Bobby Flay Biography
Bobby Flay Biography
Chef (1964–)
Quick Facts
Name Bobby Flay
Occupation Chef
Birth Date December 10, 1964 (age 50)
Education French Culinary Institute
Place of Birth New York, New York
AKA Robert Flay, Bobby Flay,
Full Name Robert William Flay
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius Synopsis
Bobby Flay's frequent appearances and shows on the Food Network have made him one of America's best-known chefs.
Bobby Flay - Mini Biography (TV-14; 02:22) A short biography of Bobby Flay, an internationally renowned chef who began cooking at his father's restaurant, Joe Allen, and emerged with a successful career in television. Synopsis
Born in New York City in 1964, Bobby Flay opened his first restaurant, Mesa Grill, in 1991, winning immediate acclaim. He made his first appearance on the Food Network in 1994 and soon became a television fixture in the vein of fellow celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray. Flay has hosted several Food Network shows, including Grill It! with Bobby Flay and Throwdown with Bobby Flay.
Early Life
Chef and restaurant owner. Born Robert William Flay on December 10, 1964 in New York City, and raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side by divorced parents Bill and Dorothy Flay, Irish-Americans who bestowed red hair and freckles upon their son. From a young age, Flay showed a talent for cooking. He arranged his mother's grocery lists; whipped up complex after-school snacks; and even requested an Easy-Bake Oven as a Christmas gift. He was, however, markedly less interested in school. Flay bounced around several parochial schools before dropping out of high school at the age of 17.
His first professional restaurant job came in 1982, shortly after he left school. His father Bill, a manager for the famed Joe Allen's restaurant in New York's Theater District, called one day and ordered Bobby Flay to fill in for a sick busboy. "He told me—he didn't ask," Flay later recalled. This soon turned into a full-time job at Joe Allen's, where Flay
Chef (1964–)
Quick Facts
Name Bobby Flay
Occupation Chef
Birth Date December 10, 1964 (age 50)
Education French Culinary Institute
Place of Birth New York, New York
AKA Robert Flay, Bobby Flay,
Full Name Robert William Flay
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius Synopsis
Bobby Flay's frequent appearances and shows on the Food Network have made him one of America's best-known chefs.
Bobby Flay - Mini Biography (TV-14; 02:22) A short biography of Bobby Flay, an internationally renowned chef who began cooking at his father's restaurant, Joe Allen, and emerged with a successful career in television. Synopsis
Born in New York City in 1964, Bobby Flay opened his first restaurant, Mesa Grill, in 1991, winning immediate acclaim. He made his first appearance on the Food Network in 1994 and soon became a television fixture in the vein of fellow celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray. Flay has hosted several Food Network shows, including Grill It! with Bobby Flay and Throwdown with Bobby Flay.
Early Life
Chef and restaurant owner. Born Robert William Flay on December 10, 1964 in New York City, and raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side by divorced parents Bill and Dorothy Flay, Irish-Americans who bestowed red hair and freckles upon their son. From a young age, Flay showed a talent for cooking. He arranged his mother's grocery lists; whipped up complex after-school snacks; and even requested an Easy-Bake Oven as a Christmas gift. He was, however, markedly less interested in school. Flay bounced around several parochial schools before dropping out of high school at the age of 17.
His first professional restaurant job came in 1982, shortly after he left school. His father Bill, a manager for the famed Joe Allen's restaurant in New York's Theater District, called one day and ordered Bobby Flay to fill in for a sick busboy. "He told me—he didn't ask," Flay later recalled. This soon turned into a full-time job at Joe Allen's, where Flay