guy knows how to cook, R22.

He just doesn't HAVE to do it any more. He's richer than fuck!

However, he has owned restaurants such as "Johnny Garlics" as well as generic "Guy Fieri" restaurants that serve Applebees type of food.

I remember he showcased his Las Vegas restaurant on one DDD episode, and his bartender made a bloody mary.

One of the ingredients was BARBECUE SAUCE. I was like, WTF??? Who DRINKS BBQ sauce??? It looked totally disgusting.

Right then and there, I knew I would never eat at one of his restaurants.

Even so, he owns a chain of restaurants all over the US and Mexico.

In this video, his Vegas restaurant looks completely empty! Haha.

Alton Brown must be seething with envy.

R25, the difference between Guy Fieri and Alton Brown, is likeability.

Say what you will about Guy, but he's approachable, fun, and easy to talk to. That's why people like him, and that's why his shows are so successful. He's a people person.

Alton, on the other hand, is a stuck up cunt. Whether he truly is or not, doesn't matter. That's how he comes across. Uptight, nasty, rude, pretentious, and judgmental.

Sorry, but it's true.

Good, maybe he can afford a barber that can shave that stupid shit off his chins

He did study culinary stuff at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). There was an episode where he visited the UNLV campus and one of his old teachers was featured.

Guy's intern must be posting in this thread, you know so much about his show!

No, R29.

I'm just a DDD super fan.

I watch the re-runs every Friday. No kidding.

I've also become a much better cook because of it.

Who’s Hunter? His partner?

I still remember when he got into that lovers quarrel with his hairdresser.

Grotesque baby taste food -- possibly even worse than the Olive Garden.

Isn't he homophobic as fuck

Hunter is Guy's oldest son, R31.

Doucheface. I used to get him mixed up with the lead singer from Smash Mouth.

[quote] Doucheface. I used to get him mixed up with the lead singer from Smash Mouth.

They're actually friends, R36!

He's been on DDD before with Guy.

They really do look alike, R36!

I posted this in the other Guy thread, but I'll post it here again because I hate him so much.

There's a Canadian show called You Gotta eat here which is basically a Canadian version of DDD. It as really popular and was on the air in many countries, not just Canada.

Guy's production company trademarked the phrase "you gotta eat here" so now the Canadian show is called Big Food Bucket List.

Guy really is an asshole.

How much donkey sauce does $80 mil buy?

I love the story of his stolen Lamborghini.

He has come a long way in becoming more progressive and inclusive. And he has done a lot for a lot of small businesses and for workers during the pandemic.

He just has the right personality, look, smile for the show. It's hard not to be charmed by his smile and a pleasant face - he's very lucky genetically to have that resting 'nice, fun guy' face.

[quote]he's very lucky genetically to have that resting 'nice, fun guy' face.

Until he's complaining to his producer that he's grossed out by seeing a gay couple in the kitchen.

just saw a report on this and they showed a clip of him on some red carpet. he has botox!

[quote] just saw a report on this and they showed a clip of him on some red carpet

He got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!

Matthew McConaughey was in attendance.

All that proves is that the vast majority of people who watch his shitty shows are lowbrow trash, just like him.

Here's his Food Network audition tape.

Years before the $80,000,000 contract.

Is Rachel Ray still ok that network or does she just do her talk show now? I wonder if she’s jealous.

[quote] Is Rachel Ray still ok that network or does she just do her talk show now? I wonder if she’s jealous.

Judging by how much she drinks, I'd have to say... NO!

I remember watching the season of The Next Food Network Star he was on. He was head and shoulders above all the other contestants, both in skill and in charisma and likability. He totally deserved his win, but I'm shocked at just how popular he's become. I never watched any of his shows, but they definitely found a real star. I don't think they were ever able to come close after that.

Let's get one thing straight: he's not a "chef". He's an obnoxious TV personality capitalizing on the America's obsession for vicariously enjoying watching people eat greasy food in large quantities.

Remember when the Food Network actually used to be about food and learning how to cook? Now it’s all about the hosts.

Does Hunter have an OnlyFans yet?

