by Garrick Moritz, Editor
Guy Fieri has been the face of the Food Network for more than a decade, and aside from his culinary successes, his Emmy award-winning show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (Triple D) has been running since 2007. And he was here, in Garretson, this past Saturday.
Now, I was one of twelve regulars at O So Good who got an invitation to be part of the filming on Saturday, June 27th. Omar and Renae had quietly invited 12 community stakeholders, friends, and regular patrons to be a part of the filming.
My wife Carrie and I first got this invitation on the evening of Tuesday, June 23. Obviously, it was extremely confidential as to what was going on, so we, and everyone else who were invited to take part in the shooting, had to keep silent.
Despite the secrecy, Fieri and Triple D have a huge fan following, and it didn’t take long for local fans to put two and two together and figure out what was happening.
From Wednesday onward, I had phone calls, text messages and in person visits in my office, all asking me if it was true, if Fieri was really coming to town and that Diners, Drive-ins and Dives was going to feature Omar and O So Good. I continued to repeat that I could not confirm nor deny anything. Omar himself has not, and in all likelihood will not, make any public statements about the experience, most likely because the practice of the business is to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement until the episode airs.
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