Brooke Williamson Talks Ring from Bobby Flay (Unique)

Brooke Williamson is sharing her response to a particular reward from boyfriend Bobby Flay.

Final week, Flay posted an Instagram photograph of the Sunkissed Cooking writer’s hand in her jean pocket and an enormous diamond ring protruding, writing merely, “it’s informal.”

Talking with PEOPLE on the Grand Tasting: After Darkish introduced by Montchevre Goat Cheese on the New York Metropolis Wine and Meals Competition on Saturday, Oct. 18, Williamson says “there’s not an enormous story behind” the ring.

“He is a really beneficiant, great, romantic man and it was a extremely considerate reward and that is what it’s,” she explains.

Williamson, who was co-hosting the culinary occasion with Flay on the Invesco QQQ Competition Campus within the Seaport, additionally weighed in on why the pair’s relationship works.

“I believe respect and friendship and a deep understanding of who one another are,” she says, including, “Foundational respect for one another.”

The couple took the stage halfway by the celebration after which led the group in a dance social gathering, throughout which they even shared a kiss.

Williamson advised PEOPLE she was most trying ahead to the dancing through the occasion, which featured music from DJ Tokyo Rose, Flay’s private favourite.

“I really like to bop,” she mentioned. “Bobby loves to bop.”

Whereas Flay’s Oct. 14 photograph of the diamond ring he gave Williamson initially sparked engagement rumors, eagle-eyed followers had been fast to level out that the ring was on her proper hand per the tattoos seen within the shot.

A supply near the couple confirmed to PEOPLE that they aren’t engaged.

“It was a present from Bobby,” the supply mentioned of the ring. “I’ve by no means seen them happier and they’re totally dedicated to 1 one other.”

The 2 celeb cooks went public with their romance in March.

“They’ve been pals for some time and just lately determined to leap in,” a supply advised PEOPLE on the time. “Her divorce final 12 months in all probability gave them some extra shared experiences and over the previous couple of weeks, love bloomed.” 

Within the months since, they’ve been seen kissing on the U.S. Open and spending Williamson’s forty seventh birthday collectively.

Flay opened up about their relationship in an interview with PEOPLE in June, saying, “I have been pals with Brooke eternally.”

He additionally mirrored on the similarities the 2 Meals Community personalities share.

“I really like working with Brooke,” he mentioned. “We now have so much in widespread. We’re very fortunate. We’re each cooks. We each have youngsters. We’re each dad and mom.”

Williamson has a son, Hudson, from her earlier marriage to Nick Roberts, and Flay has a daughter, Sophie Flay, from his marriage to Kate Connelly.  

“We’re each within the restaurant enterprise,” Flay added. “We now have tons to speak about by way of the issues that we like to do apart from simply go and have dinner each on occasion. So it has been actually nice. And one of many issues I actually like about being in a relationship with Brooke is that she’s nice to bounce issues off of. Like we ask one another’s opinion about issues that we’re doing meals clever or restaurant clever or enterprise clever, on a regular basis. So it is very nice to have form of a finest buddy that you simply’re relationship that can be useful answering the questions that you’ve.”