Their marriage is toast. 
 
 Chef Bobby Flay and actress Stephanie March have separated after 10 years of marriage, a source confirmed, following rumors that swirled as the couple spent more time apart. 
 
 We’re told that Flay, chef/owner of Gato and Bar Americain, and “Law & Order: SVU” star March have been living separately for three weeks and are headed for divorce. “There was a gradual falling apart of their relationship,” a source told us. 
 
 Flay, 50, and March, 40, spent New Year’s together in Amsterdam, but the Food Network chef then jetted off to LA for six weeks to film a TV show, leaving March behind. When Flay came back, a source said distance had torn them apart. 
 
 “The couple grew apart, and both are very sad about the split,” we’re told. 
 
 Flay has been linked to several women during their marriage, including January Jones and ­Giada De Laurentiis, though he’s denied any romantic involvement. 
 
 In 2010, after Jones crashed into three parked cars in LA, she called Flay to help her deal with the situation. The chef at the time claimed he had only met Jones once before, and “she asked for his number because she wanted to redo her kitchen and gave his number to her designer.” 
 
 Then, in December, Flay was spotted at dinner with petite chef De Laurentiis at Cecconi’s at Soho Beach House Miami just days before she announced her divorce. 
 
 “It looked like a friendly dinner,” the source said, but added De Laurentiis “definitely had a few drinks.” 
 
 Flay explained the outing to us as “two colleagues and old friends had a quick dinner.” 
 
 March, who launched makeup shop Rouge last year, told Hamptons magazine last summer that Flay’s work schedule made it hard to spend quality time together. 
 
 “Bobby has sworn to me, like some sort of dating website, we would take walks on the beach, because last year, I said over and over, ‘Let’s take a walk on the beach.’ This time he says he’s going to follow through.” 
 
 Their reps declined comment. ||||| Bobby Flay and Wife Stephanie March Split 
 
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 After 10 years of marriage, Bobby Flay and his wife, Law & Order: SVU star Stephanie March , have separated, a source confirms to PEOPLE."There have been problems for a while, so this was inevitable," the source tells PEOPLE about the cause of the split. "There's still a lot of love there and no one makes Stephanie laugh more than Bobby, so this was hard for both of them. They've been living apart for several weeks." According to TMZ , Flay, 50, officially separated from March, 40, three weeks ago. This was the Iron Chef America star's third marriage and March's first.The duo wed in New York City in February 2005 after dating for four years, getting together after Flay landed a hard-to-get dinner reservation.Two months ago, March posted an Instagram shot of the duo, which seemed to show them enjoying a day out together in chilly N.Y.C.The couple have no children together. ||||| Facebook Amy and Samy Bouzaglo: The couple’s Arizona restaurant, Amy’s Baking Company, became notorious after it was featured on Gordon Ramsay’s FOX show, Kitchen Nightmares, and the TV chef quit after they wouldn’t accept his advice, verbally abused customers and staff, pocketed waiters’ tips, and served soggy pizza. More scandal followed, as Radar reported Amy has served time in federal prison and her husband Samy is now facing deportation over his allegedly sketchy residency status. 
 
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 Bobby Flay Separates From Wife ... Divorce Looming 
 
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 "Iron Chef" Bobby Flay cooks his steaks medium rare ... but his marriage is well, done, and divorce is right around the corner. 
 
 Sources close to the couple tell TMZ ... Bobby and his wife, "Law and Order: SVU" star Stephanie March, separated 3 weeks ago. Flay moved out of their NYC home. 
 
 We're told both have hooked up with attorneys ... and divorce talks have started. 
 
 The marriage has been deteriorating over the past year-and-a-half. We're told things reached a boiling point last year when Bobby didn't come to the hospital until the day after Stephanie's appendix burst. She was livid when, she claims, he said he was busy with work and had to leave before she was discharged ... but offered to send his assistant to help out. 
 
 Bobby and Stephanie celebrated 10 years of marriage in February ... only not together. We're told Flay spent the time in Florida at a wine festival with his 'B-Team' -- his group of assistants. 
 
 Bobby and Stephanie were married in 2005 and have no kids together -- he already has 2 previous divorces under his belt ... this will be her first. ||||| Bobby Flay’s reputation as a Casanova didn’t escape his soon-to-be-ex wife, Confidenti@l is told. An insider tells us Stephanie March was well aware of the persistent rumors about the superstar chef’s infidelity and even confronted him over scuttlebutt that he had an affair with “Mad Men” star January Jones. “I know Stephanie basically asked him after January Jones, ‘Did you f— her?,’ ” said the insider about the rumors that exploded in 2010 after Flay mysteriously appeared on the scene after Jones got into a fender-bender in L.A. “He told her no.’ ” TMZ reported Thursday that Flay and “Law And Order: SVU” star March, who have been married 10 years, separated three weeks ago and are planning to begin divorce proceedings. “He travels a lot. He always has. It’s not a typical marriage,” said the source. “It really is a celebrity marriage. I don’t think she gets on a plane and goes everywhere with him.” The sources added that Flay is something of a workaholic. “Bobby’s now 48 or 49 and not many chefs of his stature actually go in and cook every night, and he really has been,” said the insider. “You go into (his new restaurant) Gato and he’s there cooking. That’s a big, difficult commitment.” 
 
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– Bobby Flay and wife Stephanie March are rumored to be divorcing, and sources tell the New York Daily News January Jones didn't help things. Rumors of a Flay-Jones affair have swirled since 2010, with some even suggesting he could be the father of Jones' child. An insider says the Law and Order: SVU star knew about the rumors and wasn't happy about them. "I know Stephanie basically asked him after January Jones, 'Did you f--- her?'" the source says. "He told her 'no.'" But, the source adds, there are other issues: Flay is a workaholic and travels a lot, and the 10-year marriage is not a "typical" one, the source says. TMZ reported yesterday that things have been going downhill for a year and a half, and that March was especially upset Flay didn't appear at her side at the hospital when her appendix burst, instead showing up the next day and then leaving early. "There have been problems for a while, so this was inevitable," a source tells People. Adds a Page Six source, "There was a gradual falling apart of their relationship" thanks to distance. (Click for more celebrity chef scandals.)