• Air date: 10 Oct '93 10 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (10)
    • 1. Ishinabe vs. Maruyama Takeshi (Salmon)

      10 Oct '93
    • 2. Michiba VS Kobayakawa Yousei (Foie Gras)

      17 Oct '93
    • 3. Chen vs Indoragori Paulo (Globefish)

      31 Oct '93
    • 4. Chen vs Kudo Toshiyuki (Tofu)

      07 Nov '93
    • 5. Michiba vs Syu Tomiteru (Lobster)

      14 Nov '93
    • 6. Chin VS Tei Kazuhiko (Octopus)

      21 Nov '93
    • 7. Ishinabe vs Muto Masato (Radish)

      28 Nov '93
    • 8. Michiba vs Syu Tomitoku (Crab)

      05 Dec '93
    • 9. Ishinabe VS Oyama Eizo (Banana)

      12 Dec '93
    • 10. Ishinabe VS Jacques Borie (Chicken)

      19 Dec '93
      A special battle for Christmas. The challenger is a winner of the prestigious MOF award in France. The Iron Chef is the first Iron Chef French, Yutaka Ishinabe. This is the only Ishinabe episode, and the only episode from the first year broadcast on Food Network. Judges: Yasuo Tanaka (Novelist), Mai Kitajima (Actress), Masaaki Hirano (Rosanjin Scholar)