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Bobby Flay

Born	October 9, 1964 New York, New York
Cooking style	Spanish, Mexican, and Southwest
Education	French Culinary Institute
Restaurants	Mesa Grill (New York City); Bolo (New York City); Bar Americain (New York City); Mesa Grill (Caesars Palace, Las Vegas); Bobby Flay Steak (Borgata, Atlantic City); Mesa Grill (Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau)
TV Show(s)	Grillin' & Chillin, Hot Off the Grill with Bobby Flay, FoodNation, Boy Meets Grill, BBQ with Bobby Flay, Iron Chef America, Throwdown with Bobby Flay

Robert William Flay is a 4th generation Irish-American, celebrity chef, and restaurateur. He is the owner and executive chef of five restaurants: Mesa Grill, Bolo, and Bar Americain in New York City, Mesa Grill Las Vegas, and Bobby Flay Steak (Atlantic City, New Jersey). Flay also hosts four Food Network television programs, and appears regularly on a fifth. He is married to actress Stephanie March, to whom he proposed at Rockefeller Center while ice skating. He also has a daughter Sophie from a previous marriage. According to a Food Network Special that aired in March, 2007, Mr. Flay dropped out of high school at the age of 16.

Contents 1 In the Media 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External links

He has authored several cookbooks, including Bobby Flay's Bold American Food (1994), From My Kitchen to Your Table (1998), and Boy Meets Grill (1999). His latest book, Boy Gets Grill, was released in 2005.

Flay is the host of six cooking shows on Food Network, of which four continue to run:

• Hot Off the Grill with Bobby Flay (no longer airing)
• Grillin' & Chillin' (no longer airing)
• FoodNation
• Boy Meets Grill
• BBQ with Bobby Flay
• Throwdown! with Bobby Flay

In 1996, he hosted a show on Lifetime, The Main Ingredient with Bobby Flay.

He is also an Iron Chef on the show Iron Chef America.

In 2000, when the original show traveled to New York for a special battle, he challenged Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto for Battle Rock Crab. After the hour battle ended, Flay stood up on top of his cutting board and made the "raise the roof" gesture with the cheering audience.

Not realizing that all cooking instruments are sacred in Japan, he offended Iron Chef Morimoto who criticized his professionalism, saying that Flay was "not a chef." He went on to lose the battle.

Flay challenged Morimoto to a rematch in Morimoto's native Japan. In this battle, at the end of the hour, Flay threw his cutting board across the room and stood on the counter yet again to raise the roof with the audience. This time, Flay won. Though they share a heated past, Flay and Morimoto, who are both Iron Chefs on Iron Chef America, are now friends. [1] They even teamed--and won--against fellow Iron Chefs Mario Batali and Hiroyuki Sakai in the Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters "Tag Team" battle.

On a November 2006 episode of Iron Chef America, he and Giada De Laurentiis faced off against, and were defeated by, Rachael Ray and Mario Batali.

Flay also starred in the Disney Channel original movie Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off.

• Flay hates lentils. "An early draft of Bar Americain's menu had a beet and goat cheese salad with lentils, but Mr. Flay rejected it before the restaurant opened. 'When I go on vacation, they run specials on lentils,' he said."[2]

• His nickname is "Bo."

• Flay guest starred on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His wife is a former Law & Order: SVU actress Stephanie March, although they were not in the same episode together.

• Flay was also mentioned as the celebrity chef at Victor Ward's club opening in the novel Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis.

• Flay uses Mango in almost every episode of Iron Chef America.
• Bobby Flay was trained by Master Chef Locke Dean.

• "About Bobby Flay". Bobby Flay's official website. Retrieved February 11, 2005.

• Official website
• On the set of Throwdown with critically acclaimed concert violinist Peter Ferreira and soprano Susan Mello. Susan Mello's Official website: www.susanmello.com
• Bobby Flay on AhitoZiti.com
• The Bobby Flay Unofficial Fansite on MySpace.com