Iron Chef

Overview

Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended on September 24, 1999, although occasional specials were produced until 2002. The series aired 309 episodes. Repeats are regularly aired on the Cooking Channel in the United States and on Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. Fuji TV will air a new version of the show, titled Iron Chef, beginning in October 26, 2012.

Roughly 149h 30m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 299 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

Series cast and crew

• H

  Hiroyuki Sakai
  299 episodes

• T

  Takeshi KataHost
  299 episodes

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  Kenji Fukui
  299 episodes

• Y

  Yukio Hattori
  299 episodes

• S

  Shinichirō Ōta
  299 episodes

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  Tatsuo Umemiya
  1 episode

Created by

Fuji Creative Corporation and Keiichi Tanaka

Network

Food Network

Seasons and episodes

• Season 11993 · 10 episodes
• Season 21994 · 50 episodes
• Season 31995 · 50 episodes
• Season 41996 · 52 episodes
• Season 51997 · 48 episodes
• Season 61998 · 49 episodes
• Season 71999 · 40 episodes
• Specials2000 · 8 episodes