1. Robert William Flay was born on December 10,1964 and is an American celebrity chef, food writer, restaurateur, and television personality.
46 Facts About Bobby Flay
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Bobby Flay has appeared on Food Network since 1995, which won him four Daytime Emmy Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Bobby Flay was born on December 10,1964, in New York City, to Bill and Dorothy Barbara Bobby Flay.
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Bobby Flay was raised in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan.
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Bobby Flay is a fourth generation Irish American and was raised Catholic, attending denominational schools.
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At age 8, Bobby Flay asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas.
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Bobby Flay said that his first jobs in the restaurant industry were at a pizza parlor and Baskin-Robbins.
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Bobby Flay then took a position making salads at Joe Allen Restaurant in Manhattan's Theater District, where his father was a partner.
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Bobby Flay received a degree in culinary arts and was a member of the first graduating class of the French Culinary Institute in 1984.
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At the Brighton Grill on Third Avenue, Bobby Flay was handed the executive chef position a week after the executive chef was fired.
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Bobby Flay quit when he realized he was not ready to run a kitchen.
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Bobby Flay took a position as a chef working for restaurateur Jonathan Waxman at Bud and Jams.
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Bobby Flay caught the attention of Jerome Kretchmer, who was looking for a southwestern-style chef.
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Bobby Flay opened a second Mesa Grill at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 2004, and in 2005 he opened Bar Americain, an American Brasserie, in Midtown Manhattan.
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On December 5,2011, Flay opened the ninth location of Bobby's Burger Palace in Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, New York.
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Bobby Flay updated the menu and changed the name of his Las Vegas Bobby's Burger Palace to Bobby's Burgers.
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Bobby Flay now has four locations of Bobby's Burgers in Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Paris Hotel Las Vegas, Harrah's Las Vegas, and Yankee Stadium in New York City.
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Bobby Flay has hosted seventeen cooking shows and specials on both Food Network and Cooking Channel:.
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Bobby Flay served as a judge on Wickedly Perfect, The Next Food Network Star, and The Next Iron Chef.
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Bobby Flay has cooked on Emeril Live and Paula's Party.
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Bobby Flay was an Iron Chef on the show Iron Chef America.
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Bobby Flay challenged Morimoto to a rematch in Morimoto's native Japan.
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In October 2021, Variety reported that Bobby Flay would leave Food Network after a 27-year run, after he and the network failed to reach an agreement on a new contract.
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People reported that Bobby Flay had sought $100 million as part of the proposal.
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In November 2021, it was reported that Bobby Flay had signed a new three-year deal with Food Network.
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Bobby Flay hosted the reality television show America's Next Great Restaurant on NBC from March to May 2011 in which in the end he picks one restaurant team with whom to open a restaurant.
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Bobby Flay has been featured in several episodes of Great Chefs television including:.
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Bobby Flay had a cameo appearance in the Disney Channel original movie Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off as the host of the cook-off.
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Bobby Flay appeared on the television game show Pyramid with fellow Iron Chef Mario Batali as the guest celebrities in an episode originally airing on November 18,2003.
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Bobby Flay had a small role as himself in the 2006 film East Broadway, in which his then-wife, Stephanie March, had a larger role.
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Bobby Flay participated in the 2008 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game played at Yankee Stadium after the 2008 MLB All Star Game; Flay played for the National League.
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Bobby Flay is mentioned in the 2008 film Step Brothers in the "Derek comes for dinner" scene.
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In 2010, Bobby Flay was impersonated in the South Park cartoon episode "Creme Fraiche".
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In 2011, Bobby Flay had recurring appearances in the final season of Entourage as the boyfriend of Ari Gold's wife.
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In 2012, Bobby Flay appeared on Portlandia in a director's cut of the episode Brunch Village in which he showed director Jonathan Krisel how to make marionberry pancakes.
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Bobby Flay played a food and restaurant critic in the 2022 seasonal made-for-TV movie One Delicious Christmas.
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In 2024, Bobby Flay starred in a television commercial in which he dances while promoting Pepsi in conjunction with grilling.
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In 2009, Bobby Flay hosted a weekly call-in show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
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Bobby Flay offered advice to men on "everything from sports to current issues", although food was the focus.
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Bobby Flay has founded the Made By Nacho Charitable Fund as part of The New York Community Trust.
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Bobby Flay married Debra Ponzek, a chef, on May 11,1991.
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Bobby Flay dated Helene Yorke from February 2016 to early 2019.
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Bobby Flay is a self-proclaimed 'cat person' and has lived with cats most of his life.
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Bobby Flay has had three Maine Coons: Nacho, an orange tabby Maine Coon; Stella, a brown tabby Maine Coon five years younger than Nacho; and Canelo.
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Bobby Flay has a personal interest in thoroughbred horse racing, and is the owner of multiple graded stakes race winners:.
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Bobby Flay served on the Breeders' Cup board of directors from 2014 to 2018.