Flay married Debra Ponzek, also a chef, on May 11, 1991. Flay and Ponzek divorced in 1993, and Flay married his second wife, Kate Connelly, in 1995. They have a daughter named Sophie. Flay and Connelly separated in 1998, and later divorced. Flay married actress Stephanie March, on February 20, 2005. According to media reports, March and Flay separated in March 2015 and their divorce was finalized on July 17, 2015. Flay dated Heléne Yorke from February 2016 to early 2019. Flay is a self-proclaimed 'cat person' and has lived with cats most of his life. He has two Maine Coons, Nacho, an orange tabby Maine Coon, and Stella, a brown tabby Maine Coon five years younger than Nacho. Flay has a personal interest in Thoroughbred horse racing, and is the owner of multiple graded stakes race winners: More Than Real, who won the prestigious 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Creator (part owner), who won the third jewel of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes in 2016, and Pizza Bianca, a homebred filly who won the 2021 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Flay served on the Breeders' Cup board of directors from 2014 to 2018. Awards and accolades New York Magazine Gael Greene's Restaurant of the Year – Mesa Grill (1992) French Culinary Institute Outstanding Graduate Award (1993) International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for Design – Bobby Flay's Bold American Food (1995) Four-time Daytime Emmy Award winner: Outstanding Service Show Host – Boy Meets Grill (2005) Best Culinary Program – Grill It! With Bobby Flay (2009) Outstanding Culinary Host – Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction (2014) Outstanding Culinary Host – Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction (2015) Three-time James Beard Foundation Award winner: Rising Star Chef of the Year (1993) National Television Food Show Award – Bobby Flay Chef Mentor'' (2005) Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America (2007) Culinary Hall of Fame Induction (2015) Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2015) References External links Official web site Bobby Flay's Twitter Profile Bobby Flay at the Chef and Restaurant Database 1964 births Living people American cookbook writers American people of Irish descent American racehorse owners and breeders American restaurateurs American television chefs American male chefs Businesspeople from New York City Daytime Emmy Award winners Food Network chefs International Culinary Center alumni People from the Upper East Side James Beard Foundation Award winners Iron Chef contestants Chefs from New York City