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The Untold Truth About Bobby Flay’s Ex Wife Debra Ponzek (Wiki)

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Who is Debra Ponzek?

Debra Ponzek is an American celebrity chef, and the owner of the Aux Delices restaurants in Connecticut, but she’s probably best recognized by the world as the first wife of American celebrity chef Bobby Flay.

Debra Ponzek was born on 26 August 1961 under the Virgo zodiac sign, in Morristown, New Jersey USA. She hasn’t shared the names of her parents, but has said that her father is an Italian and a chef himself, while her mother is an American and worked as a waitress.

She became interested in producing food at an early age, inspired by her father, but it took her some time to realize that it was her true calling.

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After high school, she enrolled at Boston University where she studied engineering, but dropped out of her studies and enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America in New York City, from which she obtained her degree in 1984.

Career Beginnings

She was given a chance as part of an externship at the Tarragon Tree restaurant in Chatham, New Jersey, but also at Toto Steakhouse in Summit, New Jersey.

After she finished her studies at the Culinary Institute, Debra was taken under Drew Nieporent’s wing who had noticed her during her time at Toto Steakhouse, and recruited her for his own Montrachet restaurant as a sous chef.

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While at Montrachet she went on to become the executive chef, serving in the position for seven years. She and the entire restaurant received high praise from the food critics of New York City.

Rise to Stardom

During her time at Montrachet, she won the 1992 James Beard Foundation Award for Rising Star Chef. Moreover, she made an on-screen appearance in the show “Great Chefs – Great Cities”, appearing in several episodes and preparing three dishes.

Her career continued to improve, and in 1994 she left Montrachet and focused on her own desires, opening her own restaurant, Aux Delices, in Greenwich, Connecticut, and since then, Debra has expanded to several other locations, while she also provides cooking classes out of her central kitchen for the restaurants.

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To speak further of her accomplishments, Debra is a published author – some items from her bibliography include “The Dinnertime Survival”, “The Family Kitchen”, and “The Summer House Cookbook” and “French Food, American Accent”.

Net Worth

As of early 2022, Debra Ponzek’s net worth has been estimated to be around $30 million, earned through her successful career as a chef, restaurant owner, teacher and author.

Personal Life, Marriage, Husband, Children

Debra met Bobby Flay in June 1990 and fell madly in love, so they married on 11 May 1991. In 1992, both were nominated for the James Beard Foundation Award for Rising Star Chef.

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Bobby wanted a way out of nomination once he realized his wife was also nominated for the prestigious award, but the Foundation refused his withdrawal and Debra was named the winner, while the following year Bobby Flay won the same Award, and his wife presented him with it.

However, the two divorced in 1993, and two years later she married Greg Addonizio and moved to Connecticut with him. He helped her open Aux Delices, while they’ve welcomed three children together, sons Cole and Gray, and daughter Remy.

Debra Ponzek Ex-Husband, Bobby Flay Short Bio

Born Robert William Flay on 10 December 1964 in New York City, he’s the son of Bill Flay and his wife Dorothy Barbara (nee McGuirk).

Bobby grew up on the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan and is of Irish American ancestry.

From an early age, he knew he would become a chef, as he wanted an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas when he was just eight years old. However, his father thought that a G.I. Joe figure would be a more appropriate gift for young Bobby, but still, he got both gifts.

He left school at 17, and started building his skills as a chef at various restaurants, including at a pizza parlor, while he also worked at Baskin-Robbins ice cream and cake specialty shop-restaurants.

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After a while, he moved to work at Joe Allen Restaurant in Manhattan’s Theater District making salads; Joe was impressed by Bobby’s natural talents, and even paid for Bobby’s French Culinary Institute scholarship.

He obtained a degree and was one of the first to graduate from the class of 1984, and began working as a sous-chef.

After years of building knowledge in various kitchens, Bobby started running his own restaurants in the mid- ‘90s – one of his first was Mesa Grill in New York City, which operated from 1991 until 2013.

