Guy Fieri is an American restaurateur who born in January 22, 1968. Fieri began his association with food in grade school in Ferndale, by selling pretzels from his "Awesome Pretzel" cart and washing dishes to finance his trip to France to study.[14] On his return to the United States, he worked at the restaurant at the Red Lion Inn in Eureka, California, until he went to Las Vegas for college. Fieri met his wife Lori when she came into a restaurant he was managing in Long Beach, California.