We might not have Miley Cyrus, but Kansas City is going to get a Guy Fieri show. The nickname-labeling, punky-haired host of the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives plays the Midland Theater on December 7.
The Guy Fieri Roadshow with Australian flair bartender Hayden Wood (despite what you're thinking this is not The Thunder From Down Under) is described as "food, rock n' roll, and everything they won't let me do on TV." As to what that entails, you'll have to pay Ticketmaster $35.25 (before convenience fees) to find out.
Fat City was there last year when chef Anthony Bourdain (host of the Travel Channel's No Reservations) came to town for a talk at the Midland and had a revealing session with the media at the Bristol the night before. Bourdain candidly explained why this arrangement can be lucrative for chefs and can provide the stability that's often missing in the grind-it-out existence of restaurants.
You won't be alone if you're eager to see Fieri cook live on stage. This is the era
of the celebrity chef's traveling road show. It's a retread of a
previous concept shuttered by the Food Network in 2002, but the public
now seems ready to embrace celebrity chefs in a stage show. In essence,
you'll be seeing a TV star on stage, not a television chef.
If you have any doubt as to how the public views chefs today, consider
the start of Fieri's tour. He was greeted like a rock star when a fan
in Verona, New York, threw a bra on stage. That beats slaving over a hot stove or working the demo booth at a state fair any day.
[Image via Flickr: kiki maraschino]
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Celebrity chefs are fun because why? They are entertainers duh. If you have a chance go and see them and have fun. Throwing your unmentionables onstage...well, that's entirely your call:-)
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