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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,153 posts)
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:04 PM Oct 2021

Bobby Flay and Food Network to Part Ways After 27 Years

Superstar chef Bobby Flay and Food Network are poised to part ways after a 27-year run that has made the restaurateur and businessman one of the country’s most recognizable culinary figures.

Flay and Food Network have been in negotiations on a new contract for some time. His most recent exclusive three-year pact with the Discovery-owned cabler expires at year’s end. Sources close to the situation said that Food Network has ended the negotiations.

Flay representatives at WME declined to comment on the situation, citing the policy of not commenting on active negotiations. That’s an indication that Flay’s team sees some hardball negotiating tactics afoot. But sources close to Food Network say the decision has been made to move on as the sides were far apart on financial terms. Food Network declined to comment for this story.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bobby-flay-food-network-part-224559473.html

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Bobby Flay and Food Network to Part Ways After 27 Years (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP
He's a jerk. Lunabell Oct 2021 #1
I could live without Guy Fieri too. calimary Oct 2021 #3
It'll get worse. He just signed an $80 million contract. Hoyt Oct 2021 #6
He's Actually A Good Man SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #11
Well, okay. That's good to hear and good to know. calimary Oct 2021 #16
I am truly sick of Guy. True Blue American Oct 2021 #13
That's OK. Both he & the network will be fine without each other! nt napi21 Oct 2021 #2
Wish they'd also part ways with Guy Fieri, but I guess they'd have no reruns then. Vinca Oct 2021 #4
Of course they would! calimary Oct 2021 #8
Please God. Boomerproud Oct 2021 #17
He's one of their top performers. I'll be sorry comradebillyboy Oct 2021 #5
At least Bobby Flay has culinary skills. badhair77 Oct 2021 #7
I Faux pas Oct 2021 #9
Bring in new blood.... FarPoint Oct 2021 #10
I used to love Food TV calguy Oct 2021 #12
High school dropout. Self made. It will be strange for him not to be there. underpants Oct 2021 #14
pay him for chrissakes....he's Bobby the fuck Flay.... bahboo Oct 2021 #15

calimary

(80,711 posts)
3. I could live without Guy Fieri too.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:09 PM
Oct 2021

Good grief, can you say OVEREXPOSED?????

SO tired of him and all his affectations and gimmicks and ridiculous hair and all the hardware he wears.
ENOUGH!!!!!

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
11. He's Actually A Good Man
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:48 PM
Oct 2021

He gave a great deal of money to struggling restaurants during the pandemic, to help keep them from going under.

Overexposed, probably, but it's only because he brings in high ratings.

From what I've read, he's a decent guy, and treats the workers at his restaurants very fairly.

calimary

(80,711 posts)
16. Well, okay. That's good to hear and good to know.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 07:10 PM
Oct 2021

Even so, a little of him goes a LOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGG way.

calimary

(80,711 posts)
8. Of course they would!
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:29 PM
Oct 2021

Bring back the Barefoot Contessa! I LOVED her show. Such understated elegance, and a very friendly, folksy vibe. Proof that you don’t need spikey, dyed, freak-show hair, overloaded biker jewelry and a bad sunburn to be entertaining. I despise the sing-song-y way he reads the copy. She, on the other hand provides elegance, simplicity, warmth, a sense of genuineness, and intelligence with a gentle twinkle in her eye - and no stupid fucking trash-trendoid gimmickry. I always thought she was wonderful! Food Network for grownups.

Why doesn’t Guy Fieri just cut to the chase and do his schtick in a full-on clown costume?

badhair77

(4,195 posts)
7. At least Bobby Flay has culinary skills.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:22 PM
Oct 2021

I’m tired of the celebrity cooking shows and the contests. And don’t get me started on Guy Fieri. Way overexposed.

FarPoint

(12,209 posts)
10. Bring in new blood....
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:46 PM
Oct 2021

We actually need cooking talent on the network.....return to cooking food verses playing with food.....I love the Voltaggio brothers...

Michael Symon cooks and shows us how to cook, explains why to do something a certain way...etc....

calguy

(5,226 posts)
12. I used to love Food TV
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 06:05 PM
Oct 2021

But that was years ago. Glitzy stars like Flay and Fiero turned me away. I used to like watching a skilled chef cook a few nice recipes that I'd later try myself. Once they got into all this contest bs and Guy Fiero throwing his ego around, it turned it off and have never returned.

bahboo

(16,241 posts)
15. pay him for chrissakes....he's Bobby the fuck Flay....
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 06:46 PM
Oct 2021

a fine purveyor of junk tv. Can always watch when my brain needs a break...

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