Food Network Cans "Impossible" Chef
Posted Feb 29th 2008 1:55PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand

"Dinner: Impossible" chef Robert Irvine has been fired from the Food
Network's kitchen!

After it was discovered that Robert lied about having designed
Princess Diana's wedding cake, Food Network honchos investigated the
situation and today released a statement saying they "have not renewed
Robert's contract for future seasons" and "will be looking for a
replacement host."

Robert apologized for his actions adding, "I was wrong to exaggerate
in statements related to my experiences regarding the Royal Family."


See Also
"Impossible" Chef Caught in Possible Lies

http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/29/food-n...possible-chef/

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Hi,

I wonder what they'll do when they find out that one of their editors,
Charles Holbrook, has a history as a drug dealer.

Anonymouse wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I wonder what they'll do when they find out that one of their
> editors, Charles Holbrook, has a history as a drug dealer.

Who are they?




Brian

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"Default User" > wrote

> Anonymouse wrote:

>> I wonder what they'll do when they find out that one of their
>> editors, Charles Holbrook, has a history as a drug dealer.
>
> Who are they?

And who cares about their history, I don't.

nancy

Anonymouse wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I wonder what they'll do when they find out that one of their editors,
> Charles Holbrook, has a history as a drug dealer.

congratulate him on his rehabilitation?
Who cares, if he's not currently a drug dealer?

On 2008-04-02, Anonymouse > wrote:

> I wonder what they'll do when they find out that one of their editors,
> Charles Holbrook, has a history as a drug dealer.

Probably promote him to head of sales.

nb

In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2008-04-02, Anonymouse > wrote:
>
> > I wonder what they'll do when they find out that one of their editors,
> > Charles Holbrook, has a history as a drug dealer.
>
> Probably promote him to head of sales.
>
> nb

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Anonymouse wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I wonder what they'll do when they find out that one of their editors,
> Charles Holbrook, has a history as a drug dealer.

What's the problem? Were the drugs not good?

And who's Charles Holbrook?

It figures that someone in the house had their nose in the powdered
sugar...when they cut Emeril.
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> Hi,
>
> I wonder what they'll do when they find out that one of their editors,
> Charles Holbrook, has a history as a drug dealer.



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On Apr 3, 6:33 pm, "theChas." > wrote:
> It figures that someone in the house had their nose in the powdered
> sugar...when they cut Emeril.


....and Mario.

N.

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:31:22 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:

>Taylor > dropped this news:40ec324c-2ded-
: in rec.food.cooking
>
>> Food Network Cans "Impossible" Chef
>> Posted Feb 29th 2008 1:55PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
>
>>
>> http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/29/food-n...possible-chef/
>
>Not sure where I read it but apparently he has been in Florida spinning a
>tale of lies and possibly bilking investors out of a lot of money to
>allegedly open 2 new restaurants. Watched his show once. Didn't like it or
>him and never watched it again.
>
>Michael

I kinda liked his show.. At least he's a real chef, unlike so many of
the others on food network.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:31:22 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> > wrote:
>
>> Taylor > dropped this
>> news:40ec324c-2ded-
>> : in
>> rec.food.cooking
>>
>>> Food Network Cans "Impossible" Chef
>>> Posted Feb 29th 2008 1:55PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/29/food-n...possible-chef/
>>
>> Not sure where I read it but apparently he has been in Florida
>> spinning a tale of lies and possibly bilking investors out of a lot
>> of money to allegedly open 2 new restaurants. Watched his show
>> once. Didn't like it or him and never watched it again.
>>
>> Michael
>
> I kinda liked his show.. At least he's a real chef, unlike so many of
> the others on food network.
>
> Lou
Why? He never did any actual cooking himself. Most of the ideas for menus
were brainstormed among his helpers. He often used already prepared, store
bought foods to perpare his menu. All I saw was an egotistical showoff that
gave me the creeps. There is something seriousely wrong with that guy, he
reminds me of the Burger King that peeps in windows.
Janet

On Mar 1, 7:31 am, "Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:
> Taylor > dropped this news:40ec324c-2ded-
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
> > Food Network Cans "Impossible" Chef
> > Posted Feb 29th 2008 1:55PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
>
> >http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/29/food-n...possible-chef/
>
> Not sure where I read it but apparently he has been in Florida spinning a
> tale of lies and possibly bilking investors out of a lot of money to
> allegedly open 2 new restaurants. Watched his show once. Didn't like it or
> him and never watched it again.
>
> Michael
>
> --
> "Ingredients as fresh as they were 27 years ago."
> -- Slogan of the Biscuitville restaurant.
>
> To email - michael at lonergan dot us dot com

I liked both him and his show. It was one of the few gimmick-
competition shows on Food Network that was both fun and, in its own
somewhat limited way, informative. At the time of the show's
premiere, some posters on this forum praised Food Network for hiring
an honest-to-goodness chef for once (ironic, I know).

