Top 88 Guy Fieri Quotes

I think there’s a misconception that I eat everything. The one or two bites that you see me take, that’s it.

The No. 1 thing I hear from people when I meet them in the airport is, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re just like you are on TV.’ Well, I’m not an actor. I don’t think anyone could figure out how to be this weird.

My parents moved out to California in 1968 from Ohio in a VW station wagon pulling a little trailer. I was 4 months old. They were following the energy out here.

If you are AC/DC, you don’t get credit for slow songs. And if you are doing a show about food with a blond dude with crazy blond hair and tattoos who drives a hot rod, of course everyone is going to think everything you eat is deep-fried.

I love everything from Enya to Pantera.

My first words were always about food – I grew up in northern California, and when I was 10 years old, I had my own pretzel cart business.

Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make.

I can’t bake anything. I’m the worst. My cakes always come out flat.

It’s football all day on Sunday. I wish we had football every day; that would make me way happier. Why can’t we have that? You’ve got all these teams! Why can’t we just play a Monday game, a Tuesday game, a Wednesday game?

‘Triple D’ is not going anywhere. I enjoy highlighting my brothers and sisters in the business.

Losing my sister to cancer was… That was the worst thing in the world, man.

Nothing, not even an avocado pit, keeps guacamole green for too long once it’s made.

Howie Mandel is the real deal.

If you slow it down, eat in courses, your body, mind, stomach will catch up with this full feeling and you won‘t eat as much.

Manage the heat, let the meat cook, and you’ll get fantastic results.

Growing up in Northern California, I’ve only seen snow at Christmas maybe twice in my life! I was always jealous of my cousins on the East Coast with their white Christmases.

When someone is dying, there is nothing you really can do, it’s a horrible situation, and… you just have to get through it.

I look at a basketball laying on the ground, and it makes me think of something. Popcorn ball. How ’bout a spicy popcorn ball? That is how my mind is always working.

Anybody that pays attention to hate really is wasting their time. I don’t subscribe. I don’t buy in.

I wanted to work in corporate restaurants.

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.

If you looked in my fridge, you’d see maybe 12 different mustards.

People need to take a little bit more risk.

My spiked hair goes back about 15 years ago. I had long, curly rocker hair then. The woman who cuts my hair thought I needed a new style, so I let her surprise me. I flipped when I first saw it, but I soon realized the look was really me. I’ve always been a little crazy.

At first, people think about vegetarian food like, ‘Here’s some veggies. Here’s some pasta.’ But there’s so much more you can do in the vegetarian and vegan world.

I specifically left the corporate world so I could wear T-shirts, blue jeans, and honestly, I always wanted to be my own boss.

I have my own boat, but when I first thought about taking a cruise, I thought, ‘You’re going to trap me on a boat, and I’m going to walk in circles and go crazy,’ but it’s awesome.

Get off the beaten path… If you want to find those mom-and-pop joints, those funky little places, just ask around.

I’m a stocky 210 pounds.

I’m not an actor. Lord knows, I’d be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get.

My stay-married secret would probably be exercising good communication, not when you have to but all the time. I think if you do that, you kinda just cleanse the situations, so there’s not build up. I think that’s probably the best way to do it.

Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too.

When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.

I eat healthier than you think. I eat grains and vegetables when I’m home – and I eat in courses. My wife, Lori, thinks it’s because I don’t want foods to touch. That’s not it. If you eat courses, you slow down your meal and eat less. It’s a trick I picked up in France as a kid.

I’m gonna open a small restaurant on the beach in Mexico. We’re only gonna have a few tables, and we’re only gonna cook what’s fresh that day. We’re gonna get back to the basics.

There are three people you need in life: an accountant, a fishmonger, and a bail bondsman.

One of my good buddies is Steve Hutchinson. He used to play for the Vikings, and he’s also been on ‘Triple-D.’

Kids love food. It’s about putting materials out there that get kids thinking about food – to get kids interacting about food. It’s about simple things, like kids thinking about pasta – getting kids to work with food.

