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Fan Life => The Endzone Dive => Topic started by: steve dave on August 10, 2009, 08:04:37 AM
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I used to really love the old Iron Chef Japan but am really digging Iron Chep America as well. With ICJ the food was really WTF a lot of the time which had it's positives and negatives. Pisses me off that Marimoto is never picked on ICA though. I get about 3 each of Cora/Flay/Batali/Symon for every one Marimoto :curse:
:party:
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Also, the chairman is LMAO over the top in the intros. Love the sound effects when he turns his head quickley and how deathly serious he tries to sound when discussing the battle with the challenger before he picks the Iron Chef. :lol:
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is there a worse chef than batli? this viewer thinks not. take your crocs and go home weirdo.
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is there a worse chef than batli? this viewer thinks not. take your crocs and go home weirdo.
Always buttering up the judges with drinks or something during the battle. Hey, redbeard, get to cooking :curse:
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Ate at Mesa Grill strictly because I like Bobby Flay on Iron Chef. Highly recommend if you are in NYC or Vegas.
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Ate at Mesa Grill strictly because I like Bobby Flay on Iron Chef. Highly recommend if you are in NYC or Vegas.
batali is basically "woooheee. gabba, gabba. look ats me. ima making some fooda here. yippe squipy. gooba gaba. ima crazy guy look at me and my crazy clown shoes. food making is fun, no?" and flay is just like "ok. here's some food stuff that i'm doing. peppers. later." flay wins.
quick game here iron chef fans. i've posted 7 pictures below. six of them are iron chef batali and one of them is not. see if you can spot the imposter. warning: this is hard.
(http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/secondhelpings/uploaded_images/mariodelaware-759435.jpg)
(http://www.mariobatali.com/images/Mario_holding_Croc.jpg)
[imghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TGVDAXedmrI/SANCRqTEFPI/AAAAAAAAB8o/jhTDjrEKFu4/s400/Mario+Batali+con+las+Crocks.jpg[/img]http://(http://www.sportressofblogitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mario-batali.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XCzeB8APRao/Sbq-Mzx1WgI/AAAAAAAAAH8/XUzS8zWNskA/s320/batali-croc.jpg)
(http://www.halogenlife.com/shared_assets/images/0003/3400/cat-look-stupid-crocs.jpg)
(http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/secondhelpings/uploaded_images/mario-batali-755860.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qly0pa1HX-s/SdlXB7NuJpI/AAAAAAAAA0w/cHjowVDpq8o/s400/mario.jpg)
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LOL
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That is awesome.
Symon rocked it hard last night. Beat him by 5 points, all in the taste category. It seems that's where the IC always comes prepared.
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That is awesome.
Symon rocked it hard last night. Beat him by 5 points, all in the taste category. It seems that's where the IC always comes prepared.
Love that awesome judge that just slams people.
Symon: It was my greek heritage coming through in love of some herb (or something)
Judge smarty pants: Or was it your Cleveland heritage coming through in your love of overcooked fish? (or something)
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That comment he made was pretty funny. He probably would make me cry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Steingarten
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I read an article on Mario Batali lately that made me rethink my dislike of him and now I am a fan. These are the main points
–Spent most of a key internship in London under Marco Pierre-White allegedly fired up on cocaine while attending Joy Division concerts.
–Would polish off a case of wine at a time with his business partner Joe Bastianich during a single meal.
–Was, in his day, a highly successful ladies’ man despite his girth.
–Quoted from Heat about his tenure at the pizza cafe Stuff Yer face: “I don’t want to come off as a big druggy, but when a guy comes into the kitchen with a pizza pan turned upside down, covered with lines of crack, how can you say no?”
–Banned noted chef and dick Gordon Ramsay from his restaurants.
–Fond of hog jowl, offal, parts, and other delicious entrails and discard meats.
–From Wikipedia: “Often, the chef’s mouth and drinking habits get him into trouble, like when at the 2009 South Beach Food & Wine Festival, as the MC for a $1,000-a-plate dinner honoring the King & Queen of Spain the Miami Herald reported Batali releasing a string of profanities while on stage introducing Spanish chef Jose Andreas, and then proceeding to dry-hump Andreas. ”
While he is still my least fav to watch cook on ICA, I am now a fan.