He's got nobody but himself to blame for his downfall, of course. The
network had no choice but to fire him if they were to maintain any
semblance of credibility and integrity. A shame, but an appropriate
end result for a career built largely on lies.

What puzzles me now is what HAS this guy done? Does he have any chef
credentials at all or is his entire resume a fabrication? Pretty
amazing that he was able to land a network gig without some
confirmation of his past work record.

John L

In article
>,
JohnBL > wrote:

> He's got nobody but himself to blame for his downfall, of course. The
> network had no choice but to fire him if they were to maintain any
> semblance of credibility and integrity.

Um

This *is* the channel that presents Sandra Lee as a cook.

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On Mar 1, 3:03 pm, Anim8rFSK > wrote:
> In article
> >,
>
> JohnBL > wrote:
> > He's got nobody but himself to blame for his downfall, of course. The
> > network had no choice but to fire him if they were to maintain any
> > semblance of credibility and integrity.
>
> Um
>
> This *is* the channel that presents Sandra Lee as a cook.

Well...yeah, okay. I didn't consider her because I avoid her at all
costs. Unless I'm in the mood for some perverse laughs.

JL

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:07:00 -0800 (PST), JohnBL >
wrote:

>On Mar 1, 3:03 pm, Anim8rFSK > wrote:
>> In article
>> >,
>>
>> JohnBL > wrote:
>> > He's got nobody but himself to blame for his downfall, of course. The
>> > network had no choice but to fire him if they were to maintain any
>> > semblance of credibility and integrity.
>>
>> Um
>>
>> This *is* the channel that presents Sandra Lee as a cook.
>
>Well...yeah, okay. I didn't consider her because I avoid her at all
>costs. Unless I'm in the mood for some perverse laughs.
>
>JL

And Rachel Ray, who I believe was plucked from doing grocery store
demos.

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>> This *is* the channel that presents Sandra Lee as a cook.
>>
>> Well...yeah, okay. I didn't consider her because I avoid her at all
>> costs. Unless I'm in the mood for some perverse laughs.
>
> Well, didn't the Wallet have something to do with getting her on the
> network? I doubt she mis-represented herself either. Stupid is
> really hard to hide. Stupidity was not Irvine's problem with his
> show.
>
> Michael
I wish I was stupid like she is. . .her drive and ambition have made her
mega bucks. I really don't like her presentations or food, but I have to
respect her business sense. I mean. . .Kurtain Kraft? Remember that? I
believe that she is sincere in her belief that there are many folks out
there that do not have time for much and she is showing them how to achieve
a meal in less time. Currently the Food Network alone has at leat 3 shows
based on that premise. None of them appeal to me, but I would eat Sandra
Lee's food before I would eat anything from "Quick Fix Meals" with Robin
Miller. Not only does Robin Miller purchase prepared items, she pre-preps
all her own stuff, then pre-cooks it for the entire week and morphs
everything into something else. And. . .seasons hardly at all. She
advocates living on leftovers for your entire life.
Janet

