I don't know what singers feel like when they make a song and people clap along and love it, but when people walk up to me and say the food was outstanding, that's what it is all about. I cook because I like to make people happy.

G. Fieri attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management in 1990. Fieri appeared on other Food Network programs such as Dinner: Impossible in 2007 and 2009 Paula's Party Ace of Cakes and The Best Thing I Ever Ate.

By mid-2010 the Food Network had made Fieri the "face of the network. ". He co-owns five restaurants in California and is known for his television series on the Food Network.