Iron Chef America 2005
- Status
- Returning Series
- First Aired
- January 16, 2005
- Last Aired
- July 22, 2018
- Format
- 13 seasons · 236 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~180.9 hours (46 min/ep)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S6E18 "Flay vs. Cardoz" (★ 7/10)
- Created By
- Alton Brown
- Network
- Food Network
- Where to Stream
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, Discovery+ Amazon Channel
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What is Iron Chef America?
Iron Chef America is an American cooking competition series that premiered in 2005. The program adapts the format of Fuji Television’s original Iron Chef and follows the earlier, unsuccessful American version titled Iron Chef USA.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2005
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 236
- Runtime
- 46 minutes
- First aired
- Jan 16, 2005
- Last aired
- Jul 22, 2018
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- Food Network
- Genres
- Reality
- Updated
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.5/10 from 19 votes
- Format
- 13 seasons · 236 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~46 minutes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Network
- Food Network
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Iron Chef America is an American cooking competition series that premiered in 2005. The program adapts the format of Fuji Television’s original Iron Chef and follows the earlier, unsuccessful American version titled Iron Chef USA. Produced by the Food Network, which also aired a dubbed version of the Japanese series, Iron Chef America presents a culinary game show in which each episode features a new challenger chef facing one of the resident “Iron Chefs.” The contest is timed to one hour and requires the participants to create dishes centered on a secret ingredient or ingredients, and occasionally incorporates an additional thematic element. The series is positioned as a successor to the original Iron Chef, maintaining the core premise of a fast‑paced, ingredient‑driven cooking battle while being tailored for an American audience.
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Should you watch it?
“A high-stakes culinary competition pits challenger chefs against resident Iron Chefs in timed kitchen battles.”
Reasons to watch
- fast-paced cooking action
- creative use of secret ingredients
Keep in mind
- intense time pressure
- competitive atmosphere
Watch it if you enjoy watching professional chefs create elaborate dishes under strict time constraints.
The show features intense kitchen competition and professional culinary environments.
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Season 1 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Iron Chef Flay vs Rick Bayless Mytharc Jan 16, 2005
- E2 Batali vs. Trevino Core Jan 23, 2005
- E3 Flay vs.Tsai Core Jan 30, 2005