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" > dropped this
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>
>> I wish I was stupid like she is. . .her drive and ambition have made
>> her mega bucks.
>
> IMO she is just plain lazy and has no culinary talent (not that I do
> either). IMO she also got where she is by marrying into bucks so she
> could finance her desire to be in the spotlight. I don't consider that
> drive and ambition. Martha Stewart has drive and ambition. Rachel Ray
> (gag) has drive and ambition. IMO SL has nothing. I have to as
> myself if the wallet hadn't been around, where would she have been?
>
I don't know when she married, but I do know that she was applying her own
brand of semi-home made to her own life while she was taking care of her
step siblings at a very early age. Her ideas spring from life experience
during this time. http://www.semihomemade.com/sandra-lee/biography.htm
>> I really don't like her presentations or food, but I
>> have to respect her business sense. I mean. . .Kurtain Kraft?
>> Remember that?
>
> I don't know what Kurtan Kraft was. I can't recall ever hearing about
> it.
It was a way of making a designer drapery with little more that some loops,
I think. She info mercialed that and finally got onto QVC in one of their
product search efforts. She had a whole line of decorating items and
magazines before she ever was approached for making the current tv show.
She made plenty big bucks from her interior designing stuff. And she worked
very had to be successful with it.
>
>> I believe that she is sincere in her belief that there
>> are many folks out there that do not have time for much and she is
>> showing them how to achieve a meal in less time.
>
> I respectfully disagree. I think her demographic audience is more of
> the kind of people that don't want to learn how to cook at all. RR
> has shows that will help people with time constraints. I don't like
> RR but her recipes put SL's to shame.

I hesitantly agree -- just because I find serious fault with RR's stuff.
And certainly, RR could never be accused of being budget friendly with her
huge steaks etc.

It's a good thing we all have different views so the world continues to go
round ;o}
Janet
>
>> Currently the Food
>> Network alone has at leat 3 shows based on that premise. None of
>> them appeal to me, but I would eat Sandra Lee's food before I would
>> eat anything from "Quick Fix Meals" with Robin Miller.
>
> I don't watch Robin Miller so I can't express an opinion on her show.
>
> Michael
>

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" > dropped this
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>
>> I wish I was stupid like she is. . .her drive and ambition have made
>> her mega bucks.
>
> IMO she is just plain lazy and has no culinary talent (not that I do
> either). IMO she also got where she is by marrying into bucks so she
> could finance her desire to be in the spotlight. I don't consider that
> drive and ambition. Martha Stewart has drive and ambition. Rachel Ray
> (gag) has drive and ambition. IMO SL has nothing. I have to as myself if
> the wallet hadn't been around, where would she have been?

Oh no, Sandra Lee's not lazy. Culinarily talentless, yes. But she's
taken the things she does know and finagled them into megabucks --
admirably crafty. And if the viewing public is willing to accept her
doggie paddle as water ballet, it's money in the bank for her.



>> I really don't like her presentations or food, but I
>> have to respect her business sense. I mean. . .Kurtain Kraft?
>> Remember that?
>
> I don't know what Kurtan Kraft was. I can't recall ever hearing about it.

It's a set of plastic forms over and through which one may weave their
own fabric to make fabulous and fashionable window treatments on the cheap!



>> I believe that she is sincere in her belief that there
>> are many folks out there that do not have time for much and she is
>> showing them how to achieve a meal in less time.
>
> I respectfully disagree. I think her demographic audience is more of the
> kind of people that don't want to learn how to cook at all. RR has shows
> that will help people with time constraints. I don't like RR but her
> recipes put SL's to shame.

I agree with this but will add that the remainder of SL's target
demographic are people who believe that what she and they are doing
really is cooking.



>> Currently the Food
>> Network alone has at leat 3 shows based on that premise. None of them
>> appeal to me, but I would eat Sandra Lee's food before I would eat
>> anything from "Quick Fix Meals" with Robin Miller.
>
> I don't watch Robin Miller so I can't express an opinion on her show.

Hideous. Her show and her talents are straight out of the Ina Garten
mold, but with her own patronizing "You people need to be shown how to
do the simplest things" vibe.

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" > dropped this
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>
>> I wish I was stupid like she is. . .her drive and ambition have made
>> her mega bucks.
>
> IMO she is just plain lazy and has no culinary talent (not that I do
> either). IMO she also got where she is by marrying into bucks so she
> could finance her desire to be in the spotlight. I don't consider that
> drive and ambition. Martha Stewart has drive and ambition. Rachel Ray
> (gag) has drive and ambition. IMO SL has nothing. I have to as myself if
> the wallet hadn't been around, where would she have been?
>
I thought all that too until I saw her biography on FoodTV. She really
did come up from nothing, from a broken family and left basically
raising her younger siblings and working to put herself through college.
She did have influence from two grandmothers though. The room mates and
friends from that time that the show interviewed recall that money was
tight yet for them all yet apparently her dorm room or apartment during
those years was light years ahead of the others. She could sew and bake
as those were the skills she'd used to provide some resemblance of
"family life" for her siblings. Either she, or the friends interviewed,
said something about the use of package spices or mixtures as a way to
extend her limited budget when she couldn't afford or maintain a pantry
of ingredients. A lightbulb went off in my head that she was creative to
figure out how to do more with less. Now, having said that, I do think a
LOT of what she shows now is rediculous, perhaps she's exhausted the few
creative uses of package goods and yet the show demands more?
I dunno...after watching the bio my impression of her changed greatly.