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Also, the chairman is LMAO over the top in the intros. Love the sound effects when he turns his head quickley and how deathly serious he tries to sound when discussing the battle with the challenger before he picks the Iron Chef. :lol:
You talking about this guy? Sucky movie, but it also stars a young Alyssa Milano, it's worth watching just because of that.
(http://www.bucketmovies.com/images/double-dragon-main11.jpg)
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I read an article on Mario Batali lately that made me rethink my dislike of him and now I am a fan. These are the main points
–Spent most of a key internship in London under Marco Pierre-White allegedly fired up on cocaine while attending Joy Division concerts.
–Would polish off a case of wine at a time with his business partner Joe Bastianich during a single meal.
–Was, in his day, a highly successful ladies’ man despite his girth.
–Quoted from Heat about his tenure at the pizza cafe Stuff Yer face: “I don’t want to come off as a big druggy, but when a guy comes into the kitchen with a pizza pan turned upside down, covered with lines of crack, how can you say no?”
–Banned noted chef and dick Gordon Ramsay from his restaurants.
–Fond of hog jowl, offal, parts, and other delicious entrails and discard meats.
–From Wikipedia: “Often, the chef’s mouth and drinking habits get him into trouble, like when at the 2009 South Beach Food & Wine Festival, as the MC for a $1,000-a-plate dinner honoring the King & Queen of Spain the Miami Herald reported Batali releasing a string of profanities while on stage introducing Spanish chef Jose Andreas, and then proceeding to dry-hump Andreas. ”
While he is still my least fav to watch cook on ICA, I am now a fan.
Got to meet him at the Aspen Food and Wine earlier this summer. Really cool guy. Also, if I had taken a poll of all the regular chefs at the festival, I would say with utmost certainty they would rate Batali just over Morimoto in terms of actual eliteness. Flay, Simon, and Cat would be lumped below those two guys.
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i enjoy food. ica is great.
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Cora :jeffy:
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Cora :jeffy:
Too bad Cat only likes cat. :tongue:
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Cora :jeffy:
Too bad Cat only likes cat. :tongue:
Interesting note about her (this may also apply to Daris' thread): Her and her partner both became pregnant and are/were scheduled to give birth at the same time. This seems like a great idea to me. I mean, just one of the many benefits is that you basically have two sets of dinner factory in full production mode at the same time.
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Also, if I had taken a poll of all the regular chefs at the festival, I would say with utmost certainty they would rate Batali just over Morimoto in terms of actual eliteness. Flay, Simon, and Cat would be lumped below those two guys.
Seriously? My order of goodness would go:
Morimoto
Flay
Batali
Simon/Cat tie
Also, did you guys see the one where Flay and Batali battled and they had Rachel Ray and Giada as their partners? It was like a 2 on 2. ADORABLE!
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Also, if I had taken a poll of all the regular chefs at the festival, I would say with utmost certainty they would rate Batali just over Morimoto in terms of actual eliteness. Flay, Simon, and Cat would be lumped below those two guys.
Seriously? My order of goodness would go:
Morimoto
Flay
Batali
Simon/Cat tie
Also, did you guys see the one where Flay and Batali battled and they had Rachel Ray and Giada as their partners? It was like a 2 on 2. ADORABLE!
Great ep.
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Also, if I had taken a poll of all the regular chefs at the festival, I would say with utmost certainty they would rate Batali just over Morimoto in terms of actual eliteness. Flay, Simon, and Cat would be lumped below those two guys.
Seriously? My order of goodness would go:
Morimoto
Flay
Batali
Simon/Cat tie
Also, did you guys see the one where Flay and Batali battled and they had Rachel Ray and Giada as their partners? It was like a 2 on 2. ADORABLE!
Morimoto is certainly an unbelieveable talent, but those guys have a ton of respect for Batali. Most see Flay kinda like they see Emeril, more a personality and marketing phenom than a truly great chef. Obviously, they're all badasses, some are just a bit more badass than others.
