Written Task: you have been contacted by your agent to guest star on a television show! in 150 words or more tell us how it all went down! what show was it? How were you involved? how did it turn out?! give us all the juicy details!

Kata Vilde was selected to compete on the food network show Beat Bobby Flay as part of their celebrity series. Vilde is a known foodie around the SHL and that's why he was selected by Alex Guarnaschelli as her entrant into the show. Her partner Giada De Laurentis decided to go for a proven winner in pretty boy Tom Brady as her entrant. As they brought us out Bobby Flay gave his usual spiel about going through each other to get to him. The ingredient of Bobby's choice for Me and Brady to highlight was Pastrami. Everyone was thinking what the hell can you do to pastrami besides make a sandwich so off they went. Sure enough Brady decided to go the sandwich route, opting for a Pastrami pannini with goat cheese and pickled slaw on top. I on the other hand decided to shoot for the moon and make a pastrami and swiss omelet. I quickly started caramellizing some onions as I began to slice my pastrami, a bit thicker than normal so it would hold together and provide a better texture. I beat my egg whites separate from the yolks and then folded the yolks back in for a lighter textured omelet. I quick fried the pastrami a bit to get the fat starting to melt. I got the eggs down into the pan and after they started to firm up I layered the pastrami down, then the onions and finally the swiss cheese. As soon as the cheese started to melt I folded the omelet over and had a beautiful color on it. I quickly toasted some brioche bread with a cinnamon butter to give a crunchy component to my dish. Neither of us had trouble finishing within the time limits and my dish was chosen over Brady's pannini.

Now it was my turn to surprise Bobby with my signature dish. I of course chose chicken parmesan. I quickly began to saute shallots and garlic and got my marzano tomatoes into a pot. I added the garlic and onions to the tomatoes with a lot of chopped basil and a splash of red wine and got that reducing down. I had decided to go for a simpler sauce to make the chicken the star. My trick was I was making a stuffed parmesan, juicy lucy style. I got some boneless skinless chicken thighs and butterflyed them open and pounded them out. I sliced some fresh mozzarella and put a big chunk in the middle of each cutlet with a bit of chopped garlic. Can never have too much garlic. I used a bit of eggwash to seal them as I folded them back over and quickly got to my breading station. First seasoned flour, then eggwash followed by a dredge in panko breadcrumbs with a bit of parmesan reggiano grated in and got them in the deep fryer. Since I was running out of time I decided I couldn't make fresh pasta so I would go the sandwich route. I garlic buttered up some brioche buns and got them under the salamander to get a nice toast on them. If I was going with a sandwich I needed some type of side so I quickly cut up some tortillas into triangles and just lightly fried them. I tossed them in just a splash of olive oil and then salted and grated parmesan reggiano over then so I had parmesan crisps to go with my sandwich. I also quickly did a sweet pickle on some cucumber and onion slices since I needed an acidic/green component to the dish. My sauce was done so I used the immersion blender to get it to the consistency I wanted. I added fresh mozzarella to both the top and bottom of the buns to begin melting that. I assembled the sandwich with the cheesy bun on bottom, super crispy stuffed chicken thigh next, layered my homemade sauce on and topped with my other cheesy bun. I added my parmesan crisps to the side and then my bread and butter pickles and I was ready to be judged. I looked over at Bobby's dish and he had done more of a traditional parm over pasta, using of course Callabrian red chilies in both his breading and his sauce. He also had a bit of toasted crostini alongside his and I was hoping the judges wouldn't hold the fact I made a sandwich against me.

They had decided to bring in sports celebrity judges as well so tasting the dishes were Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Christiano Ronaldo. Bobby's dish went first and they praised his traditional take on chicken parm. His parm was cooked perfectly but Barkley and Ronaldo both thought that it was too spicy for them. Next up was my sandwich and they all commented on how they thought of a parm sandwich was more of a hero type sandwich, not on a bun. Barkley's eyes lit up as he bit into the sandwich and all the melted garlicy mozzarella oozed out from the middle. Jordan commented that the parmesan crisps added another dimension to the dish while still continuing with the parm theme and that the pickles were a great palate cleanse from all the garlic and cheese. It came down to a split decision but I came out the winner and got to announce that I beat Bobby Flay!!

@Steelhead77