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Food Network is leaning into the rise in popularity of restaurant culture with a new fall competition series that follows celebrity chef Bobby Flay as he leads a restaurant cooking line team trying to execute a menu
in real time for real diners.
Titled “Bobby Flay’s The Line,” the show will feature Flay along with his hand-picked home team of chefs, including Antonia Lofaso, Michael Jenkins and Claudette Zepeda, as they go up against some of the country’s most acclaimed restaurant staffs to execute a flawless dinner service. The diners and VIP guests being served will rate each plate and the lines can decide if they want to switch up service based on that feedback.
If the visiting team beats Flay and his line, they win $25,000. If Flay’s team wins, they get to keep their reputation.
In the series premiere of “Bobby Flay’s The Line,” which debuts Sept. 8 at 9 p.m. ET on Food Network and will stream on HBO Max, celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson surprises Flay by joining his restaurant Hav & Mar’s Executive Chef Fariyal Abdullahi and her line to go up against Bobby’s home team in a global seafood battle.
Upcoming episodes will feature visiting teams led by Pig and Khao’s Leah Cohen, Good Stuff Eatery’s Spike Mendelsohn, Kindling’s Jonathon Sawyer, and more chefs.
“I consider ‘The Line’ the project that Food Network audiences have been waiting for – it combines high-end restaurant cooking, exhilarating competition and behind-the-scenes moments in real time,” Flay said. “It’s how the restaurants that we run work – and sometimes don’t. The Line is a real-life kitchen rollercoaster that the viewer will want to be strapped in for. Seat belts everyone – the kitchen is open!”
“Bobby’s life has been spent in restaurant kitchens and this series offers an inside look at the pressure, teamwork and precision that define restaurant service,” Food Network president Betsy Ayala said. “Anyone who has ever wondered what it’s like to cook in a restaurant alongside Bobby Flay can tune in and watch the culinary magic happen.”
“Bobby Flay’s The Line” is produced by Rock Shrimp Productions for Food Network.