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Moriomoto never wins because his meals are too far out there. You can definitely tell he was on ICJ.
Iron Chef ↓ Specialty ↓ Win ↓ Loss ↓ Draw ↓ Total ↓ Win %1 ↓
Mario Batali Italian 20 4 0 24 83.3%
Cat Cora Greek & Mediterranean 13 10 1 24 56.3%
Bobby Flay Southwestern 25 12 2 39 66.6%
Masaharu Morimoto Japanese 10 9 1 20 52.5%
Michael Symon Mediterranean 7 2 1 10 75.0%
Also,
During the season five finale of The Next Food Network Star, there was an advertisement for a new season of The Next Iron Chef premiering in October of 2009. The ten chefs competing in season two will be: Nate Appleman, Dominique Crenn, Brad Farmerie, Amanda Freitag, Jose Garces, Eric Greenspan, Jehangir Mehta, Seamus Mullen, Holly Smith and Roberto Trevino.
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Moriomoto never wins because his meals are too far out there. You can definitely tell he was on ICJ.
Iron Chef ↓ Specialty ↓ Win ↓ Loss ↓ Draw ↓ Total ↓ Win %1 ↓
Mario Batali Italian 20 4 0 24 83.3%
Cat Cora Greek & Mediterranean 13 10 1 24 56.3%
Bobby Flay Southwestern 25 12 2 39 66.6%
Masaharu Morimoto Japanese 10 9 1 20 52.5%
Michael Symon Mediterranean 7 2 1 10 75.0%
Also,
During the season five finale of The Next Food Network Star, there was an advertisement for a new season of The Next Iron Chef premiering in October of 2009. The ten chefs competing in season two will be: Nate Appleman, Dominique Crenn, Brad Farmerie, Amanda Freitag, Jose Garces, Eric Greenspan, Jehangir Mehta, Seamus Mullen, Holly Smith and Roberto Trevino.
Wow, didn't realize Batali's record was that good. I still think Morimoto is the best. He was the best on ICJ too. Did you see the ICA episode with chiles? He hadn't used a lot of them before so he was just eating them raw to get a sense of the flavor while he started cooking. Went like this:
Morimoto: Hmm, what is this little orange chile? :eatsit: :confused:
Morimoto: AHHH! HABABERO FIRE MOUTH!!! (< but in Japanese) :yuck:
sd: :lol: :dancin: :ksu: (< but japanese flag)
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That episode was great.
Does anyone else watch Throwdown? Love that show. My wife hated Bobby Flay so I started to like him just to spite her, but Throwdown is fun, even though he loses 90% of the time.
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Batali is amazing. Haterz can hate. Too bad cat loves the rug, she would be the perfect wife. :fatty:
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Batali is amazing. Haterz can hate. Too bad cat loves the rug, she would be the perfect wife. :fatty:
No, Giada is better
(http://www.celebrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/giada.jpg)
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Batali is amazing. Haterz can hate. Too bad cat loves the rug, she would be the perfect wife. :fatty:
No, Giada is better
(http://www.celebrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/giada.jpg)
She looks like
(http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/04/29/natalie-portman-wallpaper.jpg)
Which is not a bad thing at all....
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Batali is amazing. Haterz can hate. Too bad cat loves the rug, she would be the perfect wife. :fatty:
No, Giada is better
(http://www.celebrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/giada.jpg)
QFT.
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(http://www.buddytv.com/articles/iron-chef-america/images/cat-cora-2.jpg)
although I think she looks better in "chef apparel"
(http://www.third-option.com/WoW/uploaded_images/IronChefCatCora-706157-791511.jpg)
:dunno:
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:bump:
Tonight, 10 pm CST on Fine Living Network they are showing a behind the scenes on the history of the OG Iron Chef. May want to set your DVRs for that mother.
