Flynn McGarry
{{short description|American chef based in New York City (born 1998)}}
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1998|11|25}}
|style=New American
|restaurants=Gem (New York City)
|website={{URL|http://www.gem-nyc.com}}
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Flynn McGarry (born November 25, 1998) is an American chef based in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/magazine/the-chef-at-15.html?_r=0|title=The Chef at 15|website=The New York Times|last1=Chocano|first1=Carina|date=28 March 2014|access-date=21 June 2016}} He has been called the "Justin Bieber of food" and is known for hosting dinner tasting restaurant Eureka in Los Angeles and New York City since he was 11.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/16-year-old-chef-flynn-mcgarry-takes-nyc-by-storm-2015-9|title=At 16, chef Flynn McGarry is living on his own in New York and running a one-man pop-up restaurant that's booked solid|last1=Stone|first1=Madeline|website=Business Insider|date=17 September 2015|access-date=21 June 2016}} He has staged at Eleven Madison Park, Alinea, Next, Geranium,{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/16-year-old-chef-cooks-up-160-14-course-meals-at-new-nyc-supper-club-1.2544291|title=16-year-old chef cooks up $160 14-course meals at new NYC supper club|website=CTV News|date=2 September 2015|access-date=21 June 2016}} and Maaemo.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/13332276/food-recipe-eureka-flynn-mcgarry/|title=Meet the Justin Bieber of Food: 16-Year-Old Chef Flynn McGarry|website=Vogue|last1=Bobb|first1=Brooke|date=9 September 2015|access-date=21 June 2016}} McGarry describes his cooking as modern American cuisine. He is known for being a young restaurant owner in NYC, opening the successful restaurant Gem at age 19.{{Cite web|last=Montag|first=Ali|date=2018-05-24|title=This 19-year-old chef is running his own swanky New York City restaurant|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/24/19-year-old-flynn-mcgarry-is-the-chef-at-gem-in-new-york-city.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=CNBC|language=en}}
Early life
McGarry is the son of Meg and Will McGarry. His maternal grandfather was comedian Larry Daniels.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/larry-daniels-dead-nightclub-comic-777287|title=Larry Daniels, Nightclub Comic of the 1950s and '60s, Dies at 92|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=23 February 2015|access-date=12 December 2016|last1=Barnes|first1=Mike}}
McGarry grew interested in cooking after tiring of his parents' limited cooking repertoire and the takeout food they would frequently eat. He cooked through Thomas Keller{{'}}s The French Laundry Cookbook and learned cooking skills from YouTube videos and food blogs.{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/23/prodigy-7|title=Prodigy|website=The New Yorker|last1=Noxon|first1=Christopher|date=23 April 2012|access-date=25 June 2016}} His parents built a kitchen in his bedroom to help him practice and installed a vacuum sealer, induction burners, a binchōtan grill and an immersion circulator. McGarry started home-schooling in the seventh grade so that he could have more time to practice cooking. When he was 12, McGarry started the US$160-a-head Eureka dining club in Los Angeles.
Career
At sixteen years old, McGarry finished his high school examinations and moved to New York City, where he opened his own pop-up restaurant, Eureka NYC, in the West Village. The only chef at Eureka NYC, McGarry cooks a 14-course tasting menu{{cite web|url=http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/16-year-old-chef-flynn-mcgarry-open-his-first-nyc-restaurant|title=16-Year-Old Chef Flynn McGarry to Open His First NYC Restaurant|date=31 August 2015|access-date=21 June 2016|website=Food & Wine|last1=Krader|first1=Kate}}{{Cite news|last=Lacob|first=Jace|date=2013-05-23|title=Meet Flynn McGarry: America's Next Great Chef is 14 Years Old|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/23/meet-flynn-mcgarry-america-s-next-great-chef-is-14-years-old|access-date=2021-01-28}} inspired in part by his international travels.
