Beat Bobby Flay: Season 26
Season 26 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 25.
- 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 26 Progress Shield
Mustache Takeover
Dec 30, 2020 · 30 min
Chefs Saransh Oberoi and Tom Cuomo bring their skills and enviable moustaches to the kitchen to intimidate Bobby Flay on two levels; David Burtka and Donatella Arpaia are there to
25 Ingredients or Less
Jan 1, 2021 · 30 min
Food Network's Giada De Laurentiis brings in pal Meredith Vieira to try to beat Bobby Flay in 25 ingredients or less. Chefs Marcos Campos and Nicholas Poulmetis try not to slip up
Don't Be Salty
Jan 7, 2021 · 30 min
Bobby Flay makes a dangerous wager with The Kitchen's Geoffrey Zakarian and Sunny Anderson that may cost him the game. Chefs Sammy Monsour and Whitney Thomas are there to rub salt
Forecasting a Win
Jan 14, 2021 · 30 min
America's favorite weatherman, Al Roker, joins Food Network's Katie Lee to bring a torrential downpour on Bobby Flay's day. Chefs Maria Grubb and Justin Walker will be cooking up a
How You Bean
Jan 21, 2021 · 30 min
Food Network's Damaris Phillips and Sunny Anderson show up to light a torch under Bobby Flay's stove and set his kitchen ablaze. Chefs Brian Lopes and Jesse Wykle must highlight th
Blondes Have More Fun
Jan 28, 2021 · 30 min
Sara Haines tries to keep the winning streak alive when she teams up with Food Network's Anne Burrell to try to bring Bobby Flay down. Chefs Jonathan Dearden and Scott Drewno go he
Friday Night Bites
Feb 4, 2021 · 30 min
Ultracompetitive Food Network pals Amanda Freitag and Sunny Anderson team up to tackle, trounce and otherwise demolish Bobby Flay on an even playing field. Tampa chef Michael Butta
Who's the Boss
Feb 11, 2021 · 30 min
Actor and Food Network superfan Ben Rappaport teams up with Chopped judge Amanda Freitag for an extra special behind-the-scenes episode. Things get personal when two people who kno
It's All Gravy
Feb 18, 2021 · 30 min
Saturday Night Live's Ego Nwodim tag-teams with Bobby Flay's pal, Chef Michael Symon, to improvise their way to a win in Bobby's kitchen. Rock-star chefs Brandon Baltzley and Bill
Too Fly for Flay
Feb 25, 2021 · 30 min
Actress Nicole Ari Parker tries to build a winning empire as she teams up with The Kitchen's Sunny Anderson to take down Bobby Flay. Husband-and-wife chefs Julio Lazzarini and Jenn
Belly Up!
Mar 4, 2021 · 30 min
Meat masters Max Hosey and Ash Fulk go belly up for the star ingredient as they battle for a shot at Bobby Flay. Then things hit the next level when Bobby and Chef Claire Robinson
If I Dip, You Dip, We Dip
Mar 11, 2021 · 30 min
Legendary actress and funnywoman Ana Gasteyer has Bobby Flay in stitches as she and Bobby's pal Chef Josh Capon try to take him down. Bobby has to dip and dodge Ana's comedic barbs
You Made Your Bread, Now Eat It
Mar 18, 2021 · 30 min
Acclaimed chef Michael Voltaggio and TV host Jaymee Sire pair up to topple Bobby Flay. They bring in Yehuda Sichel and Remy Pettus, two young and hungry chefs hot on the path to ta
Power Trip
Mar 25, 2021 · 30 min
Actor Joseph Sikora of the series Power joins Michael Symon to bring the muscle into Bobby Flay's kitchen. They recruit superchefs Ian Rynecki and Ruth Wigman to put the squeeze on
A Berry Crazy Night
Apr 1, 2021 · 30 min
Food Network's Eddie Jackson and Anne Burrell hope to trip up Bobby Flay with some stellar competition. Things come down to the wire between chefs Nokee Bucayu and Jay Reifel, leav
Best in Snow
Apr 8, 2021 · 30 min
Food Network's Sunny Anderson and Christian Petroni set hearts and hearths ablaze as they try to snow in Bobby Flay for the season. Minnesota-native chefs Karyn Tomlinson and Erick
Veggin' Out
Apr 15, 2021 · 30 min
Bobby Flay brings out special guest, activist Beth Stern, along with Food Network's Katie Lee, for an all-vegetarian battle. Vegetarian chefs Cara Nance and Destiny Aponte are down
Flirting with Victory
Apr 22, 2021 · 30 min
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli gets an assist from actress Malin Akerman, who proves to be more of a distraction than Bobby Flay can handle. Chefs Andrew Bent and Alejandro Barrientos try
The Battle for Saratoga
Apr 29, 2021 · 30 min
Golf phenom Michelle Wie joins Food Network's Scott Conant to add a stroke to Bobby Flay's game. Saratoga, N.Y., chefs Jeannette Liebers and Chris Bonnivier are on the scene to mak