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''Beat Bobby Flay'' is an American cooking competition show on the
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. It features various chefs competing against
Bobby Flay Robert William Flay (born December 10, 1964), is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and reality television personality. Flay is the owner and executive chef of several restaurants and franchises, including Bobby's Burger Palace, Bobby's ...
. 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 402 competitions, Bobby Flay's win–loss record is 250-152 (a 62.2% win percentage). The presentation of ''Beat Bobby Flay'' borrows from
boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
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 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 abilities as 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 he or she gets to tell everyone that they Beat Bobby Flay. If Bobby wins, he talks about the contestant's loss.


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


References


External links

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