the battle of the best at hanks oyster bar in dupont circle.his weekend's rammy awards the top local chefs will have a minicook off now. good morning. >> good morning tony. every year we preview the rammy's and have fun show casing talents of nominees that come out every year we are reminded how awesome the restaurant scene is in washington dc area. here is what we have going on this morning i have tony, the executive chef of vermilion in old town and i have claudio the rising star chef nominee in the palisades, good morning. >> good morning. >> are you ready. >> yes. >> are you ready to battle here at hanks oyster bar? >> of course. >> all right. just checking want to make sure you had your game cooking face on they had a secret ingredient, that is australian lamb were you happen to hear -- happy to hear about that. >> i love lamb. >> what makes it so special. >> great favour. >> same. >> what he said. >> any advice for the rising star. >> keep doing what you are doing. >> thank you, you too. >> we are going to let them cook go ahead battle th

actually you all need to make reservations at their restaurants and have a drink at hanks oyster bary you have an open tab here you need to clear that up. >> i probably do. i love sitting out there. great space thank you i am hungry can i have some of those raisinettes. >> absolutely. >> 9:54 a.m. >> we will be right back  >>> time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. today we say hello to lionel burton he watches fox 5 every morning while stretching and training for the marine corps marathon. impressive. for a chance for a shout out tomorrow log on to myfoxdc.com or find us on facebook, fox 5 morning news no space between fox and the number 5. leave a comment under lionel's picture. >> thanks again good to have you with us. >> that is a race i don't want to run in. everyone will leave you in the dust. >> this is a real one. >> time for the 5 day. >> yes. >> all right. live shot too. sunshine breaking out a brighter day than yesterday, kind of a mix of sunshine this afternoon, warmer more humid highs mid-80s get ready for the first heat wave of the season, wedne