Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat. – Guy Fieri
I did a big thing with Ritz Crackers – great cracker. Am I now the Ritz chef? No! Do I think the cracker has a lot of diversity and appeal? Yeah! Does it mean that’s my foundation of cooking? No! – Guy Fieri
I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can’t control it. – Guy Fieri
My parents were all into macrobiotic cooking and natural cooking, and my sister was a vegetarian. I wasn’t down with that. – Guy Fieri
I am just a regular dude who happened to make it. That’s all I am, man. Maybe I was preparing myself in some lifetime to become this person, but I never thought I’d have every rocket shooting off at one time. – Guy Fieri
My sister and I cooked a lot together; my sister was a very healthy vegetarian. She was always a real good teacher for me about organics, recycling, composting -whenever you hear me talk about it, it’s usually because of my sister’s influence. – Guy Fieri
College students want good eats. They want it to not be super-expensive, but you’ve got to be eclectic, you’ve got to have style, and you’ve got to make real food. – Guy Fieri
Everybody has their role in the food world and what they choose to appreciate. I’m not a fine dining chef. I appreciate it. I think Thomas Keller is amazing. But I really like where I’m at; I like what I do. I like how it makes people feel. – Guy Fieri
It’s always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done. – Guy Fieri
I never knew I would go this far, but I was told by people it wouldn’t happen, and now I own four restaurants, and I have one of the best shows on the Food Network. I’m living in the Super Bowl of food. – Guy Fieri
Get off the beaten path… If you want to find those mom-and-pop joints, those funky little places, just ask around. – Guy Fieri
What do people want? Contact. People want to be able to see you and touch you. Are you real? – Guy Fieri
Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don’t fall at least 10 times, then you’re not skiing hard enough. – Guy Fieri
I was raised not so much in a puritan environment, but for the most part, a pretty healthy one. – Guy Fieri
You have to be confident in who you are and what you’re doing. Of course, you try to evolve. I would never tell you, ‘Today is the best I will ever be.’ I’m always trying to be a better chef, a better dad, a better person. – Guy Fieri
When I was 12, we began hosting exchange students from Norway, Sweden, Japan and Spain. I soon realized there was a whole world out there. I was determined to spend my sophomore year in high school abroad. My school taught only Spanish, but I wanted to go to France, and I did. – Guy Fieri
I think anyone that grew up in the ’70s and ’80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always… when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour. – Guy Fieri
Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make. – Guy Fieri
I’m not an actor. Lord knows, I’d be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get. – Guy Fieri
There are two different things: there’s grilling, and there’s barbecue. Grilling is when people say, ‘We’re going to turn up the heat, make it really hot and sear a steak, sear a burger, cook a chicken.’ Barbecue is going low and slow. – Guy Fieri
I’m a big fan of doing ‘Triple D.’ But I don’t want to do it forever, don’t get me wrong! Travel away from my family, are you crazy? But do you know what it does for these mom-and-pop restaurant joints? It changes their lives forever. I mean, their businesses will never be the same. – Guy Fieri