Beat Bobby Flay
2013
📺 42 Seasons
🎬 529 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
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Two talented chefs go head-to-head for the chance to Beat Bobby Flay. To get to Bobby the chefs must first face off against each other, creating a spectacular dish with a secret ingredient of Bobby's choice. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Jeff Mauro know Bobby's strengths and his weaknesses. Their goal: Pick the chef who has the skills to take down Bobby Flay in his own arena. The winning chef gets to challenge Bobby with his or her surprise signature dish. If Bobby goes down, the winner can tell the world, "I beat Bobby Flay!"
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Seasons
Season 1
Chefs Sarah Grueneberg and Alberico Nunziata go head-to-head for the chance to Beat Bobby Flay. To get to Bobby, the chefs must first face-off against each other, creating a dish with an ingredient of Bobby's choice.
Season 2
Crab Claw King, Andy Saintange, stands against tattooed butcher, Bruce Kalman, in the battle of the big men. Chopped judges Scott Conant and Geoffrey Zakarian will decide which chef gets the chance to take down Bobby in his own backyard.
Season 3
Chopped's Ted Allen and Amanda Freitag stop by the arena with one goal in mind: Beat Bobby Flay! Italian-born chef Patrick D'Andrea takes on Canadian chef Rob Feenie for the chance to stare down the master.
Season 4
The powerhouse duo of Giada De Laurentiis and Michael Symon team up once again to take down their "friend" Bobby Flay. Global chef David deCastro takes on Japanese-born chef Taichi Kitamura, for the honor to take on the champion in his house.
Season 5
The stars align when Food Network Star alum Damaris Phillips teams up with Chopped veteran Alex Guarnaschelli in this battle of culinary gladiators. New England bad boy Will Gilson brings his modern cuisine against the fusion fare of Navy vet, Chef Lawrence Males.
Season 6
Scott Conant and Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott welcome two contenders who have visited Bobby Flay's house, but left with a sour taste in their mouths. Texan Blythe Beck brings back her bold Southern cuisine, while New York's Angelo Sosa comes armed with his Dominican flair. Only one will get the chance to silence their Beat Bobby Flay demons.
Season 7
Comedian Judy Gold teams up with The Kitchen co-host Katie Lee for the chance to poke fun at their dear friend Bobby Flay. Las Vegas titan, Chef Alex Stratta, and Iranian chef Houman Gohary aren't here to play games as they compete with the hopes to take on Bobby, but who will have the last laugh?
Season 8
This might be Bobby Flay's house, but that doesn't mean he knows what's around every corner! Three of Bobby's closest friends are playing by his rules just to take him down, as Chefs Alex Guarnaschelli and Michael Symon go head-to-head in the arena and Katie Lee leads the charge.
Season 9
The Kitchen's Sunny Anderson stirs up trouble in Bobby's kitchen, and she's got the dream team to back her up. Anne Burrell and Scott Conant know Bobby's weaknesses better than anyone else, and take matters into their own hands.
Season 10
TV food stylist Jackie Rothong takes on Italian-born Matteo Boffo, each hoping to send the other one packing early. Food Network's Scott Conant and reality star entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel must decide who actually gets a shot at Bobby Flay.
Season 11
Nostalgia is in the air as Chopped judge Amanda Freitag and The Chew's Carla Hall aim to put an end to Bobby Flay's golden era. They've called in butcher Charles Bauer and top Miami chef Todd Erickson to get the job done. Who's got the old-school skills to become the new star of Bobby's arena?
Season 12
Ted Allen and actress Debi Mazar welcome two contenders who competed on Iron Chef America, but lost by one point. Chef Todd Stein faced Bobby Flay in battle mussels, while chef Paul Virant took on Iron Chef Morimoto. Now they're here to settle the score once and for all!
Season 13
Food Network vet Alton Brown and Travel Channel host Adam Richman know losing is never sweet. To ensure that doesn't happen, they've brought in pastry chefs Josh Johnson and Dana Cree, who both want the sweet rush of victory!
Season 14
Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli and comedian Bobby Moynihan team up, but beating Bobby Flay is no joking matter. They're bringing in Beantown chef Marcellus Coleman and Bobby's number one fan, Lionel Haeberle, to slay the Flay.
Season 15
Things get blown out of proportion when Food Network's Sunny Anderson and Ginormous Food's Josh Denny bring the big guns to town. Larger-than-life chef Harold Baker and seafood guru Tony Minadakis are in the arena for a chance to beat Bobby Flay.
Season 16
Life's not always a beach as Beach Bites' Katie Lee and Food Network Star's Giada De Laurentiis raise the limbo bar to decide whether smokehouse master Ashbell McElveen or California's own John Cox should take on BBQ master Bobby Flay.
Season 17
The script is flipped and judgment is passed when Beat Bobby Flay judges Michael Psilakis and Seamus Mullen step up to take Bobby down themselves. Food Network's Marcus Samuelsson and Sunny Anderson decide which chef can push Bobby to his limit.
Season 18
French chefs Laurent Zirotti and Eric Damidot go head to head in the arena, and Food Network's Geoffrey Zakarian and Damaris Phillips choose the chef who has what it takes to say au revoir to Bobby Flay.
Season 19
It's a case of sibling rivalry as brothers and chefs Steve and Brian Redzikowski go head-to-head for the chance to take down Bobby Flay; Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy and chef Alex Guarnaschelli decide which brother is the chosen one to face Bobby.
