Man Fieri Says He Was Given ‘Best’ Praise About Son Ryder (Unique)

Man Fieri is recalling one of many “biggest compliments” a supervisor gave him about his 19-year-old son, Ryder.

Whereas talking with PEOPLE on the South Seashore Wine & Meals Pageant on Feb. 21, the 57-year-old Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host revealed that it was “so nice” to look at his youngest son “work in his self-discipline” when visiting San Diego State College final month.

Ryder, his dad provides, works for the faculty’s basketball staff as a supervisor and is a “large athlete” himself.

“So after I met the coaches, they mentioned, ‘Hear, let me inform you one thing. We’ve got a number of youngsters who come via right here, and we have had some youngsters which are celeb youngsters, and your son doesn’t give one ounce… He does not go round saying… He simply works.'”

“They usually all had the identical factor [to say],” Man added. “The gamers mentioned the identical factor. Actually, that was one of many biggest compliments I can get is that he is doing it after I’m not round.”

Man shares each Ryder and elder son Hunter, 28, along with his spouse Lori.

Elsewhere at Man’s South Seashore outing, the place he was joined by Hunter, the Meals Community host shared with PEOPLE that he and his older son “work collectively nearly day-after-day.”

“He runs our wine firm and he additionally works intently with me with the tequila firm,” Man added, referring to their Hunt & Ryde wine firm and Santo Tequila.

Hunter additionally seems alongside his dad on Meals Community’s Match of Champions, interviewing the successful cooks backstage on the competitors collection.

“My sons are my finest associates,” Man mentioned. “My spouse has been an unimaginable associate in life and the best way we raised our children. However Hunter’s doing actually good on TV. He continues to realize confidence. My youngest son Ryder’s in faculty in San Diego, so he makes it in on occasion. However Hunter’s doing a terrific job.”

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It’ll be an enormous 12 months forward of the Fieri crew. Earlier this month, Hunter shared an replace on his upcoming marriage ceremony to fiancée Tara Bernstein. On March 4, the couple shared a clip taken at a seaside, displaying Bernstein leap into Hunter’s arms. “Leaping into eternally with my favourite individual ❤️🌊,” they wrote over the video.

As Man detailed to PEOPLE, the soon-to-be newlyweds have been struggling to chop down their visitor listing as they put together for his or her large day.

“They’re each such large personalities, and so they each have a number of associates,” Man mentioned in South Seashore . “I imply, that is the hardest factor. [How] these two [will] whittle it all the way down to 350. I’ve no clue.”

“I imply, it could be like selecting 350 of those individuals saying who’s going to make it,” he added. “However no, it is going to be nice, and artistic and energetic and a number of issues.”