The 'Save Robert Irvine' Campaign Begins

[Food Network Fan]

The 'Save Robert Irvine' Campaign Begins

Posted by Raphael, March 11, 2008 at 3:15 PM
From a "group of volunteers who are interested in keeping Robert Irvine as host of Dinner: Impossible" comes the "Save Robert Irvine!" campaign. The strategy consists of contacting the Food Network via their online form and the always effective online petition. [via tampabay.com | Know it now | St. Petersburg Times and tbt*]
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[foodieindallas]

What a douche bag. hahahahaha

[BerryBaby]

I'm sure they will get a huge response. Robert has quite the fan base here.

[Food Network Fan]

Foodie do you mean Robert? Or the person doing the petition? I think we need to be fair to both really, lots of people like Robert, and if they are a fan they are genuine in their efforts I am sure. I believe the person who started the petition they are referring to is a member here, and I want to be considerate of them.

[ibcheft]

objecting by calling out names only insults ones own intelligence. Me, myself and I all agree that there is room for Robert, if the whole truth were known.

[Royales00]

Bring Robert Irvine back!!!
Nothing against Mike Symon, but he is sadly mistaken if he thinks he can replace Irvine.
As a line cook myself I have personally replayed things Irvine has overcome in the show. I often find myself thinking of Irvine and becoming motivated to make the "impossible" happen. OH what a sad day it is when the FOOD NETWORK won't make an exception and allow Irvine to comeback. I am not interested in watching Symon on Dinner: Impossible. He is great on Iron Chef but not Dinner: Impossible. FOOD NETWORK better pray that someone like FOX or Gordon Ramsey doesn't get their hands on Robert Irvine. The man is on FIIIYAH!

[aoneil]

I think that it is a great idea...but I think that it is a little too late.

[isilzha]

I hope they at least will continue to show his reruns. I wanted to show my Dad the episode they did at US Cellular Field.

[ibcheft]

They need to bring Robert back, send Symon to Detroit to take care of his new restaurant and bring John Besh in to ICA. But to little to late

[Pluff Mudder]

Guess the petition didn't work since Symon has the job. But then, I don't think it would have helped, for FN already had their mind made up. I'll miss Robert on FN and always watched D:I.

I keep watching for a announcement for the new TV show he talked about on his blog that suppose to be in the works.

His resume isn't what got him is job on D:I. From Robert's blog:

Interestingly, my resume is not what got me the job on Dinner: Impossible. The show was created by Brian O'Reilly, a writer and producer who became executive producer of the show, and was based on events from my life and on skills that I had developed over the course of my career that were unique to me: cooking at a high culinary level under pressure, often for large numbers of people, sometimes with limited resources and an ability to improvise with whatever I had on hand to get the job done. We arranged a date to fix a gourmet luncheon for the players and coaches of the NY Rangers and the NY Knicks at their training facility in New York (21 dishes served in a buffet line for 60 people in 3 hours) and from there produced a “sizzle” reel that demonstrated the concept for the show (which was originally called “Fit For A King”). Food Network saw the sizzle reel, loved it, added the element of keeping each “mission” a secret from me until I arrived on the scene, changed the name, bought the show, and the rest is history.

http://www.chefrobertirvineblog.com/index.php/2008/w28/