Bobby Flay Biography
Bobby Flay is a renowned American Celebrity chef, restaurateur, and reality television personality. He is the owner and executive chef of several restaurants: Mesa Drill in Las Vegas; Bar Americain in New York and at Mohegan Sun; Bobby Flay Steak in Atlantic City; Gato in New York, and Bobby’s Burger Palace in 19 locations across 11 states.
He has hosted several Food Network television programs including Grill It! with Bobby Flay, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, and Beat Bobby Flay. Flay has also appeared as a guest and hosted a number of specials on the network. He has also been featured on the Great Chefs television series.
Booby was raised in the Catholic faith in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan. He attended denominational schools. At the age of 8, he asked for an Easy-Bake Oven as a Christmas gift. His father considered that a G.I. Joe would be more gender-appropriate, and without objection, he received both.
At the age of 17, Bobby dropped out of high school. He then got his first restaurant job at a pizza parlor and Baskin-Robbins. Flay took the position of a salad maker at Joe Allen Restaurant in Manhattan’s Theatre District, where his father was a partner. His father’s partner Joe Allen was impressed by Flay’s natural ability and work ethic and offered to pay his tuition at the French Culinary Institute.
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He then received a degree in culinary arts and was a member of the first graduating class of the French Culinary Institute in 1984. After his graduation, Flay started working as a sous-chef, quickly learning the culinary arts, He was soon handed the executive chef’s position at the Brighton Grill on Third Avenue after the executive chef was fired. However, he quit after he realized that he was not ready to run a kitchen.
He then got a job, working as a chef working for restaurateur Jonathan Waxman at Bud and Jams. Waxman later introduced Flay to southwestern and Cajun cuisine, a connection that later defined his culinary career.
After taking a short break to work at the American Stock Exchange, Bobby returned to the kitchen as the executive chef at Miracle Grill in the East Village. Working from 1988 to 1990, Flay got the attention of restaurateur Jerome Kretchmer, who was looking for a southwestern-style chef. He then offered him the position of executive chef at Mesa Grill, which opened on January 15, 1991. Shortly after, Flay became a partner.
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In November 1993, he partnered with Laurence Kretchmer to open Bolo Bar & Restaurant in the Flatiron District, just a few blocks away from Mesa Grill. Bobby 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.
Flay continued to expand his restaurants by opening Bobby Flay Steak in the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This was then followed by a third Mesa Grill in the Bahamas, located in The Cove at Atlantis Paradise Island.
Apart from his restaurant business and television shows, Flay is also a master instructor and visiting chef at the French Culinary Institute. In 2013, he established the Bobby Flay Scholarship, a full scholarship awarded to a student in the Long Island City Culinary Arts Program annually to the French Culinary Institute.
Bobby Flay’s Burger Palace
Flay opened Bobby’s Burger Palace in Lake Groove, Long Island, on July 15, 2008. This restaurant is located at the Smith Haven Mall. He opened his second on December 5, 2008, at the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, New Jersey, and a third location opened on March 31, 2009, in The Outlets at Bergen Town Center in Paramus, New Jersey.
His fourth shop opened at the Mohegan Sun Casino in southeast Connecticut on July 1, 2009, which is also the location of his second Bar Americain, which opened on November 18, 2009. His fifth location of the burger chain opened in Philadelphia’s University City on April 6, 2010. The sixth location of Bobby’s Burger Palace opened in Washington, D.C., at 2121 K Street in Northwest on August 16, 2011.
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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. Flay opened the tenth and largest Bobby’s Burger Palace site at Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, Maryland, on June 7, 2012. Bobby’s Burger Palace also has an 11th location, in College Park, Maryland.[31] In total, BBP has nineteen locations in eleven states and the District of Columbia.
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Bobby Flay Age
How old is Bobby Flay? Flay is 59 years old as of December 2023. He was born on December 10, 1964, in New York City, New York, the United States of America. In addition, he celebrates his birthday on December 10th every year.
Bobby Flay Wife
On May 11, 1991, Flay married Debra Ponzek, another chef. Flay and Ponzek separated in 1993, and he married Kate Connelly, his second wife, in 1995. Sophie, their daughter, was born to them. In 1998, Flay and Connelly split up and later divorced. On February 20, 2005, Flay married actress Stephanie March. March and Flay split in March 2015, according to reports, and their divorce was finalized on July 17, 2015. From February 2016 through early 2019, Flay dated Heléne Yorke.
In addition, Flay and Kate Connelly were blessed with a daughter named Sophie Flay born on April 16, 1996.
Bobby Flay Family
Flay is the son of Bill Flay and Dorothy Barbara Flay. It is not known whether he has any siblings. However, we will update the details once he discloses the information to the public.
Bobby Flay Net Worth
Flay has an estimated net worth of around $30 million. His income is mainly attributed to her successful career as a celebrity chef and a reality tv personality.
Bobby Awards
- New York Magazine Gael Greene’s Restaurant of the Year – Mesa Grill (1992)
- French Culinary Institute Outstanding Graduate Award (1993)
- International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for Design – Bobby Flay’s Bold American Food (1995)
- Four-time Daytime Emmy Award winner:
- Outstanding Service Show Host – Boy Meets Grill (2005)
- Best Culinary Program – Grill It! With Bobby Flay (2009)
- Outstanding Culinary Host – Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction (2014)
- Outstanding Culinary Host – Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction (2015)
- Three-time James Beard Foundation Award winner:
- Rising Star Chef of the Year (1993)
- National Television Food Show Award – Bobby Flay Chef Mentor (2005)
- Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America (2007)
- Culinary Hall of Fame Induction (2015)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2015)
Flay Books
- Bobby Flay’s Bold American Food (Warner Books, May 31, 1994)
- Bobby Flay’s From My Kitchen to Your Table (Clarkson Potter, March 31, 1998)
- Bobby Flay’s Boy Meets Grill (Hyperion, May 19, 1999)
- Bobby Flay Cooks American (Hyperion, September 30, 2001)
- Bobby Flay’s Boy Gets Grill (Scribner, May 18, 2004)
- Bobby Flay’s Grilling For Life (Scribner, May 3, 2005)
- Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, October 16, 2007)
- Bobby Flay’s Grill It! (Clarkson Potter, April 18, 2008)
- Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries, and Shakes (Clarkson Potter, April 11, 2009)
- Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain Cookbook: Celebrate America’s Great Flavors (Clarkson Potter, September 20, 2011)
- Bobby Flay’s Throwdown (Clarkson Potter, October 12, 2012)
- Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction (Clarkson Potter, April 23, 2013)
- Bobby Flay Fit: 200 Recipes for a Healthy Lifestyle (Co-authors: Stephanie Banyas and Sally Jackson; Publisher – Clarkson Potter, December 5, 2017)
- Bobby at Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen (Clarkson Potter, September 24, 2019)
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