Guy Fieri just signed a 3 year/$80 million contract with Food Network

[IcyPeas]

seriously? is this guy still a thing?

BREAKING: Food Network signs @GuyFieri to a 3 yr/$80m contract extension.

[True Dough]

1. That's a lot of dough

says "True Dough"

[C_U_L8R]

2. That's a lot of cholesterol.

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Watching his show makes my cardiac hurt.

But always makes good watching at the gym.

[FarPoint]

3. He never was "a thing" in accordance of true culinary appreciation...

He is just a showman....No, not worth that bases upon culinary skills but he can sell the entertainment aspect of playing with food.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. That's quite a gravy train. nt

[NightWatcher]

5. He's a really nice guy who has spent money helping out of work servers and restaurant owners, plus

his Drive in's Dives... gave free publicity to small restauranteurs who couldn't afford the exposure he gave them.

[FarPoint]

6. Sure he is indeed a nice fella...

I miss and crave the true culinary aspects of Food Network....Never really got into playing with food as the network focuses on now....They dumbed down in a big, big way....

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. Guy is one of the few that still has a decent show on food network.

Funny thing, tho...the only reason I like diners and drive ins is because Guy isn’t cooking.

[dawg day]

8. He's such a shrieker...

I can't listen to him.

Now Maneet Chauhan... she's worth millions.

[MANative]

9. I've read that he's very charitable and generally a nice guy

But the second I hear his voice, I change the channel. Grates on me like nails on a chalkboard. Not a fan of any of his shows from a culinary perspective, either. Kudos for his good works, but I'll pass on viewing 100%.

[jimfields33]

11. He should be taxed 75 percent on that money

He’d still have 20 million to spend. Completely ridiculous for him to make that kind of money.

[kirkuchiyo]

10. I miss the general cooking shows, I never watch it anymore but

Alton Brown, Emeril Lagasse and Mario Batali (among others, just not Bobby Flay, can't stand him) got me interested in cooking. My wife hardly ever cooks anymore, I've done 99% of it for 25 years now.

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. Saturday and Sunday mornings

are when I watch Food channel. The "how-to" shows are still my favorite ones. I do like DD&D, but Restaurant Impossible the only non-instructive show I regularly watch.

BAck when it started, Emeril (who is a good teacher), Two Hot Tamales, Batali, Brown and the British fat ladies are the shows I learned a lot from.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. I've Learned A Great Deal From...

...GGG & Chopped. Seasoning & pairings are things I've learned a great deal about watching those "game shows".
Also, from Alton Brown's show "Good Eats".
I do admit I have no interest in the baking shows, though.
Not my thing! I will never(!!!!) get involved in baking.

[kirkuchiyo]

14. I hate to bake also. Baking isn't cooking, it's chemistry. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Odd Choice Of Descriptor!

I agree with you, but oddly enough, I'm a retired chemist!
PhD in physical organic chemistry, 1979.
Yet, I have no interest in baking, which as you said, is chemistry!
Go figure!

[kirkuchiyo]

17. I picked that up from

The book "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen" by Harold McGee. It isn't a cookbook but more about the chemistry that goes on in the background. I remember it talking about the Maillard reaction and a LOT about eggs. Beer and alcohol also. It a good read if you can find it.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. I Could Write Out The Chemoelectronic Mechanisms!!!

And yet, I still have no interest in baking!

[OriginalGeek]

15. Two Fat Ladies is still my all-time favorite food show

I remember loving Wok With Chan too.

We are big Alton Brown fans and once went to a book signing and talk at a local book store. Alton gave a 45 minute presentation then stayed and answered every single person's question who wanted to ask something and THEN went to the book signing station and stayed for every single person who wanted a book signed. He signed until after 2am (which I know because I was near the end of the line with my wife and daughter) AND THEN he stayed and signed unaccompanied books for people who had to leave the line for whatever reason (babysitter, work, tired, didn't matter). He just asked them to leave a post-it note in the book with their name and and he autographed them and the book store staff kept care of them and people could come pick them up later.

I'll never forget how kind and gracious he was to everyone.


And I REALLY really miss Anthony Bourdain. But we do like the new Gordon Ramsay show where he travels around the world and learns the local flavor in a given country (or just area) and tries to cook a meal for the locals with what he learned.