Talk:Bobby Flay

message: Where is the citation for this?
Flay has been criticized in some circles for what is perceived as a "culinary chauvinism" because he tries to, in his words, make traditional, long standing recipes "better." ?
Skeeter08865 15:32, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Citation?''

message: According to the IMDB, the episode in question is "Design", which originally aired September 27, 2005. Although rectal cattle prod violations are the kind of thing this series trafficks in, I am treating this claim as vandalism in the absence of a citation. Ribonucleic 20:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Law & Order: SVU'' appearance 

message: The 'super chef' link just redirects to celebrity chef, yet the article makes it sound like a 'super chef' is something different. The terms means nothing to me so this needs to be clarified. --Alexxx1 (talk/contribs) 03:16, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I now see that 'super chef' is defined in the celebrity chef article. --Alexxx1 (talk/contribs) 03:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's essentially term used to pimp a book and a website set up by the book's writer, added by an editor whom I suspect is the writer herself or her PR person. See the user's contributions for some of the spamlinks he or she's been adding. The chef page links all went to a simple aggregation pages on her "Super Chef" site, which you could see by clicking on them. --Calton | Talk 04:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see. It does sound very much like one of those trendy terms that might drop out of fashion again. --Alexxx1 (talk/contribs) 09:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a super chef??? 

message: Anyone have win/loss stats on Bobby Flay's Throwdown show?  David Bergan 03:44, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Throwdown

message: Currently the article has contradicting dates of birth for Flay, 12/10/64 and 12/11/64.  A Yahoo! group says 12/10 , but IMDb says 10/09/64 .  The Google search for "bobby flay date of birth" puts WP's article first, and for some reason it says "Bobby Flay — Date of Birth: October 9, 1964".  Gonna go with IMDb's take, should try to find more sources that agree.  71.205.107.239 03:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Many websites have his birthday listed as 1964-10-09. When asked about it in the Ask Bobby section on his website he stated "my assistants have tried to change it about a dozen times but no luck...I guess they like the October date better than my actual December date." Also, the Bobby Flay Chefography episode states that his birthday is 1964-12-10 right at the beginning. I think this is a better source than websites like IMDB because he was directly involved in the production of Chefography so he could have changed it before airing if the date was incorrect. Larkworb (talk) 13:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Birth 

message: Although this looks like it is vandalism, I will make a note of it here and state that without documentation it would be inappropriate to make such a claim about a living person. Nightclerk 04:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be reasonable to research the claim to uncover any truth behind it. Bulbous 07:19, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gynecomastia? 

message: What is the origin of his surname? Badagnani (talk) 05:22, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surname 

message: Is he part German? He said on Throwdown (meatball throwdown, June 17, 2008) that his grandmother made sauerbraten rather than meatballs. Badagnani (talk) 01:16, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: German?

message: "As The New York Times reported, "An early draft of Bar Americain's menu had a beet and goat cheese salad with lentils, but Mr. Flay rejected it before the restaurant opened. 'When I go on vacation, they run specials on lentils,' he said."[6] In 2007, Flay stated that he had "made peace" with lentils.[7] Flay also dislikes fiddlehead ferns, stating that they "taste like grass."[8]"
but that is where it's presently situated. Anyone have a notion
for a better placement? Irish Melkite (talk) 00:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Although it's sourced, I don't consider Flay's like or dislike of lentils or ferns as having encyclopedic notability.  Why not just remove it? —ADavidB 11:36, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Whatever you want to call it - it's not Personal Life

message: Does anyone know if Flay is a Master Chef?  I don't completely understand the title yet other than it's given after an eight to ten day test.  I can't find anything other than a few articles (which are most likely mistaken) that Flay is a Master Chef.  While Master Chef is a title given in the industry, it's not crazy to think that people would think that someone is a master at what they do and a chef; therefore they're a master chef.  I can't find an actual list of certified master chefs but if he is, I think it needs to be added.  If not, I don't think it should be mentioned that he's not as there are only 50-60 in the US. OlYellerTalktome 15:57, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Certified Master Chef

message: What's the point of saying on Iron Chef he lost a recent battle.  Thats POV right there and is not needed.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.2.40.7 (talk) 05:25, May 17, 2009 (UTC)
:It has the same point as listing other battles he won and lost, which the section still includes. Including too much detail or adding theory regarding the significance would be POV.  I think the the information should remain. —ADavidB 12:53, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The other listed battles are against or with other Iron Chefs.  The most recent defeat listing singles out a fairly irrelevant piece of information that links to an article no longer directly accessible.  If you want neutrality with the inclusion of this most recent loss, you'd need to create a full list of all his ICA battles, a list that really doesn't belong in the article. Woofer99 (talk) 07:14, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Point taken. Unfamiliar with the show's contestants and format, I didn't know the extent to which battles vary in significance. —ADavidB 03:49, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Iron Chef Battle

message: I don't know if it is notable enough but on CSPAN they had a short bit showing a fathers day meal out on the white house lawn that took place on Friday, June 19, 2009 where the president mentioned Bobby Flay was cooking the meal.  I did see Bobby Flay a couple times in the video. 
Link: http://www.slashfood.com/2009/06/20/obama-grills-with-bobby-flay/
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/2009/06/19/Commander-and-Chef-Obama/1245444636.html
Jared555 (talk) 06:05, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  White house meal 

message: I am interested to know HOW Bobby Flay became involved with the Food Network. There is no information as to the series of events that lead to his prominence on the network.
Stacy Cuthbertson 99.159.195.134 (talk) 03:31, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not much of a start, but this source points to agent Jon Rosen as significantly influencing Flay's career (among those of other televised cooking personalities). —ADavidB 05:44, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Food Network Start

message: "At age 8, Flay asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas, against his father's objections, who thought a G.I. Joe would be more gender-appropriate. He ended up getting both."
This statement is unsourced and adds no value to the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.15.30.125 (talk) 22:10, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced and Generally Unimportant 

message: Is he brothers with Kevin O'Connor from The Old House?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.254.69 (talk) 23:12, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Family

message: I did some Google-fu on Ishaan Gupta, and couldn't find anything on this "legendary" chef, so I looked up all the cites and they have no information on him and literally copy word for word the line in the wiki. So I have doubts as to his "legendary" status, and I even have doubts to his existence, so could some one with better google-fu than I look this Gupta guy up, thanks.
66.205.158.229 (talk) 21:47, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ishaan Gupta? 

message: Any source for the assertion he played for Utah jazz? I can't find any verification
50.34.154.97 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 17:47, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: None, and it was removed by another editor. —ADavidB 23:17, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Utah jazz 

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message: He only learned the "culinary arts" after culinary school?  What did they teach him there?  Comportment?  French? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:07, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  culinary arts 

message: The Bobby's Burger Palace in Burlington, MA closed on 12/28/16, please remove it from his current restaurant list.  
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