Posted by: Fashion Blog on: December 23, 2008
Meagan Ellis, a 30-year-old Boston-based account manager, loves celebrity chef Bobby Flay, who she’s been watching on the Food Network since the late ’90s. So much, in fact, that she makes a point to visit one of Flay’s New York City restaurants every time she visits the city, which is usually once a year.
In April 2008, Ellis and her boyfriend decided to take a weekend trip to New York, complete with a visit to Flay’s Bar Americain, located in midtown Manhattan. The food pleased Ellis’ palate, but what made this particular meal special was an appearance by Flay himself.
“I never expected him to actually be there, but Bobby Flay was, in fact, in the kitchen cooking,” says Ellis, who waited to snag an autograph until Flay left the kitchen to sit with his wife, who had stopped by for dinner. “It was a fantastic night and a great experience.”
Call such an occurrence the exception rather than the rule.
While Ellis isn’t the first to relay a story of seeing Flay toiling away in the kitchen, you’re not likely to see the Throwdown star if you visit one of his seven restaurants. On top of running those seven eateries, Flay does numerous speaking engagements and television appearances each year, making it impossible for him to be in the kitchen every single day.
It’s the same for most of the world’s other celebrity chefs: When you eat at any of their restaurants, chances are they’re not the ones cooking the food.
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