I can’t be on the cheeseburger diet all the time.
BOBBY FLAYI can’t be on the cheeseburger diet all the time.
BOBBY FLAYHabaneros have a great fruity flavor, but the challenge is that you have to deflect the heat in order to taste the flavor. If you don’t, you’re dead. They should really have a warning sign on them. Deflect the habanero’s heat by pairing it with sweet food.
BOBBY FLAYMy partner and I are looking at several locations on Park Avenue South and Midtown for a new restaurant space.
BOBBY FLAYGrilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.
BOBBY FLAYChipotles 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.
BOBBY FLAYDon’t try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on ‘Food Network.’
BOBBY FLAYI seem to respond most to places that are more cosmopolitan because of my Manhattan upbringing.
BOBBY FLAYOne thing you don’t want to do as a host is be running around all evening. Do as much as you can ahead of time, so all you have to do is grill the main ingredients.
BOBBY FLAYI think people are intimidated by grilling .. maybe it’s the flame, maybe it’s the big grills, maybe they’ve had some bad childhood experiences .. but I think that grilling is actually the easiest technique in cooking.
BOBBY FLAYI don’t have a long family history of good cooks in my family.
BOBBY FLAYNothing goes perfectly, especially when you’re opening a restaurant.
BOBBY FLAYEverybody 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.
BOBBY FLAYGrilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
BOBBY FLAYTake risks and you’ll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.
BOBBY FLAYEven 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.
BOBBY FLAYWhen I’m on television, I think that I appeal to the everyday guy, ’cause that’s who I am. The guys who go to the football games on the weekends are my viewers, for sure.
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