“Food is not just eating energy. It’s an experience.”
― Guy Fieri
“Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat.”
― Guy Fieri
“There are two different things: there’s grilling, and there’s barbecue. Grilling is when people say, ‘We’re going to turn up the heat, make it really hot and sear a steak, sear a burger, cook a chicken.’ Barbecue is going low and slow.”
― Guy Fieri
“You have to be confident in who you are and what you’re doing. Of course, you try to evolve. I would never tell you, ‘Today is the best I will ever be.’ I’m always trying to be a better chef, a better dad, a better person.”
― Guy Fieri
“My sister and I cooked a lot together; my sister was a very healthy vegetarian. She was always a real good teacher for me about organics, recycling, composting -whenever you hear me talk about it, it’s usually because of my sister’s influence.”
― Guy Fieri
“You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I’m a cruise convert.”
― Guy Fieri
“Manage the heat, let the meat cook, and you’ll get fantastic results.”
― Guy Fieri
“There are three people you need in life: an accountant, a fishmonger, and a bail bondsman.”
― Guy Fieri
“It’s a life lesson they need to have, a skill everybody needs – to cook.”
― Guy Fieri
“Everybody has their role in the food world and what they choose to appreciate. I’m not a fine dining chef. I appreciate it. I think Thomas Keller is amazing. But I really like where I’m at; I like what I do. I like how it makes people feel.”
― Guy Fieri
“If I probably didn’t have tattoos, or if I probably didn’t bleach my hair, or if I probably didn’t wear blue jeans and a T-shirt to fancy things, if I didn’t do things that make me look like someone who’s whacked out of their mind, it’d probably be different. But then again, that’s how I wanna dress.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a culinary gangsta with a very spiritual side, so when I was introduced to the ‘spiritual gangster’ line, I had to have it.”
― Guy Fieri
“Your classic guacamole is just avocados, lime juice, and salt.”
― Guy Fieri
“The wok is one of my favorite things to work with when I’m camping.”
― Guy Fieri
“When I was 12, we began hosting exchange students from Norway, Sweden, Japan and Spain. I soon realized there was a whole world out there. I was determined to spend my sophomore year in high school abroad. My school taught only Spanish, but I wanted to go to France, and I did.”
― Guy Fieri
“What you see is what you get with me. There’s no show.”
― Guy Fieri
“My spiked hair goes back about 15 years ago. I had long, curly rocker hair then. The woman who cuts my hair thought I needed a new style, so I let her surprise me. I flipped when I first saw it, but I soon realized the look was really me. I’ve always been a little crazy.”
― Guy Fieri
“Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a big fan of doing ‘Triple D.’ But I don’t want to do it forever, don’t get me wrong! Travel away from my family, are you crazy? But do you know what it does for these mom-and-pop restaurant joints? It changes their lives forever. I mean, their businesses will never be the same.”
― Guy Fieri
“I need to stay disciplined on the road. Too much food can wreck your palate.”
― Guy Fieri
“One of the greatest birds I’ve ever had is called a ‘Turducken.’ A chicken inside of a duck inside of a turkey. That’s one that I love. I’ve done it a couple times.”
― Guy Fieri
“The Tom Brady sandwich would be a prosciutto with a nice Buffalo mozzarella, on a crispy baguette with a little fresh basil. Brady is classy; he’s a really cool dude. He’s got a lot of flavor.”
― Guy Fieri
“Get off the beaten path… If you want to find those mom-and-pop joints, those funky little places, just ask around.”
― Guy Fieri
“We are not blessed with junk food – my family and my kids do not eat fast foods.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a big eater in terms that l love flavor, but I don’t like to eat a lot of one thing. I like to eat a little bit.”
― Guy Fieri
“In Japanese, sushi does not mean raw fish. It means seasoned rice.”
― Guy Fieri
“Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don’t fall at least 10 times, then you’re not skiing hard enough.”
