Chef Teddy Folkman watches himself in an episode of The Next Food Network Star. Teddy Folkman, D.C.’s latest representative on the reality food television circuit, was sent home from The Next Food Network Star in last night’s episode. It was the fourth episode of the season—he outlasted three of the ten fellow contestants, but didn’t make it to cook in Rachel Ray’s studio in episode 5. The ouster wasn’t a product of poor cooking,…

Teddy Folkman (Photo by inked78) For the poor guy who was told that Granville Moore’s chef Teddy Folkman was going to open a Granville Moore’s in New York… he’s not. And go figure, he also wasn’t on an Alaskan cruise or fishing in the Caribbean. Those were just some of the excuses made up by staff for Folkman’s recent six week hiatus while he filmed the next season of the Food Network’s The Next…

Dish of the Week Moules frites from Granville Moore’s Mussels have popping up all over town in the past year, from Brasserie Beck to Marvin. But one of the big stories is the mussels at Granville Moore’s on H Street. So much so that Chef Teddy Folkman got challenged to a smackdown with Bobby Flay on Tuesday at the Argonaut. Everyone had been speculating that the event that was originally announced, a taping for…