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| A ‘Throwdown’ on H Street |
VOICE writes, "Food Network star Bobby Flay visited H Street last week to challenge one of D.C.’s own to a “throwdown.”
Flay, a restaurateur, host of multiple Food Network shows and an Iron Chef on “Iron Chef America,” filmed an episode of “Throwdown With Bobby Flay” featuring H Street gastropub Granville Moore's chef Teddy Folkman.
On “Throwdown,” Flay travels around the country to challenge outstanding cooks to a battle at their own game — that is, whatever they specialize in. Past shows have featured meat loaf, mac n’ cheese and Cuban roast pork.
But for the H Street episode, Flay and Folkman squared off over Granville’s house specialty: Belgian-style mussels and fries, or moules and frites. DCfoodies.com founder Jason Storch and his wife, Amy, judged the contest."
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The cramped kitchen at Granville, 1238 H St. NE, would not accommodate the cooks, crew and audience members, so the show moved up H Street to the Argonaut Tavern, where a tightly packed, raucous crowd cheered on the hometown favorite.
“It was a great experience, a lot of fun,” said Folkman, whose friends and family turned out for support.
“It was an awesome experience,” sister Margaret Robertson said. “It really challenged him to push himself. … We’re incredibly proud of him.”
Producers swore everyone on set to secrecy about the winner, so fans will have to wait until the show airs sometime later this spring to see who won the “throwdown.”
Stay tuned for an announcement from the Argonaut on its upcoming viewing party.
— Ben Weinstein
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Posted on Mar 27, 2008 20:48pm.
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