List of Iron Chef America episodes

This is the list of the episodes for the American cooking television series and competition Iron Chef America, produced by Food Network. The series is based on the Japanese series Iron Chef and is a cooking competition in which a challenger chef "battles" one of the resident "Iron Chefs" by cooking five or more dishes in a one-hour time slot based around a theme ingredient.

Episodes

Battle of the Masters: 2004

Iron Chef America was first aired as a mini-series entitled Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters. For Battle of the Masters, two of the original Iron Chefs competed along with three Food Network personalities in various match ups with one another.

Episode	Show #	Iron Chef	Challenger Iron Chef	Secret Ingredient	Winner
0	IASP05	A special behind-the-scenes preview episode. No battles took place.
1	IANS01	Bobby Flay	Hiroyuki Sakai	Trout	Bobby Flay
2	IANS02	Mario Batali	Masaharu Morimoto	Spiny lobster	Mario Batali
3	IANS03	Wolfgang Puck[1]	Masaharu Morimoto	Eggs	Wolfgang Puck
4	IANS04	Bobby Flay & Masaharu Morimoto	Mario Batali & Hiroyuki Sakai	Fruits de Mer (Scallops, Langostine, and Sea Urchin)	Bobby Flay & Masaharu Morimoto

^1 This is Wolfgang Puck's only battle as an Iron Chef.

Season 1: 2005

Episode	Show #	Iron Chef	Challenger	Challenger specialty	Secret Ingredient	Winner
1	IA1A01	Masaharu Morimoto	Roberto Donna[2]	Italian	Scallops	Masaharu Morimoto
2	IA1A02	Mario Batali	Anita Lo	American	Mushrooms	Anita Lo
3	IA1A03	Masaharu Morimoto	Rob Feenie	French-Asian	Crab	Rob Feenie
4	IA1A04	Mario Batali	Scott Q. Campbell	New American	Cheese[3]	Mario Batali
5	IA1A05	Bobby Flay	Govind Armstrong	Seasonal Californian	Squash	Bobby Flay
6	IA1A06	Bobby Flay	Ming Tsai	Chinese Fusion	Duck	Ming Tsai
7	IA1A07	Mario Batali	Roberto Trevino	Latin American	Catfish	Mario Batali
8	IA1A08	Cat Cora	Alex Lee	French	Potatoes	Cat Cora
9	IA1A09	Bobby Flay	Rick Bayless	Traditional Mexican	Buffalo	Bobby Flay
10	IA1A10	Mario Batali	Michael Laiskonis	Dessert	Chocolate and coconut	Mario Batali

^2 Roberto Donna completed only two of the required five dishes.
^3 The cheeses in this battle consisted of five traditional Italian cheeses: mascarpone, ricotta, parmeggiano reggiano, gorgonzola and mozarella.

Season 2: 2005

Episode	Show #	Iron Chef	Challenger	Challenger specialty	Secret Ingredient	Winner
1	IA0204	Mario Batali	Todd English	Mediterranean	Pizza dough	Mario Batali
2	IA0213	Cat Cora	Kerry Simon	Modern American	Hamburger	Kerry Simon
3	IA0201	Bobby Flay	Adam Perry Lang	Barbecue	Chicken	Bobby Flay
4	IA0203	Masaharu Morimoto	Aarón Sanchez	Latin American	Black bass	Draw
5	IA0202	Mario Batali	Traci Des Jardins	French-California	Shrimp	Traci Des Jardins
6	IA0211	Cat Cora	Sam Choy	Hawaiian/Chinese	Clams	Cat Cora
7	IA0207	Bobby Flay	Michelle Bernstein	Nuevo Latin/Fusion	Sweet onion	Michelle Bernstein
8	IA0214	Masaharu Morimoto	Michael Symon	American/Mediterranean	Asparagus	Masaharu Morimoto
9	IA0208	Mario Batali	Tamara Murphy[4]	Pan-Mediterranean	Crawfish	Mario Batali
10	IA0206	Masaharu Morimoto	Tom Douglas	Northwest Pan Pacific	Wild Chinook salmon	Tom Douglas
11	IA0205	Bobby Flay	Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger[5]	Southwest	Turkey	Draw
12	IA0212	Mario Batali	Wylie Dufresne	Molecular gastronomy	Tilapia	Mario Batali
13	IA0209	Bobby Flay	David Burke	Contemporary American/French	Lamb	Bobby Flay
14	IA0210	Cat Cora	Neal Fraser	New American	Pork	Neal Fraser