― Guy Fieri
“I tell anyone who will listen to me: On a cruise, you can be with all these people, or you can be by yourself. You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I’m a cruise convert.”
― Guy Fieri
“Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.”
― Guy Fieri
“There’s nothing that can replicate the smoky flavor of char, so when I’ve got the hankering for it, I tell my wife that I’m taking care of dinner. I have three different types of barbecues – a coal, gas and smoker – so I can experiment a lot.”
― Guy Fieri
“If you’re cooking and not making mistakes, you’re not playing outside your safety zone. I don’t expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door.”
― Guy Fieri
“The last thing I’m gonna do is, ‘This is dynamite!’ That’s not my gig, man. I love the mom-and-pop joints. I love giving them recognition, but I’m not gonna blow smoke. We walked out of locations; we’ve changed locations.”
― Guy Fieri
“I don’t drink soda.”
― Guy Fieri
“People get a little bolder and more wild in summer. You’ve got things going on kabobs, things cooking on the bone. There’s something about standing over a grill or outside with the family that inspires us.”
― Guy Fieri
“You don’t have to eat a whole cheeseburger, just take a piece of the cheeseburger.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m gonna open a small restaurant on the beach in Mexico. We’re only gonna have a few tables, and we’re only gonna cook what’s fresh that day. We’re gonna get back to the basics.”
― Guy Fieri
“If you looked in my fridge, you’d see maybe 12 different mustards.”
― Guy Fieri
“The opportunity to be a star chef, to imagine it would be here in Las Vegas, I couldn’t comprehend it.”
― Guy Fieri
“I specifically left the corporate world so I could wear T-shirts, blue jeans, and honestly, I always wanted to be my own boss.”
― Guy Fieri
“I look at a basketball laying on the ground, and it makes me think of something. Popcorn ball. How ’bout a spicy popcorn ball? That is how my mind is always working.”
― Guy Fieri
“I wake up in the morning thinking about food.”
― Guy Fieri
“Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a collector, so I’ve got all kinds of sunglasses. I’d say I’ve got about a buck ten, buck twenty.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a big greens fan. I’m a big vegetable fan. I’m a big whole grains fan. And I exercise a lot. That’s how I keep this petite dancer’s figure.”
― Guy Fieri
“I say to folks all the time, ‘Watch what you’re eating. You don’t have to eat it all. Make conscious choices. It doesn’t mean you have to starve yourself and eat carrots all day.’ Have an awareness.”
― Guy Fieri
“If you’re feeling adventurous, grill up some marinated octopus. It’s so healthy.”
― Guy Fieri
“The wok is one of my favorite things to work with when I’m camping. Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make.”
― Guy Fieri
“I don’t know what singers feel like when they make a song and people clap along and love it, but when people walk up to me and say the food was outstanding, that’s what it is all about. I cook because I like to make people happy.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a five-seasons griller! Did you know I added a new season? Living in Cali, I’m cooking in the yard all the time. I don’t care what the weather is like. My hair is impervious to any kind of dampness, so I don’t have too much to worry about.”
― Guy Fieri
“My restaurant, Tex Wasabi’s, we have a whole ‘Minute to Win It’ challenge going on on Sundays already. The show hasn’t even aired and they’re already doing challenges where people are coming and participating. I think it’s going to take over.”
― Guy Fieri
“Preparing food is one of life’s great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That’s not cooking – that’s working!”
― Guy Fieri
“Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!”
― Guy Fieri
“Losing my sister to cancer was… That was the worst thing in the world, man.”
― Guy Fieri
“I eat healthier than you think. I eat grains and vegetables when I’m home – and I eat in courses. My wife, Lori, thinks it’s because I don’t want foods to touch. That’s not it. If you eat courses, you slow down your meal and eat less. It’s a trick I picked up in France as a kid.”
― Guy Fieri
“I love to exercise. I’m a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.”
