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This is the second edition of our Iron Chef Collection Exclusives Episodes of the Month. Of course, this is where we present to you Iron Chef episodes that did not air on Food Network. Today, we present our Episodes of the Month for August. Thank you to everyone who voted in the poll.
A recently aired episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on the Travel Channel had Mr. Bourdain traveling to Japan. Several segments of the show featured Bourdain with Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto as his guide.
I believe the entire episode is available for purchase in the iTunes music store, but I’m not positive.
The newest ICC Exclusives post will be up before the end of the weekend.
Chen vs. Ikegawa
Originally aired 11/10/95
Iron Chef, the Official Book episode# 106
Iron Chef Collection episode# 343
Challenger Kiyotaka Ikegawa, Head Chef of Ononishiki in Osaka, was formerly a Sumo wrestler. His restaurant is named after his father, who was also a Sumo wrestler, and who had previously owned the restaurant.
“Master Chen,” he shouts politely, pointing, “please accept my challenge!” Chen does accept, and the ingredient is revealed as horsehair crab.
On the commentators’ panel are Sumo Stable Master Wakamatsu, actress Mayuko (“pint-size by comparison”) Takata, Dr. Yukio Hattori, and Kenji Fukui.
While Challenger Ikegawa has trimmed down since his Sumo days (offering encouragement to any viewers wishing to lose weight), Wakamatsu is built like a Sumo wrestler. When asked if he’ll be OK with regular-sized portions, he assures Fukui-san, “No problem.” He’s on the lookout for a special stew eaten by Sumo wrestlers, called Chanko, but he and the rest of the commentators agree with anticipation, that much more than just stew will be set before them.
Captain Nemo and the crew of the Nautilis saw many new and exciting places in their travels. The Iron Chefs showed us many new and exciting dishes while doing battle in Kitchen Stadium. This week’s theme is seafood battles.
New in the database this week: 412, 626, 726, 732
Next week’s post will be the ICC Exclusives for August. Don’t forget to vote in the poll in the sidebar to your left.
I know what you’re thinking, but don’t worry. Frog was never used as a theme ingredient in Kitchen Stadium. Kermit is safe. I just wanted to use his song title. Vegetables were used many times during the 300 episode run of the show. There is no way we could list them all, but we can narrow it down a little bit. This week’s Episodes of the Week theme is vegetables that are green.
The Olympic Motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger). The Summer Olympics start this weekend in Beijing, China. While some of the world’s greatest athletes will be gathering in the Beijing Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremonies, we will welcome some of the world’s greatest chefs into Kitchen Stadium. The theme this week is China. Of course, all of the battles this week feature a Chinese ingredient, a Chinese challenger, and/or Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi.
We also would like to add two Iron Chef Chen videos to Beyond Kitchen Stadium.
Both of the BKS videos are in Japanese with no subtitles.
The following episodes may be found by searching our video database: 314, 641, 712
New in the database this week: 314, 641, 712