Posted on 11/19/2009 12:30:21 PM PST by EveningStar
...Fieri's meteoric ascent is impressive, but it also makes him one of the culinary world's most polarizing figures. For as many fans as Fieri earnsDora Long, the creator of Fieri's biggest fan site, says she gets hundreds of emails a weekhe draws equal detractors. Like Rachael Ray or Emeril Lagasse, Fieri is a food personality who has rapidly outgrown the food, walking the narrow line between technique and celebrity that makes so many in the industry nervous. His recipes have names like No Can Beato This Taquito, and Mac-Daddi-Roni Salad, and he often effuses about the greasy meals he eats on Diners, Drive-Ins and Drives with his mouth full of nachos or chili dogsspirited gluttony as entertainment.
The ire from the industry is palpable: At a recent panel at the New York Wine& Food Festival, star chefs David Chang and Anthony Bourdain sat down to call bull---- on several aspects of the food world, and singled out Fieri as the enemy...
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Looking online at the Guy haters, that is the nut of it right there.
Those who are against him are basically food snobs themselves.
Not nearly as good as biscuits...hmmmm. Alrighty then.
I think Giada has more than the normal number of teeth.
Like, sixty.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Agreed.
Bourdain’s just mad he is stuck on the Travel Channel, which I enjoy watching as well when they have actual travel shows.
Giada has hair?!
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.
Fair enough. But it still has an “R” LOL!
For my taste, I much prefer her mother.
And I miss Reagan too!
That must be a really, really, really old photo of Rachel Ray
LOL!
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
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