Guy Fieri Reveals the 'Toughest' Part of Wedding Planning for Son Hunter (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

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The Fieris are tacklingwedding planninghead on!

Guy Fierispoke exclusively to PEOPLE at the2025 South Beach Wine & Food Festivalon Friday, Feb. 21, about his oldest sonHunter Fieri’s upcoming wedding to his fiancéeTara Bernstein.

Although the celebration is at Guy’s Northern California home later this year, he tells PEOPLE that the engaged couple is struggling to shortenthe guest list.

“They’re both such big personalities, and they both have a lot of friends,” Guy, 57, says. “I mean, that’s the toughest thing. [How] those two [will] whittle it down to 350. I have no clue.”

“I mean, it would be like picking 350 of these people saying who’s going to make it,” he says. “But no, it’s going to be great, and creative and active and a lot of things.”

Guy Fieri.World Red Eye

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Hunter, 28, popped the question toTaraon Thanksgiving 2023, at Guy’s Northern California home — the same place they plan to wed.

To celebrate the engagement, Guy’s wifeLori, theiryounger son Ryder, 19, and Tara’s family were all there to watch the special moment.

“My sons are my best friends,” Fieri tells PEOPLE. “My wife has been an incredible partner in life and the way we raised our kids.”

Guy Fieri’s son Hunter Fieri with Tara Bernstein.Skip Bolen/Getty

Skip Bolen/Getty

“Sounds very Northern California hippie-ish of me, but that’s what my little sister Morgan would always say to me is just, ‘Be in the moment. Make sure that it’s you and it’s what you want. And don’t make it somebody else’s wedding. It’s your wedding,’ " he told PEOPLE.

The restaurateur also explained that he’s ready to help Hunter and Tara whenever they’re ready. “I am just in that capacity of call me when you need me. Because that’s their dream, their thing, their deal,” he said.

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Rocco DiSpirito, Hunter Fieri, Tiffani Faison, Guy Fieri, Antonia Lofaso, Jet Tila, Stephanie Izard, Crista Luedtke in Miami for the 2025 South Beach Wine & Food Festival.World Red Eye

source: people.com