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I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

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Bobby Flay
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 10
Chef
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Restaurateur
New York City
New York
Robert William Flay
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I think everybody at some point in time has thought to themselves, I have a really great idea for a restaurant.
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If you aren't nervous about your passion, you aren't passionate about it.
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I think New York has the most diverse and best quality representation of so many different cuisines at all levels.
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Obviously, the easiest recipes are the most successful when it comes to the home cook, because they're not intimidated by them. If I'm doing 'Boy Meets Grill,' and I do something very simple like grilled hamburgers or steaks or chicken, those are the most sought-after recipes.
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I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would find him sleeping. Two weeks after its opening, I became the chef. I was 20 years old, and way over my head. I had to hire the cooks and do the menus.
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It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.
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I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.
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I live in New York and I'm in New York basically all the time. I spend a lot of my time in my restaurants, and I feel like that's why they're successful.
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'The Food Network' was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.
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My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.
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When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!
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Today, when I hire, I look for people who want to be trained and molded.
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When I go to a restaurant, I eat three-quarters of the food in front of me. That cuts my calorie intake by 25 percent.
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Nobody believed the 'Food Network' could last. Even I was short sighted and thought to myself, 24 hours of food on TV? They'll run out of things to talk about in four days! But that wasn't true. 'Food Network' continues to get better and evolve.
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It is very important that when you put something on the grill, you leave it in place to cook. If you move it around too quickly, chances are it is going to stick.
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I can't grill vegetables, shellfish or steaks without tongs. Don't bother with those long-handled grilling tongs normally found in the BBQ section of your home store. Get intimate with your grill and opt for the regular stainless steel tongs.
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Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.
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A grill is just a source of heat. Just like a stove, it is very user-friendly.
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I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.
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Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.
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