Early Life
Flay was born in New York to Bill and Dorothy Flay. Flay was raised in the affluent Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan. He is a fourth generation Irish American.
At age 8, Flay asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas, against his father's objections, who thought a G.I. Joe would be more gender-appropriate. He ended up getting both.
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