Alabama chef Sedesh Boodram Wilkerson to compete on ‘Beat Bobby Flay’
An Alabama chef is set to compete on the hit Food Network TV show “Beat Bobby Flay.”
Sedesh Boodram Wilkerson, acclaimed chef and culinary director of Anvil Pub and Grill in Hoover, will appear on season 32, episode seven of the culinary competition series.
Boodram Wilkerson will face Tim Kuklinkski, culinary director for Crafted Concepts restaurants in Denver. The two chefs will compete in a battle of Scotch eggs and the winner will go head-to-head with celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay in the final round of the show.
Food Network’s Eddie Jackson and Natalie Morales, of “The Talk,” will serve as judges.
The episode will premiere on Thursday, March 2 at 8 p.m. CST.
Thursday’s premiere won’t be Boodram Wilkerson’s first stint on Food Network, nor is it his first time competing against Bobby Flay. In 2012, Boodram—the then-chef de cuisine at Hot & Hot Fish Club—teamed up with Rob McDaniel and head chef Chris Hastings to sweep Hastings to victory over Bobby Flay and take the title of Iron Chef America.
Boodram Wilkerson opened The Anvil Pub & Grill in 2020 at The Village at Lee Branch. Helmed by Boodram Wilkerson and chef de cuisine Trenton Tisdale, the restaurant is a modern pub with a British with global twists. Boodram Wilkerson, who is Trinidadian, designed a menu that heavily features his interpretations of Southern, Indian, and Caribbean cuisine.
The Anvil Pub & Grill is open Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.