# Food Network star fired for lying on resume

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-star-fired-for-lying-on-resume/440225>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-star-fired-for-lying-on-resume/440225 "2008-03-05T20:01:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-star-fired-for-lying-on-resume/440225/1 "2008-03-05T20:01:25Z")

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> [http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=303741&GT1=7703&silentchk=1](http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=303741&GT1=7703&silentchk=1)
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> After rising to culinary stardom preparing impossible meals on his Food Network series, Robert Irvine has met an obstacle his kitchen prowess couldn’t overcome — an embellished resume.
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> The star of “Dinner: Impossible” has acknowledged fabricating some of the more fantastic parts of his resume, including having cooked for Britain’s Royal Family and various U.S. presidents.
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> Following the revelations, the network announced it would not renew Irvine’s contract, though it would air the remaining episodes of the current season, the series’ fourth.

Now that’s just stupid. A pity because I like the show and the man.

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-star-fired-for-lying-on-resume/440225/2 "2008-03-05T20:05:13Z")

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I believe that [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458402) is the thread you’re looking for.

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**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-star-fired-for-lying-on-resume/440225/3 "2008-03-05T20:08:07Z")

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Gah.

I thought I searched this forum throughly. Mods, can you please close this thread?