It seems that Robert may have lied on some (all?) of his titles. I will leave this post up for now, but http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/17/Southpinellas/TV_chef_spiced_up_his.shtml there is the link to possible truths. He seems to have admitted to the lies, so we can assume that they are, in fact, lies, and not just people being stupid and jealous.
I must say, I’m disappointed. At the same time, I’m curious why he felt he had to do anything at all. He’s mentioned baking the cake for Diana before, on the show, and that rang pretty false to me at the time (WHY would Di have a non-baker helping at all with her cake? I don’t care how good a chef you are…) but. For whatever reason.
So I, like many other aspiring bloggers, like to keep an update on what sorts of things lead readers to my blog. I’ve been getting tons of hits that indicate questions about Robert Irvine, probably due to my I Love Robert Irvine post.
This is unacceptable! I have taken your questions, re-formed them into an actual English sentence, and scoured the internet for reliable answers.
Does Robert Irvine have children?
Robert Irvine is married to Karen, and they have two daughters.
What Titles does Robert Irvine hold?
He has so many titles, people. So many titles. His status moved from “Celeb Crush” to “Absolute Superhero.” Yep, Robert Irvine is my new superhero, and with titles and accomplishments as follows, can you blame me?
- He spent 10 years on the Royal Yacht, Britannia, cooking world-class food for world leaders and other VIPs. (This list includes the last four presidents, as well as the various English royalty – some of which we’ve heard him hint at in the show, of course)
- He has been a culinary consultant and exec chef in multiple countries and capitals – on cruise ships and in resorts and hotels, places as familiar as Atlantic City and places as exotic as Ho Chi Minh City. Woah.
- He has his own company, The Irvine Group, involved in media production, food shows, live demos, food production, etc. !
- He whipped together an amazing team of chefs (including Ming Tsai and Guillermo Pernot) to produce the “most amazing Oscar food night” – so named by the L.A. Times.
- Actual Titles? It’s a long list:
- Certified Executive Chef in the American Culinary Federation
- Chef Professional of La Toque Blanche International
- Recipient of the Chef’s Five Star Diamond Award from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, 1998 until 2006.
- Honored at Carnegie Institute of America, as well as the American Tasting Institute.
- Culinary Director for the Taste of the LPGA
- Trustee of the American Academy Hospitality Science’s Five Star Diamond Award, representing all of the Three Star Michelin Chefs worldwide
- Serves on numerous judging panels and culinary committees throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Ladies, Gents, that is a lot of stuff to do in one lifetime! Holy cow.
Where can I buy Robert Irvine’s knives?
Here (thankyou!)
What does Robert Irvine’s picture look like?
I am so sorry. so sorry. My sympathy could not fit in the Pacific Ocean. You must not get the Food Network, much less seen the greatness that is Dinner: Impossible. Or something. Else you’re looking for not-family-friendly photos, at which point you’re a freak. But here’s a nice G-rated picture for you anyway.
Isn’t he cute?
What restaurants does Robert Irvine own?
He will soon be opening two restaurants, Ooze and Schmooze, in Florida.
Robert Irvine? Iron Chef? OMIGOSH WHEN?
Yes, Robert Irvine will be on Iron Chef, teamed up with Tyler Florence. They will be battling Cat Cora and Paula Deen in Battle of The Desserts! It’ll be on Saturday the 24th of November at 9. I will be reviewing the battle, of course.’
Anyway, I hope you had fun reading more about Robert, and I hope you got some questions answered! I would like to thank all the commenters for asking and answering questions. It’s so awesome that you’ve all done this! You should also check out these 10 questions from Food For Thought.
August 16, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Robert Irvine is one of my favorite Food Network chefs. I’d watch him cook anytime! I never miss Dinner: Impossible – thanks for this interesting bio.
August 17, 2007 at 1:18 pm
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August 22, 2007 at 2:10 am
this made me laugh. he does seem a bit of a mystery doesn’t he? for me his accent has a bit of a welsh tinge? but the last name is very celtic. anyway, we (hubby & i) love the show. i made one of his dishes for my WAY picky french mother-in-law, and i actually got a compliment. not effusive, you understand, but definitely a compliment.
thanks robert.
August 22, 2007 at 2:26 am
okay, i just did a wee bit more googling, i still don’t know what town he was born in, but apparently he’s married to a lady called karen, and they have two daughters.
