Can Sakai compete against this master of wild game cooking? This challenger is the right hand man of famous chef Zhou Tomitoku. The Iron Chef must retire from the kitchen after 50 minutes as the challenger completes his dishes and presents to the judges first. As that occurs, the Iron Chef returns to complete his final ten minutes of preparation just before presenting to the judges. The challenger is a favorite of the manager of the Yakult Swallows baseball team. He is the chef at the hotel where they stay when they come to Osaka to play the Hanshin Tigers.
He was once the head chef at the Japanese embassy to Morocco. He is skilled at preparing Cajun food. Many members of the Yakult Swallows are present to watch the battle. Christmas day brings a strawberry battle and a female competitor. Sakai has a poor track record against women competitors. Will victory be his Christmas present? The three battles that make up the "Mr. Iron Chef " tournament.
Four challengers battle each other and the winner faces an Iron Chef in the first episode of the next year. The winner of the Mr. Iron Chef tournament takes on an Iron Chef. The first challenger of The challenger heads a restaurant with seating for only 6, but it has hosted entertainers and even Prince and Princess Mikasa.
He apprenticed at one of the oldest restaurants in Japan. Sakai has his mentor in the audience. Diverse factors influence this beet battle. The Iron Chef Chinese takes on a man whose culinary career steered him towards Chinese Medicinal Cuisine: food to improve people's health. Kondo is the 4th woman challenger to take on Sakai. This time the dessert battle is best suited for Valentine's Day.
Acclaimed chef Toshiro Kandagawa sends the only female chef he has ever taught into Kitchen Stadium. The challenger is the head chef at a restaurant that Iron Chef Michiba himself dines at frequently.
Today's challenger was once a top student under legendary Japanese chef Chu Shinoshima, but he instead chose to blaze his own trail in the culinary world. Sakai faces a challenger known as "Mr. The challenger makes magical noodle dishes. He is one of only chefs to have received recognition as a High Class Technician. He is the youngest to have qualified for that license. He once headed the kitchen at the Chinese State Guesthouse. He is now the head chef for a hotel in Japan. The challenger is the first pizza expert to enter kitchen stadium.
What pizzas can he create from squid? Yuasa uses shocking cooking techniques--using test tubes and litmus paper to get his meals to exacting pH levels--that make him seem less a French chef and more a scientist. Can Sakai prevail in this new age battle? Two hour special featuring Michiba vs. The Kobe earthquake could not shake this talented female chef, and now she will fight an Iron Chef.
The Iron Chef French faces the head chef of the legendary ryokan traditional Japanese inn Taikan-so in Atami, named by the artist who once frequented it. Former challenger Kandagawa sends Keisuke to do his bidding. Egos, reputations, and the championship are all on the line. This challenger is the 6th one sent to Kitchen Stadium by Kandagawa.
Kandagawa is angry at Michiba for some comments the Iron Chef made about him. The challenger is the head chef of one of the Kandagawa restaurants. He has watched 6 battles from the royal box in Kitchen Stadium, so he is very familiar with what it takes to win.
Chairman Kaga welcomes his first Korean challenger, bringing with her a distinctive form of cuisine rarely seen in Japan. Old versus new French cuisine, Club Mistral versus Club des Trentes--a complicated battle deserves a high end ingredient. How will the challenger the king of sauces deal with broccoli? Doc Hattori says his sauces are amazing.
He even says he wishes he could take on all three Iron Chefs at once. Can he defeat one? Kitchen Stadium has never brought in a diner cook before, but this French-trained chef is no ordinary diner cook. Dissatisfied with the results of their last encounter, the young guns of Club Mistral send another challenger to face Iron Chef French Sakai, representing the old guard of Club des Trentes.
