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Today, when I hire, I look for people who want to be trained and molded.
Bobby Flay
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Bobby Flay
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 10
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Robert William Flay
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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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I spend 80% of my time in my restaurants. Taping my TV shows doesn't take much time, and then they get aired a lot. That's the thing people don't realize.
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Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.
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Most of the time, I grill over high heat. I like things to move fast. I like the sound and smell of a very hot fire. I gravitate towards dishes that you can get on and off the grill as quickly as possible. After a while, you'll know without thinking about it how hot the fire is.
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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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Chipotles to me are a one-of-a-kind pepper because they're smoked jalapenos, so they're fiery and they're smoky. It's good to use chipotles in salsas or soups or condiments - that works really well. To me, they always really pick up anything you put them in.
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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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One of the things that happens in my house on the holidays is after dessert, we sit down to a very ambitious men-versus-women game of Trivial Pursuit. It's brutal. And there's a trophy.
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Everybody says, 'I have problems overcooking steak on the grill,' but just take it off earlier! Grilling is really common sense. It's very simple. You should think of a grill as a burner - it just happens to have grates. You shouldn't be intimidated by it.
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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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I think cookies are sort of the unsung sweet, you know? They're incredibly popular. But everybody thinks of cakes and pies and fancier desserts before they think cookies. A plate of cookies is a great way to end dinner and really nice to share at the holidays.
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Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.
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It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.
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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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When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!
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I want to go to college and go back to Georgetown. It's a really cool place.
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You can't chase everybody on the Internet who's saying stuff about you, that's for sure.
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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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Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you're opening a restaurant.
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