The Next Iron Chef

The Next Iron Chef is a cooking competition series on the Food Network that pits the very best chefs from around the country against each other for the title of Iron Chef. The series has now three seasons under its belt. Based on the Japanese show Iron Chef, The Next Iron Chef sets up two chefs to compete to create the best meal from the same ingredient, which is then judged by a panel of food critics and special guests. The winner of The Next Iron Chef are to then appear on the Food Network's Iron Chef America. The hosts for the series are Alton Brown and actor Mark "The Chairman" Dacascos. The show takes the Iron Chef contestants across the world to culinary hot spots including Munich, Germany, Paris, France and Tokyo, Japan. The series also featured celebrity chefs from the Iron Chef America series, including Bobby Flay, Cat Cora and Masaharu Morimoto. MORE