Stufys – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In a 2015 episode of Food Network Star competition, Lenny “The Cowboy Chef” McNab committed a serious culinary faux pas that brought about a serious rebuke from one of the celebrity judges. During the “Cutthroat Kitchen” heat when contestants were asked to make a breakfast plate, Lenny used masa (corn flour) to make what he called sopaipillas. Judge Bobby Flay took one bite of the “sopaipilla,” found the corn meal disk inedible and spit it out. He then proceeded to give the Cowboy Chef an “if looks could kill” stare over having presenting the tainted tortillas as sopaipillas. Flay was undoubtedly wondering if the Cowboy Chef was really from New York City…as in “New York City! Git a rope. An…