- E4 Iron Chef Batali vs Michael Laiskonis Core Feb 13, 2005
- E5 Iron Chef Morimoto vs Rob Feenie Core Feb 20, 2005
- E6 Iron Chef Flay vs Govind Armstrong Core Feb 27, 2005
- E7 Morimoto vs. Donna Core Mar 6, 2005
- E8 Batali vs. Campbell Core Mar 20, 2005
- E9 Batali vs. Lo Core Apr 3, 2005
- E10 Cora vs. Lee Core Apr 3, 2005
- E12 Iron Chef Batali vs Iron Chef Morimoto Core Apr 24, 2004
- E13 Iron Chef Puck vs Iron Chef Morimoto Mytharc Apr 25, 2004
- E14 Iron Chef Morimoto / Flay vs Iron Chef Batali / Sakai Mytharc Apr 25, 2004
Season 2 · 14 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Iron Chef Batali vs Todd English Mytharc Jul 10, 2005
- E2 Iron Chef Cora vs Kerry Simon Core Jul 17, 2005
- E3 Iron Chef Flay vs Adam Lang Core Jul 24, 2005
- E4 Iron Chef Morimoto vs Aaron Sanchez Core Jul 31, 2005
- E5 Iron Chef Batali vs Traci Des Jardins Core Aug 7, 2005
- E6 Iron Chef Cora vs Sam Choy Core Aug 14, 2005
- E7 Iron Chef Flay vs Michelle Bernstein Core Sep 11, 2005
- E8 Morimoto vs. Symon Core Oct 2, 2005
- E9 Batali vs. Murphy Core Oct 16, 2005
- E10 Iron Chef Morimoto vs Tom Douglas Core Nov 6, 2005
- E11 Iron Chef Flay vs The Too Hot Tamales Core Nov 13, 2005
- E12 Batali vs. Dufresne Core Jan 8, 2006
- E13 Flay vs. Burke Mytharc Jan 15, 2006
- E14 Cora vs. Fraser Mytharc Jan 22, 2006
Season 3 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Batali vs. Besh Mytharc Feb 26, 2006
- E2 Flay vs. MacMillan Core Mar 5, 2006
- E3 Cora vs. Shook & Dotolo Core Mar 12, 2006
- E4 Flay vs. Pagano Core Apr 30, 2006
- E5 Morimoto vs. Donna (Rematch) Core May 7, 2006
- E6 Flay vs. Tourondel Core May 14, 2006
- E7 Batali vs. Lefebvre Core May 21, 2006
- E8 Flay vs. Lee Core Jun 4, 2006
- E9 Morimoto vs. Eme Core Jun 19, 2006
- E10 Flay vs. Ouattara Core Jul 10, 2006
- E11 Cora vs. Scheib Core Jul 17, 2006
- E12 Batali vs. Tramonto & Gand Core Jul 30, 2006
- E13 Cora vs. Psilakis Core Aug 14, 2006
- E14 Morimoto vs. Yeo Core Sep 11, 2006
- E15 Flay vs. DeChellis Core Sep 18, 2006
- E16 Flay vs. Bull Core Oct 8, 2006
- E17 Cora vs. Faulkner Core Oct 29, 2006
- E18 Cora vs. Campanaro Core Nov 5, 2006
- E19 Flay/De Laurentiis vs. Batali/Ray Core Nov 12, 2006
- E20 Batali vs. Blais Core Dec 3, 2006
- E21 Cora vs. Royal Core Dec 10, 2006
- E22 Flay vs. Vinczencz Core Jan 1, 2007
- E23 Batali vs. Chalmerkittichai Mytharc Jan 7, 2007
- E24 Morimoto vs. Cantu Mytharc Jan 21, 2007
Season 4 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Flay vs. Bowles (Chocolate Battle) Mytharc Feb 11, 2007
- E2 Flay vs. Crawford Core Feb 25, 2007
- E4 Flay vs. Murphy Core Mar 11, 2007
- E5 Flay vs. Andres Core Apr 1, 2007
- E6 Morimoto vs. Hopkins Core Apr 8, 2007
- E7 Batali vs. Cosentino Core Apr 22, 2007
- E8 Cora vs. Myers Core May 6, 2007
- E9 Morimoto vs. Love Mytharc May 20, 2007
- E10 Flay vs. Kelly Mytharc May 27, 2007
Season 5 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 Flay vs. Ford Mytharc Jul 29, 2007
- E2 Batali vs. Liu Core Aug 5, 2007
