Beat Bobby Flay - Season 16

First aired: 4/19/2018 12 episodes

Episodes

1. Red Hot

Aired: 4/19/2018

Life's not always a beach as Beach Bites' Katie Lee and Food Network Star's Giada De Laurentiis raise the limbo bar to decide whether smokehouse master Ashbell McElveen or California's own John Cox should take on BBQ master Bobby Flay.

2. Worldly Ways

Aired: 4/26/2018

The Kitchen's out-of-this-world host Sunny Anderson and world-traveler Andrew Zimmern join forces to get world-renowned chef Bobby Flay beat. They handpick Brooklyn's finest Jared Forman and Italian master chef Fabio Viviani to deliver the win.

3. Sticky Situation

Aired: 5/3/2018

The competition sweetens up when pastry chefs Clarice Lam and Avery Ruzicka heat up the ovens for the chance to take on Bobby Flay. Iron Chef Michael Symon and Chef Marcela Valladolid use their sweet tooth expertise to choose their champion.

4. Sprung a Leek

Aired: 5/10/2018

It's all niceties when Food Network's Damaris Phillips and Amanda Freitag team up to take down their good friend Bobby Flay. They've brought in Japanese cuisine master Shota Nakajima and the voice of all things culinary, Chef Jamie Gwen, to dish up a mean victory.

5. Stealing the Spotlight

Aired: 5/17/2018

Legendary Chef Ina Garten brings along Tony Award-winning Laura Benanti to steal Bobby Flay's spotlight. Accomplished restaurateur Ed Schoenfeld and NYC's fiery Paulette Goto are here to take the lead and show Bobby he's the understudy.

6. Grill Me

Aired: 5/24/2018

Beach Bites' Katie Lee and actor Mekhi Phifer grill Louisiana's Chef Nathan Gresham and Arizona's Chef Lisa Dahl to determine who can smoke Bobby Flay.

7. Eye of the Tiger

Aired: 5/31/2018

Animal instincts run high as Chopped's Alex Guarnaschelli and Food Network star Eddie Jackson keep an eagle eye on Nashville chef Dale Levitski and Indian-born Manish Tyagi. The competitors bring their best as they vie for the chance to sink their claws into Bobby Flay.

8. Food Star Face Off

Aired: 6/7/2018

Anne Burrell knows a star in the making, and legend Patti LaBelle is a star herself, so together they champion two former Food Network Star competitors, Viet Pham and Dom Tesoriero, as they fight for the chance to go head-to-head with their former mentor, Bobby Flay.

9. Beauty and the Beast

Aired: 6/14/2018

The arena gets a facelift when New York City's small but mighty chef Deb Caplan takes on Beantown's Nicholas Lisotto. Chopped's Scott Conant teams up with actress and model Olivia Culpo to show Bobby Flay that he's not quite ready for his close-up.

10. Skirting By

Aired: 6/21/2018

It's an East Coast battle when Rhode Island's Robert Sisca and Atlantic City's Michael Brennan duke it out in the kitchen. Born and bred New Yorker and actress Susie Essman joins New Jersey transplant Sunny Anderson to taste and decide who will go up against New York City boy, Bobby Flay.

11. Blast from the Past

Aired: 6/28/2018

Bobby Flay is haunted when Amanda Freitag and Katie Lee bring two ghosts from his past to the arena. Allison Fasano, Bobby's former sous chef, and Executive Chef Paul Del Favero battle for the right to give Bobby a fright!

12. Hit Him Again

Aired: 7/5/2018

Food Network's Scott Conant and TV host Daphne Oz both believe in second chances, so they're bringing the "King of Southern Comfort Food," Thomas Boemer, and Brooklyn's Chef Bao Bao back for a rematch and a chance to steal Bobby Flay's throne.