Some of his active restaurants at the moment include Mesa Grill in Las Vegas, then Bobby’s Burger Palace, which has opened in several locations, including Hanover, Maryland, Uncasville, Connecticut, and Atlanta, Georgia, among others.

Bobby is a television star as well, as he’s had several shows on the Food Channel and NBC, such as “America’s Next Great Restaurant”, “Boy Meets Grill”, “BBQ with Bobby Flay”, “Beat Bobby Flay”, and “Chopped”, among others.

He’s also an author, and some of his books are “Bobby Flay’s Bold American Food”, then “Bobby Flay’s Boy Gets Grill”, and “Bobby at Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen”, among others.

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After his divorce from Debra, Bobby married two more times. His second wife was Kate Connelly with whom he has a daughter Sophie; the two were married from 1995 to 1998, while his third wife was actress Stephanie March, a marriage lasting from 2005 to 2015.

He was also in a relationship with Canadian-American actress, writer, singer and dancer Helene Yorke from 2016 to 2019.

According to sources, Bobby Flay’s net worth has been estimated at around $60 million, as of early 2022.

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Etta Ng Chok Lam Wiki: Details About Jackie Chan’s Daughter

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Etta Ng Chok Lam is best known for being the estranged daughter of Jackie Chan, the result of his affair with Elaine Wu. Etta stirred a lot of controversy online after releasing a YouTube video in which she accuses her mother of homophobia.

Early life, family, educational background

Etta Ng Chok Lam was born on 19 November 1999, in Hong Kong. She was mostly raised by her mother, Elaine; Jackie Chan admitted everything about his relationship with the former beauty pageant winner, except responsibility for the child. Although Etta was raised solely by her mother, the two didn’t have a good relationship, Etta even claiming that her mother abused her.

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After Etta came out as a lesbian, her mother along most of her relatives disapproved of and disowned her. As a consequence, she dropped out of high school and was even homeless for a while.

Career

Little is known about Etta’s professional life. Aside from working her way to social media celebrity, we do not know whether she has another job or not.

Personal life, father Jackie Chan and wife Andi Autumn

Because she’s lesbian, Chinese society frowned upon her, and nobody helped her. In a YouTube video she posted, she mentions that she had to live under bridges because nobody would offer her any form of aid.

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Her family turned their back on her, as well as the local LGBTQ community, so she had to resort to asking for help online.

Regarding her relationship with her father, she stated in an interview in 2015 that she would never recognize Jackie as her father. Although he was unfair to her, she doesn’t feel resentment or hold any grudge against him, but concluded her statement saying that she doesn’t ever want to meet him.

Jackie Chan

World-renowned Jackie Chan, born Chan Kong-sang, is a Chinese actor, stuntman and director, best known for his unusual fighting style which is often both humorous and dangerous.

He first became famous in Asia, and then he brought kung fu films into mainstream in the US as well.

He was born into a poor family in Hong Kong. His parents moved to Canberra, Australia when he was six, but he was soon sent back to China to attend a very strict boarding school, which trained young people for jingxi. Until he was 17, he studied acrobatics, martial arts, mime and singing, skills which were essential in his later success.

Lo Wei, an independent film producer, hoped to find Bruce Lee’s successor, so he cast Jackie in several kung fu movies between 1976 and 1978. His first successful movies came only later, in which he developed his comedic fighting style: ‘Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow’ and ‘Drunken Master’. In 1979 he wrote his first film – ‘The Fearless Hyena’ – in which he also starred.

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The next year, he partnered with production company Golden Harvest, which he eventually transformed into Hong Kong’s largest film conglomerate, for the movie ‘The Young Master’. Afterwards, he tried to move into the international movie scene by switching from traditional martial arts to modern action and adventure movies. Thus, his stunt choreography and directing talent was showcased in the movies ‘Project A’ in 1983, and ‘Police Story’ in 1985. As his stunts became increasingly more dangerous, he almost died from a fall on the set of ‘Armour of God’ in 1986, which impaired his hearing and fractured his skull.