I need to stay disciplined on the road. Too much food can wreck your palate.

I don’t know what singers feel like when they make a song and people clap along and love it, but when people walk up to me and say the food was outstanding, that’s what it is all about. I cook because I like to make people happy.

There’s been quite a few conversations between me and my wife; she‘d like to see my hair brown again. So who knows what will happen.

When you love the competition, the opportunity to achieve at simple but challenging games, some people are really into it, and I’m one of them.

One of the greatest birds I’ve ever had is called a ‘Turducken.’ A chicken inside of a duck inside of a turkey. That’s one that I love. I’ve done it a couple times.

We’re getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there’s people that are not with their families. There are people that are in dangerous areas, putting their lives on the line to keep our country free, and I think that’s something we should all celebrate every day.

Whenever you get to change somebody‘s life or watch it and see it happen, it’s amazing.

People are very phobic about fish. And if they do cook fish, they fry it, which kills all the flavor.

Kids want to saute, to cut the pizza, to see how the ingredients come together. If you let them do the fun stuff, they’ll develop skills and interests that will stay with them forever.

I say to folks all the time, ‘Watch what you’re eating. You don’t have to eat it all. Make conscious choices. It doesn’t mean you have to starve yourself and eat carrots all day.’ Have an awareness.

Preparing food is one of life’s great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That’s not cooking – that’s working!

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.

Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!

I’m not a greasy food guy. I don’t eat like that.

Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.

It’s always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done.

Why can’t we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there’s just no enthusiasm. There’s no energy behind it. I said, ‘What if we take a cooking demonstration and fortify it with a lot of good music? … Drive it to the next level?’

It’s tough, you know: I’m a chef first, and a restaurant owner, way before I was ever on Food Network, and it’s a tough business.

I love ‘Iron Chef’ and I love ‘Chopped.’ I watch both of them. I think it is crazy what those chefs go through.

I always tell my family – and they laugh about it – but someday, I will write a vegetarian book. My cousin, who’s a big vegetarian, tells me flat out, ‘You’re my favorite vegetarian chef.’

It’s a life lesson they need to have, a skill everybody needs – to cook.

The opportunity to be a star chef, to imagine it would be here in Las Vegas, I couldn’t comprehend it.

I’ve never been an apron fan; it’s all too cumbersome to me.

I respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.

I don’t drink soda.

The wok is one of my favorite things to work with when I’m camping. Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make.

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.

I’m a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.

Ripe avocados should be soft, not squishy, and you should be able to flick the little stem off easily.

I would ride my horse to school.

I try to hike at least three times a week when I’m home in Sonoma County.

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.

If you’ve really got a problem with me, and you came and told me you had a problem with me, I’d be interested to listen to you. But if you’re just some loser that sits there and hammers away on some blog form or whatever, I don’t have time for that. Why even worry about it?

You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I’m a cruise convert.

I have the best agents in the world.

In Japanese, sushi does not mean raw fish. It means seasoned rice.

It’s OK to make mistakes… Try different things.

I wake up in the morning thinking about food.

I’ve been using the same hair wax for as long as I can remember. I’m not a gel guy, I’m not a perfume guy, not really into any of that.

I’m like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.

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.

I was raised with hippie parents, so I get down with the positive. I don’t pay attention to the negative.

I really believe you’ve gotta put the power in the people. They’re the ones who are gonna make the experience.

If you’re feeling adventurous, grill up some marinated octopus. It’s so healthy.

I love to cook for people. It’s my honor, honestly. It’s what I have to give.

The men and women in the Armed Forces, that’s what I always think about and what I teach my kids about. We’re getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there’s people that are not with their families.

I tell anyone who will listen to me: On a cruise, you can be with all these people, or you can be by yourself. You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I’m a cruise convert.

Avocados that haven‘t fully ripened will lack the big flavor you want for your dip.

I have three wood-fired ovens… I have one at my house, one at my ranch, one on the trailer that I use for charity events.

If you’re cooking and not making mistakes, you’re not playing outside your safety zone. I don’t expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door.