Flynn McGarry

At the age of ten, Flynn McGarry wanted to cook. He began practicing his knife skills after school, and soon after started creating dishes, simple at first, for a few of his mother's friends. At eleven, came the purchase of Thomas Keller's The French Laundry cookbook, then Grant Achatz's Alinea. The influence was immediate. Flynn's dishes became more complicated, sous vide cooking was adopted and tweezers were now a must for plating. By twelve, the number of courses and guests had doubled at what was now called EUREKA (after the street where he lived), a supper club operating out of his mother's home in Studio City. At thirteen, Flynn began apprenticing at Ray's and Stark Bar at LACMA under Chef Kris Morningstar, then later went on to stage at Eleven Madison Park under Chef Daniel Humm as well as at Alinea, Next, and Modernist Cuisine in Seattle.

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A majority of the negativity originates with professional chefs, who have spent years learning, training, mentoring, studying, and slaving away in hot kitchens. Hectic, long, hot hours away from family and friends, just to keep the bills paid. Even chefs who work at some of our country’s most popular restaurants have been “throwing shade” Flynn’s way.

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Seventeen-year-old Flynn McGarry is a prodigy when it comes to the kitchen. Learning how to cook at 10-years old, McGarry first opened a pop-up restaurant in his parents Los Angeles home, which was open to friends and family. From there, he opened EUREKA, a pop-up restaurant with residencies in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles. At EUREKA, dinner seats were selling for $160 each, which included 10-14 courses.

Before graduating high school, Flynn McGarry started his own pop-up restaurant and cooked with world-famous chefs.

At just 17 years old, culinary prodigy Flynn McGarry is opening his first NYC restaurant before most people finish high school—and that's just the beginning.

Flynn McGarry designs eight-course tasting menus and interns in three-star kitchens. Now he wants to open the best restaurant in the world.

His tasting menu is $160 per person

The world’s most famous 18-year-old chef discusses the future of fine dining

Flynn McGarry (born November 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]

The 16-year-old chef has ruffled feathers with the announcement of his New York restaurant.