How well do you know Guy when it comes to his family, his favorite cooking utensils or his philosophy on kid-friendly recipes? Read on to discover some unexpected facts about the Triple D, Triple G king. 

After falling in love with soft pretzels while on a family vacation, Guy was convinced by his dad to open a pretzel cart. "We just made a business plan. I had a checkbook. I mean, I’m in sixth grade and I’m rolling with a checkbook," he says. "My name was The Awesome Pretzel Company, and I would do the fairs and the rodeos and anywhere I could go that they would let me sell pretzels."

A staunch carnivore from the start, Guy constantly battled with his veggie-loving mom. Things came to a head when he was 10 years old. Exasperated, his mother inadvertently gave him the green light: “If you don’t like the way I cook, then you cook,” Guy remembers her saying. That same day, he rode his bike to the local grocery store, put a few steaks on the family tab and got to work. “My dad said, ‘This might be the best steak I’ve ever had in my life.’ And that was it. I knew I wanted to be a chef.”

“What do your kids like to eat? That’s a good kid-friendly recipe,” he says. Even better: Ask them to help in the kitchen. “Get them involved with whatever you cook. Let them feel something!” It’ll turn picky eaters into enthusiastic ones, Guy says.