I can't stand this opportunist. Food Network fell for all of it, and handed the big bucks over to a loud fat talentless PUNK.

The contrast between father and son cracks me up. Either Hunter's terrified of being on camera and shuts down or he has the charisma of a turnip.

He has the charisma of a turnip, R55.

Guy is a douche

Yeah, r56. Watching him actually makes me uncomfortable. A sort of second hand embarrassment, if you will. I can't figure out if he doesn't want to be there but does it for the appearance fee, to please dad, or he has zero self-awareness.

R58, Hunter has been on DDD with guy since he was a little boy.

He was a bit of a ham when he was younger, and you can tell that he enjoyed being on camera.

I think that when he got older, Guy tried to make him his side-kick, almost grooming him to take over. In fact, Hunter even went to UNLV, probably at Guy's urging. He graduated from there a few years ago, and I think he was majoring in Culinary Arts.

On the show, Guy would take Hunter with him to various restaurants, and ask his opinion on the food. His replies were dry and uninformed. Just .... blah.

Hunter is an attractive kid, and if he had even one tenth of Guy's personality, he could probably be doing his own show.

Sadly, he just doesn't have it.

He’s the human version of Pooochie.

I have to add that Guy probably wanted Hunter to take over the show.

Guy actually stopped doing DDD for a few years.

My guess is that he was away from home way too much, traveling all over the country. I also noticed (ever so slightly) that he would be flirting with some of the female patrons that he would be talking to about the restaurant. Especially the younger blondes.

His wife Lori probably said "fuck this, you're ending the show or I'm leaving you."

So he ended the show.

But I guess it was so popular that Food Network convinced him to do it again.

His plan was probably to transition Hunter into the hosting job, but Food Network said HELL NO.

Fieri says he's "weirded out" by gay people.

Get over it, R62.

I like his confidence.

How many different ways can you make a burger and fries?

Hunter is cute but I don't get any vibes. But for Guy to be "weirded out" by gays is super weird, since he lives in Santa Rosa, so close to San Francisco. Anyway, I'm a fan but just watching him eat all that unhealthy food .... he's a time bomb.

His late sister, who he clearly loved, was openly gay, right l?

Is his favourite film 1996’s Swingers?

That’s so money!

R66 except the ridiculously wealthy rarely die younger (not like the average person at least), despite their bad habits. These types get catered to healthcare, with the extras (massage, therapy, dental, etc.), while the rest of us get a shitty 10 min visit with a NP... if we're lucky.

It shows you how grossly unfair the wealth gap has become, to give a tv food host 80 million. So much for tv feeling the grip of death when they can throw around that much.

I understand Guy's a sex symbol to a select few.

WHAT A CUNT!

Yuck, I despise that fat, homophobic piece of shit

Apparently he told his producer "you gotta warn me when they're one of those" when one of the DD&D owners was a FOD.

Guy's Trump loving fans just LOVE his fat ass!

He’s a good guy. He entertains me. I’m happy for him. Go Guy!

Another vote for #TeamCoronary.

Well, good for him. I don’t get who is clamoring for his product, though.

R77 see R74

[quote] His late sister, who he clearly loved, was openly gay, right l?

Yes. But she might have been bisexual.

She had a deadbeat ex-husband (or boyfriend) that she had a son with.

After that, she got together with a woman, who she was in a relationship with when she died.

After his sister Morgan died, Guy fought to adopt her son Jules.

I don't think he won, though. However, Jules is now over 18 and appearing on episodes of DDD Home Edition, which are filmed in Guy's ranch.

This is Morgan's obituary, which mentions her son Jules and her partner, Annie Antepara.

Here are Morgan and Annie together.

Morgan seems like she was quite an interesting character. Just a real free spirit.

Which makes sense, because Guy always mentions on his show that his parents were 1960's hippies. Like, REAL hippies.

Hunter is all over Guy's Instagram.

You can tell that Hunter is his favorite son. The other boy Ryder seems to hate being on camera. And his wife Lori is nowhere to be found. I think that she hates being on television more than any of them.

