Throwdown with Bobby Flay
Chef Bobby Flay is on a secret mission: to challenge the absolute masters in different kinds of cooking. In each episode, one of these cooks thinks Food Network is shooting their profile for a show. What they don't know is that Bobby is going to drop in for a surprise visit and challenge them to an unexpected cook-off.
- 2006-2011
- 9 seasons
- Food Network
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Chef Bobby Flay is on a secret mission: to challenge the absolute masters in different kinds of cooking. In each episode, one of these cooks thinks Food Network is shooting their profile for a show. What they don't know is that Bobby is going to drop in for a surprise visit and challenge them to an unexpected cook-off.
Season 9 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2011
Episode 3
Fried Chicken
Wed, Jan 26, 2011 21 mins
A fried-chicken challenge against Gillian Clark, owner of the "General Store and Post Office Tavern" in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Episode 4
Moussaka
Wed, Feb 2, 2011 22 mins
Greek chef Diane Kochilas makes moussaka, that even the Greek gods would envy.
Episode 5
Mini Cupcakes
Wed, Feb 9, 2011 21 mins
It's a mini-cupcake Tinseltown Throwdown when Bobby heads west, to Los Angeles, to challenge William "Chip" Brown, owner of "Big Man Bakes".
Episode 6
Salmon Chowder
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 21 mins
Chet and Dan's customers are hooked on their delicious Salmon Chowder. A cook-off is held in Seattle's famous Pike Place Market.
Episode 7
Grinders
Wed, Feb 23, 2011 22 mins
In Philadelphia, local sandwich maestro Peter McAndrews puts his famous "Paesano" grinder up against Bobby Flay.
Episode 8
Vegetable Lasagna
Wed, Mar 2, 2011 21 mins
Bobby comes knocking for a vegetable lasagna throwdown against sisters Christine and Carla Pallotta, co-owners of "Nebo" restaurant and wine bar, in Boston.
Episode 9
Fried Green Tomato BLT
Wed, Mar 16, 2011 21 mins
Will Bobby's sandwich be built BLT-tough or will it be a fried green flop? He challenges Atlanta-based chef Nick Melvin to find out.
Episode 10
Key Lime Pie
Wed, Mar 23, 2011 21 mins
Key Lime Pie gurus, Jim Brush and Alison Sloat, owners of the "Key West Key Lime Pie Co., face off against Bobby Flay.
Episode 12
Baked Alaska
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 21 mins
Whose dish will hold up to the heat in this Baked Alaska Throwdown? Bobby or Brooklyn chef Saul Bolton?
Episode 13
Fondue
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 21 mins
It's fondue or "fon-don't" time for Bobby Flay in this "Fondue Throwdown". He faces Didier Pawlicki, owner of acclaimed New York City eatery, "La Sirene".