Bobby Flay Research Paper

Chef Anthony Robert William Flay also known as Bobby Flay. Flay was born in New York City, on December 10, 1964. He was raised by his parents Bill and Dorothy Flay and has three sisters. His family is from Ireland which makes Flay an Irish American. He was born with his parents red hair and freckles on his face. He attended a denominational school which was Catholic, which makes his whole family Catholic. He was raised in a wealthy neighborhood, the upper east side of Manhattan. Flay was eight years old when he asked his father for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. His father felt like an Easy Bake Oven was for a girl, so he thought a G.I Joe would be a better for fit for an eight-year-old boy. His father ended up getting him both the Easy Baked
Oven and the G.I Joe for Christmas. Starting from a young age, anyone can tell that he was very interested in the culinary arts. He started to manage his mom’s grocery list. He even started to make his own after school snacks. Growing up, Bobby attended many schools and flunked out of catholic school. He would hang out with his friend, stand at a corner, get into a lot of fights and even get chased by the cops. By the age of seventeen, he dropped out of high school. He wasn’t interested in an academic career at all. His parents did not pressure him to go back to school. In 1982, he was offered a job at Joe Allen Restaurant in New York, doing hard labor as a busboy. He really did not care about this job, he was still immature and irresponsible. One day the boss offers him a job in the kitchen, Bobby started his position making salads. He was able to create things with his hands and there were no books. Joe Allen was so impressed by Bobby’s work, he arranged for him to attend the French Culinary Institute and even paid his tuition to go there. Flay showed a talent for cooking. His first job was in the food industry. He was so interested in food; he fell in love with what he was doing. Bobby received his degree in culinary arts. His class was the first graduating class of the French Culinary in 1984.
Once he graduated he started working at the Brighton Grill where he was the executive chef when the original executive chef was fired.
But he could not manage that position so he quit. For a while he tried working as a stockbroker but he was not satisfied, he began working as the executive chef at the Miracle Grill in 1988 and stayed there till 1990. Later on, he found work as a chef at Bud and Jams, where he was introduced to southwestern and Cajun cuisine. The restaurant owner Jerome Kretchmer was looking for a southwestern style chef was impressed by Bobby Flay’s cooking and hired him as the executive chef at Mesa Grill. In 1991, he became a partner in that same restaurant the Mesa grill. Two years later he opened Bolo Bar & Restaurant. Bobby also opened two Mesa Grills one in Las Vegas and the other in the Bahamas. He continued adding more restaurants to the chain he opened the first Bobby’s Burger Place in New York. Several years later he opened seven more locations, the largest one being in Maryland. Other than opening restaurants he hosted 13 television shows on Food Network. These show are no longer on air, “Hot Off the Grill with Bobby Flay”, “Grillin' & Chillin'”, “Food Nation”, and “3 Days to Open Bobby Flay”. These show are still airing “Boy Meets Grill”, “BBQ with Bobby Flay”, “Throwdown! With Bobby Flay”, “Grill It! With Bobby Flay”, “The Best Thing I Ever Ate”, “Worst Cooks in America” for Season three to five, “The Main Ingredient with Bobby Flay”, and the
“Bobby’s Dinner Battle”. “Brunch at Bobby’s” was the only show that wasn’t on the Food Network, it was on the Cooking Channel. He even appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as himself. While doing all of this Bobby Flay has written nine cookbooks and has his own line of spices, sauces, dishes and cookware, but it will not end there he will continue adding more items to his list of accomplishments. His books are “Brunch @ Bobby’s Cook”, “Bobby Flay’s from My Kitchen to Your Table”, “Bobby Flay’s Throwdown!”, “Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction”, “Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Cookbook: Explosive Flavors from The Southwestern Kitchen”, “Bobby Flay’s Grill It!”, “Bobby Flay's Bar American Cookbook: Celebrate America's Great Flavors”, “Bobby Flay's Grilling for Life: 75 Healthier Ideas for Big Flavor from The Fire”, and the “Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries, And Shakes”. With all of this going on Bobby has won many awards for his restaurant Mesa Grill, his TV show “Bobby Flay’s Bold American Food” won the international Association of Culinary Professionals award in 1995, he won two Emmy awards for his TV shows.
Bobby was even a catch with the ladies. He has been married three times in his life. In 1991 he married his first wife Debra Ponzek, two years later in 1993 they got divorced. Kate Connelly was his second wife. They got married in 1995 and had a baby girl in 1996 her name is Sophie Flay. The marriage did not last very long they got divorced in 1998. In February 2005 he got married with actress Stephanie March after four years of dating. After ten years of marriage they are filing for divorce, there were a lot of problems in that relationship. Bobby was the first chef ever to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame. Bobby said "I know there's a little debate about that, but honestly, to be the first chef to get a star is really, truly an amazing milestone"(people). He know there's a lot people there that thinks don't deserve the star. It's milestone for him, because he's become something more than he was a teenager. On the same day where was a large banner that read Cheater in the sky. After the whole divorce with Stephanie March.
Besides all of this I truly admire Bobby Flay, I can relate to him. I am not interested in the academics but when I start cooking I am in my own world of peace and tranquility. He means a lot to me. When he had nothing and being a street rat. He found something that he liked, flay didn't give up on himself. He found cooking and create things with his hands. I like the same things. Creating food then eating it are the best. He didn't give up on himself. He just woke up one day and knew he loved cooking food. I love food. I'm a fat guy, I eat a lot. I love when I'm making a dish & smelling all the flavors, it makes me all happy inside.
I picked Bobby flay as my chef because its Bobby flay.
He one of my chef out there. I love watching his show. I watch mostly every culinary show that he was in. My favorite one when he was in "Worst Cooks of America". Flay was versing another chef name Ana. I was rooting for his team the whole time. Bobby lose the first season. Then came back to win the last two season he was in. He was so funny in it. He show you have to make the nicest, formal, classy, and fancy dishes. I learn more about him and the ways he cook his food. When he was little kid it was bad. He didn't go to school at all. Bobby actually flunked out of school. I’m just like him. I'm not really a bad kid. We both don’t like school. Him more than me. He went to College became a well-known chef and highly respected. I'm trying to do what he did. But not the part of me flunking out of school. I go to Monroe College and trying to become a chef like him. His story is good to learn from. Everyone should know his story. Being a dropout then to come to being one of the greatest chef of 21st century. Not a lot of people can do that. Some people just dropout, don't do nothing with their life. May start a life of crime. There no one in earth that don't know Bobby, he is a big deal chef. Why that’s why he’s a
pioneer.