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The celebrity chef, 56, is set to part ways with the network once his current three-year contract expires at the end of this year, according toVariety.
The outlet, citing sources close to the situation, reports that Food Network has ended negotiations with Flay, choosing to move on without the star after both parties could not agree on financial terms.
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In 2017, Flay made waves after reports surfaced that he hadabruptly quit Food Network’sIron Cheffranchisewhen he removed his chef’s coat to show off a shirt that read “THIS IS MY LAST IRON CHEF BATTLE EVER” during a filming ofIron Chef Showdown.
While he initiallybrushed off the stunt as a joke, Flay later confirmed that he had indeed departed the cooking competition series.
“[Food Network] said to me, ‘Why didn’t you tell us?’, and I was like ‘I didn’t tell anyone. That’s the whole point, that it’s a surprise!’ " said the four-time Daytime Emmy Award winner.
At the time, Flay said that despite making a scene, he had no bad blood with Food Network and executives had been “incredibly supportive of everything that I do.”
“It was no big deal,” he added.
Earlier this year, Flaylaunched a podcastwith his daughterSophie— titledAlways Hungry— and saw theopening of his first Italian restaurant, Amalfi.
source: people.com
