{"id":859,"date":"2010-08-22T17:44:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T00:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2010-11-21T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2010-11-21T16:23:04","slug":"bobby-flay-wins-banana-cream-pie-throwdown-v-baked-chefs-matt-lewis-renato-poliafito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Flay wins banana cream pie throwdown v. &#8220;Baked&#8221; chefs Matt Lewis + Renato Poliafito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Throwdown<\/strong>: In this week&#8217;s episode of Season 8, Bobby Flay challenged Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, owners of Brooklyn bakery Baked, to a banana cream pie throwdown.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/throwdown-with-bobby-flay\/banana-cream-pie\/index.html\">Food Network describes the challenge<\/a>:  &#8220;Tired of the rat race, friends and co-workers Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito left the grind of jobs in advertising to follow their tasty dream of opening a bakery. This led to the creation of their Elvis-inspired banana cream pie that has fans flocking from all over to their Brooklyn bakery to get a taste of this dessert that is fit for a king! Can Matt and Renato cream the competition with their heavenly dessert, or will Bobby&#8217;s take on the classic pie reign supreme?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lxQEkR9E0_c?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lxQEkR9E0_c?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dishes<\/strong>:  Matt and Renato made their signature peanut butter banana cream pie, inspired by Elvis&#8217;s love of peanut butter banana and bacon sandwiches.  (No bacon in the pie!)  You can get the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/Peanut-Butter-Banana-Cream-Pie-352677\">recipe by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bobby made a traditional banana cream pie, but caramelized the bananas and added hazelnuts on top.  You can find the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/bobby-flay\/caramelized-banana-cream-pie-with-hazelnut-whipped-cream-and-hazelnut-praline-recipe\/index.html\"> recipe by clicking here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3bqkHhfLf5Y?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3bqkHhfLf5Y?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Judges<\/strong>:  Ron Silver, chef and owner of<a href=\"http:\/\/bubbys.com\/index.php\/News\/category\/press\/\"> Bubby&#8217;s Pies<\/a> in NYC.  Rose Levy Beranbaum, author of 9 baking books including<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realbakingwithrose.com\/\"> Rose&#8217;s Heavenly Cakes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner<\/strong>:  Bobby Flay!  Judges liked both pies, but Ron Silver found the peanut butter too overwhelming to taste the banana flavor.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Bobby improves to 4-3 for the season and has a shot at finishing over .500 for the first time ever at the end of Season 8.  Good luck, Bobby!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throwdown: In this week&#8217;s episode of Season 8, Bobby Flay challenged Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, owners of Brooklyn bakery Baked, to a banana cream pie throwdown. Food Network describes the challenge: &#8220;Tired of the rat race, friends and co-workers Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito left the grind of jobs in advertising to follow their&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/?p=859\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bobby Flay wins banana cream pie throwdown v. &#8220;Baked&#8221; chefs Matt Lewis + Renato Poliafito<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bobby-flay","category-bobby-flay-throwdown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1100,"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/residentfoodies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}