It was claimed Sunday that the Food Network chef has been cheating on his wife with assistant Elyse Tirrell for three years . Flay 's business partner Lawrence Kretchmar dismissed the report , saying he 'd have lied if the chef was having an affair with an employee . Tirrell , who is 28 , used to work as a hostess at one of chef 's restaurants before being promoted to be his assistant . The celebrity chef has filed for divorce from March , 40 , after 10 years of marriage but she is contesting their prenup .
It was claimed Sunday that the Food Network star has been cheating on his wife with assistant Elyse Tirrell for three years . Flay 's business partner Lawrence Kretchmar dismissed the report , saying he 'd have known if the chef was having an affair with an employee . Tirrell , who is 28 , used to work as a hostess at one of Flay 's restaurants before being promoted to be his assistant . The celebrity chef has filed for divorce from March , 40 , after 10 years of marriage but she is contesting their prenup .