Flynn McGarry

Flynn McGarry (born November 25, 1998)[2] is an American chef based in New York City.[2] He has been called the "Justin Bieber of food"[3] and is known for hosting dinner tasting restaurant Eureka in Los Angeles and New York City since he was 11.[2][1] He has staged at Eleven Madison Park, Alinea, Next,[2] Geranium,[4] and Maaemo.[3] McGarry describes his cooking as modern American cuisine.[1] He is known for being a young restaurant owner in NYC, opening the successful restaurant Gem at age 19.[5]

Flynn McGarry
Born (1998-11-25) November 25, 1998
Culinary career
Cooking styleNew American[1]
Current restaurant(s)
Websitewww.gem-nyc.com

Early life

McGarry is the son of Meg and Will McGarry. His maternal grandfather was comedian Larry Daniels.[2][6]

McGarry grew interested in cooking after tiring of his parents' limited cooking repertoire and the takeout food they would frequently eat.[2][3] He cooked through Thomas Keller's The French Laundry Cookbook and learned cooking skills from YouTube videos and food blogs.[2][7] 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.[2] McGarry started home-schooling in the seventh grade so that he could have more time to practice cooking.[2] When he was 12, McGarry started the US$160-a-head Eureka dining club in Los Angeles.[2][4]

Career

At sixteen years old, McGarry finished his high school examinations and moved to New York City,[1] where he opened his own pop-up restaurant, Eureka NYC, in the West Village.[4] The only chef at Eureka NYC, McGarry cooks a 14-course tasting menu[8][9] inspired in part by his international travels.[3]

As of 2014, McGarry was writing an autobiography.[2] McGarry cites Daniel Humm, René Redzepi and Thomas Keller as cooking inspirations.[10][11]

In 2015, McGarry was named one of Time magazine's thirty most influential teens.[12] In 2016, McGarry presented a dish for a pressure test in the eighth season of Masterchef Australia.[13]

In early 2018 McGarry opened his first permanent restaurant, Gem in the Lower East Side.[14] Gem serves a $200, 12-15 course menu to a dining room of 12 guests over a period of 2 hours,[15] In June 2019, Gem closed for 3 months so McGarry could travel and get more inspirations.[16] He traveled to Los Angeles, Barcelona, London, Paris and Copenhagen.[17]

In 2018, a documentary film about McGarry, entitled Chef Flynn, premiered at SXSW.[18]

In 2021, he took part as a guest in an episode of the tenth season on MasterChef Italia.[19]

References
  1. Stone, Madeline (17 September 2015). "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". Business Insider. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. Chocano, Carina (28 March 2014). "The Chef at 15". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. Bobb, Brooke (9 September 2015). "Meet the Justin Bieber of Food: 16-Year-Old Chef Flynn McGarry". Vogue. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. "16-year-old chef cooks up $160 14-course meals at new NYC supper club". CTV News. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. Montag, Ali (2018-05-24). "This 19-year-old chef is running his own swanky New York City restaurant". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  6. Barnes, Mike (23 February 2015). "Larry Daniels, Nightclub Comic of the 1950s and '60s, Dies at 92". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. Noxon, Christopher (23 April 2012). "Prodigy". The New Yorker. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. Krader, Kate (31 August 2015). "16-Year-Old Chef Flynn McGarry to Open His First NYC Restaurant". Food & Wine. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  9. Lacob, Jace (2013-05-23). "Meet Flynn McGarry: America's Next Great Chef is 14 Years Old". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  10. Begley, Sarah (30 October 2015). "Teen Chef Flynn McGarry on Shake Shack and the Chef vs. Cook Debate". Time. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  11. Satran, Rory (28 May 2014). "flynn mcgarry, america's next top teen chef". i-D. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  12. Bradley, Hazel (15 June 2016). "Teen whiz cooks up a storm". The West Australian. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  13. Stephenson, Alison (20 June 2016). "Meet Flynn McGarry, the 17-year-old Justin Bieber of food". News.au. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  14. "At Gem, a Teen Wonder Plays in the Big Leagues". Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  15. "Meet the 20-Year-Old Chef Serving a $200 Tasting Menu in New York City". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  16. Richardson, Nikita (2019-06-11). "Flynn McGarry Will Close His LES Tasting Room for the Summer". Grub Street. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  17. Richardson, Nikita (2019-09-18). "Flynn McGarry's Gem Reopens With an Emphasis on Simplicity". Grub Street. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  18. Lodge, Guy (4 March 2018). "Film Review: 'Chef Flynn'". Variety. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  19. "Flynn McGarry, il "Justin Bieber della cucina" ospite di Masterchef Italia". Cookist (in Italian). 2021-01-20.

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