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Damn White House lies to us again. Apparently, they used "stunt vegetables" in the episode featuring Obama's chef. Bastards.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/12/iron-chef-special-used-ringers-not-veggies-from-the-white-house/?icid=main|search3|dl1|link4|http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/12/iron-chef-special-used-ringers-not-veggies-from-the-white-house/
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Damn White House lies to us again. Apparently, they used "stunt vegetables" in the episode featuring Obama's chef. Bastards.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/12/iron-chef-special-used-ringers-not-veggies-from-the-white-house/?icid=main|search3|dl1|link4|http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/12/iron-chef-special-used-ringers-not-veggies-from-the-white-house/
I watched that, enjoyed it, and now am hurt. I hate it when episodes are decided on things other than taste though. I guess I understand the other crap for a tie breaker, but if i see someone win taste and lose overall, i'll be :angry:
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Brown is what makes this show great IMO.
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Brown is what makes this show great IMO.
I &@#%ing love that dude. Good Eats was the first show I really started watching on the Food Network and is still my fave. Love that they have finally starting airing new episodes recently as I've seen every episode like a zillion times.
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Love it when Anthony Bourdain makes fun of the p**** Food Channel talent, which should also go for the fans that actually watch that channel....
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Love it when Anthony Bourdain makes fun of the p**** Food Channel talent, which should also go for the fans that actually watch that channel....
Tony is freaking awesome. You ever watch his first show that was actually on the food network? There's a lot of reasons why he doesn't exactly care for that channel. The TV version of "A Cook's Tour" was nowhere near as good as the book (mostly because he simply wasn't allowed to air many things) but it was still interesting.
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Anyone watching Worst Cooks in America? How amazing is this show?
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Brown is what makes this show great IMO.
Yep, he is the coolest personality on TV. I want to be him so hard.
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Love it when Anthony Bourdain makes fun of the p**** Food Channel talent, which should also go for the fans that actually watch that channel....
Tony is freaking awesome. You ever watch his first show that was actually on the food network? There's a lot of reasons why he doesn't exactly care for that channel. The TV version of "A Cook's Tour" was nowhere near as good as the book (mostly because he simply wasn't allowed to air many things) but it was still interesting.
No I missed that. I knew from the show that he was an author....I never thought about getting his book, is it really that good. Isnt it about him working in the restaraunt business for years. Guy is really intelligent would definitley be cool to hang with and party...could you imagine the stories he could tell.
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Love it when Anthony Bourdain makes fun of the p**** Food Channel talent, which should also go for the fans that actually watch that channel....
Tony is freaking awesome. You ever watch his first show that was actually on the food network? There's a lot of reasons why he doesn't exactly care for that channel. The TV version of "A Cook's Tour" was nowhere near as good as the book (mostly because he simply wasn't allowed to air many things) but it was still interesting.
No I missed that. I knew from the show that he was an author....I never thought about getting his book, is it really that good. Isnt it about him working in the restaraunt business for years. Guy is really intelligent would definitley be cool to hang with and party...could you imagine the stories he could tell.
I believe his original book was Kitchen Confidential, is there another one that the show was based on? I saw him give lecture deal at the Midland in KC. Hilarious. After they had a cocktail reception for the highrollers 8-) and the people like me pretending to be high-rollers at the Bristol. The food was ridiculously legit and the drinks were free. :lick: Got to meet him and talk to him a bit, but mostly was in it to eat. Dont know what to say to someone in that situation. Would much rather have a beer and talk for a while. Really cool night though.
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Love it when Anthony Bourdain makes fun of the p**** Food Channel talent, which should also go for the fans that actually watch that channel....
Tony is freaking awesome. You ever watch his first show that was actually on the food network? There's a lot of reasons why he doesn't exactly care for that channel. The TV version of "A Cook's Tour" was nowhere near as good as the book (mostly because he simply wasn't allowed to air many things) but it was still interesting.
No I missed that. I knew from the show that he was an author....I never thought about getting his book, is it really that good. Isnt it about him working in the restaraunt business for years. Guy is really intelligent would definitley be cool to hang with and party...could you imagine the stories he could tell.
