Beat Bobby Flay: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Beat Bobby Flay Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Red Hot
Apr 19, 2018 · 21 min
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 Californ
Worldly Ways
Apr 26, 2018 · 21 min
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
Sticky Situation
May 3, 2018 · 21 min
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 Vallado
Sprung a Leek
May 10, 2018 · 21 min
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 Nakaji
Stealing the Spotlight
May 17, 2018 · 21 min
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 h
Grill Me
May 24, 2018 · 21 min
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.
Eye of the Tiger
May 31, 2018 · 21 min
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 co
Food Star Face Off
Jun 7, 2018 · 21 min
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
Beauty and the Beast
Jun 14, 2018 · 21 min
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
Skirting By
Jun 21, 2018 · 21 min
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 N
Blast from the Past
Jun 28, 2018 · 21 min
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 ba
Hit Him Again
Jul 5, 2018 · 21 min
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 Ba