Dinner Impossible’s Robert Irvine Fired

Good riddens to another rude blowhard, who alway’s thought that they were so clever in front of the camera. The whole concept of this cooking show falls under the title of “Who Cares”.

I sort of enjoyed watching this show however I find it quite disgraceful that things like this happen… How can you underestimate someone that can cook 700 appetizers for 4000 people in mere hours! Good Luck in future undertakings Irvine! Try not to lie this time!

Correction: 7000 appetizers for 4000 people - Sorry!

i would think that food network would be doing a better job investigating the backgrounds of the people it hires…especially after the jag spectacle on the last “Next Food Network Star”…they are making themselves look like a joke…

” I agree with the better job investigating first but who would think that someone would lie about something like that? He HAD some big ones! Stupid!”

I liked watching the show too. You gitta wonder whether his lies got him the job.

Who cares if he lied?! Does anyone really watch the show hoping to hear stories of Diana’s cake or some other English royal’s soire? No, so get over it.

If a person can do the kinds of things he does then what does it matter what it his resume says?

The fact that Mr. Irvine embellished his resume by including false references doesn’t diminish his prowess in the kitchen. He is a gifted chef and the Food Network will be doing more to punish it’s viewers by removing him than punishing him.

I do agree with everyone about him being a really good chef. My best guess is that not many people will watch the show anymore. Who really cares that he lied. He still is a good chef and thats what made the show.

John: no it doesn’t diminish his prowess in the kitchen but it does damage his shows creditability which relies on the viewer believing that he has no idea of the impossible situations. Besides no one likes a liar, esp someone that lies to get a leg up over someone more deserving. You can be sure his Q rating is going to/has already tanked. Bad for the show, bad for Food Network. He had to go.

Robert Irvine is a very good cook and I enjoy watching his
show and I am upset and disappointed that he will not have
a show any more. Who has not told one lie in their life, let him or her cast the first stone!

Considering the talent beneath him that keeps showing on FN, Robert Irvine’s show is absolutely sensational. Why get rid of him when Jamie Oliver is a worthless low-class East End wanker. Get rid of him. Nigella Lawson is an absolute doll who has a great television personna and should pose for Playboy. Irvine is a gem and his show is great.

i really enjoyed watching how he did some of the receipes, i am sorry that he felt he had to lie to get the job, but i still think that he was very interesting to watch and enjoyed what he would come up with in his receipes. i will miss him.

I never really watched the show until he came to town and did a show. The show was fantastic, the food was delicious and everyone here enjoyed working with and meeting him. I could care less if he lied on his resume…he did a great job!

Didn’t he prove that he had what it takes to make the show work? Most people do embellish threr resume.

Didn’t he prove that he had what it takes to make the show work? Most people do embellish there resume.

Robert was not the man who made things happen..he was the dullard star, the guy who HELPED his assistant by planning the menu, leaving the big jobs to George. Without George, and the others they usually had doing the hard work he could have never made it. Robert was constantly screaming like a banchee at the help, hollering over and over the list of dishes on the menu checking to see what THEY had completed. I will say, Robert usually made the sauces.
I believe George was the real star but never recieved the credit he deserved. I have always felt that Irvine was not the professional the professed to be. He often would
say, “I cooked for royalty and presidents but I’ve never done anything like this before” On the show when he had to bake a cake, he commented “I’m a chef, not a pastery chef..Iv’e never baked a cake in my life except for the wedding cake at the royal wedding of Princess Dianna and Prince Charles, but that was different”… I knew right then and there that I was right when I said a year before that he was phoney. I hope the Food Network will not bring hom back…and give George a shot, he’s been carrying
the show for Robert and I have no doubt he can do it.

If only they’d do the same thing to Sandra Lee!!!! Everything about her is fake. She’s such a sham. Wonder what Robert Irvine will be doing now? Whatever it is, it will probably involve cooking because he’s proven he can do that even if he fudged a little on his creds.

To those who don’t agree with the firing…think about this.

His lies were very big ones. Cooking for the royal family? That alone might have gotten him the show. Other people, just as skilled or more so than him, did not get the job because he LIED. Just because he’s obviously skilled does not mean he deserves the job. Many others lost their opportunity to be on Food Network because someone’s lies.

If Food Network let this pass they would send a message that they don’t care about people lying on resumes which is a very severe professional offense. In just about any field if you are caught lying on a resume you will most likely be fired.

