Guy Fieri Celebrates Son Ryder's 19th Birthday with an 'Early Present'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ryder Fieri, Guy Fieri, Hunter Fieri.Photo:Guy Fieri/instagram

Guy Fieri/instagram

Guy Fieriis giving his sonRydera birthday week to remember!

Ahead ofRyder’s 19th birthday on Tuesday, Dec. 31, Fieri, 56, and his 28-year-old sonHuntertook the birthday boy out towatch the Golden State Warriors beat the Phoenix Suns 109 - 105.

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In the photograph, the celebrity chef wears a hat bearing his signature “Flavortown” catchphrase, a black T-shirt underneath a white leather jacket, sunglasses, and a large silver chain.

To one side of him is Ryder, smiling ear to ear, wearing an all-black look, and to the other is Hunter, wearing oversized sunglasses and a green floral print jacket.

OnX, the Chase Center shared a photo of Fieri walking up to Warriors point guardStephen Curry, captioned “Legendary meet up on #WarriorsGround 😎 Steph 🤝 Guy Fieri.”

Huntershared a photofrom the night on his Instagram page, giving a closer look at their outfits. He wrote, “@warriorsgame tonight🙌🏀.”

It’s no surprise that Fieri chose to take his sons to a basketball game ahead of Ryder’s 19th birthday. The dad of two hasoften taken his boys to watch the team competefrom a young age and Ryder is currently working with the San Diego State University division 1 basketball team.

“He’s so passionate about the gamethat he had a choice if he was going to go fraternities or if he was going to go work for the basketball team. And he got an invite to go interview for the basketball team and he did,” theDiners, Drive-Ins and Diveshost told PEOPLE in November.

Hunter Fieri, Guy Fieri, Ryder Fieri and Lori Fieri.Guy Fieri/Instagram

Guy Fieri/Instagram

“If a player wants to go shoot around in the gym, Ryder will go down and work with him on passing or screening or whatever,” he added.

Fieri said that Ryder is “having the best time” with his role.

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“I mean, he loves it,” said Fieri. “He loves being part of the team and the team’s doing great.”

source: people.com