Here's a cool photo of Guy with Mick Fleetwood, Hunter, and his nephew Jules.

He's so AVERAGE in EVERY way.

Why did he fight for custody, he didn't want his nephew being raised by a homosexual woman?

[quote] Why did he fight for custody, he didn't want his nephew being raised by a homosexual woman?

You're an idiot. And you clearly didn't read the article.

Morgan's partner never had custody of her son Jules.

Guy and his parents were fighting for custody with Jules' FATHER, Dean Pape.

He is supposedly some deadbeat dad who lives in a trailer park.

Why don't you READ before you open your fat, stupid mouth?

The article above said the mothers grandparents (Guys parents) were fighting for custody against the boys father saying he didn’t have adequate income and lives in a mobile home. But of course the father won. This was when the boy was 11, he is now 18.

R86, Jules is older than 18.

The article said he was born in 1999, so he's almost 22.

Btw, Hunter may be boring, but he's really hot.

I love the little moustache.

Still not as rich as me.

R87 Thanks for the correction. I don’t follow Fieri and family. I was going by what another poster said. That being said going by the picture of Hunter with his cousin, the cousin looks much hotter.

R85 = Guy

[quote]She had a deadbeat ex-husband (or boyfriend) that she had a son with.

Guy: See? She was NOT gay, she was BI

Guy's real name is Guy "Ferry." (Maybe got teased for being a "fairy"?) According to the post at R80, the sister, Morgan Fieri, has an AKA of "Mimi Ferry." I guess she recreated herself after Guy recreated himself.

Guy sounds really provincial, needing a warning that he's about to be in the presence of a homosexual. The drunken fight with his hairdresser has been documented. How is he so manly, traveling with a hairdresser?

I’m shocked he has a hairdresser. I figured he just bleached his own hair then cut it with a steak knife.

Why do you suppose he keeps a look that is such a mismatch for his personality? Sure, express yourself however you wish but he is sporting a look that was odious when the Barenaked Ladies guy had it. Why not ditch the goatee, put on some glasses, and grow out of the wrong side of the late 90s?

[quote] R85 = Guy

R90 = Still an idiot.

[quote] Why do you suppose he keeps a look that is such a mismatch for his personality?

Funny story about this.

His wife actually commented on how different guy used to be when she first met him.

He was not at all like his television persona.

[quote] Guy Fieri's Wife Lori Says She 'Always' Asks Him to Change His Spiky, Bleach Blonde Hair

The wife of the Food Network star says when she met him he had dark hair and "wore a suit to work every day."

It’s hard to believe there was a time when Guy Fieri didn’t have his bleach blonde tips, but Lori Fieri remembers it well.

The Food Network star’s wife of 24 years tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on newsstands now, that when the two first met in 1992 at a California restaurant Guy managed, he looked a whole lot different. “When I first met him, he had no goatee. He had dark hair. He wore a suit to work every day,” she says. “Now I look at him and I’m like, ‘Where’s that man I married with the whole clean look?'”

His now-iconic hairstyle was some what of an accident, says Guy, brought on by his hairdresser at the time and good friend, Christina Jones.

“I was just kind of having one of those moods one day, and said, ‘Just do whatever you want.’ She goes, ‘Whatever I want?’ ‘Whatever you want,'” he recalls. “I get done and I’m like, ‘You gonna wash that out, that shampoo?’ She goes, ‘No, that’s your hair color.’ I’m like, ‘My what!’ It was Friday night at like six o’clock. I had to be at the restaurant. I’m like, ‘No.’ She’s like, ‘Yeah.’ So I put a ball cap on and walked to the restaurant.”

Even after that though, the color was temporary. “It used to be seasonal. Because he used to do red-blonde in the summer for fun. He’d cut it and it was like, really fun,” says Lori, who has two kids with Guy, Hunter, 22, and Ryder, 13. “And then in the winter time, he’d go back to dark.”

“I always say, ‘When are you going to change your haircut?’ But it stuck and it’s him,” she adds. “I tease him every once in a while. And I do want a little change sometimes. But that’s like me changing my hair to black. I mean, I’m not going to do that for him, so.”