He deserves to be fired. Thats just how it is.

princess diana’s wedding cake was hideously ugly. i wouldn’t want to admit to making that thing!

cake plates on top of each tier?

he could have at least lied about a nicer cake!

Alright, say he lied… having that exposed would be embarrassment enough. His skills are good, the show entertaining, and people watched. He proved himself in the kitchen, and that was that.

For those that say that others did the work while Robert made the sauces… a good manager makes every difference in the world, and that’s where Robert shines. He is the driver to get the job done, and it’s done quite well.

Good luck Robert, onwards and upwards to the next challenge!

Gerry, if his skills were good enough then he should not have lied to begin with and used his skills to get the job. His lies were an embarrassment to him, and the rest of the Food Network.

he never said he made princess dianas cake he said he helped design it. theres not to many chefs that could do what he does on the show. i’m a chef that cooks for over 5000 students a day and allmost everybody lies on there resume or during their interview and if they say don’t there lying.

Well I’m glad he got fired because if he was in the Royal Navy and that then he wouldn’t have treated the military like he did. He treated the USAF like crap and for me, I was in a career field called Services, which was cooking, lodging, and some other stuff. So when i say the show it made me feel sick to my stomach that he was treating the military like he did. I hope he doesn’t come back because he was an a$%()@@ to everyone else. They should have sent him overseas to see how real cooks cook for over 900 people every meal and still get it done, I have done it. That is my opinion and if you don’t like then don’t complain.

I so love watching Robert’s shows over & over. So he lied and got caught. How many of today’s host does the same? Let him continue his show so we can be entertained with the understanding that in America we give second chances, but don’t lie again.

Margaret, I highly doubt there are many others on television who lied on their resumes. Especially about the things Irvine lied about. Liars do not deserve a second chance, lying on a resume is a serious offense that cannot go unpunished. Its something you just don’t do in any industry.

I hope they don’t start looking to close at other resumes, we might end up with no Food Net.

We enjoyed Dinner Impossible very much. It’s a shame that they couldn’t have found another way to deal with this. We will miss his show.

Anon said…I hope they don’t start looking to close at other resumes, we might end up with no Food Net.

Could you imagine? Then Sandra Lee’s resume would have to read:

Qualifications for hosting a TV show?
Married a rich old guy who financed it.

Truth in advertising…Yeah baby.

Chiffy

A degree is not necessary to be a Chef!
If in fact is true, that Chef Irvine exaggerated his accomplishments I see this as an attempt to be taken seriously and perhaps due to feelings of inadequacy. However, I strongly support Chef Irvine and pray that Food Network will renew his contract. Chef Irvine is a strong and irreplaceable asset to Food Network.

Lying on a resume is often cause for discharge - even if it’s discovered ten years later. There’s an inherent dishonesty which causes an employer to ask the question, “if he lied about THAT, what else is he capable of fictionalizing?”

Chiffy

Listem Irvine is a liar it is true that everyone embelishes thier resume that is true but they fudge about things that no one will check on. Saying you cooked for the royal family and did the wedding cake for them is he stupid they would so freaking check on that. Also i agree with the other person up there all i see him do is go shopping and delegate and shout what needs to be done he checks on things and thats all. The menu plan isnt even his he asks everyone for suggestions and then twists it to make it his own.

And George is the one who does the most work who gets everything done. All Irvine does is say George is this done is that done. Get someone who will get thier hands dirtier.

Did they impeach Bill Clinton?
NO !!!
Why do you have to fire a great entertainer and chef from a hit show because of a harmless lie he said before the show even started?
Food Network executives, Shame on You!

Talk about lies On the Emeril Live show he is always talking about how he chopped this or made that when in truth it is his crew of fifty in the back doing all the work Watch him try to work a food processor or plate his food He is awful But he is left alone because he is an entertainer Robert Irvine entertains as well as cooks enough said.

Who has not embellished a little to get something you really want. A date with a beautiful woman that is a bit out of your league, or a job you want or how good you are at a sport or a poker game. The initial thing that gets you in the door is not what keeps you in. Proof is in the pudding and I think Robert proved himself well. I enjoy your show very much and I hope to see you again!!! Good luck!!! He who points out the splinter in your nieghbors eye should remove the telephone pole from there own! SS

that just makes him that much better of a chef! You don’t b.s. taste buds

I think that he shouldn’t lie but why did the food network not figure this out a long time ago. It doesn’t take that much work to perform a background check. Irvine is not the only one that should be looking for a new job. Someone in HR at foodnetwork needs to find a new job as well. I really don’t want to have the show cancelled. Maybe they should try out new chiefs to see who can cut it as the captain on the ship. That would be interesting as well.