― Guy Fieri
“I am the worst at the grocery store. It turns into three carts. It turns into, ‘Oh did you see the truffle cheese? We’ve got to get the truffle cheese!’”
― Guy Fieri
“I’ve been using the same hair wax for as long as I can remember. I’m not a gel guy, I’m not a perfume guy, not really into any of that.”
― Guy Fieri
“I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can’t control it.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’ve always been an eccentric, a rocker at heart. I can’t play the guitar, but I can play the griddle.”
― Guy Fieri
“I have a fond appreciation for the Canadian culture and the Canadian food scene in general.”
― Guy Fieri
“If you slow it down, eat in courses, your body, mind, stomach will catch up with this full feeling and you won’t eat as much.”
― Guy Fieri
“With messy food, or foods with a lot of sauce, you do ‘The Hunch.’ I learned it in Philly, watching the dudes in suits eat cheesesteaks. You keep your elbows above your hands because if you don’t, the grease runs down your sleeve to your elbow.”
― Guy Fieri
“If it tastes really good, and it’s funky, it’s funkalicous. If the guy making it is funky, he’s funkintacious.”
― Guy Fieri
“Look, the fame rocket is only on the upward trajectory for a limited time.”
― Guy Fieri
“Ripe avocados should be soft, not squishy, and you should be able to flick the little stem off easily.”
― Guy Fieri
“I have my own boat, but when I first thought about taking a cruise, I thought, ‘You’re going to trap me on a boat, and I’m going to walk in circles and go crazy,’ but it’s awesome.”
― Guy Fieri
“The No. 1 thing I hear from people when I meet them in the airport is, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re just like you are on TV.’ Well, I’m not an actor. I don’t think anyone could figure out how to be this weird.”
― Guy Fieri
“There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I’ve always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car… this is going to be unbelievable.”
― Guy Fieri
“Some people are just born to cook and talk.”
― Guy Fieri
“It’s always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done.”
― Guy Fieri
“No matter how tough the meat may be, it’s going to be tender if you slice it thin enough.”
― Guy Fieri
“I think anyone that grew up in the ’70s and ’80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always… when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour.”
― Guy Fieri
“Kids want to saute, to cut the pizza, to see how the ingredients come together. If you let them do the fun stuff, they’ll develop skills and interests that will stay with them forever.”
― Guy Fieri
“I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar’s worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his dollar.”
― Guy Fieri
“My stay-married secret would probably be exercising good communication, not when you have to but all the time. I think if you do that, you kinda just cleanse the situations, so there’s not build up. I think that’s probably the best way to do it.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m not a greasy food guy. I don’t eat like that.”
― Guy Fieri
“There’s been quite a few conversations between me and my wife; she’d like to see my hair brown again. So who knows what will happen.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m not doing anything for anybody. I’m doing what I do.”
― Guy Fieri
“I can’t bake anything. I’m the worst. My cakes always come out flat.”
― Guy Fieri
“My parents were all into macrobiotic cooking and natural cooking, and my sister was a vegetarian. I wasn’t down with that.”
― Guy Fieri
“I love ‘Iron Chef’ and I love ‘Chopped.’ I watch both of them. I think it is crazy what those chefs go through.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m not a celebrity chef. I’m a chef that happens to have television shows and a chef that happens to do media.”
― Guy Fieri
“Anybody that pays attention to hate really is wasting their time. I don’t subscribe. I don’t buy in.”
― Guy Fieri
“If you’ve really got a problem with me, and you came and told me you had a problem with me, I’d be interested to listen to you. But if you’re just some loser that sits there and hammers away on some blog form or whatever, I don’t have time for that. Why even worry about it?”
― Guy Fieri
“I was raised with hippie parents, so I get down with the positive. I don’t pay attention to the negative.”
― Guy Fieri
“I always tell my family – and they laugh about it – but someday, I will write a vegetarian book. My cousin, who’s a big vegetarian, tells me flat out, ‘You’re my favorite vegetarian chef.’”