Kidding aside, Lori calls Guy a “fantastic person. At the end of the day, I look at him and I still genuinely like him. Starting from the time we wake up in the morning, he pretty much has me laughing.”

With the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host on the road so often, the pair cherishes their time together at home in Santa Rosa, California. Rarely, says Lori, will the two venture to a restaurant together.

“Our perfect nights are really barbecuing in the backyard and the kids swimming in the pool,” says Lori. “We just hunker down at home. That’s his happy place.”

Thanks, R96. I wondered because he seems to inspire a misreading of his personality based on the look.

I bet without the bleached hair and goatee he looks like Channing Tatum's civilian cousin.

I give him credit for being married to the same woman he had before fame. However, he does look unhealthy. Sunburnt, bloated, overweight.

At some point, he'll be like Madonna, dying the roots black (in addition to bleaching the tips).

I much prefer Grocery Games where at least we don't have to watch him eat. He's a genial host, but dear God watching all that oil and fat dripping into his beard makes me want to heave.

[quote] I bet without the bleached hair and goatee he looks like Channing Tatum's civilian cousin.

You're going to be in shock, R97.

Gird your loins!!!

Guy even had a mullet at one point.

He's lucky to have married Lori. She was really pretty. Like, way above his level.

Without his usual drag, he looks like every other deplorable fat Irish mook.

I thought he looks really Italian in his old photos, R102.

Here's another one of "Guy Ferry" in his college fraternity photo.

I swear, he looks different in every picture.

He looks the same to me (face-wise) in every picture.

A few days ago, Food Network icon Guy Fieri signed a contract extension with the channel, and the terms of the deal look like something that Adam Schefter would tweet in the heat of NFL free agency: Three years, $80 million.

Speaking of Schefter and pro football, how does Fieri's righteous new agreement stack up to some of the league's most notable players?

Quite well, unsurprisingly.

By making a little more than $26 million with Food Network, Fieri checks in at No. 15 and outranks stars like Cleveland's Myles Garrett, Las Vegas' Derek Carr, Chicago's Khalil Mack and San Fran's Trent Williams.

The Washington Football Team player who comes closest to matching Guy, meanwhile, is Landon Collins, whose contract with the Burgundy and Gold carries an AAV of $14 million.

So, what's the lesson here? Well, if you want to become rich, enter a career that's either centered around touchdowns or Flavortown. It's that simple.

Fat fuck

R85 and you're a slimy yeast-infected CUNT

I could never watch Diners DD because of the way fat Guy grunted as he took a bite of something. I guess he was going "mmm," but it sounded like he was taking a dump.

Lol R108 my parents cannot stand watching DDD, but I love it.

They think he's rude and disgusting, and has no manners.

He sticks his hands in the food that the chefs are cooking, and eats straight out of the bowl.

He also drinks sauces straight from the squeeze bottle.

And I've even seen him drink Au Jus out of the dipping bowl.

He has NO CLASS, but I still like him.

I think this is why he does so well with the straight male demographic, which is a major draw for the Food Network. Which is also why they're probably paying him so much money.

That's true, R109, slobs love Guy.

That is a lot of money. People basically beg to be on this show. This show does not care about food safety or quality, if you ask people in the neighbor or go by reports. I don't know. If this guy shows up, it basically a sign that you are about to e shut down and you need free advertising.

[quote]Yuck, I despise that fat, homophobic piece of shit

He may be fat and a POS but I don’t think he’s homophobic.

r112 Union between 2 bottoms are NOT marriage

I have never watched his show, i watched maybe a min or two while channel surfing...His hair, his facial hair, his face, his everything is just wrong and I cannot stand it.

How does he still have his hair after all that bleaching?

The early years of the show were fun because it was just as much a travelogue as a cooking show. But now he's treated like a God by the owners and in some shows he really seems to have a condescending attitude toward some people. He's clearly only in it for the money now.

I honestly can't imagine having that much money.

I will say I envy his career. He gets to travel, is treated like royalty, can pretty much do whatever he wants.

