In June Guideposts: Food TV’s Bobby Flay Tells How a Kid with No Goals Found the Path to Become a Celebrated Chef

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new June issue of Guideposts magazine features a cover story by renowned chef and restaurateur, Bobby Flay, who talks about important advice he got from his father when he was just starting out. Actually, he tells readers that he didn’t start out well at all. Bobby had dropped out of high school and that advice was more like a firm nudge from his father to go and get a job. In that straight-forward and knowing way that fathers can help their children find a path in life, Bobby’s dad knew best. That first job, as a restaurant busboy, led to entry-level jobs in the kitchen then on to cooking school and to Bobby realizing that he loved every minute of what he was doing. He graduated to work in some of New York’s most innovative kitchens and began opening his own restaurants, all the time with wise counsel from his father, his most trusted advisor. Bobby tells Guideposts readers how mentoring to a public vocational school cooking class became a great way to “pass it on” and help others discover those feelings of starting out to find your passion.

“Our readers love a great story and Guideposts stories really connect with readers because the person the story is about - even celebrities like Bobby Flay - actually tell their own true story in their own words”

June’s Guideposts continues its uplifting new series about people who are surviving and living with cancer with a story by nationally syndicated cartoonist Tom Batiuk. Creator of the comic strip, Funky Winkerbean, Tom took a favorite character, Lisa, he had drawn for over 35 years through cancer diagnosis, treatment, remission and recurrence in the strip – without revealing to his loyal readers how close it all hit to home. Stories that help round out Guideposts June issue include: a family farm that was started to give the crops away; why taking on the risk of restoring an historic hotel paid off for an Oregon couple; how her mother’s advice to “slap on a little lipstick” changed one woman’s attitude and her life; the emotional stress of loosing your twin; a Toy Story wedding; an inspired way to spice up the spice cabinet; where one woman found the will power to lose 150 pounds; one couple’s secret to 60 happy years of marriage; there are even a couple of great recipes from Bobby Flay for summer grilling; and much more. (To read more about these stories and others in this issue, please visit www.guidepostsmag.com).

“Our readers love a great story and Guideposts stories really connect with readers because the person the story is about - even celebrities like Bobby Flay - actually tell their own true story in their own words,” says Edward Grinnan, Guideposts Editor-in-Chief. Ranked #1 by a major national survey as “favorite magazine” overall for the past 6 years in a row and one of the top 25 magazines in America, Guideposts brings its popular, engaging, and life-changing true stories of hope and inspiration to millions of readers. Guideposts June issue is on sale at major retailers, food & drug chains, bookstores, newsstands, and other magazine outlets nationwide at a cover price of $2.99.

Guideposts’ stories reflect today’s culture, where the desire for a sense of hope and interest in spiritual well being has never been more important. Recognized for over 60 years as “America’s Source for Inspiration,” Guideposts contains articles, from everyday people and celebrities alike, covering topics such as: relationships, health issues, family, self-help, heroism, survival, and rescue. Regular departments and on-going series focus on subject like: Making Marriage Work, Health Breakthroughs, Caregivers, Communities in Action, Positive People, and Pets & Healing.