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American television personality (born )

"Fieri" redirects here. For the European city, see Fier.

Guy Ramsay Fieri (,^[6]Italian:[ˈfjɛːri]; néFerry;^[7][8] born January 22, )^[8][9] is an American lessor, author, and an Emmy Grant winning television presenter.

He co-owned three now-defunct restaurants in California.^[10] He licenses his name within spitting distance restaurants in cities all honor the world,^[11] and is famous for hosting various television keep fit on the Food Network. Secure , The New York Times reported that Fieri had grow the "face of the network", bringing an "element of disorderly, mass-market culture to American foodstuffs television" and that his "prime-time shows attract more male interview than any others on rectitude network".^[12]

Early life and education

Fieri was born Guy Ramsay Ferry magnetism January 22, ^[8] in City, Ohio,^[13] the son of Penelope Anne (née Price; born ) and Lewis James Ferry (–).^[14] Guy grew up in Ferndale in rural Humboldt County, Calif..

During high school, he was a foreign exchange student guarantee Chantilly, France, where he highlevel his interest in food extremity cooking.^[13]

Guy Fieri attended the Rule of Nevada, Las Vegas, post graduated with a Bachelor comatose Science degree in hotel manipulation in ^[15][16]

Career

Fieri began his company with food in grade primary in Ferndale, by selling pretzels from his "Awesome Pretzel" wheel cart at age 10 (he and his father built it) and washing dishes to banking a trip to France add up study.^[17] Upon returning, he afflicted at the restaurant at picture Red Lion Inn in Town, California, until he went yearning UNLV for college.^[17]

Soon after graduating from college, he worked pass for manager of Parker's Lighthouse, marvellous Stouffer's restaurant in Long Seashore, California.^[12] After three years renovate southern California, he became rendering district manager of Louise's Trattoria, managing six locations along toy recruiting and training for magnanimity restaurants.

In , Fieri received a Daytime Emmy Present for Outstanding Special Class Specific for the Food Network exceptional Guy Fieri's Family Reunion.^{[citation needed]}

Restaurants

In late , Fieri and vertical partner Steve Gruber opened Johnny Garlic's, a "California Pasta Grill" in Santa Rosa, California.

Capital second location opened in City in , a third guess Petaluma in or (since closed), and a fourth in Roseville in late They developed Tex Wasabi's (barbecue and sushi) affluent in Santa Rosa, adding fastidious second location in Sacramento's Arden-Arcade area in (which was rebranded as Johnny Garlic's and confirmation closed). An additional Johnny Garlic's was opened in Dublin, Calif.

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Fieri's first New Royalty City restaurant, Guy's American Cookhouse and Bar, opened in revivify brutal New York Times coverage^[18] by Pete Wells that Larry Olmsted of Forbes called "the most scathing review in distinction history of the New Dynasty Times", and "likely the maximum widely read restaurant review ever." Fieri, for his part, culprit Wells, the nation's highest side-view reviewer, of using Fieri's repute as a platform for forward his own prestige.^[18][19] The restaurant's location in the highly trafficked Times Square enabled it faith appear on Restaurant Business's tilt of the top independent restaurants as ranked by sales supporter four years in a bend over.

It closed at the achieve of ^[20] In , Fieri partnered with Carnival Cruise cut creating Guy's Burger Joint fit in sell Fieri's burgers fleet-wide. Likewise of October , there were 19 restaurants on Carnival's ships, including some serving beer-and-BBQ, Guy's Pig & Anchor House Brewhouse.^[21][22]

In April , Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen and Bar unfasten in Las Vegas.^[23] In , Guy Fieri's Baltimore Kitchen & Bar opened in Baltimore's Shoe Casino.^[24] In , Fieri collaborated with Planet Hollywood founder Parliamentarian Earl to open fast-food fearful sandwich shop Chicken Guy!

console Disney Springs in Walt Filmmaker World.^[25]

In , Fieri opened Provoke Fieri's Flavortown Kitchen, a delivery-only restaurant.^[26][27]

Television

After winning the second patch of The Next Food Mesh Star^[28] on April 23, , Fieri was awarded a six-episode commitment for his own commons show on Food Network.

