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Celebrity chef Bobby Flay will throw down $800,000 to restaurant workers who claim they were swindled out of wages and tips.

The TV star denies any wrongdoing in the case but said in court documents that he would rather pay a settlement than go to trial.

The money will be served up to waitstaff, bartenders, bussers and runners who worked at three of Flay's New York City restaurants -- Mesa Grill, Bar Americain and the now-closed Bolo -- between January 2003 and September 2009.