Local mussel master returns to Food TV
By: Jeff Dufour
Editor at Large/Columnist, "Yeas & Nays"
04/08/09 12:05 AM EDT
Let Teddy Win!
Photo courtesy Food Network
Apparently defeating Food Network celebrity chef Bobby Flay in a mussels cook-off is enough to earn a return trip to TV land.
Chef Teddy Folkman of Granville Moore’s on H Street NE, who bested Flay in an episode of “Throwdown” last year, will reappear on the network as a contestant on this summer’s “The Next Food Network Star.”
According to a release, the challenges pitting Folkman against nine other hopefuls will begin airing June 7. Among other contests, they will have to cook for “Barefoot Contessa” Ina Garten in her home, grill on the beach in Miami and “create a delicious dinner for a group of culinary elite at a screening of Columbia Pictures’ movie ‘Julie & Julia.’ ”
Flay himself leads the selection committee, so the question is: Will his loss to Folkman have him looking for revenge?
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