ICC Exclusives – Beef Cheek Battle (9/12/1997)
| The challenger has declined many invitations from Chairman Kaga to do battle in Kitchen Stadium. He heads a French restaurant in Aoyama, Tokyo. He trained in top restaurants in France. It’s a French on French battle as Toshiyuki Nakajima takes on Iron Chef Sakai in Battle Beef Cheek. To add to the tension, apparently Sakai’s [...] |
ICC Exclusives – Iron Chef Summer Tag Team Battle (subtitled)
| This episode has been available here for a while in it’s raw Japanese form, but now I am glad to give to you the subtitled version of this great episode. Enjoy. Iron Chef Tag Team Battle – Watermelon – IC530sub |
ICC Exclusives – Milk Battle (subtitled)
| Today, I am adding a subtitled version of an episode that was previously only available in raw Japanese. You might know the episode best as the one where Kaga brings cows into Kitchen Stadium. It is the milk battle (529) between Sakai and Seiji Toyoshima. More subtitled episodes coming soon. 529-sub – Milk Battle – [...] |
Kobe Debut (subtitled)
| Food Network never aired the debut battle of Iron Chef Italian Kobe. We were lucky enough to get a copy of the episode from Japan a couple of years ago, so many of you have had a chance to see it. Unfortunately, that version was in Japanese with no subtitles, so it might have been [...] |  |
ICC Exclusives – Matsutake Battle (10/3/1997)
| The challenger’s restaurant is often visited by Crown Prince Akihito, Princess Masako and Princess Kiko. He started his culinary training at the age of 15. He became a head chef at 24. The Chairman spent 1 million yen on the theme ingredient for these young chefs. (That’s a little over $12,000 now, about $8,200 back [...] |
Five new additions to the collection
| Tonight, I add five “new” subtitled episodes for your viewing pleasure. Natto Battle (508OA-sub) – Yamazaki vs. Nakamura - The challenger is a hit with the women of Akasaka with his unique take on Kaiseki cuisine. He begain cooking at 18, and worked in many prestigious hotels in Tokyo. He likes to use a variety of [...] |  |
I’m sure Kaga would be proud
| http://ironcheffans.info/wordpress/?p=32 Four years ago, it all got started with that post. The Iron Chef Collection launched with, at that time, about half of the Food Network episodes and none of the Japanese ones. Now, it is the largest collection of Iron Chef videos anywhere on the internet. I will be adding many episodes, both subbed [...] |
ICC Exclusives – 4 New Episodes
| Three of these episodes have been available in their original airing Japanese language form for some time, but now I am able to add the English subtitled versions. – 531 – Eggplant – Chen vs. Kawaguchi – The challenger is a Bhuddist monk who specializes in vegetarian dishes. – 532 – Melon – Sakai vs. Androsoni – [...] |
ICC Exclusives – Cucumber Battle (9/26/1997)
| This challenger is the youngest ever to enter Kitchen Stadium. At the young age of 22, she already heads the kitchen of a bustling Chinese restaurant in Tokyo. She was only 7 when she began helping her father in the kitchen that she eventually took over. She feels that a chef’s job is more important [...] |
Happy Birthday, USA
| Today is Independence Day in the United States. To help you celebrate the Red, White, and Blue, I have picked some battles with an American connection or with a red, white, or blue theme. Enjoy. 336 – Matsutake – Michiba vs. Noda – The first American-born challenger. 901 – 21st Century Battle – RED Snapper/Spiny [...] |
