dad you know mom doesn't want you watching food channels i've worked all day i can watch what
i want here are the 10 biggest scandals ever to hit the food network irvine has some explaining
to do so literally i cooked and i swore i would never do another restaurant boss made my life
chef robert irvine made his claim to fame in america as the host of the food network's dinner
impossible the show presents chef irvine and his two sous chefs george and george
with culinary challenges to be completed in a limited amount of time chef irvine's culinary
skills handsomeness and witty humor made him an easy fan favorite however it was the impressive
resume that put this star chef in the spotlight and caused people to start digging into his past
experiences chef irvine stated on his resume that he had prepared meals for several u.s
presidents was best friends with prince charles and queen elizabeth hand-picked him to be knighted
a sirloin of beef in 2008 after chef irvine's resume did not pan out the food network made a
decision to let him go from dinner impossible chef irvine made a public apology and the food network
replaced chef irvine with chef michael simmon for 10 episodes knowing they would bring irvine back
once the smoke settled the continued success of dinner impossible led to the creation
of restaurant impossible in which chef irvine helps failing restaurants get back on their feet
now 10 years after the last episode of dinner impossible you will find
the chef on the robert irvine show ina garten denies the make-a-wish foundation twice axis
denied watch any episode of barefoot contessa on the food network and you will see chef garten
as someone who is very sweet kind and warm the complete opposite disposition of someone who would
deny a request from the make a wish foundation yet back in 2011 it was reported she had denied
a request not once but twice by the make-a-wish foundation to meet with a terminally ill child
enzo pereira became a huge fan of chef garten while watching her episodes on the food network
when going through his treatments for leukemia the first request on behalf of enzo to meet with chef
garten happened in 2010 and her reps initially responded with a soft no to the make-a-wish
foundation oh come on donkey look at him when a second request the following year was also denied
enzo's mother wrote all about her terminally ill son and how heartbroken he was that the
food network star chef had refused to meet with him once again chef garten publicly stated it
was not a personal choice to deny enzo his request to meet with her she stated it was her reps that
made the decision based on her already full plate although chef garten has stated she does not have
the availability to accept every request from the make-a-wish foundation it appeared she was
not even aware of enzo's situation or the denied requests mario batali caught with his hands in the
cookie jar man that smells good okay fine but we gotta do this quick right here against the wall
chef mario batali was one of the chefs on iron chef on the food network in 2010 it was brought
to light that some of chef batali's business practices were less than savory a class-action
lawsuit was filed against him on behalf of some of his employees the suit represented 117 people
who worked for chef patali at his restaurants according to the lawsuit chef batali illegally
handled tips keeping four to five percent of the money that should have gone to his serving staff
the case dragged on for years until chef batali agreed to settle in 2012
agreeing to pay 5.25 million dollars to not just the employees named on the lawsuit but
to any of the employees who lost tips as a result of chef vitale's hand in the cookie jar
to make things worse for chef batali in 2017 he was accused of sexual assault
four women stated chef batali had inappropriately touched them
chef patali did not deny the charges that spanned over a period of 20 years shephetali made the
usual public statement about how his behavior was wrong and there are no excuses between the
charges brought against him and his unimpressive apology chef patali's career took a dive the food
network became distant from chef vitale announcing that they would no longer be producing his show
molto mario and burrell discriminates against her employees your hair looks stupid
chef ann burrell with her trademark spiky blonde hair and outgoing personality has worked at some
of the top restaurants in new york chef burrell makes easy to master meals for the at-home cook
on the food network secrets of a restaurant chef chef burrell also starred in chef wanted
and worst cooks in america she published her first cookbook cook like a rock star which earned a
place on the new york times bestseller list in 2013. with her passion for food and rock star
personality it was an easy fit for chef burrell to have worked on iron chef america as a sous chef to
chef mario batali i'm not a bad guy in 2009 chef burrell was sued for discriminating against female
employees according to the lawsuit chef burrell was accused of calling the plaintiffs who were
all women a string of derogatory and often sexually degrading names she also reportedly
made remarks about their cleavage and is said to have openly commented on their sex lives
the lawsuit also alleges that only female staff were treated in this manner when they complained
chef burrell had them fired although a settlement was reached in that case chef burrell has not
commented on the validity of the accusations giada de laurentiis bites off more than she can chew
first thing out of people's mouth is how do you stay like that and eat all that pasta i'm like
i don't eat all the pasta chef delorentis was the host of the food network's giada
at home on her show chef de laurentiis shares her love for entertaining california style
whether she is at home or on the beach chef de laurentii seems to not only take her culinary
skills seriously but her size to waist this is where the chef was caught up in the drama
that made fans shake their heads at her style and body shaming ways while chef del rentis is
known for portion control she apparently is not one to eat her own cooking chef de laurentiis
