Great Chefs
Flay has been featured in several episodes of Great Chefs television including:
- Great Chefs — Great Cities
- Mexican Madness DVD
- Great Chefs Cook American
Food Network
Flay has hosted seven cooking shows and specials on Food Network, of which five continue to run:
- Hot Off the Grill with Bobby Flay (no longer airing)
- Grillin' & Chillin' (no longer airing)
- FoodNation (no longer airing)
- Boy Meets Grill
- BBQ with Bobby Flay
- Throwdown! with Bobby Flay
- Grill It! with Bobby Flay
- The best thing I ever ate
Flay served as a judge on
Wickedly Perfect,
The Next Food Network Star, and
The Next Iron Chef. He has cooked with Emeril Lagasse on his show
Emeril Live, and with Paula Deen on her program
Paula's Party.
Iron Chef
Flay is an Iron Chef on the show
Iron Chef America.In 2000, when the original
Iron Chef show traveled to New York for a special battle, he challenged Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto to battle rock crab. After the hour battle ended, Flay stood on top of his cutting board and raised his arms in premature victory. Not realizing that cutting boards and knives are sacred in Japan, he offended Morimoto who criticized his professionalism, saying that Flay was "not a chef". Flay went on to lose the battle.
Flay challenged Morimoto to a rematch in Morimoto's native Japan. In this battle, at the end of the hour, Flay threw his cutting board on the floor and stood on the counter yet again to raise the roof with the audience. This time, Flay won. Though they share a heated past, Flay and Morimoto, who are both Iron Chefs on
Iron Chef America, are now friends. They even teamed — and won — against fellow Iron Chefs Mario Batali and Hiroyuki Sakai in the
Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters "Tag Team" battle.
On a special episode of
Iron Chef America originally airing on November 12, 2006, Flay and Giada De Laurentiis faced off against, and were defeated by, Rachael Ray and Mario Batali. This was the highest rated show ever broadcast on Food Network.
The team of Iron Chefs Bobby Flay and Michael Symon defeated the team of Iron Chefs Cat Cora and Masaharu Morimoto in a special episode titled "Thanksgiving Showdown", which originally aired on November 16, 2008.
On November 29, 2009, Iron Chefs Morimoto and Flay faced off one-on-one again in Battle Egg Nog. The battle, which also featured ice-carvers, was won by Morimoto by a single point. Many judges thought Iron Chef Flay "played it safe." Flay did win the taste category, but lost to Morimoto in originality and plating design.
Specials
- Bobby's Vegas Gamble ... Covers the opening of Mesa Grill Las Vegas.
- Restaurant Revamp ... Flay tries to help a family restaurant.
- Chefography: Bobby Flay ... Biography of Flay's life and career.
- Tasting Ireland ... Flay takes a food tour of Ireland, his ancestral homeland.
- Food Network Awards ... The Food Network recognizes people and places that have impacted the food world.
- All-Star Grill Fest: South Beach ... Flay joins Paula Deen, Giada De Laurentiis, Alton Brown, and Tyler Florence for a barbecue.
Other cooking shows
In 1996, Flay hosted
The Main Ingredient with Bobby Flay on Lifetime Television. Twice a month, he hosts a cooking segment on CBS'
The Early Show. Flay is set to host the reality television show
America's Next Great Restaurant on NBC in the fall 2010 in which in the end he picks one restaurant team with whom to open a restaurant.
Other television and film appearances
Flay cameoed in the Disney Channel original movie
Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off as the host of the cook-off. Bobby appeared as a judge on the CBS television show "Wickedly Perfect" during the 2004—2005 season. He also appeared in the
Special Victims Unit episode "Design", which originally aired on September 22, 2005. Flay appeared on the television game show
Pyramid with fellow Iron Chef Mario Batali as the guest celebrities in an episode originally airing on November 18, 2003. He had a small role as himself in the 2006 film
East Broadway, in which his wife, Stephanie March, had a larger role.
Jeopardy! featured a special "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" category during the March 12, 2008, episode, in which each of the clues featured Flay. Flay also participated in the 2008 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game played at Yankee Stadium after the 2008 MLB All Star Game; Flay played for the National League. Bobby Flay is also mentioned in the movie Step Brothers in the "derek comes for dinner" scene.
Sirius XM Radio
Flay will host a weekly call-in show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. He will offer advice to men on "everything from sports to current issues", although food will be the focus. Flay confirmed that his wife, actress Stephanie March, will be an occasional guest on the show.