Kaga, a stage actor who once played the lead role in a Japanese version of "Jesus Christ Superstar," is the show's motivating force, an eccentric millionaire gourmet whose dream it was to build Kitchen Stadium. Its charismatic host, Chairman Kaga, presides over Kitchen Stadium clad in outfits worthy of Elton John.
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The show, which began airing a series of newly translated "prequel" episodes this September, is no tame Julia Child retread. Representing Japanese, Chinese, French, and Italian schools of cooking, the cooks go mano a mano against some of the world's finest chefs, accompanied by florid costumes, lavish sets, and campy hyperbole that would make Jesse Ventura proud.īut viewers searching for the secret of "Iron Chef's" success need look no further than the show's vital connection to the whole of Japanese pop culture. Dubbed from Japanese to English, "Iron Chef" brings a World Wrestling Federation smack-down sensibility to the normally staid world of haute cuisine.Įmeril Lagasse notwithstanding, it's the most eccentric food program on the air, pitting brash challengers against a stable of hand-picked gastronomic gladiators, the four Iron Chefs. Welcome to Kitchen Stadium, home to the Food Network's breakout hit in the United States.
In the next hour, the two will use the episode's theme ingredient, lobster, to cook a dazzling array of dishes, matching their culinary wits in a battle judged by a panel of food experts and Japanese celebrities. He's known as Iron Chef Chinese, and his cooking skills have blocked the path to victory for countless challengers. His imposing opponent is the world-renowned chef Chen Kenichi. One episode of the program "Iron Chef" introduces challenger Xie Huaxian, a respectable but little-known chef from Yokohama. Leave it to Japanese television to resurrect the struggle of mighty champion versus unknown underdog, and set the entire thing in a kitchen with more than 9,100 square feet of space. David and Goliath are back, but this time they're wielding a slotted spoon and a whisk.
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