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Celeb chef Man Fieri has signed a $100M three-year take care of Warner Bros. Discovery’s (NASDAQ:WBD) Meals Community, Variety reported.
The restaurateur of circle beard fame is the cable channel’s highest-paid expertise. This tops his 2021 contract for 3 years at $80M.
“Man’s love of meals, eating places, and the cooks behind the dishes, mixed along with his extraordinary ardour for crafting sequence with tales that resonate make extending this partnership a transparent selection in our mission to ship to viewers extra of what they love,” Warner Bros. Discovery head of meals content material Betsy Ayala mentioned.
“Meals is our most common language so having the ability to unite individuals by way of highlighting cooks, restaurateurs and the parents meting out unimaginable meals throughout this nation and world is a privilege and accountability that I don’t take flippantly,” Fieri mentioned.
The Van Dyke-bearded “Mayor of Flavortown” will proceed to supply extra of his Emmy-nominated Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and extra episodes of Man’s Grocery Video games and Match of Champions.
Fieri will even hold growing and producing tasks with Meals Community by way of his Knuckle Sandwich manufacturing banner, the information outlet added.
Fieri joined the Meals Community household in 2006 when he gained The Subsequent Meals Community Star and was awarded his personal sequence, Man’s Massive Chew.
Man and his workforce at Knuckle Sandwich have opened greater than 80 eating places around the globe.
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) might use the success of the Ohio native, recognizable by his spiky white hair. The media big noticed shares tumble earlier this month when it reported third-quarter outcomes that disenchanted traders.
Shares have fallen 2.3% over the previous 12 months, properly beneath the 15% acquire for the S&P 500 over the identical timeframe.