Guy Fieri just inked a new deal with the Food Network worth 80 million dollars!

You go, Guy! That is quite the accomplishment! This calls for another cigar.

How Long Has Guy Fieri Been on Food Network?

I’m old enough to remember watching Guy as a baby-faced and extremely hyper contestant on The Next Food Network Star back in 2005. He was a bright-eyed and spiked hair restaurant owner who lived in Sonoma County, California.

In his audition tape for the Food Network, he talked about making food out of “confusion”, his words, not mine. He displayed a wild and zany recipe for gorgonzola tofu sausage terrine. I didn’t even know what “terrine” was!

I thought he was pretty cool and was excited when Guy Fieri won the competition and when he got his first big show on Food Network, Guy’s Big Bite, which led to the extremely popular cult hit, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

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GUY FIERI’S FOOD NETWORK SHOWS OVER THE YEARS

• GUY’S BIG BITE

• DINERS, DRIVE-INS, AND DIVES

• ULTIMATE RECIPE SHOWDOWN

• GUY OFF THE HOOK

• GUY’S GROCERY GAMES

• GUY’S ALL-AMERICAN ROAD TRIP

Now that Guy’s contract with Food Network has been renewed, I expect he’ll come out with some more fun foodie shows and hopefully that will lead him back to Washington state. Here are a few places I highly recommend he visits next.

• Bron Yr Aur

• Lariat

• Major's

• The Red Pickle

• Hoptown Pizza

• Geet Indian Cuisine

• Gyro House

• Cowiche Canyon Kitchen & Ice House Bar

• Miz Dees

• Kim's Got Smoke: Pulled Nachos

• Main Stop on the Ave

• Essencia Bakery

• The Dutch

• Chronic Crazy Foods

• Nino's Monster Burrito

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