Guy Fieri, who s made a career out of championing restaurants and food service workers as America’s unsung heroes, is producing a documentary on the industry as it struggles to survive during COVID-19. Guy Fieri (Getty-Images).
“Restaurant Hustle 2020: All On The Line,” sheds light on four well-known restaurateurs grappling with how to preserve food businesses plagued by shutdowns, capacity limits on indoor and outdoor dining, mounting bills and industry-wide job losses. The documentary, which originally aired during the virtual DOC NYC film festival, will be widely shown on Food Network Dec. 27 at 9 p.m.
“I’ve traveled coast to coast visiting thousands of restaurants across the country on ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,’ and after all the time on the road, it’s clear that restaurants are the heart and soul of their communities,” Fieri told the Food Network. “When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the impact on the restaurant industry was immediate.”