14 May
Iron Chef UK
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!)
May 14th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Wow, a tuthead sighting. Since you’re now reviewing other RnT-related shows, does this mean that more RnT posts are imminent???
Answers on a postcard, please…..
May 14th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Keith, please DO NOT post that episode. “Iron Chef U.K.,” because from what I saw of it on Channel 4’s website, is a gigantic load not worthy of our attention.
May 14th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
I made a quick day trip home. I happened to see ICUK on the site where i get my British TV shows. I grabbed it, but I couldn’t get through the first few minutes. I am due back home for good in two weeks. It looks like the next RnT episode posts will be the first week of June. Sorry.
And much like I posted the first episode from Fine Living with the atrocious music, I feel like people need to see this monstrosity to appreciate the greatness we have in the original program.
May 14th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
RE: Tuthead comment #3:
Well, I won’t download it, that’s for sure. ICUK is just a plain, simple, load of felgercarb.
May 14th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
I have actually sat through an entire episode on YouTube, believe it or not. When I heard Olly Smith say, “Hello! I’m Olly Smith, and welcome to Kitchen Stadium!” I knew we were going to be in for a rough ride. He’s even more irritating than some of the airheaded actresses who appeared on the original. They’ve also butchered the format terribly–I think it’s a bit distracting to hear cooking still going on during the judging of the starters.
And don’t even get me started on the Chairman (one Eizo Tomita, apparently). I can’t even understand half of what he’s saying! And his theme ingredient announcements are cringe-worthy, even more so than Chairman Mark’s on ICA.
May 15th, 2010 at 10:15 am
I have all 15 episodes thus far, but didn’t get past the promo of episode 1. Why all 15? request from someone else, otherwise it’s just a waste of drive space.
Nick Nairn must be really desperate to get back onto UK television.
May 17th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Iron Chef Japan – The original and the best.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
This show is too funny. I started out watching Iron Chef America, then when I saw this site, I realized how much better the original is. This UK show is a joke, sheesh, talk about a few huge steps backward.
May 18th, 2010 at 12:26 am
@ic_ishinabe
YOU. THANK YOU. I’ve been trying to figure out who was playing the UK Chairman for forever.
May 23rd, 2010 at 12:40 am
There is one messiah.
There is one cheeseburger.
There is one Iron Chef.
Let the others burn.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
I agree that it’s a step backward. For many reasons:
– Both ICJ and ICA highlight the challenger chef much better
– This is more a MasterChef competition that true Iron Chef (preliminaries to finals)
– I wasn’t getting a sense of the British Iron Chefs being characters in their own right
On the plus side, commentator/play-by-play is more reminiscent of ICJ than Alton Brown doing everything
May 29th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Well, I’d like to see it, but it appears I’m the only one. It didn’t sound very good, I am just curious. I guess I’m a heretic, as I watch ICA, but I agree ICJ is much better. I’m slowly working my way through the posted episodes.