Bobby Flay has been a professional chef for more than four decades. He's opened influential restaurants across the country, including Mesa Grill, Bolo, Gato, and Bar Americain in New York City. He is one of the most prolific figures in food television history and has won a handful of Emmys. Chef Flay is the first-ever chef to be granted a Star on Hollywood Boulevard. Bobby Flay: Chapter One is his eighteenth cookbook.