― Guy Fieri
“At first, people think about vegetarian food like, ‘Here’s some veggies. Here’s some pasta.’ But there’s so much more you can do in the vegetarian and vegan world.”
― Guy Fieri
“Growing up in Northern California, I’ve only seen snow at Christmas maybe twice in my life! I was always jealous of my cousins on the East Coast with their white Christmases.”
― Guy Fieri
“My parents moved out to California in 1968 from Ohio in a VW station wagon pulling a little trailer. I was 4 months old. They were following the energy out here.”
― Guy Fieri
“After a show, people say, ‘I bet you want to just sit back and relax.’ No way. First thing I want to do when I’m home is cook.”
― Guy Fieri
“I love to cook for people. It’s my honor, honestly. It’s what I have to give.”
― Guy Fieri
“It’s football all day on Sunday. I wish we had football every day; that would make me way happier. Why can’t we have that? You’ve got all these teams! Why can’t we just play a Monday game, a Tuesday game, a Wednesday game?”
― Guy Fieri
“I once saw professional soccer up there in Seattle, the Sounders. I went and saw that. I’m not a big soccer fan, but watching a live game is unbelievable. And then I went to Italy and saw a soccer match; it’s something everyone should do once. It’ll blow your mind.”
― Guy Fieri
“We’re getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there’s people that are not with their families. There are people that are in dangerous areas, putting their lives on the line to keep our country free, and I think that’s something we should all celebrate every day.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m not an actor. Lord knows, I’d be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get.”
― Guy Fieri
“I have three wood-fired ovens… I have one at my house, one at my ranch, one on the trailer that I use for charity events.”
― Guy Fieri
“I did a big thing with Ritz Crackers – great cracker. Am I now the Ritz chef? No! Do I think the cracker has a lot of diversity and appeal? Yeah! Does it mean that’s my foundation of cooking? No!”
― Guy Fieri
“Triple D is all about three things: Food, story and character.”
― Guy Fieri
“I am just a regular dude who happened to make it. That’s all I am, man. Maybe I was preparing myself in some lifetime to become this person, but I never thought I’d have every rocket shooting off at one time.”
― Guy Fieri
“If you are AC/DC, you don’t get credit for slow songs. And if you are doing a show about food with a blond dude with crazy blond hair and tattoos who drives a hot rod, of course everyone is going to think everything you eat is deep-fried.”
― Guy Fieri
“I respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.”
― Guy Fieri
“When someone is dying, there is nothing you really can do, it’s a horrible situation, and… you just have to get through it.”
― Guy Fieri
“I was raised not so much in a puritan environment, but for the most part, a pretty healthy one.”
― Guy Fieri
“My first words were always about food – I grew up in northern California, and when I was 10 years old, I had my own pretzel cart business.”
― Guy Fieri
“When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.”
― Guy Fieri
“I never knew I would go this far, but I was told by people it wouldn’t happen, and now I own four restaurants, and I have one of the best shows on the Food Network. I’m living in the Super Bowl of food.”
― Guy Fieri
“No one likes rubbery chicken.”
― Guy Fieri
“Avocados that haven’t fully ripened will lack the big flavor you want for your dip.”
― Guy Fieri
“Nothing, not even an avocado pit, keeps guacamole green for too long once it’s made.”
― Guy Fieri
“It’s OK to make mistakes… Try different things.”
― Guy Fieri
“People need to take a little bit more risk.”
― Guy Fieri
“I get influence from everybody and everything.”
― Guy Fieri
“Food is a common denominator for all people.”
― Guy Fieri
“Kids love food. It’s about putting materials out there that get kids thinking about food – to get kids interacting about food. It’s about simple things, like kids thinking about pasta – getting kids to work with food.”
