It's a good thing that the crowd was on Morimoto's side though, because as the time began to wind down and the competition started to get fierce, things started to go wrong for Bobby Flay.įirst, he cut himself with his knife - that was bound up pretty quick and didn't seem to set him back a whole lot, but then between the soaking wet floor and the electric cooking utensils, Flay kept getting shocked. Lots of Morimoto fans in the crowd, there was constant cheering and bad voice over dubbing of the Japanese commentators. The event was taped in New York, and one of the exciting things was watching everyone get hyped about cooking. It was billed as the " Rock Crab Challenge", and most of the dishes were crab, Flay prepared some noodle thing though with squid ink that I don't recall having any crab in it. I caught it about halfway through the show, both Bobby Flay and Masaharu Morimoto were cooking up a storm. As Jinmyo mentioned, the show is not aired in Canada, and only by virtue of being in the USA for work reasons did I see this. The competion on Jwas interesting, to say the least. If you like the Iron Chef, you might like the movie, " The God of Cookery." In this episode, the challenger refused to have helpers, and the Iron Chef he challenged (the French one) dismissed his helpers for honor. Some comments on the one episode I have seen: This was the " peach" episode, and if you think that making an entire meal based around a peaches theme is weird, let me tell you, the dishes sounded pretty weird to me. It doesn't really help that the voices are all (badly) dubbed over with utterly fake dialogue. Each contestant is allowed helpers, and the entire thing is filmed like a sports contest, with comentary from celebrities and critics, and taking place in " Kitchen Stadium." At the end, the meals are judged by the panel of celebrity judges.
The theme is announced by the Chairman at the beginning of the show, after the contestant decides which Iron Chef they will challenge. They participate in a 1 hour contest to cook the best complete meal using whatever item is the theme. The Iron Chef is a twisted television show in which cooks take on one of the feared Iron Chefs: Morimoto Masaharu (Japan), Chen Kenichi (China), Sakai Hiroyuki (France), and Kobe Masahiko (Italy).