Why Was Bobby Flay at the Scene of January Jones' SUV Crash?

Rep sheds some light on TV chef's cameo appearance in Mad Men star's SUV debacle

By Whitney English Jun 11, 2010 7:10 PMTags
January Jones, Bobby FlayLarry Busacca/WireImage; Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images

Who knew January Jones had her own celebrity chef willing to make personal calls?

A rep for Food Network star Bobby Flay confirms to E! News that the TV kitchenmeister had a costarring role in the Mad Men star's SUV crash last night.

What exactly is the Flay-Jones connection?

According to his publicist, Jennifer Baum, he was watching the Lakers-Celtics game with Jones and a group of friends earlier in the evening at the London West Hollywood Hotel. 

Flay witnessed Jones drink a beer but did not know how much she drank, Baum tells E! News.

Police have said there were no signs that alcohol or drugs were involved when Jones slammed her Range Rover into several parked cars, and she wasn't cited. Jones blamed the crash on paparazzi, but so far police haven't been able to corrorborate her story, and no pictures of the accident have surfaced in any of the major photo agencies.

So why exactly did Flay enter the fray?

Baum says Flay only met Jones once, and gave her his number because she said she wants to remodel her kitchen.

After crashing her car, Jones called Flay for help and Baum says he went to the scene to see if she was OK.

OK?