first up, mario batali. shorts, vest, and orange crocs. le cordon bleu dropout, instead batali got schooled in a remote italian village. he made his splash in new york with babbo, and now he is known around the world for his restaurants, cook books, and personality. mario batali: when you tell me that you're in a hurry, i'm already leaving the house. betty: next, rachael ray. if the kitchen is a man's world, ray did not get the memo. growing up in her family's restaurant business, she turned her concept for 30-minute meals into an empire. rachael ray: pat me on the back. yeah, baby. betty: and yet, the emmy award-winning host is too humble to take credit, calling her career a happy accident. bobby flay. flay says being a chef wasn't cool when he went to the french culinary institute, but he changed all that in the early-1990's, between his first restaurant and becoming a food network star. bobby flay: nerves are ok. utilize those nerves the best way. betty: flay is still not afraid of hard work, even eyeing a run for office. rounding out t

mario batali: we will open a couple of eataly's. the first one, next up is in chicago.g concept. rachael: fantastic. a country in a store. bobby: i have never been more jealous than when i the first time i walked into that place. you guys killed it. mario: thank you. we're proud of it. it is an honor to be able to associate ourselves with the italian food culture in such a way that it just feels great. anyone who walks in there can be italian if they want. they can feel that way, and it's a real share. betty: what was the key to that success? mario: the originator of the idea, a really cool guy named oscar farinetti, came up with this because it was all the things he is passionate about. at times most love the food -- whatever their mom or aunt made growing up, or their grandma, or anyone in their family. so, it is generally about the flavor of the wind on the hill closest to your house. and oscar grew up in the area where they made this wine. he wasn't a rich kid, but he worked hard and really made this great idea. and celebrating all of his favorite things to eat was

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> hey chew fans, mario batali here deep in the sanctum, the secret place called "the chew"we're preparing for our "plates in paradise show" and one of my dishes today is going to be spaghetti with fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. i'm going to drop the spaghetti, get right out and see what we can do in the real world. stay with me. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> today on "the chew" -- can't afford an exotic summer vacation this year? who needs one when you can enjoy a delicious staycation with the chew's "plates in paradise"? and mario's reaching total nirvana with a heavingly spaghetti spread no italian can live without. then -- when it comes to spicing up that same old chicken dinner, this queen's hot spot is turning the notch up. way up. >> honest to god it's better

mario batali he knows something about restaurants and he knows this guy. e idea of you, came from, the idea of april? was it mario? wasn't jamie? ken: there were two people. your friend peter, who didn't want to do it. april: peter asked me, jamie gave my number two can -- to ken. charlie: and mario and jamie gave you a tour, and you were sold? ken: i was sold beforehand. we were e-mailing back and we don't know how to e-mail. sorry i pushed send. we are like bumbling idiots. april: did you receive it? ken: we are kindred spirits. when we go driving together, we have the worst sense of direction. i was sold before we met. charlie: how do you divide up responsibilities? april: im in the kitchen, in the back of the house. i have a lot to do. we dispense ideas freely. charlie: and you are the person who is out front, making sure that everything is ok? ken: yes. that and, sometimes a lot less sometimes a lot more. charlie: doing the planning ahead and all those things? ken: it is important to have a partner like april, who doesn't forget that it is not about th

charlie: here is a guy who decides he wants to own a restaurant and therefore, he knows mario batali.e knows something about restaurants. and then the idea of you came from whom? the idea of april. ken: was it mario? -- the idea of april. was it mario? ken: no, i think he suggested james and then peter. peter didn't want to do it. april: and then jamie gave my number two ken. charlie: and mario and ken took you around to about half a dozen places. and about halfway before -- halfway through that to her you were sold. ken: i was sold before because number one, new to one of us know how to e-mail. we were like bumbling idiot. april: yeah, "did you receive it?" "no, i didn't. -- didn't." ken: we both have the worst direction in the world. i was already sold. april: i'm usually kitchen, back of house. but i have a lot to do with the plate wherein things. we kind of just bounced ideas off, really. charlie: and you are the person who is there come out front knowing and making sure everything is ok. ken: yeah, and sometimes a lot less, and sometimes a lot more. charlie: and doing the plannin

. >> you said mario batali has a vespa. i can't get wind.>> plus the vespa is easier to maneuver around. >> we'll see, maybe if i go to class, i'll tape it. i'll periscope my class. that's safe. >> yeah. what could go wrong now? >> we'll periscope for you. >> a big interview last night. a lot of people talking about this morning. megan kelly on fox news interviewing jim bob and michelle duggar speaking out for the first time since the molestation allegations sentence their oldest son josh became public. he confessed to his father more than a decade ago. at first they say they dealt with it internally as a family and thought they'd handled it. then the problems continued. >> i think as parents we felt, ah, we're failures. >> josh came to us on his own and he was crying. he had just turned 14 and he said that he had actually improperly touched some of our daughters. it was after that third time he came to us is where we really felt like, you know what, we have didn't everything we can as parents to hand him this in-house. we need to get help.