The challenger is the top apprentice of the Mother of Chinese cooking in Japan. Chairman Kaga is in a very bad mood. His Iron Chefs have lost their last two battles. Worse, the stress of the last loss has left the mighty Iron Chef Japanese Michiba in the hospital. And now, he has to answer a challenger representing the famed Italian restaurateur Don Sabatini. His California-influenced cuisine combines French artistry with Californian attention to eating healthy.
It takes guts to enter Kitchen Stadium and face an Iron Chef. This chef who trained at the branches of the famous Tankuma restaurant took the bold step of opening his own place on the Tokyo outskirts so as to better serve ordinary customers. He has guts aplenty. A man who once headed that world-famous kitchen how heads a kitchen in Tokyo.
To best put his Cantonese mastery to the test, against the Iron Chef Chinese, Chairman Kaga unveils the ultimate Chinese ingredient: swallow's nest. Today's challenger grew tired of the hustle and bustle of Tokyo and retreated into the mountains of Nara Prefecture to pursue his own eccentric ideals of seasonal Italian cuisine.
He grows his own produce, catches his own fish, avoids using knives, and is so selective he only entertains one party per day. Hisama Hirano is a Japanese culinary media dynamo. He appears frequently in magazines, teaches Japanese cuisine and hosts cooking shows on television, and he also introduces new concepts in Japanese street dining.
He's also popular with the ladies. The challenger is a head chef in Kyoto. He has mastered the style of Ikama-school of culinary arts. To separate his restaurant from the other more traditional restaurants in the area, he began creating new dishes with local ingredients.
He is among the top young chefs in Kyoto. He faces the returning Iron Chef Japanese, back after two months of recuperation, so Chairman Kaga chooses umeboshi pickled plums , an ingredient associated with keeping good health.
Tag Team Battle! Two Iron Chefs vs 2 Italian Brothers in the battle of the tomato. After growing up in Italy, these brothers started their own restaurant in Tokyo. It is so popular that you must make reservations up to 6 months in advance. It's tough, very tough for a woman to make her way into the kitchen of a traditional Japanese restaurant. But give the infamous Toshiro Kandagawa credit for recognizing the talent of this tough-as-nails woman from Kochi. The challenger is the head chef at a members only Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles.
Pre-Food Network IC days. He was born in Los Angeles, but he went to Japan to live with his grandparents when he was 6 months old. He was part of a comedy duo in his teens, but he had to give that up.
And while he is an American, he wishes he could be a chef in Japan. Chairman Kaga desires to have more experience with the cuisine of France's southern Provence region. He learns of a man from Provence who now serves authentic Provencal cuisine to Japanese diners near Lake Biwa. He invites the man to Kitchen Stadium and presents him with crayfish as the theme: an ingredient well-suited to his style of cooking.
Iron Chef Chinese Chen is placed in an uncomfortable position. As a lower member of the Association, he finds himself feeling like the challenger for once as he has to face his senior. Today's challenger is the third generation of a line of chefs going back to a chef once tapped by legendary culinary scholar Rosanjin. This battle marks two years since the first Iron Chef battle and is the first battle to feature four judges instead of three. The theme ingredient--rice--goes back to the roots of Japanese cuisine and culture, as taught by Rosanjin.
The challenger is one of the best in Japan at Fujian-style cooking. He opened the first Fujian-style restaurant in Japan. He is also a sixth-degree black belt in karate. Overtime Battle to Potato Battle After 60 minutes of battle, the scores are tied at 71, bringing forth the first ever overtime battle in Kitchen Stadium. Today's challenger is said to be the top Italian pasta chef in Japan, once trained under the legendary King of Pasta, Angelo Paracucchi, and now head chef of the Tokyo branch of the trendsetting El Toula.
A unique challenger who began his life as a sumo wrestler but then pivoted to cooking after injury cut short his sumo career. Known as the Golden Boy for his time in Le Golden and for winning the Golden Key award for most creative chef in , he is a trendsetter praised for his creativity and innovation.
A Shanghai cuisine specialist, Sozo Miyamoto rose to prominence at the same time as Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi, and after tying for silver at the Chinese Cooking World Championships several years ago, they're now considered strong rivals. Chairman Kaga invites Miyamoto to settle the score in Kitchen Stadium with live carp, a mainstay of traditional Chinese cuisine, as the theme.
Disappointed in the quality of the Japanese cuisine challengers this year none of which have won to date , Chairman Kaga decides to call in a chef he'd been saving: Vice President of the Japan Chefs' Association and head chef of Nakanoboh-Zuien, a top-class ryokan in Arima Hot Springs.
For Kitchen Stadium's Christmas Battle, Chairman Kaga brings in a highly-prestigious chef from Paris: then-youngest-ever recipient of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France, the highest award the country bestows people of varying trades including cooking; a respected student of Joel Robuchon; and now owner of a two-Michelin-star restaurant.
Recap from the best Michiba episodes that weren't broadcast in the U. For the first battle of the year, Chairman Kaga accepts the challenge of the head chef of the famed Grand Hotel in Taiwan. It is an all-Chinese affair with Iron Chef Chen chosen in advance to answer the challenge, on his 40th birthday no less, and no expense is spared as they are given dried abalone: a luxurious ingredient well-suited to Chinese cuisine.
While the search continues for a new Iron Chef Japanese, Iron Chef French Sakai accepts the challenge of a rising French-trained chef making a name in hotel dining: head chef of the Terrace at the Westin Tokyo.
Wanting to spice up the battle, Chairman Kaga presents them with a challenging theme: curry powder accompanied by five other spices for variety. The challenger is the head chef at a beachside restaurant. Chairman Kaga calls him the Conjuror of Seafood. He does not think he will lose to an Iron Chef. Is he right? Valentine's Day chocolate-and-pear dessert battle. Inspired by the chili sauce made famous by Chen Kenmin, this challenger began a quest to create a sauce able to surpass it, and after over 30 years he has created numerous new Chinese sauces along the way.
After two months, retired Iron Chef Michiba presents Chairman Kaga with his successor: Komei Nakamura, an imposing chef from a prestigious formal Japanese restaurant who both keeps a traditional base and fearlessly seeks out new ideas. For his inaugural battle, he faces two challenges: the owner of Auberge de Suzuki in Seijo, one of the chefs of Club des Trentes; and the theme of Foie Gras, the same ingredient Michiba faced in his debut match three years ago. The Iron Chef Chinese takes on the challenge of the head chef of the Hokuriku Plaza Hotel, a traditionalist chef who came to love the Hokuriku area and its abundance of seafood.
Their seafood skills will be put to the test when presented with four large cod. Today's challenger has become Japan's premiere culinary authority in the French technique of "vacuum cooking" sous vide.
He's back for revenge, this time against Michiba's successor Komei Nakamura. Chen's opponent has been knighted in France as the Cavalier of Cheese, and is an expert in salad. Can he prevail? For a twist, the chefs are not told of the theme ingredient immediately but must first travel to the castle's courtyard to retrieve it. They have 24 hours to obtain authentic French ingredients, then return to the French castle site to hold the actual battle.
The new chef of Akasaka Rikyu demonstrates his distinctive Hong Kong cooking skills. Chairman Kaga welcomes a woman who opened a restaurant that specializes in home-style Japanese cuisine and presents for the battle a common, everyday ingredient that fits in her style. Morikawa's restaurant, Cay, is said to have pioneered Thai food in Japan. His patrons include Stephen Hawking and Yoko Ono. Can Chen beat him at his own game? Mikasa-kaikan is one of the oldest and most respected French restaurants in Japan.
Today's challenger is head chef of its coastal Kuganuma branch and the last direct disciple of the restaurant's late founding Grand Chef. The challenger is the chief instructor of culinary skills at Hattori Nutrition College and was recommended by Dr. Hattori to be the new Iron Chef Japanese after Michiba retired. Because of the theme involved, the Noodle Rule is invoked for this battle.
Today's challenger is French-influenced Italian chef of such renown that anywhere he cooks, you'll find lines running out the door. The challenger is one of the three best chefs in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. His restaurant has won numerous awards at national competitions. He will be the first challenger from Hokkaido to do battle in Kitchen Stadium. He opened his award winning restaurant at the age of The challenger was personally trained in California Cuisine by the legendary Wolfgang Puck.
The challenger is a famous comedian in Japan. He is also known to be one of the most skilled chefs among entertainers. The challenger leads the kitchen of a hotel on the island of Okinawa.
Features chefs from each region with a battle between Son vs. The challenger is the head of a very successful restaurant in New York. The New York Times gave his restaurant 3 stars. His grandfather is Japanese, and spent a lot of time talking to young Wayne about the culture of Japan. The challenger is the head chef for several hotel kitchens.
He lives near the largest fishing seaport in all of Japan. He uses his speed in the kitchen to overcome his small stature. He is known as Ushiwakamaru. He trained in France for five years before returning to Japan.
He was unhappy with the direction of French cuisine in Japan, so he opened his own restaurant. New Year's Special: judges taste osechi new year food. The challenger is the year-old son of a prominent Chinese cuisine chef whose restaurant "Kochouran" in Kobe was demolished during the huge earthquake back in It's been 2 years by the time they taped this, and the chairman, while disappointed that the chef of Kochouran permanently quit the business when his restaurant was destroyed, was pleased to find the chef's son as the head chef of Canton Shuka "Ten" in Kobe.
Kaga's theme announcement expressed confidence that Kobe was indeed building its "pillars" or foundations firmly after the disaster. The word for "pillar" in Japanese is "hashira". This immediately brings to mind "kai-bashira" shell-pillars, a common idiom for the adductor muscle of bivalves. But not just any kaibashira - no, they had to be the most prized "kaibashira" in Chinese cuisine - dried scallops, also known as ganbei or conpoy. Judges: Eimoto Takinori Baseball?
The challenger is the head chef of a London restaurant that was established in He is a master of Gibier wild game cuisine. Only four months after this episode originally aired in Japan, Chef Kennedy died after a fall in his restaurant.
It is only the second overtime battle in the history of Kitchen Stadium. The chefs used most of the supplies and ingredients in the first battle, so they must be creative during this minute overtime cook-off.
The challenger is Premier Chef in China. He is an expert in Fujian Cuisine. This is a battle between two outstanding Chinese chefs. Club Mistral is back with yet another challenger for Sakai. Shimada trained in France for 5 years before returning to Japan.
He hopes to show that the new generation of French chefs in Japan is ready to take over. Can Sakai fight back the challenge? This battle does not have a theme ingredient, but it does have a theme.
Hanami, or flower viewing, is the theme of this battle. The challenger is a Chinese chef. He heads a Chinese restaurant with a long history. The tasting area is set up outside under the Sakura.
The challenger is a woman who specializes in the cuisine of Spain. This is a very close battle that is decided by one point. The challenger trained under the legendary French chef Paul Bocuse.
I think he may have been the first Japanese chef that Bocuse trained. The challenger was once a chef at Nadaman, the restaurant where Nakamura currently works. Despite having had challengers from around the world, Chairman Kaga had not welcomed a chef from Australia. She began her training at age At age 31, she opened her own restaurant.
She wants the world to know that Australian cooking is more than just prawns on the barbecue and beer in the hand. Kitchen Stadium has been open for a little more than three and a half years. The challenger excels at Shanhai style cooking. He challenger began his training at the age of He feels he is the best Japanese Shanghai style chef.
What better ingredient for competing styles of Chinese cuisine than the Chinese delicacy Pitan thousand-year egg? The brother of the challenger did battle against Chen in a Swordfish battle two years earlier. It is an Italian vs. French battle. The challenger is the number two man at one of Kandagawa Honten, the main restaurant of Toshiro Kandagawa.
He is only 27 years old. It's been four years since Kitchen Stadium opened. Today's challenger has been in Kitchen Stadium before. He is considered one of the best pasta chefs in Japan. This has to be the first battle where the challenger actually has more experience in Kitchen Stadium than the Iron Chef. There will be one later when one of Michiba's former assistants battles Morimoto in only his 5th appearance as Iron Chef. Sweetfish Kaga welcomes the challenger and summons the three Iron Chefs.
He then tells the challenger, "Of course, today you won't be doing battle with these three. This may be the only time I have ever seen him not running to the podium to get his ingredients. He is moving as slowly as I've ever seen him move. Every now and then, Kobe gets a look of confusion, but that's somewhat understandable as it is his first battle.
They keep mentioning the fact that Kobe is 27 years old. In the royal box today are challengers from previous battles. Salad --Tomato?? The challenger lives on the Izu Peninsula, west of Tokyo.
It is a region known for its hot springs and abundant fish. Of course, his dishes are full of the flavors of the sea. The challenger is a top chef from Hong Kong. He has won many cooking competitions. The challenger trained in France, but he now specializes in Vietnamese cooking.
The challenger started training to be a chef at the age of He earns praise from both Iron Chef Chen and Dr. Yukio Hattori. The Chairman calls him the future of Chinese cooking in Japan. The challenger is a sushi chef from Yokohama who is a favorite of famous athletes and entertainers.
He entered the sushi world at age the age of Chairman Kaga calls him a sushi artisan. He lost his first time in action, and the Chairman wants to see if he has what it takes to win as an Iron Chef. The challenger has cooked for many famous celebrities. He began cooking at age He headed the kitchen at a hotel restaurant in Italy before leaving to head a restaurant in Japan.
He arrived in Japan just two months before this battle. The chef operates a restaurant in Ginza. I think the ladies of Ginza really like his dishes. It has been three years since Club Mistral sent their first challenger to Kitchen Stadium.
We will have the theme ingredient again that was used by the chairman Miyamoto. Milk is the theme and the Chairman arranges for two cows to be brought into Kitchen Stadium so the chefs can have the freshest possible theme ingredient. It is summertime, and Chairman Kaga wants to celebrate with a summer festival. Kaga asks, What theme do I choose for a dream tag match?
That summer fruit. It is time for the Obon Festival in Japan. It traditionally takes place in mid-August The challenger is a buddhist monk who prepares vegetarian meals.
She is the younger sister of the challenger from Season 2, Sakai vs. The challenger is the number one French chef on Kyushu. He opened his own restaurant at the age of The previous battle between these two chefs was declared a no contest by The Chairman.
The challenger has declined many invitations from Chairman Kaga to do battle in Kitchen Stadium. He heads a French restaurant in Aoyama, Tokyo.
He trained in top restaurants in France. This challenger is the youngest ever to enter Kitchen Stadium. At the young age of 22, she already heads the kitchen of a bustling Chinese restaurant in Tokyo. She was only 7 when she began helping her father in the kitchen that she eventually took over. Once again, Chen is called upon to take on a female challenger.
He started his culinary training at the age of He became a head chef at The Chairman spent 1 million yen on the theme ingredient for these young chefs. Liu Xikun vs. Nakamura Beef and Alain Passard vs. Patrick Clark Homard Lobster. The winners face each other in a Foie Gras Battle.
Iron Chef Kobe is the Prince of Pasta. His challenger tonight is the Prince of Chinese cuisine. Nakamura's final fight is with Hattori Yukio in Battle Tuna. In honor of the Girls' Festival, Kaga invites a challenger from the ancient city of Kamakura, Motohito Kondo, who had training in Kyoto and is an expert in both tea and sake. He challenges Iron Chef French Sakai. For this one battle only, there is no theme ingredient the theme is the Girls' Festival itself , and the chefs are invited to improvise dishes using only the ingredients provided by the Kitchen Stadium pantry.
Pinchiorri, the perfectionist, was a female chef in the 70's who combined French and Italian cooking techniques. Iron Chef Kobe was her apprentice. Angelo Paracucchi was also working to revolutionize Italian cooking.
His star pupil, Mario Frittoli, is a master chef and today's challenger. These 2 students of Italian masters will face off in battle broccoli. The challenger, one of the last proteges of Chen Kenmin, is a master at using oils in his Chinese cooking. This is Morimoto's second battle. Can the secrets of Chinese cuisine beat the innovations of the Iron Chef Japanese?
Tomoji Ichikawa is a French superchef in Japan. He has traveled and trained extensively in France under Pierre Troisgros. Iron Chef French will have his hands full in this battle, specially designed around Wedgewood china. The challenger is a Master Chef hailing from Kyoto.
He, like most Iron Chefs, combines traditional knowledge with cutting edge technique and flavors to create exquisite dishes. He has the support of former Iron Chef Michiba and Dr. Can the Iron Chef win this battle? The challenger is a seafood expert: he chooses and cooks gifts from the sea masterfully He has apprenticed in the top kitchens of Japan. Which competitor will find the soul of the sea? The challenger is a stubborn chef descended from a long line of Tokyo dwellers.
Restaurants run in his family. Iron Chef Japanese will have his hand's full facing such a strong tradition. It's traditional Japanese versus neo-Japanese cooking. The challenger is one of the few Mexican food specialists in Tokyo. He opened the first restaurant dedicated to Latin cuisine. He specializes in authentic Mexican food, rather than American versions of Latin cuisine. This is a Latin duel in Kitchen Stadium.
Andre Pachon is the leader of the French Chef community in Japan. Several of his apprentices have already appeared, but this time Pachon sends his number one man. The highly-anticipated Pork Belly Battle ends in a tie, forcing a minute overtime battle: this time using Konnyaku Arum Root. The challenger is a woman who knows what she likes. As an elite culinary critic, she also trained at Cordon Bleu and at Taillevent, an elite French restaurant in Paris to better understand cooking.
Iron Chef French will have his hands full. Former Iron Chef Michiba decides that Morimoto needs some helpfinding his feet in Kitchen Stadium, so he recruits his number one sous chef from his own days in Kitchen Stadium.
Kenichi Miyanaga knows the Stadium well. Can the new Iron Chef prove his worth? Japan's culinary media is dominated by today's challenger, a food critic, musician, and graphic artist. The son a of a famous chef and former challenger, Kentaro is determined to make a name for himself in Kitchen Stadium. The Iron Chef Italian is challenged by an Italian chef who never ceases to pack his restaurant with customers: quite a feat for a chef hailing from Kyoto, a place infamous for having very refined taste.
Morimoto fights a traditionalist chef who fills his dishes with nostalgia. Maiji Kinenkan is the oldest bridal hall in Japan undergoing an upgrade to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This includes the addition of a Chinese restaurant, and its new grand chef, a Cantonese master and an expert in cooking for large gatherings, is today's challenger. Dubbed the scientist of cooking, the challenger has studied Italian, French and Japanese techniques for over 17 years.
He is even praised by culinary critic Asako Kishi. Today's challenger carries the samurai spirit of Yamaguchi Prefecture and a vast knowledge of kelp which he employs to produce broths which he claims are key to his dishes.
The Iron Chef Italian is called upon to face Miyoko Sakai, a famed Thai food critic who has had the privilege to learn the secrets of royal Thai cuisine straight from the source—Thai Princess Sita—and has been passing on the techniques to Thai chefs throughout Tokyo.
The theme ingredient is Blue Crab, a luxurious shellfish familiar to the challenger. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in a one-hour cooking competition based on a secret ingredient or ingredients, and sometimes theme.
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