Bobby Flay Settles Up For $800K

4-16-2010 @9:50AM jlm said... I had dinner at the Bar American in NYC and it really wasn't very good. He was in the restaurant at the time and paid attention to only one table that had very attractive women sitting at it. He didn't seem very friendly. The wait staff was great.

3-05-2010 @4:20PM newsflash said... flay has had popular shows on food network for over 15 years.... he didn't just get his fame and fortune.

3-06-2010 @3:06PM bethann88 said... It's always about the money.

3-06-2010 @4:36PM Jerry said... It's typical for food & beverage owners & managers to mistreat their employees. I know many owners that withhold taxes and never issue a W-2 at the end of the year. They pocket their employees' witholdings . Most servers don't know the difference.

3-07-2010 @8:54AM Lynn said... Okay so I can understand the tips but I have children who work in the business and they each have to wash and take care of their uniforms. One works at a major department store, but the khaki pants and blue shirt are required does not provide them. The other is a manager at major hotel chain and all the staff are responsible for their uniforms as well as the other who works part time at a pizza chain. So....you do your laundry anyway, what does it take to throw an extra piece in the laundry??? And yes Bobby Flay is very, very popular, seems like everyone is out for that "God Almighty Dollar"! Let's get real. We all were a sort of uniform, whether it be jeans or a suit, they have to be cleaned and I am not compensated.

3-05-2010 @7:42PM Al Schrader said... His english couldn't of been any betta. Who says how you are supposed to express yourself ?
If'n you wanna say anythin like you wanna, you can ruddy say it. There are no English language laws. When my English teacher said there is no such word as "aint", I wrote to Websters and had them include it in the dictionary. If you wanna say aint, you can say aint with my compliments....Alfred Schrader, astrophysicist-

3-06-2010 @8:26AM Mike Billingsley said... Hey, astrophysicist, when people use the language incorrectly, they should be corrected. You can bang your spoon on your high chair all you want, but it doesn't negate the rules. An astrophysicist would know that.
Jobs are outsourced constantly because people in other countries will do them quickly, correctly and cheaply. Meanwhile you want to rant about your "right" to abuse the language, break the basic rules, forget the multiplication tables, and sit on your ever-widening arse making mistakes that an Indian fourth-grader could correct.
You grew up around a lot of lead paint, didn't you?

3-05-2010 @4:54PM Lloyd said... Steve, it is often true that it is cheaper to settle something than to deal with the costs of defense and especially true if there is likely to be bad publicity from the case. I don't understand people like you that hate those that are more successful than you. Envy doesn't look good. You could try to compete -- actually open a business and see how it works out. Show some guts. Try it. Maybe you can run a business that gives every penny of profit to others. Be the first to make it work. Show us, lead by example. Or...just shut up.

3-05-2010 @5:01PM millie said... So Steve...what are you like 12? Just because Flay settled does not mean he admitted guilt. No, Flay does what all of the PRODUCTIVE members of society do when the takers and leeches come along to "spread" the wealth around.....the gimme mines would have probably won more from Flay had he taken this to a trial because some liberal judge or jury would feel compelled to "punish" Flay for his success.

When are you losers ever going to figure this out. A million dollar sucker punch like the one Flay just settled will find its way down the food chain when Flay either A....Closes another restaurant or B..... Fires a few more workers.....maybe he will do both...he should!

3-05-2010 @5:17PM Robert said... People always talk about envy of successful business people when the fact of the matter is most are only seemed respectable until the community actually sees the truth. Now as far as Bobby goes I cannot say guilty one way or the other but I can comment on my experiences locally. A so called successful developer came to our area and the local government bent over backwards for him until recently. He does not do what he says he will do and he does not pay his debt to local contractors always having an excuse. With that said I can have some compassion for the plaintiffs. Sometimes when it looks like a rose and it smells like a rose it actually is a rose.

3-05-2010 @7:16PM GT said... EXACTLY!

3-06-2010 @3:23PM Karen Wiggins said... Something is wrong with this picture or am I just missing it? They were mis-treated by Mr. Flay, yet they continued to work for him for 6 years? I'm pretty sure that most of us would quit the second time we got stiffed on tips owed to us by the owner and not continue to work for 6 more years for the man.

3-06-2010 @5:00PM Inkling said... MILLIE-I agree with you. A good chef or business owner would rather pay out a false claim than to have their name dragged through the mud. The bad publicity would cost more business revenues than the settlement. It is doubtful they could prove their claims, especially if their tips were paid in cash.

3-05-2010 @4:28PM Cathy said... I'm with you Nikki...I've worked in lots of restaurants, both corporate and mom & pop places, and I've always bought all my own clothing. Even now, I'm required to buy their logo shirts and aprons - no discount - and of course I have to clean everything myself. I don't think I've ever heard of a restaurant that furnishes uniforms and a cleaning service...till today.

3-05-2010 @7:18PM GT said... The tips, dip! The tips are what holds the crew to the job!!!