Iron Chef America –
Battle of the Masters
Iron Chef America is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television’s Iron Chef. It is the second American version of the series. The show is produced by Food Network. Like the original Japanese program, the program is like a culinary game show.
In each episode a new challenger chef battles one of the resident “Iron Chefs” in a one-hour cooking competition based on a theme ingredient. Iron Chef first aired as a special called “Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters”.
Iron Chef quickly earned legitimacy with the appearance of Iron Chefs Hiroyuki Sakai and Masaharu Morimoto. The first Battle of the Masters involved Sakai and Flay with the theme of trout. There Sakai prepared two dishes: one was gift-wrapped to commemorate the opening of Kitchen Stadium America and the other one was trout ice cream.
Other “Battle of the Masters”
- Morimoto taking on Batali
- Morimoto taking on Wolfgang Puck
- Tag team battle of Morimoto and Flay against Sakai and Batali
Iron Chef America’s version of kitchen stadium has a more modern appearance than the one from Iron Chef. It is located at the Chelsea Market in New York City. The kitchen equipment is top-of-the-line. Appliances include
- 6-Burner Stove Tops
- An Infrared Grill
- Blast Chillers
- Convection Ovens
- Deep Fryers
- Cutting Boards
- Blenders and Food Processors
- Pantry Stations
The commentary is provided by Alton Brown. Kevin Brauch is the floor reporter. The commentator’s station has Alton Brown standing in front of two large monitors providing several camera views of the action. The station is much closer to and on the same level as the cooking stations.
It allows Alton Brown to talk with the competitors and ask brief questions. Alton Brown has made frequent comments about the kitchen stadium being “an orbiting space station” or “an underwater facility.”
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