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Bobby Flay<\/a>, 60, is one proud papa! The longtime Food Network star’s 29-year-old daughter, Sophie Flay<\/a>, celebrated a major career milestone on Wednesday, Oct. 29, and Bobby took to the comments of her post with lots of praise.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s official!!” Sophie wrote while sharing the exciting news on Instagram<\/a>. “Honored to stay in the Disney\/ABC family and join ABC News as a correspondent and anchor for World News Now <\/em>and GMA First Look<\/em>, based in New York. Thank you, Los Angeles, for an amazing 11 years!” Sophie has served as a general assignment reporter at ABC7 in Los Angeles since March 2019, and was an intern for the program before that.<\/p>\n Related: Bobby Flay Reveals the One TV Chef He\u2019s Still Dying to Compete With<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Bobby couldn’t contain his pride, writing, “Proud as can be. Your work ethic and your desire to learn from your mentors has put you in this wonderful place of opportunity and importance. It’s a parent’s dream.”<\/p>\n Many of Bobby’s longtime friends and Food Network collaborators also sent their love, with frequent Beat Bobby Flay<\/em> guest Katie Lee Biegel<\/a> sharing three clapping emojis, chef Antonia Lofaso writing, “You are a force,” new Bobby’s Triple Threat <\/em>titan Ayesha Nurdjaja writing, “Congratulations!!!” and Halloween Wars <\/em>judge Aarti Sequeira adding, “Woah!!! That\u2019s huge!!! Congratulations Sophie!!!”<\/p>\n