"The Next Iron Chef 4: Super Chefs," returns with ten of the world's most celebrated super chefs going to battle to become a member of the elite Iron Chef culinary society for Season 4. Hosted by Alton Brown and shot in Los Angeles and New York, the fourth season of the series amps up the competition to meet the elevated skills of these supreme experts—challenging their kitchen chops, mental toughness and masterful instincts.
The ten contestants are Anne Burrell ("Secrets of a Restaurant Chef,"
This season, "The Next Iron Chef" challenges are heightened—with each episode featuring a grueling Chairman's Challenge and an intense, new element that will determine who goes home: the Secret Ingredient Showdown, which pits the two chefs at the bottom of the pack against each other in a sudden-death cook-off with only one ingredient. In the first episode, resourcefulness is tested as host Alton Brown sends the contestants to the middle of nowhere and pairs them into teams, with just two primal culinary elements in their wilderness kitchens—heat and meat. Upcoming episodes continue to push the limits with grand tasks, including a ballpark food to Iron Chef-worthy cuisine challenge at Petco Park, a battle to create a dish that represents 'New York on a plate' at Grand Central Station and a spectacular Hamptons seafood event for an elite audience. Original Next Iron Chef Michael Symon, esteemed food journalist Simon Majumdar and UK Iron Chef Judy Joo serve as judges this season.
The winner will join the ranks of chefs including Bobby Flay, Marc Forgione, Masaharu Morimoto and Symon as a member of the Chairman's team on "Iron Chef America."
"The Next Iron Chef" Season 4 is produced by Triage Entertainment in conjunction with Food Network and is based partially on the format Iron Chef owned by Fuji Television Network, Inc.
The ten contestants are Anne Burrell ("Secrets of a Restaurant Chef,"
"Worst Cooks in America"); Michael Chiarello (Bottega Restaurant, Napa Valley, "Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello"), Elizabeth Falkner (Citizen Cake, San Francisco, "Iron Chef America"—challenger); Alex Guarnaschelli (Butter, The Darby, New York, "Alex's Day Off," "Chopped"); Chuck Hughes (Garde Manger, Montreal, "Chuck's Day Off"); Robert Irvine (Robert Irvine's eat!, Hilton Head Island, "Restaurant Impossible"); Beau MacMillan (Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, "Iron Chef America"—challenger); Spike Mendelsohn (Good Stuff Eatery, Washington D.C., "Iron Chef America"—challenger); Marcus Samuelsson (Red Rooster Harlem, New York, "24 Hour Restaurant Battle," "Chopped") and Geoffrey Zakarian (The National, The Lambs Club, New York, "24 Hour Restaurant Battle," "Chopped").
This season, "The Next Iron Chef" challenges are heightened—with each episode featuring a grueling Chairman's Challenge and an intense, new element that will determine who goes home: the Secret Ingredient Showdown, which pits the two chefs at the bottom of the pack against each other in a sudden-death cook-off with only one ingredient. In the first episode, resourcefulness is tested as host Alton Brown sends the contestants to the middle of nowhere and pairs them into teams, with just two primal culinary elements in their wilderness kitchens—heat and meat. Upcoming episodes continue to push the limits with grand tasks, including a ballpark food to Iron Chef-worthy cuisine challenge at Petco Park, a battle to create a dish that represents 'New York on a plate' at Grand Central Station and a spectacular Hamptons seafood event for an elite audience. Original Next Iron Chef Michael Symon, esteemed food journalist Simon Majumdar and UK Iron Chef Judy Joo serve as judges this season.
The winner will join the ranks of chefs including Bobby Flay, Marc Forgione, Masaharu Morimoto and Symon as a member of the Chairman's team on "Iron Chef America."
"The Next Iron Chef" Season 4 is produced by Triage Entertainment in conjunction with Food Network and is based partially on the format Iron Chef owned by Fuji Television Network, Inc.
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