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S1 E3 Rice

Reality

G

41 minutes

Apr 2, 1998

Iron Chef Morimoto engages Challenger Masayoshi Kimura in this battle of rice.Featuring: Chen Kenichi, Hiroyuki Sakai, Masaharu Morimoto, Masahiko Kobe

Season 1, 26 Episodes

Iron Chef - Red Snapper

Morimoto’s debut as an Iron Chef brings a difficult challenger: Yukio Hirayama.

Iron Chef - Broccoli

Iron Chef Kobe and Mario Frittoli, who both learned from masters of Italian cuisine, will face off in this battle of broccoli.

Iron Chef - Rice

Iron Chef Morimoto engages Challenger Masayoshi Kimura in this battle of rice.

Iron Chef - Guinea Fowl

Chef Sakai, known as the Iron Chef French, will have his hands full in this battle specially designed around Wedgwood china.

Iron Chef - Spanish Mackerel

Spanish Mackerel,

The challenger is a master chef hailing from Kyoto. He has the support of the former Iron Chef Michiba and Dr. Yatori. Can the Iron Chef win this battle?

Iron Chef - Pen Shell

The challenger is a seafood expert who chooses and masterfully cooks gifts from the sea. He has apprenticed in the top kitchens of Japan. Which competitor will find the soul of the sea?

Iron Chef - Bamboo Shoots

The challenger is a stubborn chef descended from a long line of Tokyo dwellers. The Iron Chef will have his hands full facing such a strong tradition.

Iron Chef - Mango

The challenger is one of the few Mexican food specialists in Tokyo. This is a Latin duel at Kitchen Stadium.

Iron Chef - Asparagus

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.

Iron Chef - Pork Belly

The younger sibling of the Liang brothers, rulers of Cantonese cuisine in Japan, faces the Iron Chef Chinese.

Iron Chef - Konnyaku

Iron Chef Chen engages Challenger Lian Su Qin using konnyaku, a unique Japanese healthy food.

Iron Chef - Mishama Beef

The challenger is a woman who knows what she likes. As an elite culinary critic, she trained at Le Cordon Bleu and as well as Taillevent, an elite French restaurant in Paris.

Iron Chef - Sweetfish

The former Iron Chef Michiba decides that Morimoto needs some help finding his feet, so he recruits his number one sous-chef from his own days at Kitchen Stadium.

Iron Chef - Potato

Japan's culinary media is dominated by today's challenger, a food critic, musician and graphic artist. Kentaro is determined to make a name for himself at Kitchen Stadium.

Iron Chef - Egg Plant

The Iron Chef Italian is challenged by a chef hailing from Kyoto who never ceases to pack his restaurant with customers.

Iron Chef - Tofu

Morimoto fights a traditionalist chef who fills his dishes with nostalgia.

Iron Chef - Jinhua Pork

Meiji 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.

Iron Chef - Yogurt

Iron Chef Chen stirs up his best yogurt presentation against Challenger Junichi Ito.

Iron Chef - Abalone

Iron Chef Morimoto battles with Challenger Tsuyoshi Kajimoto as they innovate with abalone, a shellfish.

Iron Chef - Blue Crab

The Iron Chef 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.

Iron Chef - Giant Eel

Iron Chef Morimoto faces another traditionalist who is infamous for his temper, his steadfast discipline and his adherence to tradition.

Iron Chef - Peach

The challenger in this battle of peach is Masanobu Watabe, owner of Le Rameau d'Or in Yokohama, Japan. Watabe runs the entire 22-seat restaurant by himself.

Iron Chef - Carp

Chen's challenger is a man who masters Chaozhou-style Chinese cuisine, an exacting style that is actually able to please the sensitive tastes of customers in Kyoto.

Iron Chef - Squid

Sakai battles the 'conjurer of garlic,' a chef who embraces the pungent ingredient as real Italians do. Sakai is further challenged to use live squids in the dishes.

Iron Chef - Sardine

Three years after losing to Iron Chef Chen, the Italian restaurant Sabatini demands a rematch, this time sending in the master chef of their Tokyo restaurant.

Iron Chef - Salmon

Led by Tadamichi Ohta, the chef who defeated Sakai, the Ohta faction invades Kitchen Stadium to uphold traditional Japanese cuisine. Fuji is team Ohta's first contender against Morimoto.

Details

Iron Chef

Reality

G

7 Seasons

41 minutes

Iron Chef' is an innovative cooking competition from Japan combining the excitement of a one-on-one sports competition with gourmet cooking.

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