Guy Fieri

About

Guy Fieri is an American television personality known for hosting the food reality shows Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Off the Hook and Guy's Grocery Games on the Food Network. Online, he is often mocked for his signature spiked-bleached hairstyle, his conspicuously American mannerisms and his New York City restaurant Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar, which received an extremely critical New York Times review in November 2012.

Television Career

In 2006, Fieri won first place on the Food Network cooking challenge reality show The Next Food Network. In 2007, Fieri began hosting the Food Network reality show Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives, showcasing various diners, drive-in restaurants and dive bars across North America. In 2008, Fieri hosted the cooking show Guy Off the Hook, which ran until October that year. In October 2013, the Food Network launched the game show Guy's Grocery Games, featuring four competing chefs who must complete various challenges in a grocery store.

Online Presence

In 2011, the CollegeHumor YouTube channel uploaded a video titled "Guy Fieri at Hogwarts," featuring a parody of Fieri's show Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives set in the Harry Potter universe (shown below, left). On November 13th, 2012, The New York Times^[6] published a scathing review of the Fieri's New York City restaurant Guy's American Kitchen & Bar. On December 16th, CollegeHumor released a video in which a Fieri impersonator responds to the restaurant review (shown below, right).

On April 11th, 2013, the Jaboody Dubs YouTube channel uploaded a video titled "Guy Fieri Dub: Fedora Feast," featuring footage from Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives with dubbed audio matching Fieri's lip movements (shown below, left). Over the next two years, the channel released four additional Fieri dub videos.

In February 2013, a parody single serving site was launched at GuysAmericanKitchenAndBar.com,^[2] which contained a fake menu for Fieri's Times Square restaurant (shown below, left). On March 9th, 2014, Redditor kdanson posted a picture of a fake television guide description for Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives to /r/funny,^[3] where it gained over 3,500 upvotes in the next year (shown below, right).

In Homestuck

Guy Fieri has appeared in the webcomic series Homestuck as a homicidal tyrant who installs a fascist government and commits a genocide knowns as the "hilarocaust."

Personal Life

Guy Fieri was born on January 22nd, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio.^[1] Fieri currently lives with his wife and two children in North California where he collects classic American cars.

Search Interest

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