As long as they don’t do some stupid “reality” t.v show. I don’t need to watch a bunch of chefs sit around and talk about how nervous they are. Those show are not only getting old, but are old. No matter who they get no one will be another “Robert Irvine”.

I hate to see chef Irvine go, he is entertaining and imaginative in the kitchen.The show called for a great chef with alot of imagination so his resume definately proves he has an imagination and so did his creativity in the kitchen.As far as Emeril having a crew of 50 assistants so what, he proved himself as a chef long before food network came along. So I hope that food network forgives and forgets and finds a way to use chef Irvines talents as a chef and not a resume writer!

Michael Symon is taking over Dinner: Impossible

http://www.oo.com/food-network-names-michael-symon-new-host-of-dinner-impossible/

Although Micheal Symon is a good chef although I think he lacks the personality of Robert Irvine. I doubt very much if chef Symon can pull it off as well as chef Irvine and be as entertaining. Chef Irvine had a great sense of humor and a certain pinache that made the show fun to watch!

I used to turn on the Food Network first thing in the morning. Today, I only turn on that channel for two programs, Robert Irvine’s being one of them. His show was a welcome departure from the oversaturation of soooo many others on that network. I am not at all interested in the new program with the new chef. Oh well, now I’m down to one! Good luck to Robert. (Oh yes — Diners, Drive-ins and Dives with Guy is my other fav).

I think it was stupid of Food Network to fire Robert. It was obviously a popular show. Yes, what he did was wrong, but it is not the end of the world. Why not leave alone what is such a success? He knows his stuff. I’d like to see the Food Network administration pull off what he did with the time/equipment he was given. While I like Michael Symon, I don’t think he can bring to it what Robert did due to different personalities. I’ll miss the Georges’ as well. They can certainly take the heat. I’m assuming they would go with him. Food Network is one of my favorite stations, but I’m losing faith in them.

I forgot to mention that Food Network’s other mistake was cancelling Emeril Live. Another big flub. They are going to mess around and lose all their top chefs.

Its called cutting overhead. Don’t ya see?h

I haven’t heard anything about the Emeril live cancelation, if it’s true then someone is really screwin up! Emeril live is one of their marquis programs! If they want to trim some overhead they could cancell one of Rachel Rays shows or even one of Giada De Laurentis shows, while both are great to look at neither is a trained chef! Emeril essentialy made the food network what is is today. The chef Irvine issue aside the object of a cooking show is to inform and entertain! I hope the food network gets its act back together soon!

I agree with you on Racheal and Giada. Emeril has been a pawn for a long time. If I had to watch one more episode on how to fry chicken or make a ham sandwich I was going to puke. Emeril lost his touch and drive years ago. You watch though, Racheal will be next.

Seems to me that perhaps it was more of a sense that he was TOO much of a braggart and so, for personality reasons, they got rid of him. Not that he couldn’t produce, because he truly showed he got the goods.

Unfortunately, they kept that stupid braggart redhead bobby flay on, he’s annoying beyond annoying, the one that has like ten shows with ms perky who’s with oprah now.

maybe irvine didn’t play the game like food network liked and so they were looking “ahem, INVESTIGATING” to give him the boot.

I actualy heard a really good theory from someone. As you know Food Network did a Chefography week where they did a short biography on all their stars. Well someone told me that perhaps they were doing a biography on Irvine and discovered his lies while searching his background.

Hi Joe - The investigation was originally by the St Pete Times. Irvine had planned to open two restaurants in the Tampa Bay area and local vendors claimed they were owed thousands of dollars and not getting paid. On a more ‘personal’ level in the past Irvine had claimed to be knighted and the paper repeated that in print last summer so you can be sure they were a little miffed about that.

http://www.oo.com/st-pete-times-food-network-chef-lied-about-credentials/

I think Robert Irvine is wonderful and I happen to like his rough touch to cooking. No one is perfect. He apologized and was very remorseful, so Food Network Get Over it!!! Tell me one person that has never lied and we know that there are a lot of people out there that pad their resumes. Who cares about a Princess Diana Wedding Cake. Robert was one of the exciting ones on the network. A lot of the other shows are so boring that they put you to sleep. I am most certainly one that will not watch the new show. Good Luck to Robert in whatever he does in the future.

