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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.
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.
"I was wrong to exaggerate in statements related to my experiences in the White House and the Royal Family," Irvine said in a written statement. "I am truly sorry for misleading people and misstating the facts."
The Food Network said it might revisit its decision at the end of this season, but for now would begin searching for a new host for the series, which challenged Irvine to cook under arduous conditions.
Irvine, who is from England, first acknowledged the fabrications in a Feb. 17 story in the St. Petersburg Times.
The dude claimed to have designed Princess Diana's wedding cake and to have been in charge of the White House kitchen under three presidents, which turned out to be bullshit. He also claimed falsely he had been knighted by Queen Elizabeth and that he got a bachelor's degree in Culinary Science from a school that doesn't even offer cooking classes.
Which (especially on the heels of a similar Food Network scandal last year) raises the question: Who the fuck is reading resumes there? Do they know you can actually look shit up?
This reporter is now filing an application to have her own Food Network show, and has padded her resume to include having cooked the Last Supper for Jesus. It's doubtful they'll check.