• Air date: 09 Jan '98 49 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 (49)
    • 1. Chen vs Inoue Akihiko (Salmon)

      09 Jan '98
    • 2. Kobe vs Fukazu Yasuhiro (Deer)

      16 Jan '98
    • 3. Sakai vs Matsumoto Yoshimasa (Crab)

      23 Jan '98
    • 4. Chen vs Tou Choki (Black Tiger)

      30 Jan '98
    • 5. Sakai vs Sato Fumiaki (Radish)

      06 Feb '98
    • 6. Nakamura Retirement Special

      13 Feb '98
      Nakamura's final fight is with Hattori Yukio in Battle Tuna.
    • 7. Nakamura's Retirement Special (Tuna) Part II

      20 Feb '98
      Nakamura's final fight is with Hattori Yukio in Battle Tuna.
    • 8. Morimoto vs Hirayama Yukio (Red Snapper)

      27 Feb '98
      Morimoto’s debut as an Iron Chef brings a difficult challenger—Yukio Hirayama.
    • 9. Sakai vs Kondo Motohito (Girls' Festival)

      06 Mar '98
    • 10. Kobe vs. Mario Frittoli (Broccoli)

      13 Mar '98
      Pinchiorri, the perfectionist, was a female chef in the 70's who combined French and Italian cooking techniques. Iron Chef Kobe was her apprentice. Angelo Paracucchi was also working to revolutionize Italian cooking. His star pupil, Mario Frittoli, is a master chef and today's challenger. These 2 students of Italian masters will face off in battle broccoli.
    • 11. Morimoto vs Kimura Masayoshi (Rice)

      04 Apr '98
      The challenger is a master at using oils in his Chinese cooking. This is Morimoto's second battle. Can the secrets of Chinese cuisine beat the innovations of Iron Chef Japanese?
    • 12. Sakai vs Tomoji Ichikawa (Guinea Fowl)

      10 Apr '98
      Tomoji Ichikawa is a French superchef in Japan. He has traveled and trained extensively in France under Pierre Troisgros. Iron Chef French will have his hands full in this battle, specially designed around Wedgewood china. Judges: Shinichiro Kurimoto (Fmr House Member), Kuniko Asagi (Actress), Masumi Okada (Actor), Kazuko Hosoki
    • 13. Chen vs Harada Mitsuro (Spanish Mackerel)

      17 Apr '98
      The challenger is a Master Chef hailing from Kyoto. He, like most Iron Chefs, combines traditional knowledge with cutting edge technique and flavors to create exquisite dishes. He has the support of former Iron Chef Michiba and Dr. Yatori. Can the Iron Chef win this battle?
    • 14. Chen vs Shimamura Takashi (Pen Shell)

      24 Apr '98
      The challenger is a seafood expert: he chooses and cooks gifts from the sea masterfully He has apprenticed in the top kitchens of Japan. Which competitor will find the soul of the sea?
    • 15. Morimoto vs. Tetsuo Hagiwara (Bamboo Shoots)

      01 May '98
      The challenger is a stubborn chef descended from a long line of Tokyo dwellers. Restaurants run in his family. Iron Chef Japanese will have his hand's full facing such a strong tradition. It's traditional Japanese versus neo-Japanese cooking.
    • 16. Kobe vs. Yosei Watanabe (Mango)

      08 May '98
      The challenger is one of the few Mexican food specialists in Tokyo. He opened the first restaurant dedicated to Latin cuisine. He specializes in authentic Mexican food, rather than American versions of Latin cuisine. This is a Latin duel in Kitchen Stadium
    • 17. Morimoto vs. Yasuhiko Habuchi (Asparagus)

      15 May '98
      Andre Pachon is the leader of the French Chef community in Japan. Several of his apprentices have already appeared, but this time Pachon sends his number one man.
    • 18. Chen vs Liang Shuqing (Pork Belly)

      22 May '98
      The younger sibling of the Liang brothers, rulers of Cantonese cuisine in Japan, faces Iron Chef Chinese.
    • 19. Chen vs Liang Shuqing (Konnyaku) Overtime

      29 May '98
      Battle Arum Root.
    • 20. Sakai vs Kobayashi Kumiko (Mishima Beef)

      05 Jun '98
      The challenger is a woman who knows what she likes. As an elite culinary critic, she also trained at Cordon Bleu and at Taillevent, an elite French restaurant in Paris to better understand cooking. Iron Chef will have his hands full in the Battle: French.
    • 21. Morimoto vs Kenichi Miyanaga (Sweetfish)

      12 Jun '98
      Former Iron Chef Michiba decides that Morimoto needs some helpfinding his feet in Kitchen Stadium, so he recruits his number one sous chef from his own days in Kitchen Stadium. Kenichi Miyanaga knows the Stadium well. Can the new Iron Chef prove his worth?
    • 22. Chen vs Kentaro (Potato)

      19 Jun '98
      Japan's culinary media is dominated by today's challenger, a food critic, musician, and graphic artist. The son a of a famous chef and former challenger, Kentaro is determined to make a name for himself in Kitchen Stadium.
    • 23. Kobe vs. Yasuhiro Sasajima (Eggplant)

      26 Jun '98
    • 24. Morimoto vs. Takaji Yoshida (Tofu)

      03 Jul '98
      Morimoto fights a traditionalist chef who fills his dishes with nostalgia.
    • 25. Sakai vs Shimokawa Shuzo (Jinhua Pork)

      10 Jul '98