Guy Fieri to open burger joints on Carnival cruises

Fieri shows off his new burger.  Bill
Kostroun/Courtesy of Carnival
Cruise Lines.

You turn on the TV and there is Guy Fiery sampling food at some diner in the middle of nowhere. You go to T.G.I Friday’s and his face is printed all over the menu. Then you take a vacation, and the restaurant on the cruise bears his name.

This is no greasy nightmare.

The Food Network star has signed up a deal with Florida’s Carnival Cruise Lines to bring some of his burger ideas on board, according to Miami New Times.

The restaurant chain, called Guy’s Burger Joint, is inspired by roadside diners along California’s coast. They'll be located adjacent to deck-top pool areas and have surfboards and car items as decoration, including car bumpers, grilles and chrome pipes adorning the walls, according to USA Today.

"The burger that we're making is legit," Fieri told USA Today at a press conference. "It's a straightforward, real deal, quality burger. That's what it has to be."

The joint will open on the Carnival Liberty (October 2011), Carnival Breeze (June 2012), Carnival Conquest (October 2012), Carnival Glory (November 2012).

The best part of it? The burgers come free with the cruise ticket.

Comedian George Lopez and Carnival President Gerry Cahill sample Fieri's
new signature burger at the Carnival press conference. Ray
Stubblebine/Courtesy of Carnival Cruise Lines.