Inside Chef Bobby Flay’s Los Angeles House
In February 2021, celebrity chef Bobby Flay purchased an extremely Zen-like retreat in Los Angeles, California, for $7.6 million. How Zen is it? So Zen that there’s a 100-plus-year-old olive tree smack in the middle of the house.
The Hollywood Hills home in the Bird Streets neighborhood is a great place to unwind for the former “Iron Chef” after 17 years of being on a chaotic “Iron Chef” schedule.
Want to see more? Come take a tour. Just don’t touch the walls.
It’s Brand New
Flay purchased this super modern estate as a new build located in the ever-exclusive Hollywood Hills neighborhood. It features 5,764 square feet, four bedrooms and five bathrooms.
What used to stand on the nearly half-acre of prime real estate was a “very forgettable 1990s house,” Michael Martin, managing partner of the design studio OSKLO, told Architectural Digest.
The House Was First on the Market for $9.775 million
OSKLO is the company behind Flay’s new digs. Martin and his wife, Arya Mohammadi Martin, purchased the property for $3.8 million in 2017 and built their dream home, where they stayed for a few years. They relisted the new house for $9.775 million in the middle of 2020.
Flay, undoubtedly charmed by the super-luxe property and all of its expensive outfittings, picked it up about 18 months later for a couple of million dollars less.
There’s a 100-Year-Old Olive Tree Inside
Of course, the most striking thing about this ultra-modern, minimalistic midcentury home is the centenarian olive tree that is situated in the central atrium.
The olive tree dates back to the late 1800s and is displayed via floor-to-ceiling pocket glass doors.
This Place Has Luxury Furnishings
According to Architectural Digest, in its profile piece on the house while it was still on the market, the daybed here has been reupholstered by Cavallini olive pony hair from the luxury leatherworking company Edelman.