The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk, VA, USA - Bobby Flay cooked for a crowd in Norfolk Saturday, his welcome from the Scope audience was as warm as the poblano peppers in the pot and the chipotle puree in the blender.

“I’m hyperventilating,” said Cheryl Pickel of Chesapeake. “I’ve followed him for 14 years, and everything I know about cooking I’ve learned from him.” Pickel had paid extra for a table a few feet from the temporary kitchen set up on the floor that’s usually covered with ice for the Admirals  hockey team.

Backstage, another improvised kitchen bustled as culinary school students chopped parsley and trimmed cilantro for Flay, the  Food

Los Angeles Times - CA, USA - Sin City is proud of their celebrity chefs. As many know, fine dining has become a big and obvious draw for Las Vegas. Now, celebrated chefs Tom Colicchio, Michael Mina, Bradley Ogden, Wolfgang Puck and Carla Pellegrino are opening up their dining rooms to show off their talent in the kitchen. You can try them out for a fraction of what a regular night out would cost at their restaurants.

Deal: Get a three-course meal for only $50.07 at acclaimed restaurants such as Aureole and Fleur de Lys, SEABLUE, Bradley Ogden, Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill, Nine Steakhouse, Social House and more.

CBS News - New York City, NY, USA - (CBS) Some people bring back photos, souvenirs and memories from their travels.

But The Early Show's resident chef, Bobby Flay, returns with all sorts of cooking ideas, as well.

He and his wife vacationed in Greece last month and, sure enough, Flay prepared Greek staples using lamb and fetta cheese on the show Thursday.

He explained that Greek cuisine has a rich culture, not only in the way the food is prepared, but how the meal is eaten. It's long been a Greek tradition to enjoy lavish meals with family and friends, turning the normal dinner into a social event.

Traditional Greek cuisine is

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA - Nothing conjures up a better image of bold flavors and a fiery grill than the mention of chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and television host Bobby Flay. More than 15 years after awakening palates across the country and changing the way America thinks about southwestern food, Bobby Flay launches a new line of trademark sauces and rubs.

The Mesa Grill and Bobby Flay Signature Collections -- each based on Flay's favorite ingredients and spice blends -- were created to punch up the flavor of meats, seafood and poultry with ease. These unique combinations of sweet and savory -- each with just enough

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - Hard Rock Hotel San Diego announces today it has hired Jeff Walter as Executive Chef. With his credentials boasting an extensive array of culinary and hospitality industry experience, Walter is perfectly poised to lead the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego (HRHSD) food and beverage team. His responsibilities will consist of overseeing all culinary operations, including Maryjane’s Coffee Shop, both Rande Gerber bars and pool menus, room service for the 420 guest rooms and Rock Star Suites and all banquets and catering for over 40,000 square feet of meeting space.

Prior to joining HRHSD, Walter dedicated more than eight years to the

MacReport (press release) - NY, USA - Food Network celebrity chef and personality, Bobby Flay, goes "grill to grill" with Jamaica's own Nigel Spence, owner of Ripe Kitchen and Bar in Mount Vernon, New York on "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" airing this Sunday, August 12 at 10 p.m. on The Food Network.

The show positions Flay, against an absolute master chef known for a special type of cuisine. In this episode, Executive Chef and Owner Nigel Spence stepped up in a tension-filled but exciting challenge. As the title of King of Jerk was up for grabs, the two Chefs battled it out over Spence's Big Jerk Rib-Eye Steak

Gulf Coast Newspapers - Baldwin County, AL, USA - Bobby Flay, critically-acclaimed chef/restaurateur, award-winning cookbook author and television personality who has launched and starred in many national cooking shows on The Food Network, including the Emmy-winning “Boy Meets Grill” and “Throwdown with Bobby Flay,” is coming to Mobile for two exciting and entertaining cooking shows on Nov. 3.

The shows will be held at the Mobile Civic Center at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

“We’re really excited to host Bobby Flay in Mobile,” said Jay Hagerman, general manager of the Mobile Civic Center. “His talent and personality will make this a fun event for all and it will be a great

ThisWeekNews - Columbus Area, OH, USA - It was a battle of epic proportions:

Columbus vs. New York. Celebrity chef against local guy.

The subject : Who makes the best brownie?

Conclusion: Pending.

Food Network star, chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay was in town Tuesday afternoon squaring off against an owner of Sugardaddy's Sumptuous Sweeties in Lewis Center to see who makes the best brownie. Flay, the host of "Throwdown! with Bobby Flay," took on Tom Finney, a co-owner of the mail-order brownie company at 1347 Cameron Ave. Finney dished up one of the store's best sellers, the Tahiti blond brownie ­ a buttery creation with brown sugar, pineapple, semi-sweet dark

Earthtimes.org - USA - Celebrity chefs are increasingly crossing over into the steakhouse market, including a high-end meatery run by Wolfgang Puck in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Puck's steakhouse, Cut, has been sold out nearly every night since it opened one year ago, USA Today reported Friday. Observers credit the success of Cut, as well as Emeril Lagasse's Delmonico Steakhouse in Las Vegas and Bobby Flay's Bobby Flay Steak in Atlantic City, N.J., to their female-friendly environments, selection of gourmet side-dishes and unusual architecture.

"Most steakhouses are so cookie-cutter, and I think it was only a matter of time before something changed," Puck said. "Dining out is

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY,USA - This has been quite a year for Chef Gavin Kaysen of El Bizcocho Restaurant at the Rancho Bernardo Inn.

Fresh from competing at the prestigious Bocuse d'Or in France, an appearance on the "Today Show" and being named one of Food and Wine magazine's Best New Chefs for 2007, Kaysen has now been selected to compete on the Food Network's new reality series, "The Next Iron Chef."

The show is currently in production, and eight top American chefs will compete for the title of the next "Iron Chef." The other Iron Chefs are superstar chefs Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay and