About this season
Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended on September 24, 1999, although occasional specials were produced until 2002. The series aired 309 episodes. Repeats are regularly aired on the Cooking Channel in the United States and on Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. Fuji TV will air a new version of the show, titled Iron Chef, beginning in October 26, 2012.
Episodes (10)
1. Ishinabe vs. Maruyama Takeshi (Salmon Battle)
Aired 10 October 1993 • 30 min
2. Michiba VS Kobayakawa Yousei (Foie Gras Battle)
Aired 17 October 1993 • 30 min
3. Chen vs Indoragori Paulo (Globefish Battle)
Aired 31 October 1993 • 30 min
4. Chen vs Kudo Toshiyuki (Tofu Battle)
Aired 7 November 1993 • 30 min
5. Michiba vs Syu Tomiteru (Lobster Battle)
Aired 14 November 1993 • 30 min
6. Chen VS Tei Kazuhiko (Octopus Battle)
Aired 21 November 1993 • 30 min
7. Ishinabe vs Muto Masato (Radish Battle)
Aired 28 November 1993 • 30 min
8. Michiba vs Syu Tomitoku (Crab Battle)
Aired 5 December 1993 • 30 min
9. Ishinabe VS Oyama Eizo (Banana Battle)
Aired 12 December 1993 • 30 min
10. Ishinabe vs Jacques Borie (Chicken Battle)
Aired 19 December 1993 • 30 min
A special battle for Christmas. The challenger is a winner of the prestigious MOF award in France. The Iron Chef is the first Iron Chef French, Yutaka Ishinabe. This is the only Ishinabe episode, and the only episode from the first year broadcast on Food Network. Judges: Yasuo Tanaka (Novelist), Mai Kitajima (Actress), Masaaki Hirano (Rosanjin Scholar)