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This week’s “Iron Chef America” challenger was Chef David Walzog. He chose to challenge Iron Chef Cat Cora. The secret ingredient was cherries. The judges this week were comedian/food reporter Mo Rocca, Broadway actress Roz Ryan, and food author Jeffrey Steingarten.
Iron Chef Cat Cora served up five dishes: stuffed cherry brochette [...]

It was Battle Coconut on “Iron Chef America” as challenger Jehangir Mehta took on Iron Chef Morimoto. The judges were former NFL player Tiki Barber, food reporter Alpana Singh, and food author Eric Gower.
Iron Chef Morimoto presented five dishes: coconut milk with noodles, coconut poached snapper with frozen lettuce, coconut clam chowder, coconut [...]

This week’s “Iron Chef America” battle was between Chef Brad Farmerie. He chose to compete against Cat Cora with the secret ingredient of maple syrup. The judges were actress Cady Huffman, inventor Philip Preston, and fashion designer Nicole Miller. If you looked closely, you probably noticed Mark Simmons from season four [...]

This week on “Iron Chef America,” Chef Francois Kwaku-Dongo took on Iron Chef Symon in Battle Artichoke. The judges were classical pianist Yefim Bronfman, actress Julie White, and Jeffrey Steingarten.
Chef Kwaku-Dongo served up five dishes: raw and cooked artichoke (which Julie and Yefim liked), artichoke and sunchoke soup (Jeffrey called it delicious), artichoke [...]

This week’s “Iron Chef America” was Battle Pineapple between Chef Akhtar Nawab and Iron Chef Michael Symon. The judges were former NFL player/restaurateur Keyshawn Johnson, In Style senior editor Isabel Gonzalez, and comedian Patton Oswalt.
Iron Chef Symon presented five dishes: pineapple and yellowtail sashimi (which Isabel thought was exquisite), seared halloumi with marinated [...]

Tonight was an “Iron Chef America” challenge between Chef Sue Torres and Iron Chef Bobby Flay. The secret ingredient was bananas. The judges were author Mark Bittman (a first time judge on ICA), Isabel Gonzalez (from InStyle magazine), and fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. Where are Ted Allen and Jeffrey Steingarten? I [...]

This week’s “Iron Chef America” pitted Chef Phillipe Excoffier against Iron Chef Bobby Flay. The secret ingredient was dorade. The judges were food author Michael Ruhlman, Jenna Wolfe of “Sunday Today,” and Andrew Knowlton of Bon Appetit.
Chef Excoffier presented five dishes: dorade tartare with gazpacho (Jenna found it difficult to eat), carmelized [...]

This week on “Iron Chef America,” Gavin Kaysen wanted a little culinary revenge and decided to get it by taking on Iron Chef Michael Symon. The two had battled before on “The Next Iron Chef,” with Kaysen eventually being beat out by Symon. The secret ingredient was octopus.
The judges were Alec Lobrano from [...]

Tonight was a new “Iron Chef America” challenge between Chef Sam Mason and Iron Chef Morimoto. The secret ingredient was skirt steak. The judges were author Michael Ruhlman, actress Kate Flannery (“The Office”), and Jeffrey Steingarten.
Chef Mason presented five dishes: skirt tartare with marjoram emulsion (Jeffrey said it was strong but delicious), [...]

This week’s Iron Chef America saw Chef Amanda Freitag take on Iron Chef Bobby Flay. The secret ingredient was Alaskan king crab. The judges this week were Maggie Rodriguez from “The Early Show,” Keyshawn Johnson, a former NFL player/ESPN commentator/restaurateur, and Domenica Catelli, a food author. Did you notice this season’s Top [...]