I believe his original book was Kitchen Confidential, is there another one that the show was based on? I saw him give lecture deal at the Midland in KC. Hilarious. After they had a cocktail reception for the highrollers 8-) and the people like me pretending to be high-rollers at the Bristol. The food was ridiculously legit and the drinks were free. :lick: Got to meet him and talk to him a bit, but mostly was in it to eat. Dont know what to say to someone in that situation. Would much rather have a beer and talk for a while. Really cool night though.
Yeah, "A Cook's Tour." Maybe not at good as "Kitchen Confidential", but still a very good book.
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Love it when Anthony Bourdain makes fun of the p**** Food Channel talent, which should also go for the fans that actually watch that channel....
Tony is freaking awesome. You ever watch his first show that was actually on the food network? There's a lot of reasons why he doesn't exactly care for that channel. The TV version of "A Cook's Tour" was nowhere near as good as the book (mostly because he simply wasn't allowed to air many things) but it was still interesting.
No I missed that. I knew from the show that he was an author....I never thought about getting his book, is it really that good. Isnt it about him working in the restaraunt business for years. Guy is really intelligent would definitley be cool to hang with and party...could you imagine the stories he could tell.
Yeah, his books are really good. Dude is very smart and &@#%ing hilarious. Interestingly, my good friend actually got to hang out with him one night. Tony was speaking at the culinary school my buddy attended (CIA- Bourdain is also an alum.) and went out and had a bunch of beers with some of the students afterwards. Tony rode in my buddy's car because it was like a 30 minute drive into Poughkeepsie and he wanted to ride in an SUV cause he's a pretty tall dude. Apparently, Tony smoked like 10 cigarettes during the drive and was drinking cans of beer with a paper sack wrapped around it. My buddy says he's a really cool dude, unlike Bobby Flay, who is a total jackass.
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Love it when Anthony Bourdain makes fun of the p**** Food Channel talent, which should also go for the fans that actually watch that channel....
Tony is freaking awesome. You ever watch his first show that was actually on the food network? There's a lot of reasons why he doesn't exactly care for that channel. The TV version of "A Cook's Tour" was nowhere near as good as the book (mostly because he simply wasn't allowed to air many things) but it was still interesting.
No I missed that. I knew from the show that he was an author....I never thought about getting his book, is it really that good. Isnt it about him working in the restaraunt business for years. Guy is really intelligent would definitley be cool to hang with and party...could you imagine the stories he could tell.
Yeah, his books are really good. Dude is very smart and fracking hilarious. Interestingly, my good friend actually got to hang out with him one night. Tony was speaking at the culinary school my buddy attended (CIA- Bourdain is also an alum.) and went out and had a bunch of beers with some of the students afterwards. Tony rode in my buddy's car because it was like a 30 minute drive into Poughkeepsie and he wanted to ride in an SUV cause he's a pretty tall dude. Apparently, Tony smoked like 10 cigarettes during the drive and was drinking cans of beer with a paper sack wrapped around it. My buddy says he's a really cool dude, unlike Bobby Flay, who is a total jackass.
great story, not really, but i have it on pretty good authority that tony is an ass. no biggie though, love the guys show.
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Tony tries too hard to be cool. It comes off fake and kinda off putting to me. :dunno:
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Tony tries too hard to be cool. It comes off fake and kinda off putting to me. :dunno:
i agree, but i also kinda think that we would all come off that way if we had a budget and could drink tons and go where he goes and do what he does. still doesn't excuse though. still love the show.
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Like the diners and drives and good eats.
watch 'chopped' too.
I still don't like the Foodtv channel,Mexican channel,BET, Golf channel.
Just a waste. Cable TV choices suck.
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Like the diners and drives and good eats.
watch 'chopped' too.
I still don't like the Foodtv channel,Mexican channel,BET, Golf channel.
Just a waste. Cable TV choices suck.
I'm sure this comes as a surprise to exactly zero people.
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Like the diners and drives and good eats.
watch 'chopped' too.
I still don't like the Foodtv channel,Mexican channel,BET, Golf channel.
Just a waste. Cable TV choices suck.
I'm sure this comes as a surprise to exactly zero people.
