Bobby Flay

Bobby Flay (born October 9, 1964) is an American celebrity chef and restaurateur. He is the owner and executive chef of four restaurants: Mesa Grill, Bolo and Bar Americain in New York City, and Mesa Grill Las Vegas. Flay also hosts three Food Network television programs, and appears regularly on a fourth. He married actress Stephanie March on February 20, 2005.

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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, will be released in 2005.

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1994 - 1998 - 1999 - 2005

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

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• Hot Off the Grill with Bobby Flay
• FoodNation
• Boy Meets Grill
• BBQ with Bobby Flay

He is also an Iron Chef on the show Iron Chef America. Flay has had a controversial history with the original Japanese Iron Chef show.

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Iron Chef - Iron Chef America - Japan

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In 2000, when the show traveled to New York for a special battle, he challenged Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto for Battle Rock Crab. After cutting his finger, he suffered an electric shock from faulty wiring in the makeshift Kitchen Stadium in New York. 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.

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2000 - Masaharu Morimoto

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Not realizing that all cooking instruments are sacred in Japan, he greatly angered Iron Chef Morimoto who criticized his professionalism, saying that Flay was "not a chef". After all this, Flay lost the battle, but the rivalry between he and Morimoto had just begun.

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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.

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