Iron Chef

Iron Chef

Reality • TV-G • 1993–99 • 7 Seasons

6.3

8.5

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.

Starring

Hiroyuki Sakai, Takeshi Kata, Kenji Fukui, Yukio Hattori, Shinichirō Ōta

Created By

Fuji Creative Corporation, Keiichi Tanaka

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Release Date

October 10, 1993

User Reviews

A cooking competition show that I never got into.

One of the few cooking shows worth being on TV. The dubbing presumably loses something in translation but that is part of the fun.

Okay show. This started a long line of food competitions.

Not really the kind of cooking competition show I really care for

Iconic. Somehow makes a cooking competition seem like a no holds barred fight.

The staging of this show is so entertaining, we all know reality TV is fake so why not play into it? And the food they cook is incredible.

A fun insight into Japanese TV culture, which is mostly cooking and jokey competition shows. This is the epitome of their combination.

Joseph Last Name

Decent cooking show to watch if nothing else is on

This is the standard for food competition shows.

Good series, high intensity and all around highly entertaining.

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Ratings

6.3 – Based on 338 ratings

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