Sorry to tell you this but I am not alone. ;)
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Had a friend who met flay a couple times, he was a chef and a good friend of his was exec chef in one of flays restaurants. Said flay was a huge ass and I believe at one point his friend got into a fist fight with him. His food looks great though
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Mexican channel, BET
OMG :lol:
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Had a friend who met flay a couple times, he was a chef and a good friend of his was exec chef in one of flays restaurants. Said flay was a huge ass and I believe at one point his friend got into a fist fight with him. His food looks great though
Exactly why Flay is awesome.
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Had a friend who met flay a couple times, he was a chef and a good friend of his was exec chef in one of flays restaurants. Said flay was a huge ass and I believe at one point his friend got into a fist fight with him. His food looks great though
Exactly why Flay is awesome.
Remember when Flay jumped up on the chef's table and raised his hands in victory at the end of a round of the original Iron Chef Japan? I think he was going against Morimoto. Morimoto got really pissed and said it was disrespectful and Flay said, like, f^ck you or something? Then Morimoto won iirc.
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Had a friend who met flay a couple times, he was a chef and a good friend of his was exec chef in one of flays restaurants. Said flay was a huge ass and I believe at one point his friend got into a fist fight with him. His food looks great though
Exactly why Flay is awesome.
Remember when Flay jumped up on the chef's table and raised his hands in victory at the end of a round of the original Iron Chef Japan? I think he was going against Morimoto. Morimoto got really pissed and said it was disrespectful and Flay said, like, f^ck you or something? Then Morimoto won iirc.
He jumped on the cutting board the first time and Japanese consider it sacred so Morimoto was pissed at that. The second time, Bobby won again, threw the cutting board off the table and just jumped on the table. The only time Morimoto beat Flay was when they did that dumb ice thing a few weeks ago.
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Had a friend who met flay a couple times, he was a chef and a good friend of his was exec chef in one of flays restaurants. Said flay was a huge ass and I believe at one point his friend got into a fist fight with him. His food looks great though
Exactly why Flay is awesome.
Remember when Flay jumped up on the chef's table and raised his hands in victory at the end of a round of the original Iron Chef Japan? I think he was going against Morimoto. Morimoto got really pissed and said it was disrespectful and Flay said, like, f^ck you or something? Then Morimoto won iirc.
He jumped on the cutting board the first time and Japanese consider it sacred so Morimoto was pissed at that. The second time, Bobby won again, threw the cutting board off the table and just jumped on the table. The only time Morimoto beat Flay was when they did that dumb ice thing a few weeks ago.
I am pretty sure Morimoto won the first one. Flay did it before the judges tasted and was all :curse: when he ended up losing, so they did the rematch
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Had a friend who met flay a couple times, he was a chef and a good friend of his was exec chef in one of flays restaurants. Said flay was a huge ass and I believe at one point his friend got into a fist fight with him. His food looks great though
Exactly why Flay is awesome.
Remember when Flay jumped up on the chef's table and raised his hands in victory at the end of a round of the original Iron Chef Japan? I think he was going against Morimoto. Morimoto got really pissed and said it was disrespectful and Flay said, like, f^ck you or something? Then Morimoto won iirc.
He jumped on the cutting board the first time and Japanese consider it sacred so Morimoto was pissed at that. The second time, Bobby won again, threw the cutting board off the table and just jumped on the table. The only time Morimoto beat Flay was when they did that dumb ice thing a few weeks ago.
I am pretty sure Morimoto won the first one. Flay did it before the judges tasted and was all :curse: when he ended up losing, so they did the rematch
^^^This. Morimoto won the first match in NYC and Bobby won the rematch in Japan.
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Mexican channel, BET
OMG :lol:
dave. what you watch on those channels?
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Mexican channel, BET
OMG :lol:
dave. what you watch on those channels?
I noticed I just recently stated receiving what I believe is a Spanish speaking TBS. It's exactly the same as the regular TBS, but dubbed in Spanish. Kinda weird.
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Mexican channel, BET
OMG :lol:
dave. what you watch on those channels?
I'm a black Mexican. Hell yes I watch on those channels.