Guy Fieri Sucks
Posted at 5:50 PM Jan 15, 2009
By Kenny HerzogAt a time when America's collective fat ratio is perilously disproportionate, and the only people with a booming business are cardiac surgeons and pharmacists, there's nothing our nation needs more than Food Network "star" Guy Fieri celebrating the wonders of low-priced, artery-clogging T.G.I. Friday's appetizers every fucking 30 seconds.
You know the guy: He won that Next Food Network Star competition and then launched a series of programs revolving around down-home, no-frills food to ensure immediate gratification and even more instant mortality. And edge-ified the channel with a burly personality that befit his raspy voice, Hot Topic Hair and a shit-eating goatee.
I guess I'm not inherently adverse to the culture of crappy eating he promotes, nor the fact that he's cashed in on it with a soulless endorsement for a flavorless gourmet fast-food chain. I'm just generally allergic to any publicly visible personality who patches together an aesthetic out of second-hand, adolescent symbols of awesomeness and attempts to ooze his coolness juice all over something that was either helplessly mundane, or had plenty of inherent charm for anyone without a completely crippled attention span or insecurity in their individual sensibilities.
Fuck that guy. That Guy Fieri even. He sucks.
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Comments
I thought I was the only one. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Posted 01/15/2009 at 10:04:37 PMI thought I was the only one. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Posted 01/15/2009 at 10:05:16 PMJEALOUS?! *drops microphone*
Posted 01/16/2009 at 02:52:17 AMI am a professional chef and this guy is an absolute and unequivocal moron.
Posted 01/16/2009 at 12:32:07 PMHe has made every chef in america look bad with his cheesy looks, greasy hair and white-trash ways.
You are a joke, Guy--whatever your last name is--FieRy or don't you know how to pronounce an r?
I have eaten at your restaurants in Sonoma and I see why they suck, maybe you should mind your businesses--Oh I'm sorry you're with TGI what the F?
Seriously.
I actually didn't do my evisceration of this guy justice, but a la Frank Caliendo, it's almost kind of self-explanatory to the extent where just pointing out his Suckage is enough of a shared catharsis.
Posted 01/16/2009 at 02:07:02 PMHe's like the Criss Angel of foodies.
I have to laugh..lol....I came across this website by mistake and find it humerous that there are people with enough time on their hands to create and contribute to such pettiness. ...lol....what's even funnier is that a "professional chef" can't even support a fellow chef, regardless of his opinion of his food, and then posts his envy online. I'm guessing your not so "professional" as you think you are. You fools are preaching to the choir.....so whats the purpose. Get a life..lol
Posted 01/17/2009 at 05:01:59 PMWell, thank you for the laugh!
Well said.
Posted 01/17/2009 at 07:02:54 PMYou talk about a guy who really sucks. This guy fiero was in Jackson Miss lasr summer playing big shot with an entourage of stooges at a golf tournament. Well the fat jerk got my friend a limo driver fired because he didnt like him. Actually my friend had never watched his so called tv show. My friend told me he did not suck up to him maybe that was why. Needless to say he did not tip the three days my friend drove him. Not even the night the whole crew went to a strip club and got drunk. If his viewers really new the real 'Guy"" he would be cancelled in no time
Posted 01/21/2009 at 02:24:56 PMI just happened across this sight as i was looking for Guy's new best selling book.Yes , i am a fan of Guy !I am not so much a fan of grown men who spend time making fun of other people.If some of you guys could focas all your childish antics on something positive , maybe you could be sittin on the pile of cash that Guy's sittin on right now!!!As for Kenny who began this hate page, i dont recall ever hearing that Guy was promoting this as healthy , diet food.Everyone has a time in thier life that a meal of good old fashion comfort food sounds appealing.Guy is mearly telling you were to find the best of it.He's not telling you to eat every meal at Tgifridays or to sit in a diner all day.Jonathon on the other hand, has some kind of masculinity problem or trys to pick apart some other chef because of lacking skills.I dont see jonathan on 3 food network shows and traveling all over america because of his skills as a chef. And finally , that takes me to the limo drivers friend, maybe your friend just "sucks" as a limo driver???? Just grow up boys!!!
Posted 01/22/2009 at 07:55:09 PMBekka,
Just to be clear, the bit about Fieri's promotion of unhealthy food was what we in the biz call a topical lede. It also was primarily pointing out the soulless schilling of a brand that can broadly be categorized as authentic American comfort food per Fieri's M.O., when in reality it's not just wickedly bad for you, but lacks any redeeming virtues for your palate.
But mostly, the piece was using Fieri as a platform to attack pop culture, and cable TV's, watered down version of "edgy" and "cool" as represented in the form of guys like Fieri or Jim Cramer, who are basically just burly dudes who scream a lot or have crappy facial hair but lack any apparent substance to support an arduous fanbase.
Sucks understands that its targets are ultimately real human beings of depth and sensitivity. But by way of their public visibility, they leave themselves vulnerable to use as variable in sociological and scientific diatribes like these, that try to get at the humor and absurdity of larger, more influential trends.
