Flynn McGarry (born November 25, 1998) is an

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based in

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. He has been called the "

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of food" and is known for hosting dinner tasting restaurant Eureka in

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and New York City since he was 11. He has

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, and

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. McGarry describes his cooking as

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. He is known for being a young restaurant owner in NYC, opening the successful restaurant ''Gem'' at age 19.

Early life

McGarry is the son of Meg and Will McGarry. His maternal grandfather was comedian Larry Daniels. McGarry grew interested in cooking after tiring of his parents' limited cooking repertoire and the takeout food they would frequently eat. He cooked through

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s ''

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'' and learned cooking skills from YouTube videos and food blogs. His parents built a kitchen in his bedroom to help him practice and installed a vacuum sealer, induction burners, a

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grill and an immersion circulator. McGarry started

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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

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, Eureka NYC, in the

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. The only chef at Eureka NYC, McGarry cooks a 14-course tasting menu inspired in part by his international travels. As of 2014, McGarry was writing an autobiography. McGarry cites

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and Thomas Keller as cooking inspirations. In 2015, McGarry was named one of ''Time'' magazines thirty most influential teens. In 2016, McGarry presented a dish for a pressure test in the eighth season of ''Masterchef Australia''. In early 2018 McGarry opened his first permanent restaurant, Gem in the

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. Gem serves a $200, 12-15 course menu to a dining room of 12 guests over a period of 2 hours, In June 2019, Gem closed for 3 months so McGarry could travel and get more inspirations. He traveled to

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and

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. In 2018, a documentary film about McGarry, entitled ''Chef Flynn'', premiered at

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. In 2021, he took part as a guest in an episode of the tenth season on ''

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''.

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External links

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