August 22, 2007 at 4:43 am
What was your source? I would love to check it! And Go you! on the recipe. I made garlic wontons for my MIL, only to discover the woman doesn’t like garlic. Ah, well, can’t win ’em all, right?
August 24, 2007 at 2:21 am
If you know your way around any kitchen then I feel that you know Chef Irvine. He also has a personality to go along with his credentials and smile. His antics and compassion for food.
If you have a great appreciation for food and food preperation and creativity, then one cannot help but to enjoy Chef irvine.
August 24, 2007 at 2:39 am
The mysterious knives can be purchased from his website:
http://www.irvinethyme.com/knifesPage2.html
August 24, 2007 at 3:02 pm
! Thank you! (Now why isn’t that….guh. Anyway. Thank you.)
August 30, 2007 at 5:37 am
Oh my gosh…I loved all the saundry questions and answers! I think they need to start making posters of this man……he is a hot toddy with a personality to match! =) thanks for the info!
September 5, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Love Chef Robert Irvine and love his shows. Wish FOOD NETWORK would give him a few more shows and wish he would pose for a calender!!!!That would be a real YUMMO!!
October 9, 2007 at 12:18 pm
I wrote an e-mail to his site and asked him if he was married he stated no that he was once. Is he remarried or divorced?
October 9, 2007 at 12:19 pm
You also do not have any thing on here about his restraunt he is working on in Flordia, schmooze.
October 10, 2007 at 6:13 pm
He’s actually working on two restaurants in Florida: Ooze and Schmooze, believe it or not. That Robert Irvine is always on the go.
October 20, 2007 at 10:15 pm
I absolutely LOVE Robert Irvine. Too bad he’s married. I wonder if he has a brother? 😉
October 26, 2007 at 1:05 am
Rebecca mentioned she emailed his site and questioned married/divorced. My question to Rebecca is what site did you email to? I have emailed Food Network but not easy getting replies. I have not had much luck tracking down a more specific site for Chef Robert Irvine. If you know of one, please let me know. Thanks.
Chef Robert Irvine is indeed a great pleasure to watch on ‘Dinner Impossible’. I hope to have his book soon.
Chef Robert Irvine seems to be a man who has gotten where he is now by be self-disciplined, directed, focused, goal-oriented, hard-working and most definitely working smartly. He seems to be a man of integrity, accountability, honor and respect.
I noticed that he is working on the 2 Florida restaurants (Ooze & Schmooze) for the St. Petersburg area. I wonder if he lives or is planning to live, at least part-time in Florida in the future. I am anxious to learn more about his restaurants.
I noticed in the Food Network ‘Dinner Impossible’ bio, “he lives in New Jersey with his family”. I was able to preview his book and read the inside back flap and it said “he lives in New Jersey”. No mention of family this time. My guess is he was married and is now divorced. I bet he is a father though and probably, even if he is a divorced dad, a very damn good father.
By the way, have you been able to discover when his birthday is or even his current age?
Thanks Bunches for any info you can give me.
November 2, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Robert is going to be in my town tomorrow for a reading festival and he’s going to be doing a cooking demonstration in a building my husband supervises, so we’re going to get there early for the best seats. My husband and I usually record his shows and watch them during the week when he comes home for lunch. We both enjoy watching him create the dishes he does without having any knowledge of what he’s going to be doing. I didn’t know he was working on a restaurant in St. Pete, because I don’t live too far from that city. My son is currently in culinary school (Le Cordon Bleu) and I hope one day he has the knowledge Robert does. I’m looking forward to tomorrow.
November 6, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Thanks for the info Lori.
I know that Robert just did a cooking demonstration on Nov. 4th aboard a Holland-America ship out of Tampa for a luncheon (St. Joseph’s Pediatric Cancer Care Research). I just happened upon that info a bit too late.
How did you discover Robert doing a reading festival? Is there some website that shows what Robert is up to next and where he will be? If not, there should be.
Congrats to your son being in culinary school. Who knows, maybe one day your son will have an opportunity to meet Robert. Does your son watch ‘Dinner Impossible’?
As for the restaurants, supposedly both Oooze & Schmooze are going to be on Beach Street. I have looked for more info on opening dates but have not yet been successful with this. I also live close to St. Pete so I am excited about the restaurants.
Hope you had a great time and had good seats Lori.
I wish you all a Joyful Week !!!