- E3 Cora vs. Guarnaschelli Core Aug 12, 2007
- E4 Batali vs. Carmellini Core Sep 9, 2007
- E5 Cora vs Tarbell Core Sep 16, 2007
- E6 Flay vs. Boucher Core Oct 7, 2007
- E7 Batali vs. Clark Core Oct 21, 2007
- E8 Cora vs. Dumont Core Oct 28, 2007
- E9 Symon vs Moore Core Nov 18, 2007
- E10 Cora and Deen vs Florence and Irvine Core Nov 25, 2007
- E11 Cora vs Richards Mytharc Dec 2, 2007
- E12 Morimoto vs Nicotra Mytharc Jan 20, 2008
Season 6 · 18 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Batali vs. Oliver Mytharc Jan 6, 2008
- E2 Cora vs. Stupak Core Feb 10, 2008
- E3 Flay vs. Kent and Kevin Rathbun Core Feb 23, 2008
- E4 Cora vs. Hillson Core Mar 2, 2008
- E5 Symon vs. Rubino Core Mar 9, 2008
- E6 Flay vs. Back Core Mar 16, 2008
- E7 Morimoto vs. Cole Core Mar 23, 2008
- E8 Cora v. Oringer Core Apr 6, 2008
- E9 Flay vs. Rios Core Apr 20, 2008
- E10 Flay vs. Iacovone Core May 25, 2008
- E11 Batali vs. Bartolotta Core Jun 1, 2008
- E12 Flay vs. Samuelsson Core Jun 8, 2008
- E13 Symon vs. Bloomfield Core Jun 15, 2008
- E14 Morimoto vs. Cimarusti Core Jul 6, 2008
- E15 Flay vs. Hamilton Core Jul 20, 2008
- E16 Morimoto vs. Ophaso Core Aug 3, 2008
- E17 Flay vs. Garces Mytharc Aug 17, 2008
- E18 Flay vs. Cardoz Mytharc Sep 7, 2008
Season 7 · 28 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Symon vs Adjey Mytharc Oct 5, 2008
- E2 Flay vs. Angerer Core Oct 12, 2008
- E3 Cora vs. Smith Core Oct 19, 2008
- E4 Symon vs. Cosentino Core Oct 26, 2008
- E5 Flay and Symon vs Cora and Morimoto Core Nov 16, 2008
- E6 Symon vs Cora Core Nov 30, 2008
- E7 Symon vs Appleman Core Jan 1, 2009
- E8 Flay vs Tinsley Core Jan 4, 2009
- E9 Symon vs Trabocchi Core Feb 15, 2009
- E10 Flay vs Freitag Core Jan 22, 2009
- E11 Cora vs Lahlou Core Mar 1, 2009
- E12 Flay vs Kinch Core Mar 15, 2009
- E13 Cora vs. Grieveson Core Apr 26, 2009
- E14 Morimoto vs Mason Core May 31, 2009
- E15 Symon vs Kaysen Core Jun 7, 2009
- E16 Flay vs Excoffier Core Jun 28, 2009
- E17 Flay vs Torres Core Jul 5, 2009
- E18 Symon vs Nawab Core Jul 12, 2009
- E19 Symon vs Kwaku-Dongo Core Aug 9, 2009
- E20 Cora vs Farmerie Core Aug 23, 2009
- E21 Morimoto vs Mehta Core Aug 30, 2009
- E22 Symon vs Culinary Students Core Sep 27, 2009
- E23 Flay vs Gordon Core Oct 11, 2009
- E24 Morimoto vs Amoroso Core Oct 18, 2009
- E25 Cora vs. Walzog Core Oct 25, 2009
- E26 Morimoto vs Virant Core Nov 1, 2009
- E27 Cora vs Phan Mytharc Nov 8, 2009
- E28 Flay vs. Morimoto Mytharc Nov 29, 2009
Season 8 · 32 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 Symon/Psilakis vs. Carro Brothers Mytharc Jan 1, 2010
- E2 Batali & Lagasse vs. Flay & Comerford Core Jan 3, 2010
- E3 Morimoto vs. Marino Core Jan 10, 2010
- E4 Garces vs. Yang & Chirchi Core Jan 17, 2010
- E5 Morimoto vs. Wadi Core Jan 24, 2010
- E6 Flay vs. Smith Core Jan 31, 2010
- E7 Symon vs. Goldman Core Feb 6, 2010
- E8 Symon vs. Mendelsohn Core Mar 7, 2010
- E9 Cora vs. Ballesteros Core Mar 21, 2010
- E10 Morimoto vs. Chauhan Core Apr 4, 2010
