Guy Fieri

About

Guy Ramsay Fieri (US: fee-ED-ee, Italian: [ˈfjɛːri]; né Ferry; born January 22, 1968) is an American restaurateur, author, and television presenter. He co-owned three now-defunct restaurants in California. He licenses his name to restaurants in cities all over the world, and is known for hosting various television series on the Food Network. In 2010, The New York Times reported that Fieri had become the “face of the network”, bringing 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”.

Fieri was born Guy Ramsay Ferry on January 22, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Penelope Anne (née Price; born 1944) and Lewis James Ferry (1942–2024). Fieri grew up in Ferndale in rural Humboldt County, California. While attending Ferndale High School, he was a foreign exchange student in Chantilly, France. During this trip, he developed his interest in food and cooking.
Fieri attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in hotel management in 1990.

Fieri began his association with food in grade…