― Guy Fieri
“College students want good eats. They want it to not be super-expensive, but you’ve got to be eclectic, you’ve got to have style, and you’ve got to make real food.”
― Guy Fieri
“Contrary to popular belief, I eat all types of food. Fried food is my least favorite.”
― Guy Fieri
“I have the best agents in the world.”
― Guy Fieri
“’Triple D’ is not going anywhere. I enjoy highlighting my brothers and sisters in the business.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a stocky 210 pounds.”
― Guy Fieri
“I never try and do the same show, ever. The audience controls the dynamic of the shows. Sometimes they listen, and sometimes they ask a million questions.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m in a very unique position in that I got to participate in the Food Network by contest. That’s long gone, being voted on, but I don’t forget where it came from, and I don’t forget the people who worked to put me here.”
― Guy Fieri
“What do people want? Contact. People want to be able to see you and touch you. Are you real?”
― Guy Fieri
“I’ve never been an apron fan; it’s all too cumbersome to me.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a huge kale fan.”
― Guy Fieri
“I don’t eat sweets. I’m not a big dessert guy.”
― Guy Fieri
“Did I ever think about TV stardom? I don’t watch a lot of TV. I wasn’t even aware of the phenomenon of what was going on in food television, what you started with the Food Network.”
― Guy Fieri
“I really believe you’ve gotta put the power in the people. They’re the ones who are gonna make the experience.”
― Guy Fieri
“I love that UNLV is a big-little school, that you can still have access and support as a student.”
― Guy Fieri
“I always wish for more time at home or at the restaurants or on the shows.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a chef, I own restaurants, and there’s a behavior in the kitchen you have to have.”
― Guy Fieri
“Why can’t we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there’s just no enthusiasm. There’s no energy behind it. I said, ‘What if we take a cooking demonstration and fortify it with a lot of good music? … Drive it to the next level?’”
― Guy Fieri
“I definitely eat in moderation and exercise.”
― Guy Fieri
“I think there’s a misconception that I eat everything. The one or two bites that you see me take, that’s it.”
― Guy Fieri
“When you love the competition, the opportunity to achieve at simple but challenging games, some people are really into it, and I’m one of them.”
― Guy Fieri
“Howie Mandel is the real deal.”
― Guy Fieri
“Whenever you get to change somebody’s life or watch it and see it happen, it’s amazing.”
― Guy Fieri
“I try to hike at least three times a week when I’m home in Sonoma County.”
― Guy Fieri
“I was even more of a Hagar fan when he was just Hagar and not Van Hagar.”
― Guy Fieri
“I wanted to work in corporate restaurants.”
― Guy Fieri
“It’s tough, you know: I’m a chef first, and a restaurant owner, way before I was ever on Food Network, and it’s a tough business.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.”
― Guy Fieri
“I cannot get enough farro.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m gonna open a small restaurant on the beach in Mexico. We’re only gonna have a few tables, and we’re only gonna cook what’s fresh that day. We’re gonna get back to the basics… Real food for real people.”
― Guy Fieri
“People are very phobic about fish. And if they do cook fish, they fry it, which kills all the flavor.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.”
― Guy Fieri
“The men and women in the Armed Forces, that’s what I always think about and what I teach my kids about. We’re getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there’s people that are not with their families.”
― Guy Fieri
“One of my good buddies is Marcel Reece with the Raiders. He’s a big ‘Triple-D’ fan; he’s a big food fan.”
― Guy Fieri
“One of my good buddies is Steve Hutchinson. He used to play for the Vikings, and he’s also been on ‘Triple-D.’”
― Guy Fieri
“A lot of people who like sushi don’t really like raw fish or seaweed.”
― Guy Fieri
“I would ride my horse to school.”
― Guy Fieri
“I love everything from Enya to Pantera.”
― Guy Fieri
“As soon as you wanna take away the flavor of anything, just fry it.”
― Guy Fieri
“I’m not a religious person by any means.”
― Guy Fieri
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