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9 unusual facts about Bobby Flay


Château de Goulaine

According to one telling of the story, as favored by the American chef Bobby Flay, the white sauce beurre blanc was allegedly invented in the kitchen of Château de Goulaine by the head cook, Madame Clémence Lefeuvre.

Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off

Eddie likes baseball, but in his spare time, he watches The Food Network (specifically Bobby Flay).

Frank Bonsangue

He is also a television personality on several cooking shows including the Food Network's "Hot off the Grill Show with Bobby Flay".

Gordy Carbone

He also has an online cooking show named 'Eat Me!' and has appeared on the Food Network grilling with Iron Chef Bobby Flay on Bobby's show, 'Grill It!, with Bobby Flay'

Lynn Crawford

She appeared on the Food Network's Iron Chef America (the third chef from Canada to do so), in a battle with Iron Chef Bobby Flay.

Nikki Martin

In May 2012, Martin was chosen as a contestant on another Food Network series, Food Network Star; she was mentored by Bobby Flay.

Steve Ells

In 2010, Ells joined the judging and investment panel on NBC's series America's Next Great Restaurant alongside Bobby Flay, Curtis Stone and Lorena Garcia.

The Outlets at Bergen Town Center

Due to highly restrictive blue laws in effect in Bergen County and more restrictive limitations in place in Paramus, The Outlets at Bergen Town Center is completely closed on Sundays, except for Bobby's Burger Palace, CVS Pharmacy, Cups Frozen Yogurt, FrozenPeaks, Miller's Ale House, Pei Wei, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Qdoba, Ulta Spa, Blink Fitness, Massage Envy, Miller's Ale House, Bahama Breeze, Olive Garden, Red Robin, and Whole Foods Market.

Westfield Montgomery

The food court expansion began taking shape with the opening of Bobby Flay's Burger Palace on October 22, 2013


Doorknock Dinners

When Iron Chefs Masaharu Morimoto and Rokusaburo Michiba appeared on the show in uniform ahead of Morimoto's first battle against Bobby Flay in New York, the show adapted many Iron Chef mechanics in honor of them, including graphics and announcers as if the challenge was a Kitchen Stadium battle.

John Fulbrook

For seven years he was the art director for the literary Simon and Schuster imprint, Scribner, where he designed bestselling book jackets for authors such as Stephen King, Steve Martin, Annie Proulx, Don DeLillo, Miranda July, Kathy Reichs, Bobby Flay and many more.

Pad Thai

In 2008, in an episode of Throwdown! with Bobby Flay, Bobby Flay was defeated by Chef Nongkran Daks at her restaurant, Thai Basil, in Chantilly, Virginia.


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