Celebrity chef Guy Fieri, 55, says he’s told his sons that he won’t be leaving them an inheritance, and stressed the importance of teaching them to work hard.
The Food Network star and creator of Flavortown told Fox News he has advised his sons, Hunter and Ryder, to work hard for what they want because he won’t hand it to them. Fieri explained that along with working hard, he expects his sons to graduate with multiple degrees.
“I’ve told them the same thing my dad told me,” Fieri told the outlet. “My dad says, ‘When I die, you can expect that I’m going to die broke, and you’re going to be paying for the funeral.'”
“And I told my boys, none of this that we’ve been … that I’ve been building are you going to get unless you come and take it from me.”
Fieri explained that in addition to raising his two sons, he and his wife, Lori, have also raised their nephew Jules since Fieri’s sister, Morgan, passed away in 2011.
Out of the boys, Jules is currently working to pursue a career in the music industry, in addition to being enrolled in a law program. Fieri’s eldest son, Hunter, 27, has reportedly been following in his dad’s footsteps, signing a contract with Food Network, working for the family winery Hunt & Ryde, and pursuing a master’s degree.
“My youngest son, Ryder, is a senior in high school getting ready to graduate, or you know, going to graduate in the spring,” Fieri explained about his youngest son. “And he’s like, ‘Dad this is so unfair. I haven’t even gone to college yet, and you’re already pushing that I’ve got to get an MBA? Can I just get through college?”
Fieri won the second season of “The Next Food Network Star” in 2006 and then went on to host his own show, “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”
“Shaq said it best. Shaq said it about his kids one time. He says, ‘If you want any of this cheese, you’ve got to give me two degrees.’ Well, my two degrees mean, you know, postgraduate. So they’re on their way.”
