Posts with tag Robert Irvine
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 10:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Casting

Food Network has been smarting from
the debacle involving Robert Irvine, the former host of Dinner: Impossible. Now, the other shoe has dropped in the kitchen.
Food Network announced that Michael Symon will replace Chef Irvine on Dinner: Impossible. This should be a piece of cake -- ha, ha, food metaphor -- for Chef Symon. He has already competed for a major role at Food Network and won. He's one of the
Iron Chefs, having defeated all challengers in last seasons on air contest.
Since that victory last summer, he has joined Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay and Masaharu Morimoto as a member of the home team on
Iron Chef America. He's been cooking in Kitchen Stadium along with the rest of the gang.
Chef Symon owns the Lola and Lolita restaurants in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a graduate from The Culinary Institute of America. After the Food Network's experience with Chef Robert Irvine, it's safe to say that Michael Symon's resume has been fully vetted.
Continue reading Dinner: Impossible enlists a new chef
Posted Mar 4th 2008 8:03AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Cable/Satellite

Remember when you were young and your parents told you things like "cheaters never prosper"? Well, it's true. (All right, not all the time, but at least this time!) As
TV Squad reported recently, Chef Robert Irvine, star of Food Network's
Dinner: Impossible, has been hoist on his own petard. Now that the truth is out --
that he lied and padded his resume -- the network
has dumped him. His fire has been extinguished.
Dinner: Impossible will go on, but not with Chef Irvine as chief cook and chef extraordinaire.
Food Network president Brooke Johnson said in a statement, "We appreciate Robert's remorse about his actions, and we can revisit this decision at the end of the production cycle, but for now we will be looking for a replacement host."
Continue reading Chef Irvine gets axed
Posted Feb 19th 2008 3:24PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Cable/Satellite, Celebrities

You'd think by now that people would know better. Embellishing a resume, adding credits that are the work of a vivid imagination rather than hard work... they're bound to be unearthed someday. Especially if you're a success. The latest prevaricator caught in a series of lies is Food Network's British chef Robert Irvine. In a scathing expose by the
St. Petersburg Times, the star of
Dinner: Impossible, has been caught with egg on his face. Make that more like egg salad. Multiple claims by Irvine, including creating Princess Diana's wedding cake, cooking for White House dinners, being knighted by the queen, and more, have turned out to be tall tales.
Continue reading Truth: Impossible - Chef Robert Irvine caught in a web of lies