Victor Albisu Beats Bobby Flay

[weezy]

Happened to be flipping channels last night and saw that Victor Albisu (Del Campo and Taco Bamba) was on Beat Bobby Flay, and beat him he did, with a steak & eggs with chimichurri and a smoked hollandaise.  Kudos!

[ktmoomau]

What show was this on, does he still do his throw-downs?

[Deac]

What show was this on, does he still do his throw-downs?

It's called "Beat Bobby Flay," and it's similar to "Throwdown," but now the competitors come to him. They start out with 2 chefs who must cook a dish with a featured ingredient picked by Flay. The ingredient has to be the "star of the dish," which is easy when it's a protein or certain vegetables but sometimes it's much harder to showcase the ingredient. Then two judges -- usually Food Network personalities -- pick which dish is better. The winner goes against Bobby Flay and they each have to cook the contestant's signature dish. Albisu's was steak and eggs. Then they do a blind tasting at the end with a different judging panel that didn't watch the proceedings.

[ScotteeM]

Both dishes looked good and sounded good from the descriptions, but I really wanted to try Victor's dish, and wonder if it is or will be on the menu at Del Campo. It was lovely and sounded delicious, with the runny egg over the rolled skirt steak, and the smoked Hollandaise sauce (which is on the menu, AFAIR). Bobby Flay is certainly a tough competitor, but he is beatable.

The chef who competed against Victor in the first round, Eddie Tancredi, was pretty impressive, too. The ingredient was pizza dough, which was a tough one.