Bobby Flay challenge a chef whose Jamaican dish Fried Fish Escovitch is a house specialty. Set in a Harlem's swanky Mo Bay restaurant get ready for a fried fish throwdown.
Chef Bobby Flay and his friend, Chef Laurent Tourondel, team up to create a fabulous feast of fried fish. With recipes for Beer Batter Fish and Spicy Chips, an Oyster and Caramelized Onion Pan Roast, Chef Laurent's Whole Fried Red Snapper
John Addis, owner and chef of Fish Tales, is a self-proclaimed fish fanatic. He thinks his Manhattan Fish Chowder has earned him a spot on a Food Network special called "Hooked on Chowder." What he does not know is Iron Chef Flay will be showing up to serve him with a Throwdown challenge. Stay tuned to see who sinks or swims on this tasty chowder battle.Recipes from this episode are not yet available.
Mat Arnfield has been flipping fish and chopping potatoes since he was a kid in his father's chip shop in Northern England. Today he fries up his critically acclaimed Fish and Chips at A Salt and Battery in New York City, and customers are utterly hooked on his special recipe. Mat thinks Food Network has asked him to show off his culinary skills for a hungry crowd at Chelsea Brewing Company. But just as the beers are poured and the fish get frying, Bobby Flay appears and challenges Mat to a surprise Fish and Chips Throwdown! Can Bobby's recipe compete against Mat's time-honored tradition? It's sink or swim, as Yanks and Brits alike judge this ultimate battle for the batter, and a challenge for the chip.
In the first round, the chefs do their best to delicately cook a familiar fish, as they struggle to decide what to do with a tiny, Indian gourd. A smelly fish product in the second basket leaves the competitors taking risks with lutefisk that they hope will pay off. Then the two remaining chefs hustle to put together their final dishes, but can they create genuine desserts out of Chinese sausage and baby eggplants?