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This is another one of those episodes where you will instantly recognize the challenger, despite the fact that you probably have not seen the episode yet. Why? Food Network (or Fuji) chose to include many chefs from 1996/1997 episodes they chose not to air in the added Food Network opening to the show. This is one of them.
Philippe Batton saw his mentor and two of his friends go down in defeat at the hands of Iron Chef Sakai. He began his culinary training at the age of 15. He became a head chef at the young age of 32. (He still lives in Japan. Here is a website for his restaurants.) Will the young French chef have what it takes to defeat an Iron Chef?
(Edit 3/22) – Only four days after posting this episode, I saw this story on one of the sites I read everyday. What are the odds?
(Edit 3/25) – Be sure to check out the comments to this post. You’ll see that we had a VERY SPECIAL visitor to the site. 🙂
What makes this episode a rare and special treat for current Iron Chef fans is that it comes from the time before Iron Chef was aired on Food Network. It was recorded from one of the local stations broadcasting the show. (In fact, it still has some local commercials intact.) It is in Japanese WITH English subtitles. I know you will enjoy being able to experience this rare episode not shown in North America in over 10 years. (And it has BACON!!)
There are two options for viewing this episode. The pop-up player will use the usual divx encoded file. This smaller, lower quality file can also be downloaded directly using the “Download File” option. Also in the download menu this time is an option to download a higher quality VOB file (approx. 1.0GB). (You can play the vob file in VLC Player.)
New in the video database this week: 426s – Bacon – Sakai vs. Baton (subbed)
Please make sure to thank our anonymous benefactor for continuing to provide us with these great episodes.
Hi, everybody.
I know it has been over a month since the last update, and I’m sorry about that. The good news is that you will be rewarded for your patience. I recently received 5 more pre-FN subtitled episodes that I will add over the next couple of weeks. Ryori no Tetsujin kono ato.
All from 1996 – Pomphret, Bacon, Clam, Fatty Tuna, Oyster