Episode
Beat Bobby Flay: So Many Obstacles
Overview
Chef Anne Burrell and Olympian Apolo Ohno are ready to compete as they pit Italian chef Michele Castelli against New England chef Brian Miller. It's up to them to pick the strongest culinary athlete they think can torch Bobby Flay!
Details
- Series
- Beat Bobby Flay
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2016-08-04
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
So Many Obstacles is Episode 8 in Season 9 of Beat Bobby Flay. It aired on 2016-08-04. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 7: Stop, Drop and Roll
The arena is on fire when Iranian competition junkie Kevin Naderi and Polish-Italian chef Mark Vecchitto aim to face off with Bobby in round two. Choosing the finest are New York City bad boys, TV personality Donny Deutsch and The Kitchen co-host Geoffrey Zakarian.
Episode 9: Who's Got This in the Bag?
It's personal for Maine restaurateur Mark Gaier, who's here to redeem his partner's prior loss to Bobby Flay, but chef and caterer Christopher Covelli isn't going down without a fight. Here to pick sides are Bobby's frenemies, Extra Virgin co-host and actress Debi Mazar and Cutthroat Kitchen judge Jet Tila.
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