Flynn McGarry

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. His parents built a kitchen in his bedroom to help him practice and installed a vacuum sealer, induction burners, a binchōtan grill and an immersion circulator. inspired in part by his international travels.

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 on the Lower East Side. 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 Los Angeles, Barcelona, London, Paris and Copenhagen.

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

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