Food Network Chef Fired Over Resume Fraud
by Nick Fishman
Dinner: Impossible television chef, Robert Irvine was fired from the Food Network for fudging his resume. Oh the humanity! C’mon. Can’t anyone tell the truth? I’ve actually watched this entertaining show and the opening mentions the British chef’s accomplishments including that he cooked for Britain’s Royal Family. Unfortunately, I guess this wasn’t true.
Am I surprised someone lied on their resume? Not really. We find a 56% discrepancy between what someone puts on their resume and what we find when we conduct education and employment verifications. Am I surprised that the Food Network didn’t know this before they promoted this television show? YES! As a fan of the show, I can say that the absence of that credential would not have dissuaded me from watching.
Read the full story in USA Today
Tags: Employment Verification, Food Network, Resume Fraud, Robert Irvine
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June 19th, 2008 at 8:31 am
[...] issue’s gotten some press lately, as both Food Network chef Robert Irvine and Lee McQueen, a contestant on the British version of The Apprentice, were recently ousted as [...]
July 8th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
HI IM ERITING IN DEFENSE OF ROBERT IRVINE AND I HOPE YOU READ THIS!! LISTEN,HE APOLOGISED FOR WHAT HAPPENED SO THAT OUGHT TO BE GOOD EONOUGH FOR YOU ALL AND IF IT IS NOT THEN AS HE SAYS”MERRY CHRISTMAS!!’ LISTEN GOD CAN FORGIVE US WHEN WE ASK AND REPENT WHY CANT YOU?? YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER!! PUTTING SIMON! ON TO REPLACE ROBERT?? THATS A JOKE AND WE ALL KNOW IT!!! YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING! AND FIRING EMERIL,MARIO AND THE OTHER CHEF?? THATS INCOMPREHENSIBLE.FINE KEEP SIMON,,YOUR ASKING FOR LOST VIEWIERSHIP! AND YOU WILL HAVE IT.HIRING PEOPLE WHO ARENT LIKE US PROFESSIONALS IS ASKING FOR REAL LOSS OF THE PEOPLES TRUST! YOU SHALL HAVE IT! READ WHAT THE BLOGS ARE SAYING ABOUT ALL THIS PEOPLE ARE UPSET.i DONT BLAME THEM.I LEARNED WHAT ALL i KNOW FROM CHEF ROBERT!! AND MY CHEF HUSBAND, and thats that.YOU FIRED A REAL COMSUMATE PROFESSIONAL.FOOF NETWORK YOU ARENT PROFESSIONALS. THATS THAT..
July 21st, 2008 at 2:06 am
you killed the show. he lied to get the job. he proved he should have the job. you would never have hired him without a good resume. bring him back. you lost a viewer.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:30 am
[...] in March we wrote about FoodTV star Robert Irvine being fired for lying on his resume. Normally we don’t do follow up stories, especially when the news is old. I am taking [...]
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:23 am
I too am upset about loosing Robert Irvine. I am sure Symon knows his stuff, but Robert had a personality that made the show. I have very few shows that I take the time to remember what day this are one. Dinner Impossible on Wednesday night was one that I always remembered. He will be missed, and no I will not watch the show now.
July 29th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
YOU LOST A VIEWER!
ROBERT PROVED TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,
THAT HE WAS A WONDERFUL CHEF! AND ENTERTAINER! I AM SO TURNED OFF BY THE NEXT DINNER IMPOSIBLE HOST. SIMON!!??
NO WAY GOOD BYE DINNER IMPOSIBLE, AND GOODBYE FOOD NET WORK!
HELLO FINE LIVING CHANNEL. HERE I COME!
August 6th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
You have made a HUGE mistake in letting robert go! I am sure more than half of the people that work for the Foodnetwork have fudged their resumes! You fire Robert but keep people like Sandra Lee the alchoholic, The repulsive sloppy Nelly’s or Ida Gardner and her snooty show with her obviously hen pecked gay husband? Give us a break! What a joke this network has become. Oh and now “Big Daddy” is the new star? Please!!!! You have lost several viewers. My community used to gather together Wed nights to watch his show and you have now lost another 53 people.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Chef Irvine made a mistake. Get over it! Chef Irvine proved he was up to the task;his personality and ability engaged people like me. It is a severe disappointment that he will no longer be on Dinner Impossible. Chef Simon may be capable but he certainly is no Robert Irvine. I hope this is not the last we hear from Chef Irvine. He has many followers that are eager to see him again.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Okay, so the guy made a mistake. I would submit that there are hundred’s of thousands of people that “fudge” their resume all of the time. Granted Robert’s was a bit more than “fudging”.
BUT!! What about his fans, the ratings, and the way he made this show such a success. As a loyal viewer of Food Network, and Dinner impossible, I am very saddened by the Network’s decision, and will not likely watch the new host.
August 20th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I guess I will have to watch something else on Wed. Not the Foodnetwork
August 30th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Jacquie Says:
The Food Network made a big mistake firing Chef
Robert Irvine. Not only did he display excellent culinary skills, he had personality and charisma that brought Dinner Impossible to life. In all fairness, I did attempt to watch the show with Chef Simon but I couldn’t get past the first ten minutes which is an indication that I will not watch it again. “Everyday people” in all walks of life have at some point embellished their resume’. At least Chef Irvine had the ability to follow through successfully in his area of expertise.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Have you people lost your morals and your ability to spell properly. Robert Irvine does NOT deserve your support. Save your trust for people who deserve it!
I have a winter home on Florida’s West Coast and know many individuals there, and this is where his story broke first in the St Petersburg Newspaper.
There is not one single person that I know, who has met or done business with Robert Irvine in that area, that has not had problems.
Food Network should have checked this man out, it is obvious that he is a disgrace to all the good chefs out there.
I am amazed at the writers commenting on Irvine, giving him excuses by saying, everyone fudges on their resume, which is really lying.
This type of attitude amazes me, all these fibs add up. Would you want your doctor to to perform your operation and find out he lied about his ability.
Would you want to be in an airplane and the pilot has lied about his flying skills. Would you want to have your child taught by a pedophile because he lied on his resume.
Just where does the buck stop on all this lying?
A lie is a lie……………….
Is that the way you bring up your children, that it a few lies don’t matter, just don’t get caught?
September 21st, 2008 at 12:52 am
It is sad that Chef Irvine was fired! The show is not the same, the new chef do not have the personality not the charm that Irvine had!! Sorry buy you lost a fan!