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S1 E23 Carp

Reality

41m

Aug 20, 1998

Chen's challenger is a man who masters Chaozhou-style Chinese cuisine, an exacting style that is actually able to please the sensitive tastes of customers in Kyoto.

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Season 1, 26 Episodes

Morimoto’s debut as an Iron Chef brings a difficult challenger: Yukio Hirayama.

41m Feb 26, 1998

Iron Chef Kobe and Mario Frittoli, who both learned from masters of Italian cuisine, will face off in this battle of broccoli.

41m Mar 12, 1998

Iron Chef Morimoto engages Challenger Masayoshi Kimura in this battle of rice.

41m Apr 2, 1998

Chef Sakai, known as the Iron Chef French, will have his hands full in this battle specially designed around Wedgwood china.

41m Apr 9, 1998

Spanish Mackerel,

The challenger is a master chef hailing from Kyoto. He has the support of the former Iron Chef Michiba and Dr. Yatori. Can the Iron Chef win this battle?

41m Apr 16, 1998

The challenger is a seafood expert who chooses and masterfully cooks gifts from the sea. He has apprenticed in the top kitchens of Japan. Which competitor will find the soul of the sea?

41m Apr 23, 1998

The challenger is a stubborn chef descended from a long line of Tokyo dwellers. The Iron Chef will have his hands full facing such a strong tradition.

41m Apr 30, 1998

The challenger is one of the few Mexican food specialists in Tokyo. This is a Latin duel at Kitchen Stadium.

41m May 7, 1998

Andre Pachon is the leader of the French chef community in Japan. Several of his apprentices have already appeared, but this time Pachon sends his number one man.

41m May 14, 1998

The younger sibling of the Liang brothers, rulers of Cantonese cuisine in Japan, faces the Iron Chef Chinese.

41m May 21, 1998

Iron Chef Chen engages Challenger Lian Su Qin using konnyaku, a unique Japanese healthy food.

41m May 28, 1998

The challenger is a woman who knows what she likes. As an elite culinary critic, she trained at Le Cordon Bleu and as well as Taillevent, an elite French restaurant in Paris.

41m Jun 4, 1998

The former Iron Chef Michiba decides that Morimoto needs some help finding his feet, so he recruits his number one sous-chef from his own days at Kitchen Stadium.

41m Jun 11, 1998

Japan's culinary media is dominated by today's challenger, a food critic, musician and graphic artist. Kentaro is determined to make a name for himself at Kitchen Stadium.

41m Jun 18, 1998

The Iron Chef Italian is challenged by a chef hailing from Kyoto who never ceases to pack his restaurant with customers.

41m Jun 25, 1998

Morimoto fights a traditionalist chef who fills his dishes with nostalgia.

41m Jul 2, 1998

Meiji Kinenkan is the oldest bridal hall in Japan undergoing an upgrade to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This includes the addition of a Chinese restaurant and its new grand chef.

41m Jul 9, 1998

Iron Chef Chen stirs up his best yogurt presentation against Challenger Junichi Ito.

41m Jul 16, 1998

Iron Chef Morimoto battles with Challenger Tsuyoshi Kajimoto as they innovate with abalone, a shellfish.

41m Jul 23, 1998

The Iron Chef is called upon to face Miyoko Sakai, a famed Thai food critic who has had the privilege to learn the secrets of royal Thai cuisine straight from the source.

41m Jul 30, 1998

Iron Chef Morimoto faces another traditionalist who is infamous for his temper, his steadfast discipline and his adherence to tradition.

41m Aug 6, 1998

The challenger in this battle of peach is Masanobu Watabe, owner of Le Rameau d'Or in Yokohama, Japan. Watabe runs the entire 22-seat restaurant by himself.

41m Aug 13, 1998

Chen's challenger is a man who masters Chaozhou-style Chinese cuisine, an exacting style that is actually able to please the sensitive tastes of customers in Kyoto.

41m Aug 20, 1998

Sakai battles the 'conjurer of garlic,' a chef who embraces the pungent ingredient as real Italians do. Sakai is further challenged to use live squids in the dishes.

41m Sep 10, 1998

Three years after losing to Iron Chef Chen, the Italian restaurant Sabatini demands a rematch, this time sending in the master chef of their Tokyo restaurant.

41m Sep 17, 1998

Led by Tadamichi Ohta, the chef who defeated Sakai, the Ohta faction invades Kitchen Stadium to uphold traditional Japanese cuisine. Fuji is team Ohta's first contender against Morimoto.

41m Sep 24, 1998