^4 Tamara Murphy is the first female challenger to lose to the Iron Chef. The three previous female competitors won their respective battles.
^5 In this match Milliken and Feniger only had one sous-chef to adhere to the three-to-a-kitchen rule.

Season 3: 2006–2007

Episode	Show #	Iron Chef	Challenger	Challenger specialty	Secret Ingredient	Winner
1	IA0301	Mario Batali	John Besh	French	Andouille	John Besh
2	IA0302	Bobby Flay	Beau MacMillan	Organic Contemporary American	American Kobe beef	Beau MacMillan
3	IA0303	Cat Cora	Jon Shook & Vinny Dotolo	Eclectic	Eggplant	Cat Cora
4	IA0304	Bobby Flay	Ralph Pagano	New American	Barramundi	Bobby Flay
5	IA0310	Masaharu Morimoto	Roberto Donna[6]	Italian	Squid	Roberto Donna
6	IA0306	Bobby Flay	Laurent Tourondel	French	Goat cheese	Laurent Tourondel
7	IA0305	Mario Batali	Ludovic Lefebvre	French	Bigeye tuna	Mario Batali
8[7]	IA0312	Bobby Flay	Susur Lee	Chinese Fusion	Bacon	Draw
9	IA0307	Masaharu Morimoto	Christophe Eme[8]	French	Lobster	Masaharu Morimoto
10	IA0315	Bobby Flay	Morou Ouattara[9]	African/Middle Eastern/French Fusion	Frozen peas	Bobby Flay
11	IA0308	Cat Cora	Walter Scheib	American	Dungeness crab	Walter Scheib
12	IA0309	Bobby Flay	Josh Dechellis	Asian	Chicken eggs	Bobby Flay
13	IA0311	Cat Cora	Michael Psilakis	Greek	Puff pastry	Cat Cora
14	IA0314	Mario Batali	Rick Tramonto & Gale Gand	French (Tramonto), Pastry (Gand)	Fennel	Mario Batali
15	IA0316	Masaharu Morimoto	Patricia Yeo[10]	Asian Fusion	Tofu	Masaharu Morimoto
16	IA0322	Bobby Flay	David Bull	American Regional	Wild boar	Bobby Flay
17	IA0317	Cat Cora	Elizabeth Falkner[11]	Desserts	Honey	Cat Cora
18	IA0313	Cat Cora	Joey Campanaro	American/Mediterranean	Venison	Cat Cora
19[12]	IASP19	Giada De Laurentiis & Bobby Flay	Rachael Ray & Mario Batali	Italian (De Laurentiis), Quick and Easy (Ray)	Cranberries	Rachael Ray & Mario Batali
20	IA0318	Mario Batali	Richard Blais	Modern American	Chickpeas	Mario Batali
21	IA0320	Cat Cora	Walter Royal[13]	Southern Regional	Ostrich	Walter Royal
22[14]	IA0324	Bobby Flay	“The Caribbean Cowboy” Johnny Vinczencz	Caribbean Islands	Citrus fruit	Bobby Flay
23	IA0321	Mario Batali	Ian Chalermkittichai	Modern Thai	Lentils	Mario Batali
24	IA0323	Masaharu Morimoto	Homaro Cantu	Molecular gastronomy	Beets	Homaro Cantu