> I don't know what Kurtan Kraft was. I can't recall ever hearing about it.

It was a homegrown device to make simple panels of fabric "fake" the
appearance of professionally made draperies, particularly those puffy
ones. Again, that biography I saw showed her as a college aged student
working her ass off to take this curtain appliance to state fairs to
sell it and finally using her hardgained savings fortune to buy time
slot on one of those shopping network channels where she struck gold.
There was no rich man "wallet" involved in her early fortune. It was all
her own hard work.
I don't know if a "wallet" since that time gave her more exposure, but
it was obviously her own hard work that kicked her off.

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:03:33 -0700, Anim8rFSK >
wrote:

>In article
>,
> JohnBL > wrote:
>
>> He's got nobody but himself to blame for his downfall, of course. The
>> network had no choice but to fire him if they were to maintain any
>> semblance of credibility and integrity.
>
>Um
>
>This *is* the channel that presents Sandra Lee as a cook.

LOL. Touche.

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> JohnBL > dropped this
> :
> in rec.food.cooking
>
>> What puzzles me now is what HAS this guy done? Does he have any chef
>> credentials at all or is his entire resume a fabrication? Pretty
>> amazing that he was able to land a network gig without some
>> confirmation of his past work record.
>>
>> John L
>
> Good question. Everything about him appears to be sketchy.

At first sight he reminded me of the Monty Python animation in which the
98 pound weakling takes the Charles Atlas body building course -- the
"after" demonstration shows a pair of arms inflated 'til they explode!

wrote:
>Taylor > wrote:

>> Food Network Cans "Impossible" Chef
>>
>> http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/29/food-n...possible-chef/
>
>Not sure where I read it but apparently he has been in Florida spinning
>a tale of lies and possibly bilking investors out of a lot of money to
>allegedly open 2 new restaurants.

I posted an article about that. Apaprently he was planning on opening a
restaurant in St Petersberg with his name

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/17/So...d_up_his.shtml
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.t...f2/d5b2c926bc4
b10df?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=weberm%40polaris.net#d5b2c92 6bc4b10df

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Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> wrote:
> >Taylor > wrote:
>
> >> Food Network Cans "Impossible" Chef
> >>
> >> http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/29/food-n...possible-chef/
> >
> >Not sure where I read it but apparently he has been in Florida spinning
> >a tale of lies and possibly bilking investors out of a lot of money to
> >allegedly open 2 new restaurants.
>
> I posted an article about that. Apaprently he was planning on opening a
> restaurant in St Petersberg with his name
>
> http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/17/So...d_up_his.shtml
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.t...f2/d5b2c926bc4
> b10df?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=weberm%40polaris.net#d5b2c92 6bc4b10df

Ah, St. Petersburg! That's next door to Clearwater,
the worldwide Mecca for the Church of Scientology.

Anybody know if Irvine is a Scientologist? That would
explain so much.

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> Ubiquitous wrote:
>>
>> wrote:
>> >Taylor > wrote:
>>
>> >> Food Network Cans "Impossible" Chef
>> >>
>> >> http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/29/food-n...possible-chef/
>> >
>> >Not sure where I read it but apparently he has been in Florida spinning
>> >a tale of lies and possibly bilking investors out of a lot of money to
>> >allegedly open 2 new restaurants.
>>
>> I posted an article about that. Apaprently he was planning on opening a
>> restaurant in St Petersberg with his name
>>
>> http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/17/So...d_up_his.shtml
>> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.t...f2/d5b2c926bc4
>> b10df?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=weberm%40polaris.net#d5b2c92 6bc4b10df
>
> Ah, St. Petersburg! That's next door to Clearwater,
> the worldwide Mecca for the Church of Scientology.
>
> Anybody know if Irvine is a Scientologist? That would
> explain so much.


Maybe that's the next filler line on his bio for his next job.
-ginny