In May, FN Dish announced that Food Network had been nominated for 12 different Emmy Awards. This past Saturday, two of our very own stars took home these coveted honors at the 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards held in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Congratulations to Bobby Flay and the production team for winning Outstanding Culinary Program for Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction and to Sandra Lee for winning Outstanding Lifestyle/ Culinary Host on Semi-Homemade Cooking.

Sandra’s makeup artists, Mark Payne and Alx Galasinao, took home a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup on Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee, as well.

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So I’m standing about 5 feet away from Mario Batali, both an Iron Chef and one of the most successful restaurateurs in New York City. I go up to him and say, “Excuse me, where did you get that hot dog?”

And do you know what he says? “Over there.” Mind you, this guy can cook dishes like fennel dusted sweetbreads with his eyes closed, and yet there he stood, eating a hot dog like we were at a Mets game.

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