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Guy Ramsay Ferry was born on Jan, 22, 1968, in Columbus, Ohio. He is the son of Penelope Anne Ferry (Price) and Lewis James Ferry. He grew up in Ferndale in rural Humboldt County, California. In high school he was a foreign exchange student to France and that is where he developed an interest in the Culinary Arts. Guy Ferry changed his last name to Fieri to honor his great grandfather, Giuseppe Fieri. His first job was a tricycle food cart that him and his father built at the age of 10, They named it “Awesome Pretzel”. He sold pretzels part time and also washed dishes as a side job. After a while Fieri made enough money to go to study in France for a year. On his way back to the states he picked up a job at the Red Lion Inn in Eureka, …show more content…

In all, four “Johnny Garlic's” opened up, the second one in Windsor (1999),a third in Petaluma (2000), and a fourth in Roseville (2008). He opened more restaurants a little after “Johnny Garlic’s” like “Tex Wasabi’s” a Barbecue and Sushi place. They added a second location which was rebranded as a “Johnny Garlic’s” then subsequently closed. His first New York restaurant was called “Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar” and was opened in 2012. In April 2014, Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen and Bar opened in Las Vegas and In 2015, Guy Fieri's Baltimore Kitchen & Bar opened in Baltimore's Horseshoe Casino, For now that is all the restaurants he has as of 2018. Guy won the second season of “The Next Food Network star” and began his television career. Diners, “Drive-Ins and Dives,” was one of his most highly watched shows and was very popular when it first came out. It has just recently reached 26 seasons in all and was originally just a one hour special designed to boost his fame, but eventually it turned into a …show more content…

In 2012 NBC declared it would not return for a third season. Fieri also showed up in commercials for Flowmaster a california auto part shop. In 2008 and 2009, he was the spokesperson for T.G.I. Friday's And in 2010 he was in commercials for Aflac. Fieri began touring with the Guy Fieri Roadshow in 2009 along with some other food network personalities,It was a multi-state tour.He also appeared in regional Food Network events, such as the 2012 Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival and the 2012 South Beach Food and Wine Festival, where he officiated at 101 gay weddings. Guy has a wife named lori and two sons named hunter fieri and ryder fieri. Fieri lives in Santa Rosa, California with his wife and two sons. He collects old cars including, a 1968 Pontiac Firebird, a 1976 Jeep CJ-5, a 1969 Chevrolet Impala SS,a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle, and a 1967 Chevrolet C10 pickup. Guy has been in over 28 shows and movies including titles like “Phineas and Ferb”, “Rachel Ray vs.Guy”, “Guilty Pleasures”, “Warriors” and “On Your Marc”. Fieri is the Co-author of four books with Ann Volkwein, which were New York Times best sellers for a total of more than 33 weeks, the books included: Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives: An All-American Road Trip … with

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