I dont have a long family history of good cooks in my family. – Bobby Flay
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 couldnt get there by subway, you couldnt be on. It wasnt like TV was something I really wanted to do – but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants. – Bobby Flay
I wasnt passionate about food until Id been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period. – Bobby Flay
Nobody believed the Food Network could last. Even I was short sighted and thought to myself, 24 hours of food on TV? Theyll run out of things to talk about in four days! But that wasnt true. Food Network continues to get better and evolve. – Bobby Flay