Is Food Network ever going to find any new chefs to host shows? It seems like it's been all the same faces for the past 10-15 years. They just keep getting older and fatter.

r118 Not me

I had to stop myself for buying this for my denim jacket

[quote]Is Food Network ever going to find any new chefs to host shows?

They signed Carla Hall to the network last year, but haven't done anything with her.

Carla Hall has been a judge on various shows. She has the personality to carry her own show.

He's too trashy looking to hold my interest. I wouldn't mind a foodie carrying a few extra pounds but he always looks like one of those fat, sweaty shouty guys who wind up being escorted off the golf course after a drunken swing at the caddy for handing him the wrong putter or whatever the fuck.

Food shows leave me cold. I like cooking and I like reading about restaurants but crap like this and the cooking shows always seem annoying.

Maybe I just associate the subject with Julia Child and anything not her eccentric patrician Pasadena persona seems somehow unserious and cheap.

If you watch three DDDs in a row, you'll feel as if you're drowning in a sea of grease. Does Food Network have any gay personalities besides Anne Burrell?

[quote] Does Food Network have any gay personalities besides Anne Burrell?

Anne Burrell decided to stop being gay.

[quote] Is Food Network ever going to find any new chefs to host shows?

They have actually started featuring Martha Stewart quite heavily, lately.

She started out on Chopped as a judge.

Then they did a pie baking competition at her home in Connecticut.

Then they did an entire Chopped series called "Martha Rules," held at her home in Connecticut.

Now she has her own series (I'm not sure if it's on Food Network Plus or Discovery Plus).

In any case, she's really doing a lot on the network.

Funny how Martha doesn't go to the Food Network. The Food Network comes to Martha.

[quote] They have actually started featuring Martha Stewart quite heavily, lately.

I wouldn't exactly count 79-year-old Martha Stewart as a fresh, new face.

[quote] Does Food Network have any gay personalities besides Anne Burrell?

My gaydar doesn't seem to work with chefs.

I always thought Alton Brown was gay. But he's married, so I guess not.

I also thought Michael Voltaggio was gay, but he has a girlfriend.

Many of us thought Rachel Ray was a lesbian, but she's married (and a heavy drinker).

The only one I'm sure about is that guy from Down Home with the Neelys (aka Downlow with the Neelys). That guy was such a queen. His poor wife seemed clueless.

She wasn't clueless. She hated his guts and divorced him.

If Anne Burrell marries a gay man, does that make her straight? Does she think this will give her a food empire by making her more frau-latable?

Tyler Florence is hot no matter what. A real muscle stud. I shudder to think if Guy sat on him

Maybe the Food Network is not for cooks. I HATE cooking and I love some of the cooking shows - especially seeing the creativity on Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay.

I'm watching a DDD marathon on Food Network right now.

Jealous, bitches?

Would he not have done it for $10 million? These assholes get paid too much.

Why did they reduce Ina to one show - on the weekend, no less?

It takes a week to air out the studio after one of Ina's tapings.

I watch DD passively until something else more interesting comes on. Watching him tell the same jokes, make the same comments, present his Wikipedia knowledge of food history and cram food into his gaping maw makes me weep for what society considers entertainment these days.

Still a fat fuck!

The food on DDD looks absolutely disgusting. Promoting such vile food should be illegal as we are in an obesity epidemic.

Gordon Ramsay makes a ton more money than Guy. Gordon was the 19th highest-paid celebrity last year. No other chef comes close to his money.

Ramsay is another asshole who doesn't deserve the success he has. Does he actually cook anymore or does he just do shows where he yells at other cooks?

How did he avoid the over exposure fatigue that killed Emeril's career? It got to the point that people were tired of Emeril and he sort of just disappeared.

Emeril wasn't renewed. I don't know why, could be people were tired of him, he was overexposed elsewhere or it could be they considered him a slob like I did. A friend said they fired him because he was taking over the Food Network, but I don't see them having a problem with Bobby Flay and Guy whatever his real name is now.

The Food Network started a cooking craze that's ruined a lot of things. I just saw an apt for sale in a swanky new building and the kitchen was twice the size of the separate living space.