In the early 1990s, Jackie Chan finally became a well-known presence in the American movie market. In 1995 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from MTV, and by the end of the same year ‘Rumble in the Bronx’, a blockbuster, was released in the US, as well as some of his early work done in Hong Kong. His US success continued with the release of ‘Rush Hour’ in 1998, in which Jackie starred alongside Chris Tucker; they later released two sequels in 2001 and 2007.

In the past two decades, Jackie’s most notable roles have been in ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ in 2008, ‘Karate Kid’ in 2010, and ‘The Foreigner’ in 2017.

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He also did an astounding job as a voice actor in the popular animation film ‘Kung Fu Panda’ series, ‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature’, and in ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’. In 2016, Jackie Chan became the first Chinese actor to obtain an honorary Academy Award for his outstanding international career.

Andi Autumn

Andi Autumn is a Chinese online celebrity, born under the zodiac sign of Scorpio on 3 November 1987, known for her Barbie-like appearance and style. She has developed a large audience on Instagram, which has over 110,000 followers, but she also posts YouTube videos in which she acts like a doll.

After graduating from Westdale Secondary School, she went to McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Prior to meeting Etta Ng Chok Lam, her current partner, she had a relationship with Shui Hing Ho in 2008.

Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

It is not known whether Etta has any hobbies or not, as she’s been keeping her life out of the limelight since she moved to Canada. However, from the pictures of her that are uploaded online, it’s safe to assume that she likes posing and modeling.

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  • She was nicknamed ‘Little Dragon Girl’ by the press.
  • Etta’s mother Elaine Ng Yi-Lei admitted that she kept postponing a medical need of her daughter.
  • Elaine also stated that Etta struggled with emotional problems, and for a short period of time was undergoing psychological therapy.
  • Etta never received any financial support from Jackie, but it was reported that Elaine received generous amounts of money from him which were meant for his daughter.
  • Etta’s partner Andi Autumn is 12 years older than her.
  • Elaine and Andi often got into arguments, Etta’s mother even releasing almost nude pictures online of her daughter’s wife for a short while, before deleting them.

Appearance, clothing style

Etta Ng Chok Lam has black eyes, and is 5ft 7in (1.67m) tall and weighs about 132lbs (60kgs), but other details about her body measurements are currently unknown.

Net worth and salary

Etta Ng Chok Lam has an estimated net worth of $20,000, while her partner Andi Autumn has a reputed  net worth of $1.5 million. Their salaries are unknown, and it is also unknown whether either of them own a property.

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AFV’s Alfonso Ribeiro Wife Angela Unkrich Net Worth, Age, Wiki

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Angela Unkrich is an American writer, actress, blogger and social media celebrity, probably best known as the author of ‘My Mommyhood Tales’, and as American’s Funniest Home Videos host Alfonso Ribeiro.

Early life, family, educational background

Angela Unkrich was born on 4 February 1981, in Swedesburg, Henry County, Iowa USA. She grew up with her two brothers Brendon and Tyson on a hog and cattle farm, raised by their parents and Stanley and Valerie Sue Unkrich.

Angela attended Waco High School in Wayland, Iowa, where she excelled at diving, earning lots of accolades for her performances.

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Some of the titles she earned were Outstanding Diver of Iowa, All-state Performer, and Conference Athlete of the Year. She won the USA Diving State Championship and was a medal winner at the Iowa State Diving Championships. After graduating from high school, Angela enrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated with a BA in Communication Studies. While a university student, she continued to participate in several sports activities, including gymnastics, springboard diving, track events and basketball. Most notably, she was an important member of the university’s diving team, and the National Honor Society’s vice president.

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Career

After completing her studies, she went to Los Angeles where she had a variety of jobs, including a script writer assistant, private jet hostess, and diving coach.

