Posted by (CSD) on March 02, 2008

Food Network is going down in my opinion. The Guy dude is not much of a cook, chef or whatever and I am sick of that cook off show with him and the former game show host.  The only things worth watching are Alton Brown and the iron chef. Where is Jacques Torez? Emeril? Sara Moulton? They have ditched these REAL chefs for Rachel 4 times a day. Don’t get me wrong, I dig RR, Paula, and Sandra. But give me a break. Food Network is nothing like it used to be. I say cut Robert Irvine some slack, they do everybody else!

Posted by (Gail Lundin) on March 02, 2008

Who cares if Robert embellished his resume.He is the best show on the Food Network.Please renew his contract. If Food Network doesn’t I sure hope another station does. I will follow Robert anywhere.He is awesome!

Posted by (Peggy Fothergill) on March 02, 2008

I say renew his contract.  He has apoligized and won’t do it again.  I love his show Dinner Impossible and want to continue watching him as the host.  No one is perfect and everyone learns from their mistakes.  Food Network would be crazy not to give him a second chance.

Posted by (paul clemo) on March 02, 2008

I`ve known bob since the eighties when we played in the same rugby team in the UK, he was a very good player, who had courage, dedication and no mean skill. He was always likeable and was always willing to help out with the club, most important he could cook and watching this programme he probably learnt a lot from cooking for 60 players on a ##### old stove using blunt knives. All the best Bob don`t forget to visit.

Posted by (Jeanette Strunk) on March 02, 2008

Roberts in trouble because he lied. But its ok for Paula to have an affair with a married man for years and keep her show. So it looks like it ok with food network to commit adultery but you better not lie.

Posted by (Rheta Perez) on March 02, 2008

I like Robert Irvine and love the show. It is the only cooking show I can get my husband to watch.  Do I care that he embellished?  Well, honesty is best, but the only royal who impresses me is Harry.

Posted by (Art) on March 02, 2008

Someone asks: Who cares if he lied on his resume?  Well, I guess that sentiment pretty much explains why this country (look around sweetheart) is down the toilet.

Posted by (James Blishy) on March 02, 2008

So let me get this right…  only gays can cook?  Rubbish!  How about putting some non-homosexuals on TV for a change.

Posted by (kevin lowry) on March 02, 2008

Just what the hell is the foodnetwork coming to, keep Chef Irvine and renew his contract, Alton, Robert,and the Iron Chefs are the only shows worth watching, and maybe get the past foodnetwork star runnerups Reggie and Rory to do a show, they should have won anyway!!

Posted by (Shawn Maurer) on March 02, 2008

Dinner Impossible = is Robert Irvine. So he got caught up in the moment and things got away from him. Who hasn’t embellished their resume or boasted about things that weren’t quite reality. Now he apologized. Now let’s move on.

Food Network - go ahead and fine him and then get over it. Robert has a lot of loyal fans and I bet the majority of people who watch the show have done or said things they wish they could take back.

Food Network should give the people what they want - a high energy human being who tells interesting stories and knows cooking excellence - we want to be entertained - I will go meditate if I am searching for truth - not watch a cooking show.

Posted by (Magdor Grumtor) on March 02, 2008

He Lied on his resume.  If any one reads a basic job application it is against the law to lie about your work experience and a company can sue you to reclaim any money lost by your lie on your job application.  Not to mention that he lied to investors in his companies.  People that put up a lot of cash for him to bank on his name and reputation in an effort to help him open his shops and make their money back.  He should be fired and he should have to give back every penny he has made from Food Network and from the people that invested in his shops.

Posted by (P.F. Bruns) on March 02, 2008

<b>James Blishy, Washington DC</b>...

You’re the first person to mention anything about sexuality in reference to this story.  Nobody else is talking about whether this cook or that is gay, and it’s certainly not relevant to this story.

To bring you up to speed: Robert Irvine was canned by the Food Network because of concerns about alleged embellishments to his resume and his life experiences.  The general consensus in this forum is that this was an error in judgment by the Food Network, and that only he who is without resumé-padding should cast the first stone.

Perhaps you have an opinion about the actual story you might wish to share with us…

Posted by (Abigail Jardine) on March 02, 2008

Robert was definitely wrong. However, he has a fantastic show, brings a shining presence to his challenges, and is adored by viewers. His high-energy style is riveting, his innovative and extemporaneously techniques a wonder.He is unique on FNW.

No one condones Robert stretching the truth. To his credit, he has taken full responsibility for his exaggeration and apologized. I hope Brooke Johnson will consider punishment & probationary return vs. firing this core member of the Food Network family. His shows have been a pleasure to us all.

