Disgraceful Scandals That Will Haunt The Food Network Forever - Extended Cut

We’ve covered this topic more than once over the years, so here’s all our coverage combined into one extended video!

The Food Network's path to success hasn't always been easy. In fact, the foodie favorite has weathered quite a few scandals, and some of those shocking situations have rocked the network — and its devoted fans — to their very core.

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Ina Garten's pass | 0:00
Mario Batali's skimmed tips | 0:41
Anne Burrell's trash talk | 1:54
Robert Irvine's fake resume | 2:24
Nigella Lawson's drug abuse | 2:55
Guy Fieri's homophobic remarks | 3:33
Ree Drummond's racist recipe | 4:04
Paula Deen's racial slur | 4:48
Bobby Flay "quits" Iron Chef | 5:24
Geoffrey Zakarian is sued into bankruptcy | 6:34
Michael Symon gets up close and personal | 7:28
Paula Deen's diabetic crisis | 8:16
Giada De Laurentiis' rumored cheating | 9:17
Sandra Lee's questionable Kwanzaa Cake | 10:15
Graham Elliot sued by employees | 11:09
Paul Hollywood's affair | 11:52
Allegedly tainted dog food | 12:38
The Neelys: a happy couple act | 13:51
Jamie Oliver's cultural appropriation | 15:04

[MashedFood]

Which of these scandals were you most surprised by?

[michaelmejia]

I have NO sympathy for any celebrity chef who steals overtime pay and tips from their workers! Like, how much more wealth do you need to satisfied? You’re already rich AND famous!

[annabodhi]

Bosses who steal tips should be named and shamed.

[GuidoGrasso]

The biggest scandal is how every food show today has 20 chef wannabes running around like it’s American Idol food edition. Stop with the judges please!!

[long-time-first-time]

The unceremonious way this video switched hosts towards the end is a scandal in itself.

[TwistyMcFisty]

Cooking a dish from another culture is not cultural appropriation. Its cultural appreciation.
Many of the "traditional dishes" you enjoy today would not exist if people did not share recipes and techniques with each other.

[GrammerAngel]

I wasn't aware that you had to be Asian to cook Asian food, Jamaican to cook Jamaican food, etc, etc, So I guess we need to burn our Julia Child's cook books. She wasn't French. And to all of you home cooks who are making Swiss buttercream, or Italian buttercream, you'd better cut it out. No spaghetti for dinner if you're not from Italy. This is just a ridiculous thought process.

[ClNoBody]

I remember enjoying the food network years ago when it started. Really liked the instructional focus. Haven't watched it since they jumped the shark with all the wacky game shows. I think Guy's Grocery is a great example of a show that makes you leave a channel and never come back.

[crankybastid]

These people are narcissistic cooks, not chefs. The food Network has always sucked, have you ever been to any of those diners drive inns and dives, I have and the majority of them sucked. On the other hand every place I visited that Anthony Bourdain had visited was exactly how he described it. Probably the reason he was not a regular on the food network.

[Eaton-]

Jamie Olivers so called "scandal" is ridiculous. If taco bell can say they sell "mexican food" then Jamie Oliver can sell rice called basically whatever he wants.

[TheRoyaltyCreative]

I always wondered how Giadas neck held up that big head.

[cvonh]

Ironic how Gina Neely said she had never wanted to "live her life out loud like that", but then participated in a tv dating show. Inviting viewers to watch you in the kitchen is a lot less "out loud" than inviting them into your love life.

[brbadge]

Its crazy how many owners/ chefs want a piece of the wait staff tips.

[mrcryptozoic]

It's no wonder that Alton Brown now comes across as an "angry old man" (in my eyes) being surrounded with a bunch of people whose job it is to prop themselves up.

[stephenho]

There was nothing wrong with what Jamie Oliver did ... only Jamaican chefs can make jerk flavoured food? How many non-Asian chefs have made fried rice?

[jeffreydaniels]

I have worked with several “Celebrity Chefs” in my career, almost all of them were over-rated and had egos far greater than there talent. It’s food people, get real! Many un-sung, hard working hero’s in the food business and lots of egotistical nonsense.

[RedDawnRocker]

You entirely missed the main part of the Mario Batali sexual assault story. Batali was accused of drugging and raping waitresses in restaurants he owned a stake in. It was said that some of the co-workers of one of the waitresses actually saw the assault happening on the security cameras.

[verucasalt]

So you have to be Asian to make Asian wings and Jamaican to make jerk chicken?
I’m Swedish, love cooking Italian food…….am I breaking some kind of culinary law? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Facetiously.Esoteric]

Food network has done horrible damage to the culinary industry. And consumers have paid the price, not just the chefs and cooks.

[csandford]

How can these people do these things to their employees is beyond me. How do they sleep at night.