Guy Fieri’s Son Ryder Bought a Recent Automobile After Utilizing His Grandma’s Minivan for ‘One 365 days, No Tickets’

Guy Fieri’s son Ryder had a milestone birthday — and no longer factual because of he became 17.

The Meals Network celeb’s youngest son eminent his birthday on Recent 365 days’s Eve and the astronomical day got here with a reward he’s been earning for a beefy 365 days. In PEOPLE’s September quilt story, Guy, 55, who also has a son Hunter, 26, printed that he has a rule when it involves the boys’ first automobile.

” what Ryder drove to college [when] he got his license? He got my fogeys’ former, frail 259,000-mile Chrysler minivan. I’m no longer attempting to gain Ryder a automobile, and I refuse to let him settle a automobile till he spends one 365 days and not utilizing a tickets, no accidents, riding the minivan,” he acknowledged at the time.

Properly, one 365 days has handed and Ryder has since graduated out of the minivan. Guy — who is net hosting “Diners, Pressure-Ins and Dives Dwell” at Meals Network’s South Seaside Wine and Meals Pageant on Feb. 24 — tells PEOPLE that to expose the astronomical reward, he attach up a scavenger hunt for Ryder and his company at his ranch in Northern California.

“The 2nd to last clue sent them the full intention up the mountain to the lookout, and in explain that they’d to gain the clue. And then it acknowledged, ‘Advance down the attach it be deep and frigid’ or whatever,” says the Tournament of Champions host. “And I had opened the pool — now granted it be 34 degrees up at the ranch within the wind — and within the pool tied to a pipe is the closing clue.”

Guy Fieri with wife Lori and sons Ryder and Hunter.
Courtesy Guy Fieri

After an attempt to make exhaust of the pool skimmer to gain the clue, Ryder and his company resigned to jumping in.

“All of them strip down to their boxers and in explain that they all soar in and he pulls it out and he gets it. The water had leaked within the envelope a minute bit, so it changed into once a minute bit moist and he’s attempting to learn it,” says Fieri. “It changed into once [revealing] this truck that he’s wanted.”

Extra particularly, it changed into once for his brother’s crew cab clutch-up truck: “Hunter wanted my truck, so Hunter equipped my truck and we made Ryder settle Hunter’s truck.”

Guy and his wife, Lori, pitched in half the cost, and Ryder frail the cash he’s earned engaged on his dad’s shows to pay for the leisure.

“We had taken the truck from Hunter, taken it to the ingredient shop, had all of it gone by and made it Ryder’s truck and a couple of my friends advance riding up the driveway and honked the horn. He misplaced it. I’ve by no intention considered him happier about a reward he changed into once getting,” says the chef.

“I mean, what’s the reward? The reward is, ‘Hey, you must pay half the cash we are going to pay the loads of half.’ Nonetheless he changed into once and not utilizing a doubt enraged,” he provides.

Just a few months later, the pleasure still hasn’t old off. Guy says Ryder takes the time to assist the truck into their driveway every night.

“I saw him the loads of night. I changed into once getting dwelling about the identical time he changed into once. I converse, ‘You assist in?’ He goes, ‘Oh, yeah. Truck appears intention cooler while you examine it from the entrance,'” remembers Guy.

The South Seaside Meals and Wine Pageant, working Feb. 23-26, will be a family affair for the Fieris. Guy’s tournament on Friday night sees cooks who had been featured on Diners, Pressure-Ins and Dives cook dinner are residing for celebration company. This is his 2nd 365 days net hosting the bash. Following his dad’s tournament, Hunter will host a “Diners, Pressure-Ins and Dives After Dusky” celebration.

“Who knew it changed into once going to be the kind of astronomical hit — huge,” says Guy of the success in 2022. “We hang now so many Triple D followers and so many different places we have got performed. Now you would additionally advance to South Seaside and in one night, gain a chance to spend at 25-plus Triple D locations.”

Tickets for the Miami competition, in conjunction with Guy’s tournament, could be found in now.