Throwdown with Bobby Flay: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Chef Bobby Flay is on a secret mission to challenge the absolute masters in one kind of cooking - award winning BBQers, bakers, pizza makers and more - some with a roomful of trophies to prove it. In each episode, one of these cooks thinks Food Network is shooting their profile for a show. What they don't know is that Bobby is going to drop in for a surprise visit and challenge them to an unexpected cook-off. Since they're in their element and Bobby's out of his, prepare for an exciting, tension-filled competition.

Series details

• Title: Throwdown with Bobby Flay
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2006-07-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-04-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Food Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17784
• IMDb ID: tt0803086
• TVDB ID: 112581

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-07-13; final listed air date 2007-01-24; episode order: 15.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-02-08; final listed air date 2007-07-12; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2007-08-05; final listed air date 2008-02-23; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2008-01-27; final listed air date 2008-05-25; episode order: 12.
• Season 5: premiered 2008-07-01; final listed air date 2009-01-28; episode order: 13.
• Season 6: premiered 2009-03-04; final listed air date 2009-07-29; episode order: 13.
• Season 7: premiered 2009-09-09; final listed air date 2010-03-17; episode order: 12.
• Season 8: premiered 2010-06-02; final listed air date 2010-12-08; episode order: 12.
• Season 9: premiered 2010-12-22; final listed air date 2011-04-13; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

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