Thanks Bunches 🙂
November 6, 2007 at 1:14 pm
I have one more bit of info about Chef Robert Irvine. He is going to be involved in an ‘Iron Chef America’ show that is supposed to air sometime late November. Just thought you may want to keep your eyes out for it. The show will not be on a Wednesday. I thought I read it would be Nov. 24th but I may be mistaken about the exact date.
Keep Smiling 🙂
November 6, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Robert Irvine on Iron Chef America?!
Dawn, that is the coolest thing I’ve heard all week!! Definitely going to keep my eyeballs peeled for that one.
November 9, 2007 at 12:46 am
Greetings & Salutations,
I have some info for Chef Robert Irvine (‘Dinner Impossible’) fans/viewers.
I wanted to make sure Chef Robert Irvine fans knew that his book “Mission:Cook” was released in September and is now in bookstores. So make sure you go get a copy to read all about his life, adventures and some fabulous recipes.
I have also discovered that Chef Robert Irvine has a newsletter. If anyone is interested in signing up to receive it, just go to the site below and click on ‘E-Newsletter’ to sign up.
http://www.chefrobertirvine.com
Hope this info was helpful.
Keep Smiling 🙂
November 10, 2007 at 2:26 pm
F.Y.I.
Chef Robert Irvine is going to be on the “Dear Food Network – Thanksgiving” episode along with other popular food network chefs. This airs Saturday, November 10th @ 9:00 PM and again at midnight.
Just thought fans/viewers would like to know.
Keep Smiling 🙂
November 12, 2007 at 1:57 am
I can answer a few questions. He is currently married and has 2 adorable daughters. He will be teaming up with Tyler Florence during an non-traditional Iron Chef show. They will be taking on Paula Deen and, uh, darn I forget who the other female competitor is.
I had the incredible pleasure of meeting him this weekend at EPCOT’s Food and Wine Festival. While watching Dinner: Impossible I always thought he was kinda cute and nice. After meeting him and talking for a bit, I can say he is so beyond kinda cute and is terribly funny and very nice.
I look forward to his restaurants’ openings!
November 28, 2007 at 5:26 pm
When is his birthday?
December 2, 2007 at 1:01 am
robert irvine should be in the world’s sexiest man competion not the iron chef competion
December 2, 2007 at 2:02 am
Hmmmm…definitely agree with the calendar remark…and I’m sure I’m not the only one. 🙂
December 4, 2007 at 11:00 am
Greetings & Salutations,
Just wanted to say that Chef Robert’s last episode of Season 2 called ‘Holiday Hope’ was heart-warming, funny and downright wonderful.
Of course the food looked great and Chef Robert was his usual natural great self with professionalism blended with humor. The man continues to impress me with his heart and integrity. What he and everyone involved accomplished was amazing. He brought some much needed happiness, joy and laughter into the lives of those who had greatly suffered and showed appreciation to those that had stepped up and offered their assistance to help better things. Hopefully, others who watched the program may decide they want to help out in their community and elsewhere. Chef Robert has the natural ability to encourage, inspire and motivate others to bring about more goodness in this world. Yes, he is an entertaining and talented chef as well.
Thanks Bunches & Bunches Chef Robert and all involved for helping this world be a bit nicer!
If you did not know, Chef Robert is also on the ‘All-Star Holiday Dishes’ episode. Food Network pairs him up with the funny and lovely Paula Deen. They are a hoot to watch and laugh with. I am sure the episode will be aired several times this month.
Yes, I agree that Chef Robert is a very healthy man who takes very good care of himself and it shows.
Happy & Safe Holidays to all! 🙂
December 4, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Robert usually wears his wedding ring on the shows. Recently I noticed its absence.
Is he still married?
December 9, 2007 at 3:44 pm
F.Y.I.
Chef Robert Irvine fans can see him on three other Holiday themed shows on the Food Network this season. All of them have Paula Deen as well and together they just create good food and lots of laughter. So be sure to check these shows out.
All-Star Holiday Dishes
Iron Chef America – Holiday Dessert Battle
Paula’s Party
Here is to more Laughter & Yummy-ness in your life! 🙂
December 9, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I would like to see pictures of Robert Irvine’s wife and children.
December 13, 2007 at 9:17 pm
On Dinner Impossible he always wears the same shirt. What is the logo on it?
December 15, 2007 at 3:14 am
I think that Robert Irvine is very hot… oh yeah, he is a great chef also! Hated to hear that he was married.