As of 2014, McGarry was writing an autobiography. McGarry cites Daniel Humm, René Redzepi and Thomas Keller as cooking inspirations.{{cite web|last1=Begley|first1=Sarah|date=30 October 2015|title=Teen Chef Flynn McGarry on Shake Shack and the Chef vs. Cook Debate|url=https://time.com/4088639/influential-teen-flynn-mcgarry-interview/|access-date=21 June 2016|website=Time}}{{cite web|last1=Satran|first1=Rory|date=28 May 2014|title=flynn mcgarry, america's next top teen chef|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/flynn-mcgarry|access-date=25 June 2016|website=i-D}}
In 2015, McGarry was named one of Time magazine{{'}}s thirty most influential teens.{{Cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/teen-whiz-cooks-up-a-storm-ng-ya-110057|title=Teen whiz cooks up a storm|last=Bradley|first=Hazel|date=15 June 2016|work=The West Australian|access-date=6 November 2018|language=en-GB}} In 2016, McGarry presented a dish for a pressure test in the eighth season of Masterchef Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/meet-flynn-mcgarry-the-17yearold-justin-bieber-of-food/news-story/a9d8b8249d5798b93083ef474aeaf782|title=Meet Flynn McGarry, the 17-year-old Justin Bieber of food|website=News.au|last1=Stephenson|first1=Alison|date=20 June 2016|access-date=21 June 2016}}
In early 2018 McGarry opened his first permanent restaurant, Gem in the Lower East Side.{{cite news|title=At Gem, a Teen Wonder Plays in the Big Leagues|language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/dining/gem-review-flynn-mcgarry.html|access-date=2018-11-01}} Gem serves a $200, 12-15 course menu to a dining room of 12 guests over a period of 2 hours,{{Cite web|title=Meet the 20-Year-Old Chef Serving a $200 Tasting Menu in New York City|url=https://fortune.com/longform/chef-flynn-mcgarry-gem-les/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Fortune|language=en}} In June 2019, Gem closed for 3 months so McGarry could travel and get more inspirations.{{Cite web|last=Richardson|first=Nikita|date=2019-06-11|title=Flynn McGarry Will Close His LES Tasting Room for the Summer|url=https://www.grubstreet.com/2019/06/chef-flynn-mcgarry-closes-gem-summer.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Grub Street|language=en-us}} He traveled to Los Angeles, Barcelona, London, Paris and Copenhagen.{{Cite web|last=Richardson|first=Nikita|date=2019-09-18|title=Flynn McGarry's Gem Reopens With an Emphasis on Simplicity|url=https://www.grubstreet.com/2019/09/flynn-mcgarry-gem-reopening.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Grub Street|language=en-us}}
In 2018, a documentary film about McGarry, entitled Chef Flynn, premiered at SXSW.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/chef-flynn-review-1202715580/|title=Film Review: 'Chef Flynn'|last1=Lodge|first1=Guy|website=Variety|date=4 March 2018|access-date=18 April 2018}}
In 2021, he took part as a guest in an episode of the tenth season on MasterChef Italia.{{cite web|url=https://www.cookist.it/flynn-mcgarry-il-justin-bieber-della-cucina-ospite-di-masterchef/|title=Flynn McGarry, il “Justin Bieber della cucina” ospite di Masterchef Italia|language=italian|date=2021-01-20|website=Cookist}}
References
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General references
- {{cite web|url=http://sf.eater.com/2016/3/17/11250652/atelier-crenn-kyle-connaughton-flynn-mcgarry|title=Atelier Crenn Launches Series of Collaborative Dinners, Starting with Teen Chef Flynn McGarry|website=Sf.eater|date=17 March 2016|access-date=21 June 2016|last1=Fort|first1=Ellen}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/09/flynn-mcgarry-interview.html|title=Teen Chef Flynn McGarry Responds to His Critics: 'The Person at the Front Is Always Going to Be Hated'|last1=Tishgart|first1=Sierra|date=4 September 2015|access-date=21 June 2016|website=Grubstreet}}
- {{cite web|url=http://sf.eater.com/2016/2/9/10952108/flynn-mcgarry-feastly-eureka-pop-up-san-francisco|title=Teen Chef Flynn McGarry To Return To SF For Pop-Up Series|last1=Tuder|first1=Stefanie|website=Sf.eater|date=9 February 2016|access-date=21 June 2016}}
External links
- {{official website|https://www.gem-nyc.com/}}
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