The Trailer Park Gourmet (Guy Fieri)

The Daily Beast ^ | November 10, 2009 | Rachel Syme

[rwfromkansas]

Looking online at the Guy haters, that is the nut of it right there.

Those who are against him are basically food snobs themselves.

[gathersnomoss]

That there looks like “deep” fried bacon. That's good eats.

Not nearly as good as biscuits...hmmmm. Alrighty then.

[Sloth]

I think Giada has more than the normal number of teeth.

Like, sixty.

[CaptRon]

Good point. I guess his family wears their sunglasses on the back of their head too. Let’s face it, the guy is trying to brand himself and it ain’t working. At least for me. But if it works for you, ok.

[djf]

Looks ummm... Tasty. Yeah, that’s it. Tasty!

I grew up in that neck of the woods and went to school in Albany.

Lotta fine dining there, if you know what I mean!

[MozarkDawg]

She used to wear her hair up, I always wonder how she gets away with food prep/cooking with her long hair down. I mean, it's pretty, yes, but not all that hygienic.

[pgkdan]

At a recent panel at the New York Wine& Food Festival, star chefs David Chang and Anthony Bourdain sat down to “call bullsh*t” on several aspects of the food world, and singled out Fieri as the enemy. Chang noted Fieri's “douche glasses,” and “stupid f***ing armband,” and he asked Bourdain to “catch me and kick me in the ass” if he ever took on the look. Bourdain gave similarly derisive comments to the press about Fieri, telling TV Guide, “Did you ever see the Simpsons episode where it's decided that Itchy and Scratchy need a sidekick? So a committee gets together and they invent one called Poochie... Guy Fieri kind of looks like he's been designed by committee

Man, these two have got to be the most small minded, bitchiest and jealous men in the world. They sound like a couple of High School "Mean Girl" cheerleaders sizing up their prettier and more talented competition.

[rwfromkansas]

A lot of people wear sunglasses on the back of their head as opposed to taking them off.

I don’t, but I have seen a lot do that.

[Just another Joe]

The rest of them can go pound sand.

Guy won a chef show, fair and square, to get HIS show, which the original was, "The Big Bite".
He also has several restaurants that cater to the normal person, NOT the food critics.

I can honestly say that I like watching him, which is more than I can say about a lot of the others.

[pgkdan]

I retract my statement about how Guy’s father pronounced his name...I see in the article where he actually changed his name to Fieri. But it’s still his name...

[pgkdan]

Agreed.

[rwfromkansas]

Bourdain’s just mad he is stuck on the Travel Channel, which I enjoy watching as well when they have actual travel shows.

[CaptRon]

Giada has hair?!

[Trailerpark Badass]

I love his Diners, Drive-ins and Dives show. I didn’t like him in the Food Network Star Search contest, but I LOVE that show. That food looks so good. I eat vicariously through that show.

I like how he showcases independently owned places that focus on making the food interesting or at least unique.

Being out in the suburban hinterlands, surrounded by nothing but insipid chain restaurants, I envy the happy customers at the places he visits.

[CaptRon]

Fair enough. But it still has an “R” LOL!

[Mashood]

For my taste, I much prefer her mother.

[CaptRon]

And I miss Reagan too!

[denfurb]

That must be a really, really, really old photo of Rachel Ray

[Talisker]

I really don’t give a care what some stuffy New Yorker thinks whose idea of food is some tiny plate with a drizzle of some weird concoction over a tiny piece of lettuce or some crap like that.

LOL!

[the long march]

Not really. The only time he did was on his motorcycle road trip. Usually he is hosting Iron Chef America or Good Eats. Not even in the same category