uses a stunt double for close-up teeth shots and has the camera panned back to an empty fork
what did you say on the occasions she does put food in her mouth chef de laurentiis doesn't
swallow it she has a dump bucket capped off-camera for her to spit her food into as you can imagine
this left chef delaurentis's fans wondering if she wasn't willing to eat the food she cooked
why should they paula dean's a recipe for disaster please pick up that stone
and throw it so hard in my head that it kills me paula dean was once best known for her down-home
southern cooking which is typically fried with generous amounts of sugar butter and cheese
dean's signature dish is the ladies brunch burger a hamburger topped with bacon and a fried egg with
glazed doughnuts as the bun well paula deen is now known for something else after her lengthy
career went up in flames after she admitted to using racist language dean released two
online video apologies stating how inappropriate hurtful language is totally totally unacceptable
and asking for forgiveness dean became famous for her catchphrase loving best dishes y'all but she
isn't feeling much love from her fans these days the public was in a fury that the seemingly sweet
paula deen had such a sketchy past these feelings were shared by the food network which declined to
renew dean's contract after the scandal erupted while they did not publicly explain why they were
letting her go it seems pretty likely that the network wanted to distance themselves from dean's
tarnished image bobby flay storms off in iron chef you're pretentious this club sucks i've got beef
let's do it bobby flay is an american celebrity chef restaurateur and reality tv personality
chef flay is the owner and executive chef of several restaurants and franchises such as
bobby's burger palace and the mega grill chef flay has worked with the food network since 1995.
flay has also won four daytime emmy awards and has a star on the hollywood walk of fame in 2017
something shocking happened on iron chef showdown when the food network star yanked off his apron in
mid-competition revealing a shirt that said this is my last iron chef battle ever apparently no
one knew he was going to do this and the shirt made it impossible to edit out of the episode
chef play responded i quit that was the point the food network did not approve of the way
he handled his resignation now you can find chef flay on the show beat bobby flay the show has two
talented chefs go head-to-head against each other and the winner gets to go against bobby flay the
winning chef gets to challenge bobby with his or her surprise signature dish if chef flay goes down
the winner can tell the world i beat bobby flay patrick and gina neely pretended to be happily
ever after he felt like we didn't spend enough time together i felt like we did and we need a
little space patrick and gina nealy were the hosts and stars of down home with the neelys a show that
ran for 11 seasons on the food network pat and gina seemed like the perfect couple living and
working and cooking side by side but then all of a sudden game over marriage over and show
over it took several years before the truth would come out gina revealed that her 20-year marriage
had grown stale and that she'd actually planned to leave patrick before they were offered the tv show
gina a former bank manager never wanted to become a tv personality and the pressure
this put on her family not to mention having to fake a happy relationship when she was just no
longer feeling it finally caused her to crack in 2014 she grabbed her bags and headed out the door
what happens happened and after that only her lawyers did the talking with patrick
while the divorce was rough on patrick at first he's since rebounded with a new wife and kids
gina the reluctant tv star has gone a different route appearing in a reality dating show on the
bravo network called to roam for love rachel ray sells tainted dog food who's hungry
rachel ray hosts the food network show 30 minute meals she's gone beyond celebrity chef to one
woman powerhouse tv host author entrepreneur and champion of all animals in need in fact she's so
into dogs that she created a very special food with her own beloved pooch in mind a portion of
the profits from which are donated to her own rachel ray foundation to help animals in need
i've got a little snack for you well what about animals who have become ill from ingesting
suspicious chemicals chemicals perhaps found among the natural ingredients in rey's nutrition
line of pet foods a 5 million lawsuit filed in 2018 alleges that nutrish foods contain
glyphosate an herbicide used to make weed killers such as roundup rachel herself was not named in
the lawsuit and claimed to be feeding nutrish to her own dog despite the controversy petsmart one
of the brand's biggest retailers didn't drop rachel or her product line but did issue a
statement that it would be closely monitoring the situation the lawsuit was eventually dismissed but
this most recent issue on top of other earlier complaints indicate that she might not be such an
animal nutrition guru after all guy fieri's non-pc remarks he is like paula deen a huge huge star guy
fieri is known for his wild hairstyles fancy cars and cool presents in the public eye cheffieri came
under scrutiny in 2011 when some of his offensive remarks were revealed to the press according to
david page creator and former producer of diners drive-ins and dives fieri's charm
wins over audiences but his off-camera demeanor isn't as sparkling sheffietti also revealed his
distaste for the lgbt community what was that it was delicious i want another according to paige
one of the restaurants they visited for the show was run by two men who fieri had decided were life
partners paige said fieri called him to complain he had no warning and from that time forward the
show's researchers were told to make a note if they picked up any indications of a homosexuality
during the pre-interview process needless to say the chef's reputation took a big hit however
this was not the first scandal associated with fiery and it wouldn't be the last either stick
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