- Was a high school dropout at age 17.
- Received a degree in Culinary Arts from the French Culinary Institute (1983).
- Established the Bobby Flay Scholarship at the French Culinary Institute, where he graduated from.
- Favorite childhood food was the cheese pizza at "Mimi's Pizza" in New York City. Started working there when he was in the sixth grade - grinded the cheese and delivered the pizza.
- Introduced to wife, Stephanie March, by acquaintance Mariska Hargitay.
- His wife, Stephanie March, her sister, Charlotte March, and their mother Laura, were guests on the Boy Meets Grill with Bobby Flay (2002) episode called Big Texas Family Grilling (2007), which originally aired in 2007.
- Chef/owner, "Mesa Grills" restaurants in New York, Las Vegas and the Bahamas.
- He proposed to Stephanie March on December 19, 2003 while ice skating at Rockefeller Center. They were married in February 20, 2005.
- Is of Irish ancestry (fourth-generation Irish-American).
- In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $2 million.
- Met girlfriend Heléne Yorke, in February 2016, at a Knicks basketball game.
- First job was at a pizza parlor and Baskin-Robbins.
- Chef/owner of "Bobby's Burger Palace".
- First Bobby Flay Steakhouse was opened in the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New York (2006).
- Bar Americain, an American Brasserie, was opened in Midtown Manhattan, New York City (2005).
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6141 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 2, 2015.
- Favorite sugary sweet: frozen custard.
- Is a huge fan of the New York Yankees.
- Had worked for Jonathan Waxman.
- Plays golf.
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