This article is about the Food Network USA show. For the Vietnamese show, see The Next Iron Chef Vietnam. For other uses, see Iron Chef (disambiguation).
The Next Iron Chef
Genre
Reality television
Cooking show
Starring
Alton Brown Mark Dacascos
Judges
Michael Ruhlman (season 1) Andrew Knowlton (season 1) Donatella Arpaia (season 1–3, 5) Jeffrey Steingarten (season 2) Anya Fernald (season 2) Michael Symon (season 3–4) Simon Majumdar (season 3–5) Judy Joo (season 4) Geoffrey Zakarian (season 5)
Composer
Craig Marks
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
5
No. of episodes
38
Production
Production locations
New York City Munich, Germany Paris, France Los Angeles Tokyo Las Vegas
Running time
60–90 minutes
Original release
Network
Food Network
Release
October 7, 2007 (2007-10-07) – December 23, 2012 (2012-12-23)
Related
Iron Chef Iron Chef America Iron Chef Gauntlet Iron Chef Showdown
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The Next Iron Chef is a limited-run series on the Food Network that aired its fifth season in 2012. Each season is a stand-alone competition to select a chef to be designated an Iron Chef, who will appear on the Food Network program Iron Chef America.
In Season 1, eight chefs from around the United States battled to be the next Iron Chef. The show debuted Sunday, October 7, 2007, and the hosts were Alton Brown and "The Chairman", Mark Dacascos. Challenges one through five of the competition were held at the Culinary Institute of America. Challenges six and seven took place in Munich, Germany and Paris, France respectively. The final challenge took place at the Food Network studios in New York City, on the Iron Chef America set. The winner of The Next Iron Chef was Cleveland restaurant chef Michael Symon.
Season 2 premiered on October 4, 2009, and featured ten chefs battling to be the newest Iron Chef. The show was based in Los Angeles before traveling to Tokyo for two episodes, and again hosted by Alton Brown and "The Chairman" Mark Dacascos. Following a final battle in Kitchen Stadium, Chicago-born Ecuadorian-American chef Jose Garces, was selected the newest Iron Chef. Garces debuted as an Iron Chef on January 17, 2010, when he squared off against Seattle chef Rachel Yang.[1]
Food Network began airing commercials for the third season of The Next Iron Chef in July 2010. It was later announced in an internet press release[2] that Alton Brown and judge Donatella Arpaia would return for season 3. Completing the judges panel are food writer and broadcaster Simon Majumdar and current Iron Chef Michael Symon. Season 3 began airing on October 3, 2010 on Food Network. The winner of season 3 was Marc Forgione. Chef Forgione engaged in his first battle on November 28, 2010. By November 30, 2010, Next Iron Chef's music composer Craig Marks released the soundtrack "Iron Chef America & The Next Iron Chef", which contains themes from all seasons of both shows.
During Season 4, the eliminated chefs were interviewed during the week following the episode airdate on ABC's The Chew. The first castoff was interviewed on November 1, 2011.
Season 5 aired from November 4, 2012 to December 23, 2012 and was called The Next Iron Chef: Redemption.[3]
In 2017, the series was revived as Iron Chef Gauntlet.
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