- E11 Cora vs. Smith Core Apr 11, 2010
- E12 Morimoto vs. Zakarian Core May 2, 2010
- E13 Garces vs. Liken Core May 9, 2010
- E14 Symon vs. Fraser Core May 23, 2010
- E15 Flay vs. Stone Core May 30, 2010
- E16 Flay vs. Thiam Core Jun 20, 2010
- E17 Simon vs. Brown Core Jun 27, 2010
- E18 Symon vs. Okuwa Core Jul 4, 2010
- E19 Morimoto vs. Hines Core Aug 1, 2010
- E20 Symon vs. Crenn Core Aug 8, 2010
- E21 Morimoto vs. Cohen Core Aug 29, 2010
- E22 Cora vs. Kostow Core Sep 5, 2010
- E23 Garces vs. Pomeroy Core Sep 12, 2010
- E24 Cora vs. Mullen Core Sep 19, 2010
- E25 Garces vs. Fukushima Core Sep 26, 2010
- E26 Symon vs Vetri Core Oct 17, 2010
- E27 Cora vs Miranda Mytharc Oct 24, 2010
- E28 Garces vs. Lee Core Nov 7, 2010
- E29 Flay vs. Greenspan Core Nov 21, 2010
- E30 Forgione vs Cooper Core Nov 28, 2010
- E31 Garces vs Lata: Sparkling Wine Holiday Battle Mytharc Dec 5, 2010
- E32 Symon vs. Brock Mytharc Dec 12, 2010
Season 9 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Symon/Burrell vs. Cora/Irvine Mytharc Jan 2, 2011
- E2 Flay vs. Hughes Core Jan 9, 2011
- E3 Forgione vs. Cantrel Core Jan 23, 2011
- E4 Garces vs. Solomonov Mytharc Jan 30, 2011
- E5 Garces vs. Medina Core Feb 13, 2011
- E6 Morimoto vs. Sedlar Core Feb 20, 2011
- E7 Symon vs. Hearst Core Mar 6, 2011
- E8 Cora vs. Schneider Mytharc Apr 10, 2011
- E9 Garces vs. Paley Core Apr 17, 2011
- E10 Morimoto vs. Pasternack Core May 1, 2011
- E11 Flay vs. Stein Core May 15, 2011
- E12 Symon vs. Mooking Core May 29, 2011
- E13 Flay vs. Christensen Core Jul 24, 2011
- E14 Symon vs. Johnson Core Jul 31, 2011
- E15 Morimoto vs. Tila Core Aug 7, 2011
- E16 Garces vs. Casella Core Aug 28, 2011
- E17 Cora vs. Carter Core Sep 4, 2011
- E18 Flay vs. Staib Core Oct 2, 2011
- E19 Forgione vs. Wong Mytharc Oct 23, 2011
- E20 Flay vs. Knibb Mytharc Nov 27, 2011
Season 10 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Forgione vs. Curtin Mytharc Dec 11, 2011
- E2 Zakarian vs. Casanova Core Dec 25, 2011
- E3 Flay/Valladolid vs. Morimoto/Zimmern Core Jan 1, 2012
- E4 Garces vs. Raij Core Jan 15, 2012
- E5 Zakarian vs. Sawyer Core Jan 22, 2012
- E6 Morimoto vs. Bogle Core Feb 19, 2012
- E7 Flay vs. Hastings Core Feb 26, 2012
- E8 Forgione Brothers vs. Campanaro Brothers Core Mar 4, 2012
- E9 Simon vs. Yagihashi Core Apr 1, 2012
- E10 Flay vs. Allegretti Core Apr 8, 2012
- E11 Garces vs. Cowan Core Apr 15, 2012
- E12 Zakarian vs. Ferraro Core May 6, 2012
- E13 Morimoto vs. Forgione Core May 27, 2012
- E14 Garces vs. Becker Core Jun 3, 2012
- E15 Flay vs. Isidori Core Jul 8, 2012
- E16 Symon vs. Nunez Core Jul 29, 2012
- E17 Forgione vs. McClain Core Aug 5, 2012
- E18 Zakarian vs. Schenker Core Aug 12, 2012
- E19 Symon vs. Izard Core Aug 26, 2012
- E20 Forgione vs. Zimmerman Core Sep 2, 2012
- E21 Zakarian vs. Gallante Core Sep 16, 2012
- E22 Zakarian vs. Frauneder Mytharc Oct 7, 2012
- E23 Garces vs. Weitzman Mytharc Oct 14, 2012
