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This week, Iron Chef Bobby Flay was challenged by Chef Akira Back, who had trained under Morimoto. The secret ingredient was spinach. Judges were restaurateur Donatella Apara, actress Cady Huffman and Jeffrey Steingarten.
Chef Back presented six dishes: tomato and spinach gelee (Cady felt the tomato was overpowering), chawan mushi (Jeffrey got bent out of shape [...]

This week, Chef Alex Stupak, who specializes in pastry, took on Iron Chef Cat Cora. The secret ingredient – chocolate! The judges were Ted Allen, chef/author Domenica Catelli, and Jeffrey Steingarden.
Chef Stupak presented five dishes: marinated bay scallops with cocoa lime vinaigrette (which Domenica called “fantastic”), chocolate stuffed quail, milk chocolate pudding (which Jeffrey thought [...]

Yum, who wouldn’t love Battle Chocolate? The judges – the usual suspects – Ted Allen, Karine Bakhoum, and Jeffrey Steingarten – were treated to tasteful dishes by challenging Chef Graham Bowles and Iron Chef Bobby Flay.
Chef Bowles presented lobster carpaccio with white chocolate panna cotia, which Jeffrey called an “amazing dish,” savory Mexican chocolate soup, [...]

This week, Iron Chef Morimoto was challenged by Chef Fortunato Nicotra. The secret ingredient? Kampachi! Judges were Queer Eye’s Ted Allen, Kelly Choi (host of “Eat Out New York”), and John Nihof (a professor at the Culinary Institute of America).
Chef Morimoto presented six dishes (at least that is what I counted) instead of five. He [...]

Tonight’s Iron Chef America featured self-taught chef Peter Kelly going up against the King of Southwest Cooking, Chef Bobby Flay. The secret ingredient was cowboy rib eye, which just seemed like it would be right up Flay’s alley.
The judges were Ted Allen (I always love seeing Ted on ICA), Karine Bakhoum, and first time judge, [...]

Because Ming Tsai is known for doing a great fusion of East meets West, I would have loved to have seen him take on Morimoto. But, the Chairman chose for him to go up against the southwestern king, Bobby Flay. The secret ingredient was duck.
The judges tonight were Queer Eye’s Ted Allen, Vishakha Desai (Asian [...]

Tonight’s challenger was Todd Richards, executive chef at the Oak Room in Lexington, KY. He chose to battle Iron Chef Cat Cora. The secret ingredient – carrots!
The judges were actress Cady Huffman, Karine Bakhoum from KB network news, and the usual suspect, Jeffrey Steingarten. Oddly enough, both sides of kitchen stadium made [...]

Tonight’s premiere of “Iron Chef America” featured the newest Iron Chef, Michael Symon. Michael won “The Next Iron Chef” show to gain this honor, replacing former Iron Chef Maril Batali. He competed against Ricky Moore, chef of Agraria in Washington, D.C.
The secret ingredient alter contained items found in traditional holiday feasts. Turkey, corn, [...]