It is worthy of mention that she has acting experience, as well. In 2002 she played in ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!’, in 2012 she was featured in ‘Home & Family’, and in 2019 she played the role of Alice in the short drama ‘Para Veronica (For Her)’.

After becoming a mother, she focused more on her writing and blogging career, and released the book ‘My Mommyhood Tales’ for which she received a lot of online attention and positive feedback.

Personal life, husband Alfonso Ribeiro

Angela Unkrich and Alfonso Ribeiro met in 2011 and after dating for only several months, became engaged in July 2012 and held their wedding on 13 October 2012, in Los Angeles at Burbank’s Lakeside Gold Club, packed with celebrities, including groomsman Will Smith, who was assisted by David Justice and Joey Fatone.

Angela is the proud mother of three children with her husband; Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro Jr. who they call AJ for short was born on 27 October 2013. Their second son named Anders Reyn was born on 30 April 2015, and they welcomed their third child Ava Sue, born on 13 May 2019.

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Besides her biological children, Angela is stepmother to Sienna Ribeiro, Alfonso’s first daughter who was born on 7 October 2003 by Robin Stapler, his first wife.

Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro was born on 21 September 1971 in The Bronx, New York City USA, and made his first appearance in show business at the age of eight. His first major childhood acting role came in the production of ‘The Tap Dance Kid’, for which he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. In 1984, he appeared as a dancer with Michael Jackson in a Pepsi commercial, and in the same year was cast in the TV series ‘Silver Spoons’ as Rick Schroder’s best friend.

In 1990, Alfonso scored his breakthrough role as Carlton Banks, Will Smith’s lead character in the TV series ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, and was in the show until 1996.

In 1994 he started voice acting in the ‘Spider-Man’ TV series, as Robbie Robertson and Randy Robertson. From 1996 to 1999 he played the role of Dr. Maxwell Stanton in ‘In the House’. Later, he was a competitive singer in ‘Celebrity Duets’, a reality TV show, in which he was the final victor over Lucy Lawless.

In 2008 he began hosting ‘Catch 21’ and on Game Show Network’s ‘GSN Live’.

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He also made several notable appearances, such as in ‘Things We Do for Love’, ‘Shake It Up’, ‘Big Time Rush’ and the game show ‘Spell-Mageddon’. In 2013 he made a guest appearance in ‘The Graham Norton Show’, in which he performed ‘The Carlton Dance’ with Jaden and Will Smith.

Since 2015, he has been hosting ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’. When the 31st season premiered in October 2020, the show was held with no live audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having resorted to a virtual one instead.

Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

Angela loves playing golf, taking on Do It Yourself projects, cooking, traveling and spending time with her family. She’s already traveled to more than 85 countries, and is eager to reach the three digits.

  • Alfonso Ribeiro is almost ten years older than Angela Unkrich.
  • The morning after their wedding, Alfonso posted a tweet describing his wife as “most incredible woman in the world”.
  • Angela was actively supporting her husband when he took part in the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ competition, which he also won.
  • She is very active on social media, especially on her Instagram, where she’s amassed more than 50,000 followers.
  • Angela loves baking, cupcakes being amongst her favorites.
  • She often posts on social media about her husband, making it clear that she loves and supports him unconditionally.
  • Her brother Brendan runs a scouts business.
  • Angela maintains a close relationship with Sienna, her stepdaughter, and doesn’t differentiate between her and the rest of her children.
  • In 2013, her husband appeared alongside her in the British reality TV show ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of here!’. He finished on seventh place.
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Appearance, clothing style

Angela has blonde hair, which complements her blue eyes. Her height is 5ft 3ins (1.60m) and her weight is 143.3lb (65kgs). She has a slim body shape, but the rest of the body measurements are currently unknown.

Net worth and salary

Angela Unkrich’s net worth hasn’t been disclosed, but her husband Alfonso Ribeiro’s wealth is estimated at over $7 million. This includes their home in Granada Hills, California, which alone is worth $1.94 million.

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