The Food Network is bringing Iron Chef to the United States with the Americanized version of the show. Iron Chef America (Triage Ent) is set to launch with an original series of four special episodes on April 23-25, 9-11p each evening. The American Iron Chefs are Bobby Flay Mario Batali and Wolfgang Puck. In these special eps, the American Iron Chefs do kitchen battle with the Japanese Iron Chefs Masaharo Morimoto and Hiroyuki Sakai. As any Iron Chef fan knows, there is also a set of judges and for the American version will include Paige Davis (Trading Spaces), Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue), Barbara Fairchild (editor of Bon Appetit), Vincent Pastore (Sopranos), among others. And in the role of play-by-ingredient commentator, chef/scientist Alton Brown.
Despite the Law anf Order connection (Bobby Flay just got engaged to the actress who played "Alex" on L&O: SVU) I don't like Bobby Flay. Morimota is my fav though, so that's a big plus!
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CABLEready has acquired the international distribution rights to 13 episodes of Samurai Sportsman (Hidden Treasures Prods), currently airing in its first season on Outdoor Life Network in primetime. The show features Japanese sportsman Yoshi, a martial arts expert and Samurai swordsman, teaming up with a Western outdoorsman and learning how to master each new Western style as well as teaching the ways of the Samurai. Says Gary Lico, President/CEO of CABLEready, Samurai Sportsman is "...an outdoor sports show with appeal even to folks who don?t know a shotgun from a shogun.?
I'm left asking- Why? Just seems like an odd combination, well, maybe that *is* why.
News courtesy of Cynopsis
Posted by Mickey at February 25, 2004 12:10 PMI saw one of the American Iron chef eps and William Shatner hosted. It was side splittingly funny.
Posted by: Ith on February 25, 2004 2:42 PM