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Originally Posted by surfah33
Ah, doesn't bother me much. As I never thought of him as a chef to begin with though he does have his own restaurant. He won a reality show to get on the Food Network after all. Tyler Florence sold out to Applebee's. Emeril had his own sitcom and Rachel Ray has her own talk show.
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It doesn't bother me that Guy Fieri the chef is endorsing TGIFridays. It bothers me that Guy Fieri the host of Diners, Drive Ins and Dives is endorsing Fridays. DDD is premised on the idea that the best food in America is found in small, local restaurants. Well, these places are being shut down left and right because they can't compete with the big chains. Their food is more expensive, but better quality. Their chefs have to cook and not just reheat. So their margins are a lot tighter. They have to scrap for every cent they get. Then you have Guy out there using his fame, received in part to his image as the hero of the small restaurant, to help the big chain with crappy food. It really pisses me off. I've thought about it way too much.