December 16, 2007 at 3:24 am
When I first saw the previews for dinner impossible, I was not impressed with Robert. Then I watched the show and fell deeply, madly and insanely in LOVE with him. What a strong, creative, commanding, funny, kind and wonderful chef/person!! God he has so much character and pizazz to go along with all of his talent, oh and did I mention his smile??? To be with someone like that…what a dream.
December 16, 2007 at 3:26 am
Oh and he was born in 65.
December 18, 2007 at 1:53 am
yes, this man is totally HOT!!!
I would also like to see a pic of his wife….just to see the lucky woman….his mom was on Paula’s xmas party show….
wonder what his birthday is….know it is in 1965, but what’s the date???
what a gorgeous man and to also know that he can cook & flex his muscles like he does…. YUM!
December 27, 2007 at 4:34 am
Robert seems to be very private about his wife and daughters. I would like to see a family photo, recent if possible and see the wife who puts up with all that energy!!
December 29, 2007 at 3:10 pm
There are a couple of nice photos of him when you go to Google Images. I also found this imformative article from a TV station in Pittsburgh. Among all the interesting facts – I read that the Baking Mission Impossible that was shown this past summer was filmed a mile away from my home in NJ…dratssss !!! I missed him !!! lol
December 29, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Oops forgot to post the link…lol
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/fooddrink/s_532960.html
January 3, 2008 at 3:34 am
Does Robert Irvine’s staff like him?
January 3, 2008 at 5:26 am
I enjoyed reading the info on Robert Irvine. I have just started watching Food Network. I love Mission Impossible. I was hopeinf he was single and looking. I have a daughter who is a young widow with a red headed daughter. Robert has the build and personality of her husband who also liked to cook. Thanks for all the info. Good site.
January 5, 2008 at 4:14 am
Hello:
Is there any intention to distributive the
last season of Dinner Impossible on DVD or CD? I enjoyed the season very much.
Thanks.
January 5, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Robert is obviously proud of his Scottish heritage, by his use of the Irvine badge on his clothing.
I was wondering if he owns and wears a kilt?
January 10, 2008 at 10:38 pm
I think he’s lost his zip and is getting more annoying in Dinner Impossible. He started out okay, but now, he keeps yelling at everyone and is showing an egotistical side that’s not appealing. Remember, HE’S the one that should be doing ALL the Dinner Impossibles, not his added help. Looks like he can’t really do it all alone, can he?
January 12, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Robert is my favorite chef. I love the show!~
January 16, 2008 at 9:19 am
~~ Greetings & Salutations ~~
I wanted to remind everyone that tonight, Wednesday, January 16th, starts the premier of Season 3 – Dinner Impossible. Be sure and check it out.
Keep Smiling 🙂
January 18, 2008 at 11:50 pm
i wonder if he is happily married?! i love to watch him , it doesn’t matter what he’s doing. i hope he opens a restaurant in Ocala,Fl. may God bless him and his family.
February 11, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Chef Irvine will be opening his 2 new restauarants (Ooze and Scmooze) not 2 blocks from where I live in St. Petersburg Florida! I can’t wait!
February 15, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Two weeks ago I was in Seattle attending a function and staying at the Woodmark Hotel.
I was sitting in the lobby waiting for my transfer to the airport, when all of a sudden a woman dressed in black ran by me, followed by Robert Irvine and a camerman bringing up the rear! OHMIGAWD….I jumped up, dug for my camera in my purse, which I found remarkably fast, and dashed over to the railing as they were all running down the steps –
I’d intended to yell ROBERT and snap his picture when he looked up, but alas, he does move QUICK! All I saw was the top of his head disappearing from my view.
But I can tell you that in the upcoming episode, he will be catering a couple’s wedding dinner AND…he was at this event/hotel with his wife.
February 17, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Though you all might be interested in an article in today’s St Pete Times about Chef Irvine. Kind of a hatchet job, but if true, is a bit concerting. I live in St Petersburg and although I was looking forward to trying his food, his choice of Ooze has been ridiculed here by everyone. Maybe now the restaurant won’t happen? We’ll see.
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/17/Southpinellas/TV_chef_spiced_up_his.shtml
February 18, 2008 at 1:39 am
Any comment on the recent article about Mr. Irvine? Evidently he isn’t a knight and he isn’t opening any restuarants in Florida. Hrmmm… what are those titles again?