Sorry Buttercream but you are really underestimating his lies. First of all, no professional should lie on a resume. Any field will fire you for that. Secondly, his lies were not small. He lied about working on Princess Dianna’s wedding cake, working for the royal family, working at the White House, being friends with Prince Charles, he even said he was knighted as the highest rank of knight and was given a castle by the queen.

You right a professional should not lie on a resume and I do not believe in it but it happens all the time and it is not us peons. I just hate it happened and that he lied because I will miss Robert on Dinner Impossible. I will not be watching the new one. I am just one person and it won’t matter anyway. Good Luck to Robert and also to the new host of the show.

I will no longer watch the show. Robert Irvine is a Brilliant man-(Who Cares what he did to get the job?!!!!!)- The world is getting more screwed up by the minute. Why don’t you spend some time worrying about all the crime ,unemployment,gas prices,Horribly behaved children with you as parents ETC………..!!!!!!!

Irvine is not a brilliant man and this has nothing to do with world hunger?..People who lie on resumes deserve exactly what they get, terminated. There are people who actually have achievements and qualifications who did not get Irvine’s position because of his lies. Anyways imagine if you applied for a job and had great qualifications but got rejected because someone lied about their qualifications.

If they did that job better than you probably could I would be envious. Put it this way, he has “Dinner impossible” to put on his resume to shut people up. Hopefully down the line we will see him again…probably not though…good luck robert and try to get your dang restaurant open and coninue your leagacy there. Food network has taken wind of the “reality” gid, time to get off anyways.

As a high rated chef, Im sure he recognizes his mistake and takes full responsibility. But to replace him on the show?, I think it would be better to let the show cancel with its original owner. To replace him would only spoil the reputation it has now.

bring him back m.simon can never be a robert cooking or other wise .he is not that great of a cook even on iron chef

Although I agree Robert Irvine should not have lied on his resume, it is pertinent to point out that in the business world we live in, the majority of higher paid execs have subsequently lied on their resumes. For example, what about the CEO of Radio Shack - he lied in spades! Food Network should have done a background check on his credentials before they hired Robert Irvine. But, since they didn’t it’s a little late to try and make it right - especially since the Dinner: Impossible show was a hit. I don’t think trying to put another host on the show will save it now!

Yes food network SHOULD have done a better background check on him but they learned the truth and he deserves to pay the cost. I watched the sneak peak episode of the new season of dinner impossible and Michael Simon will be a good replacement. Unlike Irvine he actually has a personality and the episode was not him yelling at people.

Yes he lied and yes he should face whatever comes with that lie. But I have to be honest. I won’t be watching the show any more. Love him or hate him, Robert was real on that show. Sometimes he was hard but I understood it. When you care about the job you are doing sometimes people can be abrasive. The show where he did the quince for the girl in Puerto Rico was beautiful! Robert is a terrific chef and I look forward to someone else picking him up to do another great show!

I am with a lot of these people. Michael Simon sucks, I think it was a big mistake. I will not be watching Dinner Impossible anymore.

Michael Symon is pretty good and I enjoyed his debut. However, they should find some place for Robert Irvine on the Food Network. The man can really cook for large numbers of people and isn’t that the bottom line on a network devoted to food?

No! Guys he LIED on his resume on a major television network. They were also very large lies. If you are caught lying on your resume in any company you are basically garaunteed to get fired. He is a talented chef but he doesn’t deserve a job at the Food Network anymore.

Who cares if he lied? He was incredible on the show and that’s what matters. I am beyond disappointed that they’ve replaced him on dinner impossible. Food network is going to lose viewers over this one.

Watching that show is a hour of my life wasted. Symon was dry and boring beyond belief. I would rather chew a mouth full of corn starch then watch him again! RIP Dinner Impossible.

I don’t condone his lies, however, Michael doesn’t have the same camera presence at Robert did. The show wasn’t nearly as engaging and I didn’t enjoy it. I might watch one more time, but that’s it. I’d rather watch the re-runs or do something else…

I can’t believe you got rid of the one man that can make a show worth watching!! Now you bring in a man with no talent!I’m sorry you got rid of a good man over something that is so stupid!(This is not wedding cake Impossible) He pass every mission that was ever given to him and he made that show what it’s. There is no one who can feel his shoe’s !!!!! I’m sorry the new Dinner Impossible truly sucks!!!I hope Robert Irvine come out with his own show !!He deserve it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I recently wacthed the New show with M.Simon, it was truley aweful. I will miss Irvine and I’m sure the Network will loose alot of viewers do to their changes. Alot of the shows are all the same anyway, just different hosts. Where is the creativity?? Get a clue from the Travel Channel!!!