Iron Chef Collection

In case you missed this comment, I thought I’d make a new post out of it:

tetsujin070561 Says:
July 20th, 2010 at 7:41 pm

As the “anonymous” contributor of the recent run of “new” IC battles, I must say that I am extremely disappointed with King Tuthead. He does not keep me or the users of this site informed as to the possible posting of new battles, ignores my e-mail to him offering to help with the postings, and offers few explanations for his protracted absence here. Of the last batch of five battles I mailed him, he has posted just three over a span of FOUR MONTHS.

I’m sorry to have to say this, but until this site is straighted out, there will be NO MORE NEW BATTLES at ironcheffans.info.
I can appreciate that one might be overwhelmed with excessive work obligations, but that is no excuse for the utter lack of any explanation to me or to you all. Good luck finding a new source of IC battles, King Tuthead.

I’m sorry I screwed it up for the rest of you regarding the “new” episodes. I would love to have seen them, and I hope we do see them some day.

I will be the first to admit that this site has slipped down my list of priorities over the last 6-8 months. This site has always been, and will always be, a hobby for me. I obviously have not been able to commit to it as I did when I launched it in February 2008. Don’t worry. I have no intention of taking the site down any time in the foreseeable future, so you don’t have to start furiously downloading episodes. I will post the two remaining subtitled episodes within the next seven days.

Keith

The challenger took over the kitchen of a Spanish cuisine restaurant started by a man known as the missionary for Spanish cuisine in Japan. According to the Chairman, he stands at the top of Japan’s Spanish culinary world. He is the first Spanish cuisine challenger to enter Kitchen Stadium.

What makes this episode a rare and special treat for current Iron Chef fans is that it comes from the time before Iron Chef was aired on Food Network. It was recorded from one of the local stations broadcasting the show. It is in Japanese WITH English subtitles. I know you will enjoy being able to experience this rare episode not shown in North America in over 10 years.

There are two options for viewing this episode. The pop-up player will use the usual divx encoded file. This smaller, lower quality file can also be downloaded directly using the “Download File” option. Also in the download menu this time is an option to download a higher quality VOB file (approx. 0.9GB). (You can play the VOB file in VLC Player.)

New in the video database this week: 427s – Hamaguri Clam Battle – Nakamura vs. Tozawa

While you are waiting for the episode to finish downloading, take a moment to visit my friend Kim’s new Scentsy site. There is also a link on the left side of the page. I have some of their products in the Iron Chef Collection office (OK, it’s just my living room ) but I really like them.

After a long absence, I have returned with a new episode for you. More should follow before next weekend.

The challenger is the grandson of a very famous chef who specialized in Shanghai cuisine. He was trained by his father and became a head chef at the age of 32. He is said to be the number one young chef in Yokohama Chinatown.

What makes this episode a rare and special treat for current Iron Chef fans is that it comes from the time before Iron Chef was aired on Food Network. It was recorded from one of the local stations broadcasting the show. (In fact, it still has some local commercials intact.) It is in Japanese WITH English subtitles. I know you will enjoy being able to experience this rare episode not shown in North America in over 10 years.

There are two options for viewing this episode. The pop-up player will use the usual divx encoded file. This smaller, lower quality file can also be downloaded directly using the “Download File” option. Also in the download menu this time is an option to download a higher quality VOB file (approx. 1.6GB). (You can play the vob file in VLC Player.)

New in the video database this week: 425s – Managatsuo Battle – Nakamura vs. Son

I thought I’d add this link sent to me by frequent commenter and contributor Hevilift. Iron Chef Chen and Iron Chef Sakai are in Australia for an Iron Chef dinner. Enjoy the article.

Has anyone seen this show yet? I have downloaded the first episode, but I haven’t watched it yet. I will put that first episode up for download if there is any interest in seeing it. (I don’t plan to put up any other episodes of the series, but I thought people might be curious.)

UPDATE: I’m three minutes into the episode, and I can already tell I will not be able to watch it. It’s definitely patterned after Iron Chef America as opposed to Iron Chef. If you want to see it, I’ll put it up, but I don’t think it’s a show for me. (I should probably give it more than 3 minutes to impress me, but it’s just so painful to watch!)

Sorry about the lack of updates lately. I have been out of town for work (and will likely be out another few weeks.) I have several episodes to be added, both from Japan and also some subtitled eps from our anonymous donor. I promise May will be full of Iron Chef goodness for you. Until then, please be patient with me. Thanks.

Keith

If anybody wants to write any guest posts or episode reviews, let me know.

This is another one of those episodes where you will instantly recognize the challenger, despite the fact that you probably have not seen the episode yet. Why? Food Network (or Fuji) chose to include many chefs from 1996/1997 episodes they chose not to air in the added Food Network opening to the show. This is one of them.

Philippe Batton saw his mentor and two of his friends go down in defeat at the hands of Iron Chef Sakai. He began his culinary training at the age of 15. He became a head chef at the young age of 32. (He still lives in Japan. Here is a website for his restaurants.) Will the young French chef have what it takes to defeat an Iron Chef?

(Edit 3/22) – Only four days after posting this episode, I saw this story on one of the sites I read everyday. What are the odds?

(Edit 3/25) – Be sure to check out the comments to this post. You’ll see that we had a VERY SPECIAL visitor to the site.

What makes this episode a rare and special treat for current Iron Chef fans is that it comes from the time before Iron Chef was aired on Food Network. It was recorded from one of the local stations broadcasting the show. (In fact, it still has some local commercials intact.) It is in Japanese WITH English subtitles. I know you will enjoy being able to experience this rare episode not shown in North America in over 10 years. (And it has BACON!!)

There are two options for viewing this episode. The pop-up player will use the usual divx encoded file. This smaller, lower quality file can also be downloaded directly using the “Download File” option. Also in the download menu this time is an option to download a higher quality VOB file (approx. 1.0GB). (You can play the vob file in VLC Player.)

New in the video database this week: 426s – Bacon – Sakai vs. Baton (subbed)

Please make sure to thank our anonymous benefactor for continuing to provide us with these great episodes.