Posted by (dls) on March 02, 2008

I really enjoy watching Robert Irvine and Dinner Impossible.  I watch other programs on the Food Network but enjoy Dinner Impossible the most. 
I am not going to watch the Food Network any longer as the Food Network seems to tolerate worse issues with other Network hosts but strangely not with Irvine. 
I’m sorry that Food Network has made the unfortunate decision to cancel Robert Irvine from “DI”.

Posted by (Sacramento Republicrat) on March 02, 2008

Oh give me a break.  He embellished on his resume.  The dude can cook.I am sure at some point in time he will resurface.  The Food Network is making a mistake.  Their ratings have been steadily going down.  Put him back on the air…

Posted by (L Brown) on March 02, 2008

Robert Irvine makes Dinner Impossible realistic.  I don’t think what he did rihtt, however I won’t be watching Dinner Impossible without Robert.

Posted by (L.A.Fugate) on March 02, 2008

Yeah, and Anthony Bourdain is the epitome of great character.  He’s an admitted “ex” drug abuser.  At least Robert is not getting drunk or making snide rude comments about people that are graciously being hosts for him (like Anthony).  Anthony Bourdain is not a person that should be making comments about anyone else’s character without taking a hard look at his own faults.

Chef Irvine has apologized, Food Network better rethink their position.  They have already let Emeril and Mario go…they would be stupid to let Robert go too.  Robert should be repremanded but not fired.
Dinner Impossible has made Food Network money.

Posted by (Michael Vincent Henry) on March 02, 2008

For about two years I worked as one of Irvine’s chefs in Atlantic City at Caesar’s and he is truly how he portrays himself on TV.  Yeah he is a blowhard, egomaniac and image whore, but he really is a great chef who I learned many things from.  To get fired from the Food Network for what he did is probably just, but then again the Food Network is for people who have no clue what professional cooking is all about.  It won’t be a death blow to his career;  many chefs make careers reinventing themselves over and over again.  There’s always stories behind the stories.

Posted by (Edward Blume) on March 02, 2008

I boohoo to everyone that wants to fire Robert Irvine for his now regreted lies. Who really cares, not me and the many many who don’t. THE ONLYS WHO DOES are the idiots who are fixaited on the lied so fire him.

If you fire him you will not only lose the, but you may lose the view for the whole network. His show works. Don’t fix what isn’t broken or will boycott it in emailing everyone I know and so on!

Posted by (Vish Abeygunawardena) on March 03, 2008

I was really sorry to hear of Robert Irvine’s derparture from hosting Dinner Impossible.  While not condoning what he did, I do have to say that the dude is one hell of a showman.  I really enjoyed the chutzpah he displayed on his shows. 

The whole concept of dinner impossible was pretty entertaining and Robert really made it into his own broadway show.  I hope he is given a second chance at Food Network or, maybe Bravo can use him along side Top Chef.

Posted by (Henri Mourey) on March 03, 2008

GUYS AND GALS: I am a french pro in Catering, done biz, commerce and high profile people PR (and can prove it). I am for real AND I can only say:

1) the Food Network IS NOT a Food channel to teach you to cook per se, it is an ENTERTAINMENT channel and no more, so that is that and they are good enough at it.

2) Who HAS not EVER fluffed their CV?

3)  Who can do his show better than him? Any REAL takers?

To finish, NOBODY IS PERFECT, perfection (and it is my saying) IS to repare your mistake, a be a better being from it as well as to learn to be humble and it takes time. if I am French and I dig that, so the folks in the US can, no?
Be cool!

Posted by (Sharon Gonzalez) on March 03, 2008

Hey, I don’t care what anyone says, I love Robert, sure, he made a mistake, who doesnt?  Give him a break, his program is really good, he also has lots of things going here in NJ.  Sharon

Posted by (Douglas Clark) on March 03, 2008

please help me, Are you telling me it is ok to lie on a resume?

Posted by (lois petrey) on March 03, 2008

PLEASE RECONSIDER.  THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF SHOWS THAT I TUNE IN FOR AND ROBERT IS ONE OF THOSE REASONS.  I DON’T ARE ABOUT HIS RESUME.
ALL I CARE ABOUT IS THE CONTENT.  HE IS GREAT, HIS LARGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY AND HIS ABILITY TO MAKE IT ALL WORK IS BINDING.
IF HE LEAVES I WILL GO WITH HIM.  PROGRAMMING IS FALLING OFF, TOO BAD.

Posted by (JS) on March 03, 2008

Does it REALLY even matter? I watch the show because I like it, not because of his credentials.