The thrill of the grill
Kevin Rathbun takes on ‘Iron Chef’
CREDIT:Spark St. Jude
Kevin Rathbun is the first Georgia chef to win “Iron Chef America.”
By Hope S. Philbrick
With three successful restaurants—Rathbun’s, Krog Bar and Kevin Rathbun Steak—that routinely attract accolades, it’s clear that Atlantans already consider Kevin Rathbun a winning chef. But working alongside his brother Kent, who is the chef and owner of Abacus in Dallas, Texas, Rathbun claimed the title Iron Chef America by beating Bobby Flay with a score of 50 to 46. Sunday Paper recently talked to him about the competition he called “sixty minutes of pure movement.”
Q How did you feel about competing against Bobby Flay? A Bobby and I are good friends. Before he was famous he worked with me at Baby Routh in Dallas for a couple of weeks. He gave me a credit in his first book for a couple of recipes. We go way back.
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