Chef Bobby Flay will be returning to the D.C. area to challenge Chef Gillian Clark’s fried chicken — the show will air January 19 at 8:30 p.m. on the Food Network. This isn’t the first foray into television for Clark, though: her fried chicken, served at the General Store and Post Office Tavern in Silver Spring, has also been featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. We doubt Clark’ll have any problems taking Flay down –…

Tonight at 9 p.m. on the Food Network, Bobby Flay once again attempts to soften his “rugged” image in Throwdown with Bobby Flay. He’s challenged Chantilly-based Thai Basil Chef Nongkran Daks to a pad thai throwdown. In Flay’s previous visit to the region, Granville Moore’s Teddy Folkman put the smack down in a moules frites challenge. In the meantime, check out a little homemade slideshow and Daks’ audition tape….