"Beat Bobby Flay"

i mean his specialty is southwest cuisine

Most people underestimate or can't comprehend how good/talented a professional chef is.

He's good, but his abrasive personality is why everyone challenged him on Iron Chef and why they build shows around people wanting to punk him.

Just watched him lose to a personal chef. She challenged him to chicken curry.

I think you are talking about Katie Lee. Billy Joel's ex wife. That West Virginia woman is hot!

To the OP. Yes I think Flay is that good. He does lose from time to time though. Pastries and desserts throw him for a loop and stuff he's never cooked all that much before. I saw him lose both on tacos and on eggs rancheros which for sure is in his Southwestern wheelhouse. But I've seen him win when the other chef had to basically tell him what the dish they were cooking actually was. Flay and probably all those Iron Chef types are masters at developing good flavor out of everything from a lobster to an old shoe.

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Yea Beat Bobby Flay should be called "how I beat Bobby Flay." Pick an obscure dish and get really good at it.

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The problem is that if you go too obscure, the judges may not know what it is supposed to taste like and then you throw away your advantage of picking the dish.

Flay went down last night on seafood corn dogs. That's the kind of stuff that trips him up is something oddball like that where the other chef makes that dish daily.

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and is an Iron Chef

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I would agree that Bobby Flay is one of the best right now, but this is not an indicator of that. Iron Chef America is a shell of the original Iron Chef. Back when it was the Asian production, being an Iron Chef was a legit statement of credibility. The American version does not empower that kind of reference.

Bobby Flay is an American Iron Chef, but he's not an Iron Chef. That's not to say he isn't good enough to have been one.

so me and bobby flay, jeff probst and cubes.....

Whats this guys deal?