The Food Network's Bobby Flay June 22, 2009 by
Eric Pudalov Eric Pudalov Are You Ready for a Throwdown?
For those who watch The Food Network with any regularity, "Bobby Flay" is a household name. But if you love food, and you still don't recognize him, catch his show Wednesdays at 9pm/8c.
Bobby Flay, according to his bio on Starchefs.com, discovered his love of
cooking
at age 17, taking a job at Joe Allen's restaurant in which his father was a co-owner. Allen was so taken aback at Flay's natural talent that he paid his full tuition to the French Culinary Institute. How's that for a scholarship? He later received the school's first "Outstanding Graduate Award" in 1993.
Today, he is perhaps best known on The Food Network for being one of the four current "Iron Chefs," able to prepare four-course meals in a single hour, as well as the host of "Throwdown with Bobby Flay," in which he travels around the U.S. and challenges master chefs and
bakers on their signature dishes.
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