However, he remained involved with the series, competing in one battle as an Iron Chef during the convalescence of Iron Chef Japanese Rokusaburo Michiba and assisting Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai as part of the French team in the "2000th Dish" Special.
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He also acted as guest commentator and judge on several occasions, most notably when regular commentator Dr. Yukio Hattori competed in a battle.
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Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕 Ishinabe Yutaka, born 1948 in Yokohama, Japan) was the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef.
Yutaka Sado | Yutaka Yoshie | Yutaka Enatsu | Yutaka Yano | Yutaka Takenouchi | Yutaka Kobayashi (businessman) | Yutaka Kobayashi (announcer) | Yutaka Kobayashi | Yutaka Katayama |