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Celebrity chef and mayor of Flavortown Guy Fieri is what some might describe as an acquired
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taste. While vocal fans have tried to honor him by petitioning to rename Fieri's native
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Columbus, Ohio as Flavortown, other people have loudly voiced how much they can't stand
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the guy. "'Look, I get it. I don't want to hang out with Guy Fieri either, okay?
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A former Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives producer painted him in a very unsavory light as part
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of a lawsuit that jeopardized the show, according to Grub Street. And one of the parts that wasn't unknown about the late Anthony Bourdain was his disdain
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for the polarizing food personality. Even Fieri's wife, Lori, wasn't exactly his biggest fan when they first met
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As the Food Network host explained to Delish, Lori's friend had been fired from a restaurant
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he managed in Long Beach, California. He said, "'I was talking to her friend and saying
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listen wait a few weeks before you come in and standing behind her is this blue blonde girl giving me this mean mug Lori didn live in Long Beach and didn intend to She had planned to move from Rhode Island to San Diego when she gave Guy a piece of her mind and apparently he fell for her right away He recalled
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Fieri diffused the situation at his restaurant and sat with the women to talk. He also talked Lori
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into letting him cook for her. According to Biography, they got married in 1995, and they
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have two sons. As the first lady of Flavortown, Lori has helped him serve his constituents. When he decided
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to commandeer a cruise ship kitchen and cook for the passengers, she helped him serve 700
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burgers. She has apparently supported just about all of his harebrained ideas, though
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maybe not the hair surrounding his brain. She told People magazine, When I first met him, he had no goatee. He had dark hair. He wore a suit to work every day.
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His last name wasn even Fieri It was Ferry Though she sometimes wishes his now frosted tips would melt away his hair is just the tip of the iceberg for Lori who described her husband as a fantastic guy who makes her
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laugh, which just might be the sweetest thing in all of Flavortown
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Fieri might not remember the meal that he cooked for Lori on their first date, but in
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2018, he told Today, "...My linguine and clams is probably one of her all-time favorites, especially when
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the clams are really small, and when we sit down together to have a really nice dinner.
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Normally, Lori also asks him to make Mexican or Chinese dishes when he cooks, but these
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gestures of edible affection aren't one-sided. Fieri explained, "...there's an old-school recipe Lori makes that she brought home from where she grew
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up in Rhode Island. It's one of the first things she ever cooked for me, and it's still
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a favorite of mine." Lori dubs her dish, Noodles and Beef, but don't let that flavorless name fool you. Fieri
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went on to say, saut top sirloin with onions mushrooms and garlic and she makes this fantastic gravy and serves it over egg noodles It can be easy being married to the mayor of Flavortown though not for the reasons some people might think Cradle it You want me to cradle it
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Cradle these buns. Cradle the buns. While Fieri's flamboyant persona can be tough to swallow, when delicious Candice Braun-Davison
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interviewed him, she found Fieri to be, quote, quiet, almost pensive at one point
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At every point, he seemed like a devoted husband and father. Fieri said
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My whole world revolves around my family. In 2018, Fieri operated 63 restaurants, and he's the face of both Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives
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and Guy's Grocery Games. His hectic schedule has frequently kept him on the road and away from home, but flexibility
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has allowed Lori and her spiky-haired husband to fit comfortably in each other's worlds
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with the limited time they have. As Fieri explained, It's all compromise and understanding, and it probably doesn't hurt that they love each
