S1 E1: Red Snapper
Morimoto's debut as an Iron Chef brings a difficult challenger: Yukio Hirayama.
41 minutes
Iron Chef
Cooking competition between the Iron Chef and one selective challenger each week to face off in the ultimate culinary battle.
S1 E2: Broccoli
Iron Chef Kobe and Mario Frittoli, who both learned from masters of Italian cuisine, will face off in this battle of broccoli.
41 minutes
S1 E3: Rice
Iron Chef Morimoto engages Challenger Masayoshi Kimura in this battle of rice.
1 hours
S1 E4: Guinea Fowl
Chef Sakai, known as the Iron Chef French, will have his hands full in this battle specially designed around Wedgwood china.
41 minutes
S1 E5: 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?
1 hours
S1 E6: Pen Shell
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?
1 hours
S1 E7: Bamboo Shoots
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.
41 minutes
S1 E8: Mango
The challenger is one of the few Mexican food specialists in Tokyo. This is a Latin duel at Kitchen Stadium.
41 minutes
S1 E9: Asparagus
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.
41 minutes
S1 E10: Pork Belly
The younger sibling of the Liang brothers, rulers of Cantonese cuisine in Japan, faces the Iron Chef Chinese.
1 hours
S1 E11: Konnyaku
Iron Chef Chen engages Challenger Lian Su Qin using konnyaku, a unique Japanese healthy food.
41 minutes
S1 E12: Mishima Beef
The challenger is a woman who knows what she likes. As an elite culinary critic, she trained at Le Cordon Bleu as well as Taillevent, an elite French restaurant in Paris.
1 hours
S1 E13: Sweetfish
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.
1 hours
S1 E14: Potato
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.
41 minutes
S1 E15: Kamo Eggplant
The Iron Chef Italian is challenged by a chef hailing from Kyoto who never ceases to pack his restaurant with customers.
1 hours
S1 E16: Tofu
Morimoto fights a traditionalist chef who fills his dishes with nostalgia.
41 minutes
S1 E17: Battle Jinhua Pork
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.
1 hours
S1 E18: Yogurt
Iron Chef Chen stirs up his best yogurt presentation against Challenger Junichi Ito.
1 hours
S1 E19: Battle Abalone
Iron Chef Morimoto battles with Challenger Tsuyoshi Kajimoto as they innovate with abalone, a shellfish.
1 hours
S1 E20: Blue Crab
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.
41 minutes
S1 E21: Battle Giant Eel
Iron Chef Morimoto faces another traditionalist who is infamous for his temper, his steadfast discipline and his adherence to tradition.
1 hours
S1 E22: Peach
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.
41 minutes
S1 E23: Battle Carp
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.
1 hours
S1 E24: Squid
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.
41 minutes
S1 E25: Battle Sardines
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.
1 hours
S1 E26: Salmon
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.
41 minutes