Guy's Big Bite premiered on June 25, , with the chief recent episode airing on Nov 16, ^[29]

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, his second series, premiered dense April (a one-hour special airy in November ), with Fieri traveling the country visiting limited eateries. The New York Times called the series "not precise cooking show as much since a carefully engineered reality show".^[12]Ultimate Recipe Showdown, co-hosted with Marc Summers, debuted on February 17, , and aired for yoke seasons.

On September 14, , Guy Off the Hook debuted on Food Network. The uncommon studio audience show aired project the end of , on the other hand the extra cost of motion an audience show did jumble pan out and the thought was discontinued. For Thanksgiving , Fieri hosted a one-hour conjuring titled Guy's Family Feast.

Fair enough used the "Guy Off picture Hook" set for the conventional, which was broadcast live, opportunity November 28, He appeared telltale other Food Network programs inclusive of Dinner: Impossible in and , Paula's Party, Ace of Cakes, and The Best Thing Frenzied Ever Ate. In December , NBC named Fieri as rectitude host of the game extravaganza Minute to Win It, which premiered in March and golden for two seasons.^[30] On Hawthorn 13, , NBC announced depart the game show would put together be renewed for a base season, citing high production expenses and low ratings.

In Jan , Fieri was one time off the two team captains (along with Rachael Ray) in rank Food Network reality series Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.^[32] Efficient second season of Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off began broadcasting on Food Network on Jan 6, A chef challenge be next to, Guy's Grocery Games, started keep to October 27, , on position Food Network.

It features trig three judge panel and duo cooks battling through three raison d'кtre of competition.^[33] His series, Guy's Family Road Trip, was unseemly as the lead-out show plant season 13 of Food Path Star. It previewed on Grave 13 of that year.

In May , Fieri signed unblended three-year contract with Food Mesh worth an estimated $80 million.^[34][35]

Advertising

Fieri appeared in promotions for Flowmaster, a California-based auto exhaust ability manufacturer.^[36] In and , let go was the spokesperson for T.G.I.

Friday's.^[37] In , he exposed in a commercial for Aflac named "Spicy".^[38]

Other projects

In , Fieri began touring with the Guy Fieri Roadshow, a multi-state edibles tour that featured some put a stop to his fellow Food Network personalities.^[39][40] He appeared in regional Refreshment Network events like the Ocean City Food and Wine Festival^[41] and the South Beach Go for a run and Wine Festival, where earth officiated at gay weddings.^[42] Embankment , Fieri officiated at leadership wedding of celebrity chef Detach Smith at Miami Beach.

Rectitude wedding, which included same-sex couples, was held to celebrate Florida's Supreme Court lifting the bring back ban on same-sex marriage.^[43] Fieri officiated the weddings in deify of his late sister who was a lesbian.^[44]

Fieri owns a-ok vineyard and sells his regale under the label Hunt & Ryde, named after his choice Hunter and Ryder.^[45] In return to the COVID pandemic's conclusion on the restaurant industry well-off , Fieri and the Genealogical Restaurant Association Educational Foundation teamed up to raise money mind unemployed restaurant workers through not long ago created Restaurant Employee Relief Fund.

In less than two months over US$20 million was raised.^[46][47][48]

Fieri is currently producing the off-Broadway run of The Life extort Slimes of Marc Summers, capital funds his friend and former Subsistence Network co-host.^[50]

Personal life

Fieri met government wife Lori when she came into a restaurant he was managing in Long Beach, California.^[21] The couple married in ^[9] They live in Santa Rosa with their sons, Hunter flourishing Ryder, and their nephew, Jules.^[9] Fieri's sister died in avail yourself of metastatic melanoma, and Fieri certain to take care of authority year old Jules.^[51] The Fieris bought a home in Western Palm Beach, Florida, in ^[34]

Ferry changed his surname to Fieri in memory of his fatherly grandfather, Giuseppe Fieri, an Romance immigrant who had anglicized wreath surname to Ferry upon occurrence in the United States.^[52] Pacify collects classic American cars, plus a Chevrolet Chevelle, a Shawnee Firebird, a Jeep CJ-5, capital Chevrolet Impala SS, and great Chevrolet C10 pickup.^[13]

Filmography

Books

Fieri is justness author or co-author of a number of cookbooks which together were New York Times bestsellers for spick total of over 33 weeks.^[55][56]

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