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Today brings the 200th challenger to Kitchen Stadium. The Chairman received a letter from famed chef Joel Robuchon suggesting a special challenger to mark the special occasion. He is Maurice Guilloet, the head chef at Robuchon’s restaurant, Taiyuban Robuchon. By age 20, he was training at Robuchon’s 3-star restaurant in France. At the young age of 23, he was already head chef at the restaurant. (Chef Guillouet is currently at Nirvana in Paris.
546sub – Scallop Battle – Koumei Nakamura vs. Maurice Guillouet – 12/12/1997
This episode is in Japanese with English subtitles.
I noticed the other day that a milestone download was approaching. This evening, the 300,000th file was downloaded from the Iron Chef Collection. Thank you to everyone who has ever downloaded an episode for helping me reach that nice round number. 🙂
Look for more episodes going up later tonight, including an episode featuring a milestone challenger in Kitchen Stadium, to help us get started on the next 100K.
I previously had this episode in Japanese only. Now, I am happy to present it to you with subtitles.
It’s the Prince of Pasta vs. The Prince of Chinese. The Chairman admits he is jealous of these two princes and decides to throw a “thorny” theme their way. The challenger began cooking at the age of 15. After 7 years, he went to the US to continue his training. He returned at age 31 to become head chef of the 500-seat Peking Hanten.
541sub – Chestnut Battle – Masahiko Kobe vs. Yuji Seki – 10/31/1997
This episode is in Japanese with English subtitles.
The challenger is a talented French chef who satisfied many entertainers in his restaurant. Chairman Kaga calls him a magician with salt.
Now, he appears to be at La Palme d’Or in Mie Prefecture. You can see his pages Here and Here. (Both sites are in Japanese.)
540OA – Freshwater Prawn Battle – Hiroyuki Sakai vs. Masashi Goto – 10/27/1997
This episode is in Japanese with no subtitles.