Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp Giveaway

The T.V. show “Extra” is sending one winner to the Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp — to rock out with Guy Fieri, Steven Tyler and more.

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith

Click on ExtraTV.com for more information. You'll have to register with their site and enter the "secret word" from Tuesday's show. It's not a difficult secret word to figure out.


More on the Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp here.

Guy Fieri to the rescue!

Another video from the Way Back Machine.

Guy Fieri and more at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival

Guy Fieri makes a wicked batch of margaritas for the audience at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, in February 2009.



For more Swirled Ice video with Guy and Rachael Ray, click here.

The Food Channel shares a photo montage from several SoBe events here, and from the BubbleQ event here.

And FiendDish.com shares photos here.

Louie's in Texas - on DDD

Laura Jacobus from the Eats Blog at GuideLive.com said:

Louis Canelakes, owner / operator of Louie's in Texas said the joint was slammin', and his phone hasn't stopped ringing since his segment on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives aired. He even heard from an old buddy of his from Waukegan that he hasn't talked to in years.

But my favorite story about the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives crew was about what happened one day after they finished shooting at Louie's all morning. Lou and Chris decided to go to Avila's on Maple for lunch, which they do often. They discovered when they arrived that the Diners crew had gone straight from Louie's to Avila's, so it was closed. (Richard Avila is the one who recommended that the crew shoot at Louie's, by the way.)

Lou decided to just walk in the back door and crash the party. Guy Fieri spotted him first and said "What are you doing here?" to which Lou replied "First you ruined my morning, and now you're going to ruin my lunch?" (with a few expletives thrown in). Guy said he'd fix them lunch and proceeded to cook them Avila's brisket gorditas himself, which Lou said were the best he'd ever had there. Guy even waited on them.

Lou, who started out calling Fieri "Hairdo," said he's a good guy -- "one of us," meaning a restaurant guy who just happened to go into showbiz.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode guide

Guy Fieri to host Oaks Bourbon Brunch in May 2009

Kentucky's Courier Journal reports Guy Fieri will host the inaugural Marriott Oaks Bourbon Brunch on Friday May 1, 2009.

The event features Guy Fieri, renowned pastry chef Gale Gand and mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim with on-site cooking demonstrations, savory food and beverage pairings and incredible silent and live auction items — all for a great cause.

"At the brunch, Fieri will put on a cooking demo using Kentucky Proud products in the bourbon-based courses, mixing in a dash of his signature flair."

Brunch will be held at the Marriott Louisville Downtown from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Tickets are $125. Proceeds benefit the Louisville-based Home of the Innocents.

The Home is the region's open arms to kids in crisis — caring for children of abuse, abandonment and neglect, those who are medically fragile, and children with autism. Last year alone, the Home provided services to over two thousand children and families.


For more information about the event, please contact Ina de Mattos at (502) 596-1016 or idemattos@homeoftheinnocents.org.

Pork En Fuego - as seen on The Tonight Show

Scene from The Tonight Show

Pork En Fuego
Courtesy Guy Fieri

1 pound Pork Tenderloin, silver skin removed, sliced into 1" rounds
3 Strips bacon, sliced into ½" pieces
1 ½ teaspoons Cayenne pepper
1 ½ teaspoons Cumin
1 ½ teaspoons Granulated Garlic
1 ½ teaspoons Basil
1 ½ teaspoons Oregano
1 ½ teaspoons black pepper, (freshly cracked)
1 ½ teaspoons Paprika
3 teaspoons Thyme
½ large yellow onion, diced (¾ cup)
1 ½ Tablespoons garlic (minced)
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 ½ Cups Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
1/3 Cup hot cherry peppers, chopped
1 cup chicken stock (low sodium)
1 Tablespoons Worcestershire
½ cup Cabo Wabo Tequila
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
½ cup green onions, sliced thin
1 Tablespoons cilantro, chopped
1 ½ Tablespoons basil, julienned
4 Ciabatta Rolls (split, spread with garlic butter and grilled)
8 pieces Havarti Cheese

Combine dry spices and rub on pork slices. Set aside. In a large sauté pan, over medium high heat, cook bacon until just crisp. Add in onions, sauté until lightly caramelized, add in pork, garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook for about 4-6 minutes, turning pork as needed. Deglaze with tequila, add in tomatoes, hot cherry peppers, Worcestershire, remaining stock and let simmer for 5-6 minutes to finish pork and combine flavors. Add butter, half the green onions, cilantro and basil. Add salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste. Serve immediately, piling over bottom of roll, topping with cheese, capping with top, offset... garnish with remaining green onions.



