Guy Fieri is a successful TV chef and restaurant entrepreneur, known for winning The Next Food Network Star and hosting shows like Guy’s Big Bite and Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. He started his career selling pretzels and studying in France before opening his own restaurants, including Johnny Garlic’s and Tex Wasabi. Fieri’s upbeat personality and catchphrases have made him a popular figure in the food industry.
Guy Fieri is a restaurant entrepreneur and well-known TV chef. Already a blockbuster winner in Northern California, Fieri gained fame by winning the second season of the reality show The Next Food Network Star. The win landed Fieri his own TV show, Guy’s Big Bite. He has since created two more shows with the Food Network and continues to run several quirky restaurants.
Fieri had a passion for food and success from a young age. With his dad, Guy built a pretzel machine and started selling his “amazing pretzels” at local events. Through this and many other odd jobs, the young chef saved up enough money to study in France, gaining insight into food and his future. After working for several years in various restaurants, Guy Fieri opened his first restaurant in the wine city of Santa Rosa. Johnny Garlic’s, a pasta and steakhouse with an emphasis on extreme use of garlic has proven to be a local favorite.
Buoyed by the success of Johnny Garlic, Fieri opened an even more ambitious restaurant, Tex Wasabi. Featuring an eclectic mix of Tex-Mex and sushi, the restaurant was a true expression of Guy Fieri’s fusion style and unconventional ideas about food. Both Johnny Garlic and Tex Wasabi have expanded, with branches throughout Northern California.
In 2006, Guy Fieri beat out the competition to win The Next Food Network Star. His upbeat personality, easy-going sensibility, and famous catchphrases have made him a consistently popular contestant on the show. Many believed that the lively and trendy Fieri was what the TV channel needed – a young and beautiful image for the 21st century. The network quickly revamped his show and Fieri became a star chef.
In addition to Guy’s Big Bite, he has started production on a show close to his heart. In Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, Guy Fieri travels the country visiting local hangouts known for their killer cookies and amazing greasy spoon goodies. His third series, Ultimate Recipe Showdown, premiered in 2008 and was co-hosted with fellow Food Network star Marc Summers. In 2008, Fieri was also hired as a spokesperson for the restaurant chain TGI Fridays, and currently appears in several of their commercials.
As a TV celebrity, Fieri may be best known for his vocabulary. He is credited with popularizing the phrase “staccato,” meaning crazy and wonderful. Other frequent Guy-isms include “everyone in the pool” and “it’s going to be money!” Guy’s hip and modern personality has injected an aura of great California freshness into the Food Network, and many attribute it to his contribution to revitalizing the channel’s image.
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