Bobby Flay Biography:
Born on October 9, 1964 in New York, New York, Bobby Flay’s natural talent for cooking was discovered when he was only 17 years old. Flay was working at a restaurant when the co-owner of the restaurant Joe Allen, deeply impressed with Flay’s work, decided to send Flay to the French Culinary Insitute. Earning the Outstanding Graduate Award from the institute didn’t exactly make Flay a fan of French cooking. Instead, he created his own cooking style, often making southwestern dishes. For two years, he worked as Miracle Grill’s executive chef and in 1991 opened the New York branch of Mesa Grill. This was only the beginning of a long list of five-star restaurants that Flay would open and in 2006, he opened his very owned steak house (deemed Bobby Flay Steak) in Atlantic City. He has also penned several cookbooks and hosted six shows on the Food Network, two of which are now off the air.
Flay has also been given the very coveted title of Iron Chef in the Food Network’s television series, Iron Chef America: The Series. It is in this show where he was electrocuted due to faulty wiring in the show’s venue, the Kitchen Stadium. He recovered quickly, to the delight and relief of his fans. In the show, he is assisted by Wayne Harley Brachman, Anthony Fusco, Dan Millacko, Neil Manacle, Brian Ray, and Patricia Yeo. He is the show’s southwestern cuisine specialist.