Dinner:Impossible - Uh oh...

[JoBeth66]

Robert Irvine is fired for embellishing his resume. Story here (http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20080303:people_chef_dismissed)

The food network "may revisit its decision".

I don't approve of the embellishment, but I sure loved the show (and he did an ep at our local bakery, it was funny as heck to watch him try to make the morning rush. :D )

I don't know if it'd be the same with a different chef.

[Weaselboy]

Maybe this time they will fact check the applicant's resume.

[IJustLikeTivo]

Robert Irvine is fired for embellishing his resume. Story here (http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20080303:people_chef_dismissed)

The food network "may revisit its decision".

I don't approve of the embellishment, but I sure loved the show (and he did an ep at our local bakery, it was funny as heck to watch him try to make the morning rush. :D )

I don't know if it'd be the same with a different chef.

1. I'm not in favor of padding a resume
2. Does it matter here?

He was hired to make a good TV show. He makes a good TV show. It gets good ratings. What am I missing?

[JoBeth66]

Integrity, mostly. I mean, embellishing your resume if you're a regular person is one thing. But when you're going for a TV show? To say that you worked for the royal family, and the White House??

I think that the network just ended up looking like idiots for not checking his claims (because who would make those kinds of claims if they WEREN'T true???) and this is the result. Not great, but understandable.

I don't think from a TV show perspective it matters, but from a 'do the right thing' one, it does.

[IJustLikeTivo]

Odd that this comes up now. This has been on a while. How did someone not bust him earlier.

The odd thing is how small the embellishment appears to be. He was a chef on the Royal Yacht. He did cook at the White House. He just wasn't THE chef at either place.

[Havana Brown]

In the opening credits they talk about him having cooked for several U.S. Presidents, foreign dignitaries and the Royal Family. I hate that they made such a big deal of it, and now it's not true. Yeah, he should be booted.

[JoBeth66]

Odd that this comes up now. This has been on a while. How did someone not bust him earlier.

Really good question!

The odd thing is how small the embellishment appears to be. He was a chef on the Royal Yacht. He did cook at the White House. He just wasn't THE chef at either place.

Um, no. He cooked for the Navy Mess at the White House. He wasn't a White House chef.

And he also said he was knighted by the Queen, and given a castle. Not to mention that he helped design the wedding cake for Charles & Diana, and that he was a personal chef for them in their entourage - where he cooked for 4 US presidents.

Never happened.

that's not "small".

[IJustLikeTivo]

Really good question!



Um, no. He cooked for the Navy Mess at the White House. He wasn't a White House chef.

And he also said he was knighted by the Queen, and given a castle. Not to mention that he helped design the wedding cake for Charles & Diana, and that he was a personal chef for them in their entourage - where he cooked for 4 US presidents.

Never happened.

that's not "small".

I wasn't aware of the details of what he had said to that extent. I was just discussing the idea that that he cooked for the royal family and the white house both of which he did in some capacity.

Clearly the stuff you mentioned was way beyond that. The original article gave very little detail.

[windracer]

First Jag on "The Next Food Network Star" and now this? Food Network really needs to get some detail-oriented people on their fact-checking staff.

[sieglinde]

I can see their point in firing him. What if in their initial advertising for the show they used as a selling point that he cooked for the Royal family or the White House? Then they were unwittingly doing false advertising.

[LoadStar]

I can see their point in firing him. What if in their initial advertising for the show they used as a selling point that he cooked for the Royal family or the White House? Then they were unwittingly doing false advertising.

They did and do. It's featured in the title sequence for the show "Dinner: Impossible" as I recall.

[JETarpon]

I guess this means he'll never be able to coach for Notre Dame.

[sushikitten]

First Jag on "The Next Food Network Star" and now this? Food Network really needs to get some detail-oriented people on their fact-checking staff.

My thoughts exactly. I think they need a refresher in hiring practices. :)

[Church AV Guy]

There was an old re-run on last night and they changed the opening to remove any mention of where he might have worked. This is my wife's favorite show on the Food Network, and she caught it immediately that they switched from the opening showing presidents and the royal family to just scenes cut from some of the episodes.

[Graymalkin]

Next thing you know, we'll find out Rachael Ray doesn't really drink Dunkin Donuts coffee! :eek: