"Ryôri no tetsujin" (1993) TV series 1993-1999

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | unknown

Plot:

Chefs from all over the world come to Kitchen Stadium to do culinary battle with one of Chairman Kaga's...

Plot Keywords:

Kitchen | Cooking | Food | Competition | Non Fiction

Cast

Chen Kenichi		(91 episodes, 1993-2002)
Hiroyuki Sakai		(86 episodes, 1994-2001)
Rokusaburo Michiba		(41 episodes, 1993-2000)

Also Known As:

Iron Chef (USA)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Company:

Fuji Television Network

Trivia:

Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi had the longest winning streak, at 14 battles.

Quotes:

Chairman Kaga: If my memory serves me correctly...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Futurama: 30% Iron Chef (#4.11)" (2002)

Battle Royale, Cooking Style

I have begun to watch this show on the Food Network and it is quite enjoyable. It not only is quite interesting to watch some of Japan's best chefs compete against each other in creating various dishes almost spontaneously, but listening to the English dubbed commentary can be quite humorous as well as they try to convey how the panelists enjoy or dislike each dish that they eat from each competition. Also, even though I'm not much of a gourmet, I do find most of the dishes appetizing, even though I probably won't eat them due to the fact that many of them are quite expensive.

Also, I just found out that the Food Network is going to do an American version of the show featuring many of the chefs that are featured on the various programs on the network. They will have to really come up with something spectacular if they hope to match the special charm of this show.