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Guy Fieri is an American restaurateur, author, television personality, and game show host on Food Network. He co-owns five restaurants in California and is known for his television series on Food Network.

By mid-2010, the Food Network made Fieri the "face of the network." In 2010, the New York Times reported that Fieri brought an "element of rowdy, mass-market culture to American food television," and that his "prime-time shows attract more male viewers than any others on the network."

Television

After winning the second season of The Next Food Network Star on April 23, 2006, Fieri was awarded a six-episode commitment for his own cooking show on Food Network. Guy's Big Bite premiered on June 25, 2006 and continues.

Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, his second series, premiered in April 2007 (a one-hour special aired in November 2006), with Fieri traveling the country visiting local eateries. The New York Times called the series "not a cooking show as much as a carefully engineered reality show." Ultimate Recipe Showdown, co-hosted with Marc Summers, debuted on February 17, 2008 and aired for three seasons. On September 14, 2008, Guy Off the Hook debuted on Food Network. This special studio audience show aired through the end of 2008, but the extra cost of staging an audience show did not result in a ratings bump and the concept was discontinued. For Thanksgiving 2008, Fieri hosted a one-hour special titled Guy's Family Feast. He used the "Guy Off the Hook" set for the special, which was broadcast live, on November 28, 2008. Fieri appeared on other Food Network programs such as Dinner: Impossible in 2007 and 2009, Paula's Party, Ace of Cakes, and The Best Thing I Ever Ate.

In December 2009, NBC named Fieri as the host of the game show Minute to Win It, which premiered in March 2010 and aired for two seasons. On May 13, 2012, NBC announced that the game show will not be renewed for a third season, citing high production costs and low ratings.

In 2011, Fieri partnered with Carnival Cruise lines to create Guy’s Burger Joint to sell Fieri's burgers fleet-wide.

Books

Fieri has written three books with co-author Ann Volkwein published by William Morrow Cookbooks; the first two were New York Times bestsellers for over 12 weeks. Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives: An All-American Road Trip…with Recipes! (October 2008), More Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: Another Drop-Top Culinary Cruise Through America's Finest and Funkiest (November 2009), and Guy Fieri Food: Cookin' It, Livin' It, Lovin' It (May 2011).

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 By mid-2010, the Food Network made Fieri the "face of the network." In 2010, the ''New York Times'' reported that Fieri brought an "element of rowdy, mass-market culture to American food television," and that his "prime-time shows attract more male viewers than any others on the network."
-Do you guys have one of those drink machines with like, hundreds of different options for drinks? I love those man! They don't have many restaurants with those machines around here, basically just a Zaxby's an hour and a half away. We used to have a close-ish Fazzoli's but it got shut down. I never heard why, it always seemed healthy and did good business from what I hear. It had one of those cool drink machines too, I always loved experimenting with the different flavors even though a lot of them didn't exactly taste very good, it was still a fun experience. I'm lactose intolerant so I never went to Fazzoli's too much but I always found something else to eat that wouldn't make me sick (and I've got a pretty strong stomach besides) and man, did I love that drink machine. One time I really held up the drink machine line hahah, I just HAD to try as many different flavors as I could! The temptation was too strong, I just sat there, gulped down a drink, got another one, and just kept doing that for a couple minutes. Grape Sprite is really good and I wish they sold it in stores, but I guess it's just not popular enough to be sold at a regular establishment, which is a real shame because it tastes so good. I guess I can always hope though, huh? I had some pineapple Fanta once while I was down in Disneyworld, and then again when I visited the Coke bottling plant in Atlanta, and both times I just absolutely fell in love. That stuff is absolutely some of the most delicious stuff I've ever consumed. For years I complained about how they didn't sell it around here, at least not to my knowledge, and I swear to you I visited so many stores over the years looking for that stuff because I was so determined to get some. Well, it was all for naught... up until recently, that is, when I finally spotted them selling some in liter bottles at my local Wal-Mart! I couldn't believe my eyes, I was astounded, but sure enough, there it was, in all its pineapple-y glory. Man, I was so happy, I bought them out of their stock that day, and since then, it's like all the other stores around here have picked up on my love for it, because they've all started selling some pineapple Fanta as well. I buy that stuff all the time, it makes me super happy. I guess what I'm saying is, man, maybe if I hope that grape Sprite becomes a popular thing around here for long enough hard enough, they'll actually start selling it here. Dreams do come true, man. It would be glorious.
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