Season 16

Life's not always a beach as Beach Bites' Katie Lee and Food Network Star's Giada De Laurentiis raise the limbo bar to decide whether smokehouse master Ashbell McElveen or California's own John Cox should take on BBQ master Bobby Flay.

The Kitchen's out-of-this-world host Sunny Anderson and world-traveler Andrew Zimmern join forces to get world-renowned chef Bobby Flay beat. They handpick Brooklyn's finest Jared Forman and Italian master chef Fabio Viviani to deliver the win.

The competition sweetens up when pastry chefs Clarice Lam and Avery Ruzicka heat up the ovens for the chance to take on Bobby Flay. Iron Chef Michael Symon and Chef Marcela Valladolid use their sweet tooth expertise to choose their champion.

It's all niceties when Food Network's 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, to dish up a mean victory.

Legendary 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 as Chopped's Alex Guarnaschelli and Food Network star Eddie Jackson keep an eagle eye on Nashville chef Dale Levitski and Indian-born Manish Tyagi. The competitors bring their best as they vie for the chance to sink their claws into Bobby Flay.

Anne Burrell knows a star in the making, and legend Patti LaBelle is a star herself, so together they 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 New York City's small but mighty chef Deb Caplan takes on Beantown's Nicholas 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 Rhode Island's Robert Sisca and Atlantic City's Michael Brennan duke it out in the kitchen. Born and bred New Yorker and actress Susie Essman joins New Jersey transplant Sunny Anderson to taste and decide who will go up against New York City boy, Bobby Flay.

Bobby Flay is haunted when Amanda Freitag and Katie Lee bring two ghosts from his past to the arena. Allison Fasano, Bobby's former sous chef, and Executive Chef Paul Del Favero battle for the right to give Bobby a fright!

Food Network's Scott Conant and TV host 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 squares off against 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