Nola Chefs Compete on Beat Bobby Flay

I’m more intrigued by what Flay’s was that won.

So, he made paella? Of course.

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I’ve always felt these competitions were rigged to Flay’s favor

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They are

Honestly it looked extremely dry. It was just seasoned crawfish on top of rice. The chef from Gris Gris made authentic etoufee that looked much better. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was rigged.

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Do the judges even know what true etoufee tastes like?

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One of them appeared to be from New Orleans or had a connection to the city. I doubt the others knew what it should taste like.

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Bobby probably made something non-traditional that was seasoned better.

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He definitely did not make a traditional dish. It did have different flavors. He had a green onion sauce on one side of the dish that was strange, but was probably tasty. The etouffee didn't have much sauce, but had a lot of crawfish. He made some garlic bread and mixed pureed crawfish into the butter mixture which was likely quite good. His dish had more eye appeal.

Eric's was more traditional, but when he was spooning the etouffee into the bowls, it was obvious that there weren't many crawfish in the sauce. It looked more like soup with not much crawfish. There were comments about the lack of crawfish and more of a one dimensional dish. Well, etouffee is sort of one dimensional. Eric topped the rice with some seared tasso for texture. It was not a very attractive bowl. He should have at least added some chopped green onion and maybe some fresh parsley not that I think it would have put him over the edge. It would have made for a better looking bowl, though, and I like the flavor of fresh green onion and parsley in etouffee.

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remember watching him lose a jambalaya challenge years ago, his version had mussels and chorizo

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Dumbass couldn't stop lifting the lid.

Thanks for sharing that episode. It was interesting. Honeydew melon as Bobby's ingredient for the 2 Louisiana chefs was challenging.

Kardea Brown said she was a Southern girl and potato salad and hard boiled eggs don't belong in gumbo. She's obviously not from far enough South. I suspect she was the lone vote for Bobby in spite of his crunchy dirty rice.