Season 20
"Chopped" host Ted Allen and Food Network's Damaris Phillips try to rewrite history; attempting to make Bobby Flay's domination a thing of the past are Southern heirloom chef Paul Fehribach and spunky pan-Asian chef Sara Nguyen.
Season 21
The chips are all in when world-traveled chef Philippe Haddad meets New York's Chef Melissa O'Donnell. It's up to Scott Conant and Geoffrey Zakarian to place their bets on the chef who they think can beat Bobby Flay.
Season 22
English chef Ian Winslade and Southern chef Geoff Rhyne must get through the challenges of the star ingredient before they can have a proper smackdown against Bobby Flay. Valerie Bertinelli and Clinton Kelly are along for all the fun and smack talk Bobby can handle.
Season 23
Actor and comedian Mikey Day teams up with Katie Lee, which means double trouble for Bobby Flay as they try to distract him into losing. Asian whiz Minnie Nguyen and Southern expert Adam Hodgson both have one goal: secure a win against Bobby.
Season 24
The stakes are high, as Chef Josh Capon and Katie Lee take a shot at Bobby.
Season 25
The BBQ princess, Leslie Roark Scott, goes up against the queen of pork, Jess DeSham Timmons, for a chance to grill Bobby Flay. Racecar driving legend Danica Patrick and Food Network's Eddie Jackson try to wave the checkered flag on Bobby’s victory lap.
Season 26
Chefs Saransh Oberoi and Tom Cuomo bring their skills and enviable moustaches to the kitchen to intimidate Bobby Flay on two levels; David Burtka and Donatella Arpaia are there to cheer them on and perhaps convince Bobby to grow some facial hair.
Season 27
Actress Lela Loren, star of Power, pairs up with Bobby Flay's pal Michael Symon to try to get Bobby to power down in his own kitchen. International chefs Lien Lin and Hamidullah Noori attempt to throw Bobby a curve ball with a dish he's never heard of.
Season 28
Chopped judge Alex Guarnaschelli teams up with Chopped Sweets judge Elizabeth Chambers to give Bobby Flay some bittersweet memories. They recruit chefs Leanne Mascoli and Melanie Moss, who are sweet on walking away with a win.
Season 29
Comedian JB Smoove teams up with Michael Symon to give Bobby Flay the funny business. Chefs Mia Castro and Brandon Carter aren't here for laughs -- it's serious business in the kitchen as they try to take Bobby down.
Season 30
Jaymee Sire and Jeff Mauro bring the energy to wear Bobby Flay down. Chefs Laura Gonzalez and Steven Lingenfelter try to take advantage while Jeff and Jaymee distract Bobby.
Season 31
Things get feisty in the kitchen when chefs Jarod Farina and Andrew McQuesten start talking smack. Food Network's Eddie Jackson and Buddy Valastro keep up the razzing to throw Bobby Flay off his game.
Season 32
Flay competes against a who’s who of chefs. For this six episode event series, the competition is expanded to three rounds as Flay teams up with one of the chefs that was just trying to defeat him. First, two of Flay’s chef friends will compete to see who will face off against a third chef waiting in the wings. The winner of that second round will then go on to battle Flay with each one picking one of the eliminated chefs as their sous chef.
Season 33
Two of Bobby Flay's best pals become his worst nightmare. The dynamic duo of Alex Guarnaschelli and Anne Burrell use all their powers to bring chefs Alison Settle and Kevin Scharpf a win.
Season 34
The Food Network family is challenging Bobby Flay to face his worst holiday nightmares. In each supersized hour, familiar faces battle it out to choose the final challenge and pick the teams in this epic holiday throwdown!
Season 35
"The Kitchen" co-hosts Sunny Anderson and Geoffrey Zakarian come together to escort chefs Paddy Coker and Greg Lutes down the red carpet and snub Bobby Flay along the way.
Season 36
Surf's up, but Bobby Flay's going down when Jet Tila and Jesse Palmer lead a summertime jam with chefs Demetrius Brown and Pablo Lamon.
Season 37
Eddie Jackson kicks off the holiday season with a turkey-less Thanksgiving celebration. Chefs Christian Petroni, Adrienne Cheatham and Michael Voltaggio show Bobby Flay that the side dishes are the stars on this year's dining table.
Season 38
Resident Chopped judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Marc Murphy band together with chefs Daniel Le and Michael Michaelidis to teach Bobby Flay a thing or two about lobster
Season 39
Michael Symon and writer Christina Perez hype up chefs Saba Wahid Duffy and Juan Carlos Aparicio to Bobby Flay as they duke it out with a fishy ingredient
Season 40
Scott Conant and Anne Burrell impress Bobby Flay with their good hair and their skilled competitors, chefs Dave Hadley and Kat Turner.
Season 41
Jeff Mauro is here to prove that on Thanksgiving, the bird rules the roost! He enlists chefs Aarti Sequeira, Kelsey Barnard Clark and Andrew Zimmern to serve up bold flavors, bigger personalities and plenty of trash talk -- because this turkey day, only one chef will carve out a victory!
Cast
Crew
Director
Peter J. Babington, Matthew Bartley
Producer
Kirsty Nordal, Kim Martin, Katie Renda Blinn
Network
Food Network
Production
Rock Shrimp Productions, Embassy Row
Keywords
cooking