Season 11 · 21 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 Guarnaschelli vs Joo Mytharc Dec 30, 2012
- E2 Flay vs. Pham Core Jan 6, 2013
- E3 Zakarian vs Chiarello Core Jan 13, 2013
- E4 Forgione vs. Kittichai Core Jan 20, 2013
- E5 Symon vs. Tio Core Jan 27, 2013
- E6 Morimoto vs. Cantu Core Feb 10, 2013
- E7 Flay vs. Wexler Core Feb 24, 2013
- E8 Flay vs. Thaimee Core Mar 3, 2013
- E9 Garces vs. Jackson Core Apr 7, 2013
- E10 Zakarian vs. Guarnaschelli Core May 5, 2013
- E11 Garces vs. Forgione Core May 12, 2013
- E12 Zakarian vs. Symon Core May 19, 2013
- E13 Garces vs. Morimoto Core May 26, 2013
- E14 Symon vs. Garces Core Jun 2, 2013
- E15 Flay vs. Voltaggio Core Jun 30, 2013
- E16 Guarnaschelli vs. Clark Core Aug 11, 2013
- E17 Zakarian vs. Talde Core Aug 25, 2013
- E18 Garces Vs. Bissonnette Core Sep 1, 2013
- E19 Guarnaschelli vs. Kalt Core Sep 8, 2013
- E20 Forgione vs. Waxman Core Sep 15, 2013
- E22 Symon vs. Tio Mytharc Jan 27, 2013
Season 12 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 Symon/Zakarian vs.Team Mairinger Mytharc Oct 12, 2013
- E2 Zakarian/Guarnaschelli vs. Mendelsohn/Vigneron Core Oct 26, 2013
- E3 Flay/Symon vs. Zakarian/Guarnaschelli Core Nov 10, 2013
- E4 Symon vs. Morimoto vs. Garces Core Nov 30, 2013
- E5 Flay & Garces vs. Morimoto & Zakarian Core Dec 14, 2013
- E6 Big Game Day: Symon/Forgione vs Morimoto/Garces Core Jan 26, 2014
- E7 Vegas High Rollers: Flay vs. Sosa Core Mar 2, 2014
- E8 Grill Masters: U.S.A. vs. Australia Core May 25, 2014
- E9 Dessert Luau: Guarnaschelli/Iuzzini vs. Zakarian/Falkner Core Jun 7, 2014
- E10 Ultimate Bar Food: Flay/Anderson vs. Morimoto/Majumdar Core Jul 19, 2014
- E11 Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad 60's Meal Mytharc Sep 6, 2014
- E12 Ghosts of Holiday Ingredients Past Mytharc Sep 7, 2014
Season 13 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 Guarnaschelli vs. Anderson Mytharc May 16, 2018
- E2 Izard vs Blamey Core May 23, 2018
- E3 Zakarian vs. Taymor Core Jun 3, 2018
- E4 Forgione vs. Dang Core Jun 10, 2018
- E5 Guarnaschelli vs Williams Core Jun 17, 2018
- E6 Izard vs Battes Core Jun 24, 2018
- E7 Zakarian vs. Darin Core Jul 1, 2018
- E8 Guarnaschelli vs. Sutherland Core Jul 8, 2018
- E9 Zakarian vs. Wolen Mytharc Jul 15, 2018
- E10 Garces vs Spence Mytharc Jul 22, 2018
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Frequently asked questions
What is the format of the show?
Challenger chefs compete against resident Iron Chefs in a one-hour cooking battle.
What determines the cooking theme?
The competition centers around a secret ingredient or theme revealed during the episode.
Is this the first American adaptation?
No, it is the second American adaptation, following the failed Iron Chef USA.
Who produces the series?
The show is produced by Food Network.
Is it based on the original Japanese series?
Yes, the program is based on the original Iron Chef series from Fuji Television.
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