Beat Bobby Flay - Season 16 (2018)

It's all niceties when Damaris Phillips and Amanda Freitag team up to take down their good friend Bobby Flay. They've brought in Japanese cuisine master Shota Nakajima and the voice of all things culinary, Chef Jamie Gwen.

Chef Ina Garten brings along Tony Award-winning Laura Benanti to steal Bobby Flay's spotlight. Accomplished restaurateur Ed Schoenfeld and NYC's fiery Paulette Goto are here to take the lead and show Bobby he's the understudy.

Beach Bites' Katie Lee and actor Mekhi Phifer grill Louisiana's Chef Nathan Gresham and Arizona's Chef Lisa Dahl to determine who can smoke Bobby Flay.

Animal instincts run high when Chopped's Alex Guarnaschelli and Food Network Star Eddie Jackson judge whether Nashville chef Dale Levitski or Indian-born Manish Tyagi has the skills to sink his claws into Bobby Flay.

Worst Cooks' Anne Burrell and legend Patti LaBelle champion two former Food Network Star competitors, Viet Pham and Dom Tesoriero, as they fight for the chance to go head-to-head with their former mentor, Bobby Flay.

The arena gets a facelift when small but mighty chef Deb Caplan takes on Beantown's Nick Lisotto. Chopped's Scott Conant teams up with actress and model Olivia Culpo to show Bobby Flay that he's not quite ready for his close-up.

It's an East Coast battle when Boston's Robert Sisca and Atlantic City's Michael Brennan duke it out in the kitchen, with actress Susie Essman and Sunny Anderson choosing who will go up against New York City boy, Bobby Flay.

Food Network's Amanda Freitag and Katie Lee bring two ghosts from Bobby Flay's past to the arena to haunt him. Allison Fasano, Bobby's former sous chef, and Executive Chef Paul Del Favero battle to give Bobby a fright!

Scott Conant and Daphne Oz both believe in second chances, so they're bringing the "King of Southern Comfort Food," Thomas Boemer, and Brooklyn's Chef Bao Bao back for a rematch and a chance to steal Bobby Flay's throne.

Worlds collide when Irish firecracker Chef Maeve Rochford faces Indian cuisine enthusiast Chef Navjot Arora. It's up to two of Food Network's finest, Alex Guarnaschelli and Damaris Phillips, to decide who will confront Bobby Flay.