So sick of GF. It seems like every time I turn to Food Network, it's another marathon of DDD or that stupid Grocery Game.

R12 Yes, I ate at GF's "Johnny Garlic's" while on a Food Network shoot. The food was lukewarm garbage.

R143, those marathons - Ferry or Flay - save Food Network money because they're not producing as many or any new shows.

I hate him and all his shows, Food Network is all him and and Chopped, both need to go

Ugh, straight men look ridiculous in white sunglasses.

Twinks are the only men who can wear those things.

Fat fuck!

Chopped used to be kind of fun, now it's just stupid with ridiculous basket ingredients made worse by "Alton's maniacal baskets."

Take a drink every time someone uses the word "acidic."

Guy Fieri looks- So SMELLY, so AVERAGE and SO DUMPY.

[quote] Chopped used to be kind of fun, now it's just stupid with ridiculous basket ingredients made worse by "Alton's maniacal baskets."

Chopped jumped the shark during the most recent show filmed at Martha Stewart's house.

She was the main judge, along with Mark and Marcus.

It was a four round challenge, with the four winners going to the finale.

In one of the rounds, Martha started walking around and sampling the food, before they chefs were even finished cooking or plating.

Then she made an announcement. Just based on what she had TASTED, even though the dish wasn't even finished, she CHOPPED one of the chefs.

That guy was PISSED. And he said off-camera, that he lost all respect for Martha.

I agreed with him. How are you going to chop someone from the competition, if they haven't even finished cooking???

I know it was probably a gimmick to make the show more "exciting," but it was such an asshole thing to do.

Wow, I didn't see that, R151. Martha doesn't produce the show, so she has nothing to do with the format. They're probably trying to jazz up an old formula by adding that shit. Martha appreciates the $$$ for being a judge - she's probably under contract for these shows.

[quote] Chopped used to be kind of fun, now it's just stupid with ridiculous basket ingredients made worse by "Alton's maniacal baskets."

Maybe the time has come for "Chopped" to be chopped.

A little bit of Guy goes a long, long, long way. I can watch maybe a half an episode of DDD at one time and then he forces me to look for a rerun of "The Golden Girls" which is never far away from my remote.

Oh and unless one of the cooks or owners is particularly hot with hairy arms catching my eye. Then, I can endure Guy and his schtick a little longer.

Emeril can cook circles around most of the Food Network people. I realize that Ramsay has training, but have you seen the way he cooks scrambled eggs? Blech.

R153, if Chopped is cancelled, it will likely be replaced by one of Guy Fieri's challenges shows. No thanks!

That Chopped with Martha Stewart, though, is/was actually her own five episode "spin-off" show called "Chopped: Martha Rules." .. It had a reality show element to it, in that it was a tournament with 16 chefs over the five episodes. They said right from the get go that she came up with things to change the rules and give the contestants curve balls. Anyway, they were probably trying to come up with something, ANYTHING to make it different from the old regular dinosaur.

I don't even want to think about what that filthy creature's undershorts smell like when he takes them off at night.

Chopped always looked cheap, IMO. Low production values. Compare to Iron Chef, which has high production values.

I also always hated how the judges on Chopped (Aron & Scott Conant) leaned on one arm while chewing food. Looks so dumpy and lazy.

Scott Conant is trash. Did you see the old Chopped episode where he raked a contestant over the coals because he used raw onions AFTER Scott Conant stated that he had an aversion to them? He used to do all sorts of shit like that. I assumed they talked to him because in subsequent shows, Chopped and others, Conant was on better behavior.

Guy Fieri is someone who actually could die in a grease fire.

R161 and there’s enough fat to keep that fire burning!

[quote] I don't even want to think about what that filthy creature's undershorts smell like when he takes them off at night.

Trust me, you don't want to know!

Hunter looks like his father, and Ryder looks like his mother.

What happened to Next Food Network Star? It was the only thing I watched religiously on the network. I know they NEVER produced actual shows for the winners the last few seasons it was on.

I noticed Amanda Freitag has a new Youtube channel called "Easy AF", which is basically a silly play on "as fuck" and her initials.

Guy has always gotten on my nerves with his persona and his schtick, but I will at least give him props for being extremely charitable with his money and looking out for others.

I watched the new Food Network show, "Money Hungry" hosted by Kal Penn.

It basically has taken the taste competition challenge out of Gordan Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen and had tried to turn it into an hour long game show. I found it quite boring.

The only thing worthwhile about is the cute waiter who serves the food. In the first episode, they were just calling him "Bruce," with no additional information.

I noticed in the subsequent episode I watched they were letting Bruce actually talk, and they've now given him a credit on IMDb.

His name is "Bruce Landry." .. He's like "Money Hungry's" Vanna White... lol!

All I know is Fieri is alive and Bourdain is dead. It's a travesty. Bourdain must be rolling in his grave over this.

It was either Marc Murphy or Scott Conant who berated a chef contender for not taking greater care when cutting a piece of fish properly. He was merciless. That pissed me off. I felt sorry for the contestant.

Who was that cute Jewish chef from NY whose cooking series didn't last long? He was only about 25 when he got his own show but it sucked.

Why do so many douche bros watch him? He's an embarrassment to Italians. Most of us are not like that or like him for that matter.

[quote]All I know is Fieri is alive and Bourdain is dead. It's a travesty. Bourdain must be rolling in his grave over this.

Actually they both sucked. Bourdain was an ass hole to most people in his real life.

Tyler Florence IS hot.

Guy Ferry is NOT.

And that disgusting-sounding "Jackass" dish in his Food Network try out vid sounds HORRENDOUS. I do not think adding french fries into anything as an "ingredient" is acceptable. I live in Santa Rosa (and have lived in CA for most of my life) and the disgusting "CA style burritos" with french fries are abhorrent. His dishes are just some random ingredients together that you would never think to put together and presented as some great invention, when in fact they are hot trash.

That said, he has been incredibly generous during the past several years with regards to the wildfires and COVID. So I'll give him that and thank him for being a good human being giving back to community.

Tyler Florence was hot when he was younger, but have you seen him lately? Really chubed out.

Bobby Flay is a grade A asshole. He should take that useless Giada and go away.

[quote]He's an embarrassment to Italians.

R172, Guy Fieri is NOT ITALIAN. How many times does this have to be said?

[quote] Who was that cute Jewish chef from NY whose cooking series didn't last long? He was only about 25 when he got his own show but it sucked.

Dave Lieberman. He left his cooking/TV career behind and went to medical school.

That's interesting R178. A know a lot of doctors that like to cook. I wonder if it's a way for them to relax.

Here's more about Dave Lieberman (including a video). He's now an internal medicine doctor and professor of medicine in Tucson, Ariz.

Guy before the makeover.

R173 Yes, I agree they are both assholes. The difference is this; regardless of the fact that he was an asshole, Bourdain was a talent and could cook. Fieri is a douchebag, talentless bro, and also cooks like one. Fieri (not his real name btw) won't last.

Giada has super nice titties, R176.

Who made Fieri the winner of the Food Network Star to begin with? That show was always so blatantly rigged.

[quote]His dishes are just some random ingredients together that you would never think to put together and presented as some great invention, when in fact they are hot trash.

That's the way most straight guys cook - the dump everything in the kitchen into a pot and add something like hamburger. That's why GUYS love Guy Fieri, that's why the Food Network made him their main star, to get a male audience.

Hunter has the personality of a pile of mud and the looks like a piece of rotting wood.

That kid is lucky that his father is Guy Fieri.

Why are Food Network's two biggest stars - Bobby Flay and Guy Fieri - never seen together?

I have a feeling there's a huge rivalry between them.

It's probably mostly on Bobby's end. He thought he was the king of the Food Network, and Guy was some stupid contest winner.

Little did he know that Guy would end up being the "Golden Boy."

It's because egomaniac Bobby actually knows how to cook and doesn't want to be seen with a hash slinging asshole like Guy Ferry.

If the Food Network's best representative is Guy FreakingFieri then the entire network must be going down the shitter.

[quote] Guy Fieri is now the highest paid chef on cable television

Which begs the question…WHY?

