Bobby Flay may be very pleased with his daughter Sophie Flay — and he isn’t shy about saying so.

Sophie, 27, was born on April 16, 1996. She’s the chef’s solely daughter, whom he shares with ex-wife Kate Connelly. Sophie grew up in Connecticut earlier than shifting to Los Angeles for school. She graduated in 2018 and stayed in California, the place she works as a broadcast journalist.

The chef usually praises Sophie for each her ambition and kindness. “She has this nice work ethic,” he informed PEOPLE in January 2021. “She makes me proud simply because she’s such a pleasant individual.”

“You ask anyone that is aware of Sophie, they’ll go on and on about her. She’s a extremely candy girl and she or he’s extremely inclusive,” he added. “She’s bought some coolness to her, she’s very savvy, however she’s a really inclusive individual. She by no means desires anyone to really feel overlooked and she or he thinks about that form of stuff on a regular basis.”

The 2 have a really shut relationship and have even collaborated on a number of work initiatives, together with TV exhibits like The Flay Listing and Bobby and Sophie on the Coast and the podcast At all times Hungry. In April 2021, the chef opened as much as PEOPLE about what it’s prefer to work so carefully along with his daughter.

“We do not consider this as work. That is completely enjoyable. It is simply the 2 of us. And I believe it really helps our relationship as a result of we get to speak much more about how we really feel about issues,” he mentioned.

Working collectively has solely made their father-daughter relationship stronger. “We have been very fortunate to have a improbable relationship and it continues to get higher and higher. And I believe that the one means it will get higher and higher is dialog,” he informed PEOPLE.

Right here’s all the things to find out about Bobby Flay’s daughter Sophie Flay.

She’s a journalist

Sophie works as a neighborhood journalist for ABC7 in Los Angeles, and it’s a profession path Bobby may be very pleased with.

“I am a fortunate dad as a result of I’ve an ongoing circulation of satisfaction watching Sophie achieve this nicely in her profession,” he informed PEOPLE in January 2021. “I am watching her simply rise to the challenges of being in her personal profession, and she or he’s doing it by principally what I did, which was exhausting work. So when she places out a narrative, my chest is huge as a result of I am like, ‘That is superb. That is my child.’ ”

She works as an adjunct professor

Sophie returned to her alma mater, the College of Southern California, as an adjunct professor in August 2022 on the college’s Annenberg Faculty for Communication and Journalism. She began instructing a course in visible journalism.

Sharing the profession replace on Instagram, she wrote, “My college students had been so welcoming and wanting to study! There’s nothing like being again on campus. ⁣To say I’m honored to be instructing right here could be [an] understatement. Struggle on✌️❤️????.”

Sophie and Bobby have starred in a number of TV exhibits collectively

Sophie and Bobby have collaborated fairly a number of instances. Most not too long ago, the duo labored collectively on Bobby and Sophie on the Coast, which aired on Meals Community and Discovery+. The present adopted the pair as they tried out a few of Los Angeles’ greatest eating places.

“It would not really feel like work,” Sophie defined to PEOPLE. “We’re very fortunate to have the connection that we have now and even when there’s not a digital camera round we’ll eating places and attempting new meals. So it would not really feel like a day on the job. It simply seems like enjoyable.”

The pair additionally starred in The Flay Listing collectively in 2019. The present adopted an analogous format as Bobby and Sophie on the Coast, however centered on the New York Metropolis meals scene as an alternative.

Additionally they have a podcast collectively

In April 2021, Bobby and Sophie launched their joint podcast At all times Hungry. Describing the enterprise to PEOPLE, the chef defined that audiences had been “going to get extra than simply a few cooking tips about this factor.” Based on Bobby, the present is basically extra “about life and being a mum or dad, being a daughter, being associates and being adventurous on this planet of meals.”

He added that their completely different views make for a extra attention-grabbing podcast. “I am a person, she’s a girl, I am actually an east coaster, she’s a west coaster. We come from two completely different generations,” he mentioned. “And whereas we have now a lot of issues that we have now in frequent by way of life, there are issues that clearly differentiate us in so some ways. I all the time really feel like Sophie brings out the stereotypical ‘man in his fifties’ angle [in me].”

The podcast discusses all the things from make potato pancakes additional crispy to etiquette in dressing up for dinner.

“That is what we do as a household, is we have now conversations. I simply thought it could be actually attention-grabbing to proceed on a podcast,” he defined to PEOPLE.

Sophie agreed, including, “I do know him as my dad, however he principally had a complete different life earlier than me. I really feel actually fortunate that we get to have these conversations off microphone and on microphone too, so different folks get to take pleasure in them as nicely.”

Sophie and Bobby launched a e book collectively

Bobby and Sophie launched a cookbook referred to as Sundays with Sophie: Flay Household Recipes for Any Day of the Week in October 2022. Within the e book’s introduction, Bobby wrote, “My daughter, Sophie, is undoubtedly on the head of my desk … Sophie’s identify graces the duvet of this e book as a result of she is the one that is most vital to me.”

The chef additionally makes a behavior of expressing himself by meals. “I really like cooking for my associates and my household. It is actually the best way that I present my adoration to folks. It is really my love language,” Bobby defined to PEOPLE in August 2022.

She is supportive of Bobby’s relationship

Bobby is at the moment courting Christina Pérez. “Christina’s so candy and she or he’s additionally a fellow journalist, so it is actually cool to have the ability to study from her too. Her and my dad have such a candy relationship. It has been actually so pretty having her round,” Sophie mentioned.

Bobby, for his half, is grateful for Christina and Sophie’s shut relationship. “They’re associates, which is basically nice. And I all the time really feel like Christina could be anyone that Sophie can discuss to about something. It is very nice,” he added to PEOPLE.

She loves horseracing

As a profitable journalist, tv co-host and cookbook inspiration, Sophie won’t have quite a lot of free time. Nonetheless, she does put aside a while in her busy schedule for her ardour for horseracing. It’s a interest she shares together with her father.

In 2019, she informed Parade, “We additionally love horseracing and having the ability to share that bond has been nice as a result of he bought his love for horseracing from his grandfather and it has now handed right down to me.”

“We attend quite a lot of races collectively. That is the fantastic thing about horseracing. It is happening on a regular basis within the U.S., and it is also happening on a regular basis exterior of the U.S. all around the world, so we’re always maintaining with it, going to races, and watching it on TV,” she added.

She makes parenting “so much simpler”

Bobby might be Sophie’s primary fan. In honor of her twenty seventh birthday in 2023, he shared a candy Instagram tribute to his daughter. “Immediately is my favourite day of the 12 months as a result of I get to want my spectacular child a contented birthday and I get to put up a classic pic of her that I really like however I’m certain makes her blush,” he wrote within the caption.

The chef additionally opened up and his and Sophie’s relationship throughout an look on The Rachael Ray Present in 2013.  “In some methods I’m the push over and she or he form of is aware of that, however I’ve to say to her credit score, she makes parenting so much simpler than it might be as a result of she’s an excellent child,” he mentioned.