TV series
Iron Chef
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1993-10-10
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 7 seasons
- Episodes
- 299 episodes
- Genres
- Reality
- Network
- Food Network
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hiroyuki Sakai
- Takeshi Kata as Host
- Kenji Fukui
- Yukio Hattori
- Shinichirō Ōta
- Tatsuo Umemiya
Creators and crew
- Fuji Creative Corporation - Creator
- Keiichi Tanaka - Creator
- Kundo Koyama - Writer
Seasons
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