Well ...

... I think it was a fix.

I figured it from the beginning. There was no way Food Network would let the White House chef lose an epic Iron Chef battle. Especially when paired with poster child Bobby Flay, and up against two Food Network castoffs - Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse.

But I had hope when the chefs walked across the White House lawn. I thought maybe, just maybe, this would be a fair fight of some of popular culture's biggest culinary giants.

Hope that was shattered.

To be fair, it's hard to say who should have been the champ when you can't taste the food. And I have to say, I'd probably be hard pressed to top any of the dishes put before the judges.

I'll give Bobby and Comerford that their dessert looked the best, a sweet potato tart with marshmallow on top. And any time I hear Bobby Flay talk about chipotle or chiles I feel a little tingle. I love those flavors.

But Mario and Emeril's American birds two ways also looked good. So did their scallops and radishes.

Either way, I'm a little disappointed.

I guess there's no way to know for sure whether Emeril got a fair fight.

And at the end of the day, it was a good show. Maybe one that will inspire America to get cooking.