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Robert Irvine is a very creative chef. Part of the thrill of the show is seeing him work under pressure. I'll tell you another little secret. Most women watch the show to see Robert's hot body. That's why the replacement guy Simon sez just won't do.

I like the guy, the guy was pretty interesting. My wife enjoyed his cooking. It just shows that, the producers and management at food network are just bunch of retard. Come on now this is the second time they screwed up. First was with Anthony Bourdain who has a hit show on travel channel. They got rid of him and he went to another show and got nominated for his show. Now their running his old shows because they knew they screwed up. The people at food network should atlest, let the his contract end and don't renew so there wouldn't be a big controversy over his resume. Second they should went out and check out all the people he use to work for. All the employer's do back ground check, why didn't they simply do a background check on someone. That's just plain common sense. It shows to all of us that who ever is running the food network are just bunch of retarted CEO'S and producers of the shows. There were shows in the past that were good and now there gone. CAN'T ANYONE AT THAT FOOD NETWORK GET IT RIGHT!!!!!! THEY THEM SELF SHOULD GET FIRED ASWELL.

How about a Lidia Matticcino Cheftography? And I love the idea of a FN2- bring back David Rosengarten and Two Hot Tamales!!!

Bravian if you had stayed you would have seen that Emeril and Julia really was just a mention, it didnt last more than a min and a half. The show on Julia was a little disapointing to me, they seemed to stress how she was a "party girl" way too much. As for SL I actually watched her's a while back when it was on, before I ever saw her show, and all I can say is yes she had a hard childhood, there is an expiration date on that! Get over it and move on, if you must dwell on how far you've come from such awful starting point, go get drunk with friends and do it there! It's supposed to be FOOD TV not thinly disquised bragging!

I turned on the food network in the middle of Julia Child's 'Chefography' and who do I see? Julia Child with Emeril. I quickly flipped over to something else. If this is what Chefography is going to be I want nothing to do with it. I can't believe that Emeril is even a footnote in this woman's storied career.

@Traveller - somehow, SL's story in her "Chefography" is different from the one in her "memoir" is different from the ones she tells us during her shows. Inconsistencies are quite amusing. But yes, I am willing to believe that her ever-changing childhood was, indeed, no piece of cake. Whose was?

But if her idea of a time & money saving shortcut is brining a grill to the parking garage of a fast food joint and spending hefty amounts of time AND money on recreation of the said fast food joint's meal - thank you, for a fraction of the cost and in no time I can just go inside and buy the whole thing! It will be a) MUCH cheaper, b) MUCH faster and c) the amount of chemicals will probably be the same if not lower. Make no mistake, her show is not for poor mothers who have to come up with a meal for a family in no time and with no money - if there was a show like this, I would have all respect in the world for it. If you pay attention, you'll figure out pretty soon that despite her claims, her show is really intended for bored, rich (very rich) housewives who don't really love food but want to "embellish" and "take all the credit". For goodness sake, the woman's recipe for beef tips in gravy starts with a package of beef tips in gravy!!! Are there really people out there who need a recipe for this? I will shut up now before I am banned from SE forever:-)

As long as FN continues to air Iron Chef without any disclaimers, I see no reason why they wouldn't air Robert Irvine's chefography. Both are purely entertainment and partially fake with a kernel or two of truth and talent.

@Traveller.....I'll just say that SL saves no one any money and her chemically laden "food" is usually less nutritious than some fast food.

Does anyone else think it's kind of funny that only the host was fired over the business of his lying on his resume? I mean what about the people who where checking his creidentials, or the people who touted that hype in the first place. I beleive that FN only added insult to injury when it fired it's host, who beleived (or cared) that the queen would give a knighthood to a chef. That said, the rules are a mule, but they are the rules. He shouldn't have lied, but maybe now he can get together a show that showcases his talents, with a network that appreciates their people.

I think that'd be a sinkhole, PerkyMac. =D

Hi All,

In the past couple of days the Save Robert! website has gone from 12 hits a day to over 200. Also the petition has jumped from 60 members to almost 130, after I removed some of the fake or suspect signatures.

This says something, the more people who are aware of this campaign, the more who want to participate.

So dlairson, your HIT count has gone through the roof, but you're only up to 60 signers...methinks that says it all.

I think it is a shame that anyone loses their job. But the formerly about Food tv is not a worry really. If he is a chef and has a following he will be still a chef with a following.