Beat Bobby Flay at It Again

Chef Michael O'Halloran has all the confidence in the globe when he's working in the kitchen. Simply throw in the idea of cooking on television and he's all nerves.

And so, when O'Halloran, executive chef at Stella of New Promise, was invited to compete on Food Network's Beat Bobby Flay, he wasn't immediately thrilled.

"I was more than a little nervous," said O'Halloran. But his two daughters, ages 6 and ix years onetime, believed their dad had the skills to accept down the former Iron Chef star.

"The reason I did information technology was because my kids were excited. They were then excited at the thought that they're dad was going to be on a cooking show. They had the chops that I did not for that whole thing," said O'Halloran.

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Once he got the official green calorie-free to appear on the testify, O'Halloran had well-nigh a calendar week to prepare before taping. He decided he'd cook hay smoked duck breast with farro risotto, radicchio and a morello cherry gastrique.

Information technology was a dish he'd been making for years using a unique technique inspired by French cuisine and the rural Bucks County landscape. But understanding the stress he'd be under — working in front of a camera with a 45-infinitesimal time limit in an unfamiliar kitchen — he knew he needed to practice. And then, O'Halloran ran through information technology three different times, until he was certain he had his signature dish downward perfectly.

His kids started preparing, too, coming up with clever burns, then their dad could properly put Flay in his place with some adept onetime smack talk.

"Yeah, they really wanted a piece of him," O'Halloran recalled with a express mirth. "But I didn't want to insult him as well much because he'll be really motivated to beat me."

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In New York City, O'Halloran arrived on gear up, armed with talent, and more chiefly, a listing of crafty zingers courtesy of his girls.

Before coming up against Flay though, O'Halloran had to get past another contender in the first round, British chef Alex Stickland, a private chef based in Los Angeles. The winner, judged by basketball legend, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Food Network's Katie Lee Biegel, would then motion on to battle Flay.

Showcasing the farm-to-tabular array manner his restaurant is known for, O'Halloran fabricated information technology by Stickland with a caramelized onion, apple and butternut squash bisque topped with rosemary ricotta cheese.

He worked smoothly on camera while maintaining an air of humility, prompting Beigel to phone call him "the humble chef." The judges were clearly impressed by O'Halloran's small-scale nature, playfully assorted past the delivery of his daughters' pun-filled retorts:

"Bobby stinks and so bad, he should exist called Bobby Filet O'Fish."

"Don't become too nervous, Bobby, crusade you might quack up."

Insults bated, O'Halloran'southward hay smoke technique stood up confronting Flay's combination of searing, smoking with scarlet wood and deep frying. Thanks to his dish'southward smokiness and overall flavor, O'Halloran came out on top as the winner.

He crush Bobby Flay.

"I'm actually glad I did it, just I'm glad information technology'south over and I can get back to running the kitchen," said O'Halloran.

For whatsoever other chefs going up against Flay, O'Halloran offers this bit of advice, "Gear up, prepare, prepare. So that when yous're upward there, yous tin just enjoy yourself."

"My biggest fearfulness was not finishing my dish in time," he added. "Not finishing information technology means you didn't plan. That's an avoidable disaster."

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Watch Stella's chef beat Bobby Flay

O'Halloran'due south episode of Beat Bobby Flay, "Fowl Shot," originally aired on March 17. Nevertheless, it is scheduled to air once again on March 31 on the Food Network and is currently streaming on Hulu.

Go:

Try Chef Michael O'Halloran's dishes beginning-hand by visiting Stella of New Hope, located at 50 S. Principal St. in New Promise. Phone: 267-740-2691. Website: stellanewhope.com.

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