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''Beat Bobby Flay'' is an American cooking competition show on the
Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, who manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both televi ...
. It features various chefs competing against
Bobby Flay Robert William "Bobby" Flay (born December 10, 1964) is an American celebrity chef, food writer, restaurateur, and Television presenter, television personality. Flay is the owner and Chef de cuisine, executive chef of several restaurants and fr ...
. The show is taped in front of a live audience.


Format

In the first round, two guests, often a celebrity chef and a friend of Flay, introduce two contestants who cook for 20 minutes against each other using an ingredient chosen by Flay. The guests then determine who cooked the better dish and will face Flay in the second round. The winning contestant then chooses a dish for both the contestant and Flay to cook in the second round which lasts for 45 minutes. The winner of the second round is determined by three judges in a blind taste test. Through 491 competitions, Bobby Flay's record for the show is 307-184, a win percentage of . The presentation of ''Beat Bobby Flay'' borrows from
boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
matches, with a
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rung to indicate the start of rounds and mild or humorous
trash talking Trash talk is a form of spoken insult usually found in sports events, although it is not exclusive to sports or similarly characterized events. It is often used to intimidate the opposition and/or make them less confident in their ability to win ...
by Flay, competing chefs and guest judges. During both rounds, the celebrity judges will periodically walk into the cooking area to talk to each chef about their strategy; in the second round, they will also make light-hearted attempts to distract Flay. At the end of each episode, if the contestant wins, then they get to tell everyone that they Beat Bobby Flay. If Bobby wins, he makes a felicitous joke as he runs off the set.


Episodes


Season 1


Season 2


Season 3


Season 4


Season 5


Season 6


Season 7


Season 8


Season 9


Season 10


Season 11


Season 12


Season 13


Season 14


Season 15


Season 16


Season 17


Season 18


Season 19


Season 20


Season 21


Season 22


Season 23


Season 24


Season 25


Season 26


Season 27


Season 28


Season 29


Season 30


Season 31


Season 32


Season 33


Season 34


Season 35


Season 36


Season 37


Season 38


Season 39


References


External links

* {{Food Network series 2013 American television series debuts 2010s American cooking television series Food Network original programming Television series about chefs