Mark
& Fey
Best friends. Dads.
B-List Celebrity Chefs.
Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey have been best friends, creative partners, and grill obsessives for more than two decades.
20+
Years of Friendship
200+
Recipes & Counting
2x
Grill Dads
Moderately
Best Friends
Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey have been best friends for more than 20 years. The two worked by day as advertising executives when they started cooking together for dinner parties and casual barbecues.
Their early appearances as guest executive chefs proved the concept: people wanted what these two guys were making. Not just the food, but the energy, the jokes, and the chaos that came with it.
Then came the kids, and Mark and Fey became known as The Grill Dads, and built a community around the belief that great food brings people together — one fire at a time.
“We just started cooking for our friends. Then the friends kept inviting more friends. ”
— Mark & Fey
About the Guys
Based In
Boise & Columbus
MOST OFTEN CONFUSED WITH
Pitt and Clooney
FAVORITE SANDWICH
The next one
We Look Good
on Screen.
FROM FOOD NETWORK TO NETFLIX
Mark and Fey were featured on Food Network's Guy's Big Project, where contestants brought their own personal culinary styles to a food travelogue format. And they won.
The victory was followed by two shows on Food Network, The Grill Dads and Comfort Food Tour, along with time in the judges' chair with Guy's Grocery Games and Beat Bobby Flay (sorry you lost the Chicken Parm Challenge, Bobby).
Now they're bringing the party to Tastemade with Grill'n After Dark — a late-night cooking and drinking buddy show where iconic late-night comfort food meets the two dads best known for cooking outside. Streaming on Tastemade, Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV, and more. Same duo, new time slot. This time they're cooking. And maybe drinking.
THE WORD ON THE STREET
Wise words from wise folks
“How did you two get my new phone number?”
- Guy Fieri
Press &
Coverage
What people are saying about The Grill Dads across media, food, and culture.
Don't think the temperature of the grill matters? Think again.
You’re gonna wanna whip it good for sure with this super simple smoked feta dip. And what’s better than grilled and garlicky feta cheese that’s lapped up with flatbread or some fresh snappy veggies? Nothing.
Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey also known as “The Grill Dads” are celebrating national grilled cheese month with their spin on the classic – grilled cheese with pineapple, bacon jam and ham.
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Grilled andouille sausage with The Grill Dads
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Local food celebrity of ‘Grill Dads’ brings canned cocktails to Treasure Valley.
Grill Dads come back to their central Ohio roots
Celebrity chef breaks ground on new kitchen in central Ohio
When the sun goes down, the grill turns up.
When the sun goes down, the grill turns up.
When the sun goes down, the grill turns up.
When the sun goes down, the grill turns up.
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