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Why Bobby Flay Struggled With This Italian Classic On Beat Bobby Flay By Alba Caraceni Sept. 27, 2025 3:20 pm EST

The Food Network show "Beat Bobby Flay" has been pitting the celebrity chef against competitors in cooking showdowns since 2013. In each episode, Flay and his opponent have just 45 minutes to cook the rival chef's signature dish before judges decide which is better. Over the series' dozens of seasons, Flay has had to cook all kinds of cuisines and meals. But out of all of them, it was lasagna that he struggled with the most.

Flay revealed that the classic Italian dish posed the biggest challenge for him when responding to questions about his namesake show on his Instagram Story. When a follower asked about the hardest dish he'd ever made in the 45

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