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17 unusual facts about Iron Chef


Akira Senju

Composition credits include Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Yomigaeri, Fūrin Kazan (Taiga drama), Nada Sōsō (film), Rampo (film), Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, the 2012 revival of Iron Chef and the soundtrack of Red Garden.

Asako Kishi

From 1993 to 1999, she appeared regularly as one of the judges on the original Iron Chef television program on Fuji Television.

Great Lakes Field Service Council

Campers and guests at Western Day decide who is the next D-bar-A Scout Ranch Iron Chef, in an Iron Chef-like event.

Hiromi Yamada

In 1994, he began a public comeback on an episode of the popular Japanese cooking show, Iron Chef, where he won the "Battle of the Cabbage" against Chen Kenichi.

Hiroshi Tamaki

He starred in the revival of the Iron Chef Japanese cooking show on Fuji TV in October 2012, portraying the chairman of the Kitchen Stadium.

Iron Chef UK

Iron Chef UK is a British competition-based cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef and Food Network's Iron Chef America.

Ishikawa Prefecture

Takeshi Kaga, an actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV, is from Ishikawa.

John T. Edge

Edge has been a regular contributor for the weekend edition of NPR's All Things Considered and has appeared on a number of television shows from CBS Sunday Morning to Iron Chef.

Kazuko Hosoki

Hosoki appeared frequently on the original Iron Chef, where she would serve as one of the four celebrity judges that would determine the outcome of each match.

Kenji Fukui

Fukui has hosted numerous television news and variety programs, but is best known as the "play by play" announcer of Iron Chef.

Koumei Nakamura

Most famous for being the second Japanese Iron Chef on the show, Iron Chef, he has worked at numerous restaurants such as the Oriental Hotel in Osaka, Nadaman in the Hotel New Otani, and the Nadaman Singapore in the Shangri La Hotel.

Mister Ajikko

One of the earliest cooking/battle related manga and anime of its kind, there are some indications that this series is the inspiration for the live action competitive cooking show, Iron Chef.

Sakai Project

"Sakai" is a play on the word “chef,” and refers to Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai.

Suikoden II

Also notable is the inclusion of a variety of mini-games including one quite reminiscent of Iron Chef.

Tamio Kageyama

Perhaps another lasting contribution is Tamio's frequent role as a judge in the TV series Iron Chef.

The 30% Iron Chef

Bender challenges Elzar to a cook-off on Iron Cook (a parody of the show Iron Chef).

Yutaka Ishinabe

Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕 Ishinabe Yutaka, born 1948 in Yokohama, Japan) was the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef.


Gordy Carbone

He also has an online cooking show named 'Eat Me!' and has appeared on the Food Network grilling with Iron Chef Bobby Flay on Bobby's show, 'Grill It!, with Bobby Flay'

Lynn Crawford

She appeared on the Food Network's Iron Chef America (the third chef from Canada to do so), in a battle with Iron Chef Bobby Flay.

Roberto Treviño

Roberto Treviño is an American chef known for his appearances on Iron Chef: America and The Next Iron Chef.

Steven Raichlen

He battled and defeated Iron Chef Rokusaburo Michiba in a "Battle of the Barbecue Gods" on Japanese television.