Celebrity chef Guy Fieri puts Lake Worth Beach home up for sale for $8.5 million
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Celebrity chef and reality television star Guy Fieri has his Lake Worth Beach home up for sale at more than double the price he paid in 2021 but with multiple upgrades.
Fieri, the spiky-haired star of myriad cooking shows, bought the waterfront house on secluded Bella Vista Avenue for $3.9 million in March 2021. It is listed fully furnished for sale at $8.5 million.
The listing doesn’t mean Fieri is abandoning Palm Beach County. He bought a home on Singer Island in June for $7.3 million.
But some Lake Worth Beach residents had hoped Fieri would become a resident of the funky beach town and open a restaurant.
“He’s a great guy and it’s a bonus to have a celebrity in the area because it gives credence and credibility to Lake Worth Beach,” said Brian Gleason, a Realtor and lifelong resident of the town affectionately nicknamed L-Dub. “That type of thing gives people a positive idea about opening businesses in the area.”
Fieri, who will be featured at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival Feb. 22-25, bought both homes under the limited liability company Gus Richie 1. The corporate title is a possible play on the names Gus Ferrari and Guy Richie, which Fieri has said fans have called him by mistake.
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The 6,000-square-foot home in Lake Worth Beach is on a rare corner waterfront lot on a gated street with just seven homes.
It was built in 2001 but a description on real estate site Movoto said there was a $1.2 million renovation in 2010. Fieri added new air conditioners and upgraded the spa and pool with new tile, a pool heater and exterior speakers. It has six bedrooms, five bathrooms, an outdoor kitchen, fireplace, elevator, hurricane impact windows, a boat lift and private dock that can accommodate a large yacht. There is also a public dock in the community.
Tampa-area Realtor Charlie Bodine of the Real Estate Firm of Florida is listing the home. He said there will be an open house for real estate brokers and agents the week of Feb. 4.
“It’s a very unique little enclave on a wonderful stretch of water,” Bodine said. “It’s very hard to find 210 linear feet of dock and seawall on a property.”
Bodine said he couldn’t comment on the motivation for the sale, except to note the Singer Island purchase. He also declined comment when asked if Fieri planned to become a permanent resident of Palm Beach County where he’s been spotted at several locations the past few years, including the Lake Worth Beach Pier and Venezia Italian Pizza and Ristorante on Northlake Boulevard in North Palm Beach.
In 2022, he made a surprise visit to students at Lake Worth Community High School’s Culinary Academy and donated $20,000 to the program.
In 2021, he featured West Palm Beach’s Cholo Soy Cocina and the now closed Bucher Shop Beer Garden and Grill on his show “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” Fieri has also stopped at the Coolinary Café in northern Palm Beach Gardens.
Gleason said he’s not surprised Fieri is selling the Lake Worth Beach home in a market that is still hot for waterfront properties.
“I don’t think it’s that he’s getting out of Lake Worth, it’s just that there was a better opportunity and a bigger property,” Gleason said.
The home on Singer Island in Riviera Beach is also on the Intracoastal Waterway less than 2 miles north of the Palm Beach/Lake Worth Inlet.
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Lake Worth Beach resident Greg Rice, who stars in Hulett Environmental Services’ playful TV commercials, said he’s not upset Fieri is selling the home.
“I think we got our 15 minutes of fame out of that,” Rice said. “We need to find our next person who can give us a little attention.”
He suggested Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift should check out Lake Worth Beach.
Kimberly Miller is a veteran journalist for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today Network of Florida. She covers real estate and how growth affects South Florida's environment. Subscribe to The Dirt for a weekly real estate roundup. If you have news tips, please send them to kmiller@pbpost.com. Help support our local journalism, subscribe today.
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