Yield: 8 servings
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutes
Ease of preparation: Moderate

Guy Fieri on the Tonight Show

If you are looking for Guy Fieri on The Jay Leno Show, click here for the 10 @ 10 segment from November 2009, or click here for the segment with Kim Kardashian from January 2010.

Here is the video from Guy Fieri's segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, March 20, 2009.



If you are experiencing difficulties with the embedding, try viewing the video here.

According to the Press Democrat, the two T.V. hosts talked about cars backstage. Leno took Fieri outside to see the car he was driving that day, a Corvette ZR1.

Jay Leno and his Corvette

"Carlson Restaurants' TGI Friday's has reached out to six to eight agencies in a review of creative and media duties on its brand," according to BrandWeek.com. If there is a change in ad agencies, it's unclear at this time if it will affect Guy's status as spokesman for the restaurant chain.

Thompson and McCoy," owners of The Orchard House in Idaho, "still don't know exactly how the network found out about the eatery. 'However it happened, it was just amazing,' Thompson said. 'We were just blown away.'

Kris Thompson, Guy Fieri and Sherri McCoy

And a recent press release states that on January 6, 2009, Guy Fieri and his "Triple-D" crew visited Chef Point Cafe in Watauga, Texas to shoot a segment that will be aired on Monday, April 6, 2009, at 9 p.m., coinciding with the series' sixth season premiere.

Chef Franson and Guy Fieri

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode guide

Commercial for Flowmaster

I wonder how long ago this was made?

Update on Triple-D taping in Portland

Kelly Clarke of the Willamette Week Online was on hand to sample Portland's tastiest sausages and visit with Guy Fieri and the crew for Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives today in Portland, OR.

She caught up with the taping at Otto's Sausage Kitchen; "Fieri sat next to me and cracked jokes about pork love and asked my dad about car parts while the cameras rolled." And she learned a thing or two ... or five ... about the Food Network and television in general.

"The crew shoots around 15 to 17 half-hour tapes for each location they visit ... edited down to around seven minutes of screen time for each restaurant."

The filming crew is "on the road around 240 days a year. "

"TV people don't like it when you really eat. 'Eat slow,' begged one assistant"

"That car that Fieri motors around in? Not his. It belongs to the show's executive producer ... (towed) across the country"

The quote of the whole article:

"Portland's bitchin'," Fieri told me as he waited in the sunshine for his crew to set up the next shot at Otto's. "It's days like this that make me wanna buy three houses here. But the rainy season makes me want to kill myself."

A real Portlander couldn't have put it better.

Other places visited by the Triple-D crew included Pine State Biscuits, Arleta Library Cafe and Pok Pok.

To view a map of all of the restaurants Guy Fieri visited in the Portland area, click here.

Byways Cafe - Retro
Arleta Library Bakery and Cafe - Biscuits, Bagels and BLT's
Otto's Sausage - Go-To Joints
Pine State Biscuits - All Kinds of Classics
Podnah's Pit Barbeque - Only At This Joint
Blueplate Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain - Old Time Favorites
Pok Pok Restaurant - You Can Say That Again
Bunk Sandwiches - Upper Crust

Triple-D filming in Portland this week

Reports on the Internet claim that Guy Fieri will be taping for Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in Portland this week, Tuesday March 17 through Thursday March 19, with follow-up taping by the crew on Friday March 20. The conjectured "to-tape" list so far:

Podnah's Pit
1469 NE Prescott St
Portland, OR 97211
(503) 281-3700

Pok Pok Restaurant
3226 SE Division Street
Portland, OR 97202
(503) 232-1387

Blueplate Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain
308 SW Washington St
Portland
(503) 295-2583

If you plan to visit this places, be sure to call ahead and confirm the places are open to the public during filming.

*update*
From their blog, EatAtBlueplate says:

We will be closed on Thursday & Friday to make room for cameras and such. However we do need happy customers to come in and eat (for free!) and be interviewed by the Triple D crew. If you are interested, come by on Friday from noon 'til 2. First come, first serve. You may have to hang around and eat/drink what's put in front of you, but hey...you might end up on TV!
Air date not confirmed, however they *think* by end of Summer.

*update*
To view all the Triple D restaurants Guy Fieri visited in the Portland, OR area, click here.