Iron Chef America

Iron Chef America is an American cooking show based on FujiTV's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carries a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef.

Chefs

On this version of Iron Chef, the Iron Chefs have either been previous Food Network personalities or, in the case of Masaharu Morimoto, were part of the original Iron Chef. They are:

Related Topics:
Food Network - Masaharu Morimoto

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• Mario Batali, an Italian cuisine specialist
• Cat Cora, a Greek and Aegean cuisine specialist, also the first female Iron Chef
• Bobby Flay, a Southwestern cuisine specialist and former Iron Chef challenger
• Masaharu Morimoto, a neo-Japanese cuisine chef, and the third Iron Chef Japanese on Iron Chef
• Wolfgang Puck, a chef specializing in California cuisine

Iron Chef America also recognizes the Iron Chefs from the original Iron Chef. It is also to be noted that Morimoto is erroneously credited with 66 victories in Kitchen Stadium prior to Iron Chef America as a result of a typo (he was, in reality, 16-9-1, with one victory coming in overtime). However, Iron Chef America does not appear to recognize Iron Chefs from Iron Chef USA: when Iron Chef American Todd English appeared on Iron Chef America as a challenger, his record from Iron Chef USA was not reported, and no references to him being an Iron Chef was made.

Related Topics:
Iron Chef - Iron Chef USA - Todd English

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Unlike Iron Chef or Iron Chef USA, the Iron Chefs wear contemporary denim chef outfits with solid-color patches and trimwork rather than stylish and elaborate chef garb, to create the impression that the chefs are battling in a modernized Kitchen Stadium. However, like Iron Chef, the Iron Chefs remained color-coded: Flay's were blue, Batali's red, Morimoto's white, Puck's black, and Cora's pink. On the right shoulder of each set of clothes is a flag representing their country of origin.

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As Morimoto speaks with a very noticeable accent, or may sometimes even speak in Japanese when describing his dishes, his voice is occasionally dubbed over by Joe Cipriano. Cipriano also provided the voiceover for Hiroyuki Sakai in Battle of the Masters, a series of pilot episodes.

Related Topics:
Joe Cipriano - Hiroyuki Sakai

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