Eeeeewwwww

Look at how manly Anne’s hands are! Like mitts…

I hate to admit it but I love Guys Grocery Games. Just a pleasant guilty pleasure to unwind to.

I don't like Diners, Drives and Dives though.

Anne Burrell is not to be trusted in the engagement business.

[quote]Emeril wasn't renewed. I don't know why, could be people were tired of him, he was overexposed elsewhere or it could be they considered him a slob like I did. A friend said they fired him because he was taking over the Food Network, but I don't see them having a problem with Bobby Flay and Guy whatever his real name is now.

The Food Network tell-all book said that it happened when the executives decided to take it in a new direction and make it a channel about food competitions rather than instruction for the home cook.

I can't remember if Emeril left or they squeezed him out.

I weep bitter tears.

Emeril always looks like he's one minute away from stroking out. He has to be the unhealthiest looking man on TV.

[quote]I can't remember if Emeril left or they squeezed him out.

Emeril was magnanimous about the break up but at the time FN was saying his ratings were down while food writers were saying his ratings were stable. I think like R195 wrote, FN wanted to go in the direction of douchebros and attract the FHM and Stuff magazine readers and Emeril didn't fit that demographic.

Does anyone remember when the Food Network was only Martha Stewart. B Smith, The Fat Ladies and hundreds of Julia Child reruns?

Anne Burrell engaged to a =man=??? Let me check the calendar, it must be April Fools Day.

And the Galloping Gourmet reruns R199!

[quote] Emeril always looks like he's one minute away from stroking out. He has to be the unhealthiest looking man on TV.

No, that's Paul Prudhomme.

Damn. I had a doc appointment yesterday and there he was, Fieri on waiting room TV slapping chicken thighs around.

Will this bad chef torture never end!

I get this guy mixed up with the Tiger King fella.

[quote]Emeril always looks like he's one minute away from stroking out. He has to be the unhealthiest looking man on TV.

No, that's MARIO BATALI

Fieri is extraordinarily popular (I tired of DDD and GGG years ago) because he eats and showcases food that Americans love and which kills them with salt, carbs, etc. He cooks at home with his pals; he travels with his sons; he's a regular "Guy."

I mean, he "made his bones" with a Tater Tot dish! But who amongst us does not love a good Tater Tot, eh?

I now prefer Gordon Ramsay's shows, especially "Uncharted." GF couldn't do one percent of what Ramsay does in hunting, fishing, diving, climbing, and foraging for ingredients!

OMG! I remember when David Rosengarten was the Guy Fieri of his day. He was on practically 24/7. Every time I tuned in David Rosengarten was on.

i saw Emeril in person and he has the reddest face I've ever seen. Very sweaty man, too.

I think it's a shame how trashy Food Network has gotten, and even Beat Bobby Flay is now featuring meatball subs. However, lots of good food content online.

Emeril probably got canned from Food Network probably because he only cooks Cajun Food.

You can do that for a season or two, but you have to be able to branch out and do something else.

Guy's longevity is because he is all over the map. He covers a multitude of cuisines. You could say he does it all. Plus he has the personality. And the attractive family. And no scandals.

The guy could practically run for Governor or President, and he could actually win. That's how popular he is.

Even Ree Drummond discovered that she had to start cooking other things. She was seriously running out of ideas.

Now she's doing veggie dishes and low carb and keto and healthy and shit.

Emeril was pretty one dimensional, so his tenure on the network was unsustainable.

Thanks for chiming in, Guy ^

What’s so attractive about Guy’s family?

[quote]Emeril probably got canned from Food Network probably because he only cooks Cajun Food.

Bobby Flay spent decades putting canned chilpotle peppers in everything, yet FN kept him around. I think FN saw the age of the douchebro coming and felt Emeril didn't fit their desired demographic.

Jealous, bitches?

Is anyone watching Guy Fieri's "Chicken Guy" job search?

Hell no, 214, cannot stand that asshole

I was watching a Guy Fieri special this past weekend on Food Network, and it was really good.

He's definitely earning his $80 million.