Iron Chef America

Iron Chef America
Premiere	March 6, 2015
Finale	July 22, 2018
Host	Alton Brown
Network/Provider	Food Network
Style	60-minute cooking competition
Company	Triage Entertainment
Seasons	13 + 1 miniseries
Episodes	223 + 13 specials
Origin	USA

Iron Chef America is a cooking competition that is broadcast on Food Network. The series is an American remake of the Japanese series Iron Chef, which Food Network also broadcast during its early years. The series also follows Iron Chef USA, a failed remake by UPN. It series began as Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters, a special miniseries which pitted famous chefs against original Iron Chefs.

Like Iron Chef, each episode is a competition between one challenger and one "Iron Chef," a highly esteemed chef employed by "The Chairman," a man purported to be the nephew of Chairman Takeshi Kaga from the original series. Each competitor creates a several course meal based around a secret ingredient unveiled at the beginning of the battle. While they cook, host Alton Brown and floor reporter Kevin Brauch give running commentary with some insights given by a panel of guest judges.

Cast

Person	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Mark Dacascos	The Chairman	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Alton Brown	Host/Commentator	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kevin Brauch	Floor Reporter	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mario Batali	Iron Chef	*	*	*	*	*	*
Cat Cora	Iron Chef	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Bobby Flay	Iron Chef	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Masaharu Morimoto	Iron Chef	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Michael Symon	Iron Chef					*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Jose Garces	Iron Chef								*	*	*	*	*
Marc Forgione	Iron Chef									*	*	*	*
Geoffrey Zakarian	Iron Chef										*	*	*
Alexandra Guarnaschelli	Iron Chef											*	*

Miniseries

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
Food Network
Battle of the Masters	April 23, 2004	April 25, 2004				4 + 1

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
Food Network
Season One	January 16, 2005	April 3, 2005				10
Season Two	July 10, 2005	January 22, 2006				14
Season Three	February 26, 2006	January 21, 2007				24
Season Four	February 11, 2007	May 27, 2007				10
Season Five	July 29, 2007	January 20, 2008				10 + 2
Season Six	January 6, 2008	September 7, 2008				18
Season Seven	October 5, 2008	November 8, 2009				24 + 4
Season Eight	January 1, 2010	December 12, 2010				30 + 1
Season Nine	January 2, 2011	November 27, 2011				19 + 1
Season Ten	December 11, 2011	October 14, 2012				23 + 3
Season Eleven	December 30, 2012	September 15, 2013				20 + 2
Season Twelve	October 12, 2013	September 6, 2014				11
Season Thirteen	May 20, 2018	July 22, 2018				10

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Season Sets
Battle of the Masters	October 16, 2006	3	purchase

External Sites

• Official Food Network website for Iron Chef America