I just have to say, this is the greatest cooking show I've ever seen. One of my roommates watches the food channel all the time, and I've always hated everything I've seen until this show came along. In response to the other comment: I have seen several women go up against the IRON CHEFS, and I'm sure several have won. There are two retired Iron Chef Japanese, and the current one is Masharu Morimoto. There is one retired Iron Chef French, the current one is Hiroyuki Sakai. Iron Chef Chinese is Chen Kenichi and the most recent addition is Iron Chef Italian, Masahiko Kobe. My favorite is definitely Iron Chef Japanese, the sexy Morimoto. Man would I LOVE to have him cook me up a tasty Japanese dinner. He is the top chef at Nobu, which is in in the Tri-Bec-A section of New York City. I'm definitely going to have to eat there soon. He makes the most wonderful looking Neo-Japanese dishes. From what I have heard on the show, he is respected in Japan for his skill, but disliked for his cooking style. He is not traditional at all, which upsets many "old school" Japanese cooks. They often go on the show, bad mouthing him and trying to take him down, but Morimotio has the highest win percentage of all the current Iron Chefs. CHECK THIS SHOW OUT!
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