Which is why you never see them bothering to comment themselves. They get it.
But seriously, Guy really Sucks.
Posted 01/23/2009 at 11:15:52 AMYeah, I've met Guy twice. Sat down for a 2-hour dinner with him in New York (click on link to see video) and met him again for a meeting in Seattle last weekend (no video that time).
Oh, he was a charm while the camera was rolling, and he's great to fans and to the DDD restaurant owners and FN staff. But off-camera he was rude, insulting and dismissive both times. Especially that second time; Guy's got a temper, and he holds a grudge. I totally believe the "limo driver's friend" story.
Look. He does great work for charities, and he promotes his home community of Sonoma County. His recipes are crowd-pleasers, and that DDD show promotes independently-owned restaurants. All good stuff.
But Guy ... he ain't no nice guy.
Posted 01/31/2009 at 04:54:44 PMI'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this guy is a tool. My husband just flipped past his show on the Food Network... not only is he an alleged professional chef who can't pronounce "balsamic" or "mascarpone" to save his life, but the bling! And the cheesy wristbands - in this episode I just got a peek at, he has 2 of his meathead buddies on there and all 3 of them are wearing those ridiculous wristbands on their forearms. None of them is under 40. They look like complete morons. Is there nobody on the production staff who has the cojones to tell him what an ass he looks like?
Posted 02/12/2009 at 03:25:03 PMThis Guy is the worst thing on the Food Network, and he's everywhere. He's the anti-Alton Brown, he can make something inherently interesting unbearably boring. His Greasy Spoon show is like watching Greg Brady's Johnny Bravo review middle school cafeterias from the fifties, only Bravo was less of a poser. What're his qualifications to actually host anything, he eats too much food? Oh, what's that Guy? That fat, dripping chunk of meat you're eating in some anonymous greasy spoon -- where, unlike Man v. Food, you hardly give us any info on the place -- tastes great? Really? I've never heard you give THAT review before. Always a revelation with that guy.
Seriously, Guy (real name: "Guy Ramsey Ferry", compensating much?) makes Joe the Plumber look like a credit to his profession; one can only hope that the Food Network will field a war correspondent soon.
And dude, you're wearing your sunglasses a few feet too high, there, buddy.
Posted 02/15/2009 at 06:35:12 PMSomeone has started a whole blog dedicated to this guy:
http://guyfierisucks.blogspot.com
Posted 03/03/2009 at 12:18:27 PMDidn't you hear what I said about Guy Fieri? When the Simpsons needed another character to boost their sagging ratings, they got Poochie. Guy Fieri = Poochie. Rastify him 10% more...excellent.
Posted 03/11/2009 at 01:09:54 PMHe reminds me of Estaban; he's a legend in his own mind.
Posted 03/27/2009 at 11:34:36 AMHi Guy here!,
Posted 08/02/2009 at 07:08:08 PMAren't I cool. Check out my cool arm band and my sunglasses at the back of my head. Check out how I pose for the camera. I tell the coolest jokes and I am very funny. I own a 1st generation Camaro and you don't. My Publicist told me that would be cool too.
Again I am soooooooo cool and your not.
Hi Guy here!,
Posted 08/02/2009 at 07:09:17 PMAren't I cool. Check out my cool arm band and my sunglasses at the back of my head. Check out how I pose for the camera. I tell the coolest jokes and I am very funny. I own a 1st generation Camaro and you don't. My Publicist told me that would be cool too.
Again I am soooooooo cool and your not.
OMG...WHAT'S WITH THE GRAMMAR AND SPELLING?
Posted 08/15/2009 at 10:45:50 PMWhat the hell is the fat guy from the food network who' recipes always sound better than the actually taste!!! doinf hosting a flipping game show? nbc is so stupid.
Posted 05/23/2010 at 08:10:13 PMHe is a crock. The only show I want to see him on is Biggest Loser.... oh wait... he already is.
All he does is eat greasy disgusting food for 30 minutes (actually more like hours since its all Food Network will run). I watched an episode where he wanted to "try his hand" at frying these cheesy zucchini balls at this one place and the food came out all burned black. Bet he didn't pay that poor business for the product he just wasted. But sure enough, that fat ass had a nice fresh batch of hot zucchini balls after the break. And the flavor was "unbelievable!" as is everything he eats. "Unbelievable!" "Unbelievable!" "Aw yea, Unbelievable!" If he ever came to our restaurant in New York I would break our bosses rule about denial of service. GTFO SCUMBAG.
Posted 06/18/2010 at 07:17:38 PMAnd I'm not one to say anything about someone's children, especially when they are kept out of the media (as they should be) but WHY THE HELL would you name your children something so STUPID and RIDICULOUS. CPA should stop at his door and rename the children legally so they don't have to grow up (1) around Guy Fagiery and (2) With such horrible names that they will be subjected to a lifetime of embarrassment. I guess its his way of getting back at the world for being named "Guy Ramsy Fiery"
Posted 06/18/2010 at 07:21:13 PM