Iron Chef America — Season 1, Episode 1: Iron Chef Flay vs Rick Bayless

Episode synopsis

Theme : Buffalo The first all women team challenge Iron Chef Batali in a courageous battle to the finish. See who's cuisine reigns supreme!

About Iron Chef America

Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television'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 carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in a one-hour cooking competition based on a secret ingredient or ingredients, and sometimes theme. The show is presented as a successor to the original Iron Chef, as opposed to being a remake. The Chairman is portrayed by actor and martial artist Mark Dacascos, who is introduced as the nephew of the original Japanese chairman Takeshi Kaga. The commentary is provided solely by Alton Brown, & Kevin Brauch is the floor reporter. The music is written by composer Craig Marks, who released the soundtrack titled "Iron Chef America & The Next Iron Chef" by the end of 2010. In addition, regular ICA judge and Chopped host Ted Allen provided additional floor commentary for two special battles: Battle First Thanksgiving and Battle White House Produce.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Batali vs. Trevino
• E3Flay vs.Tsai
• E4Iron Chef Batali vs Michael Laiskonis
• E5Iron Chef Morimoto vs Rob Feenie
• E6Iron Chef Flay vs Govind Armstrong
• E7Morimoto vs. Donna
• E8Batali vs. Campbell
• E9Batali vs. Lo
• E10Cora vs. Lee
• E12Iron Chef Batali vs Iron Chef Morimoto
• E13Iron Chef Puck vs Iron Chef Morimoto
• E14Iron Chef Morimoto / Flay vs Iron Chef Batali / Sakai