^6 Roberto Donna is the first chef to request a re-match.
^7 Episode was first aired on Food Network Canada on May 3, 2006.
^8 Eme brought only one sous-chef to the competition; his other sous-chef was needed to operate his restaurant in his absence. Eme is married to actress Jeri Ryan, who later served as a judge on ICA.
^9 Chef Morou won a Washington D.C. preliminary competition in December, 2005 for the chance to compete on the show.
^10 Patricia Yeo is the first former ICA sous chef (under Bobby Flay) to compete against an Iron Chef.
^11 Elizabeth Falkner was a sous chef under Cat Cora for several ICA episodes.
^12 This was a special 90-minute episode that pitted two guest Food Network personalities against each other. Each personality was paired with an Iron Chef.
^13 Walter Royal had a third sous chef for the first five minutes of the competition. This sous chef, who primarily participated by peeling potatoes, was a 12-year old working in a mentor program with Chef Royal.
^14 This first aired on the Throwdown! with Bobby Flay Marathon on January 1, 2007.

Season 4: 2007

Episode	Show #	Iron Chef	Challenger	Challenger specialty	Secret Ingredient	Winner
1[15]	IA0403	Bobby Flay	Graham Bowles	Progressive	Chocolate	Bobby Flay
2	IA0404	Bobby Flay	Lynn Crawford[16]	Contemporary Canadian	Peanuts	Bobby Flay
3[17]	IA0409	Mario Batali & Tony Abou-Ganim	Robert Gadsby & Bridget Albert	Progressive American (Gadsby), Cocktails (Abou-Ganim & Albert)	Mango	Mario Batali & Tony Abou-Ganim
4	IA0410	Bobby Flay	Marc Murphy	French-Italian	Breakfast[18]	Bobby Flay
5	IA0405	Bobby Flay	José Andrés	Modern Spanish	Goat	José Andrés
6	IA0406	Masaharu Morimoto	Linton Hopkins	Southern	Sablefish	Masaharu Morimoto
7	IA0401	Mario Batali	Chris Cosentino	Italian	Garlic	Mario Batali
8	IA0402	Cat Cora	David Myers	Modern French	Oysters	Cat Cora
9	IA0408	Masaharu Morimoto	Tim Love	Urban Southwestern	Chiles	Tim Love
10	IA0407	Bobby Flay	Peter Kelly	Modern American	Cowboy Ribeye[19]	Peter Kelly

^15 First aired on Food Network Canada on February 11, 2007.
^16 Lynn Crawford is the first Canadian woman to compete in Kitchen Stadium. She is a Food Network Canada personality as part of the series Restaurant Makeover.
^17 This episode featured a guest mixologist paired with each competing chef. The mixologists were required to prepare a drink to accompany each dish that also highlighted the secret ingredient.
^18 Consisted of bacon, various breads, chicken eggs, maple syrup, orange juice, and pork sausage.
^19 Chosen to highlight grilling as a cooking method as part of Food Network's "Grillin' & Chillin'" Week.

Season 5: 2007

Episode	Show #	Iron Chef	Challenger	Challenger specialty	Secret Ingredient	Winner
1	IA0502	Bobby Flay	Ben Ford	Regional American	Blue foot chicken	Bobby Flay
2	IA0508	Mario Batali	Tony Liu	Pan-European	Opah	Mario Batali
3	IA0509	Cat Cora	Alexandra Guarnaschelli	French-American	Farmers' Market[20]	Cat Cora
4	IA0501	Mario Batali	Andrew Carmellini	Urban Italian	Parmigiano-Reggiano	Mario Batali
5	IA0504	Cat Cora	Mark Tarbell	Seasonal Organic	Apples	Mark Tarbell
6	IA0506	Bobby Flay	Kurt Boucher	French-American	Arctic char	Bobby Flay
7	IA0510	Mario Batali	Charles Clark	New American	Halibut	Mario Batali
8	IA0507	Cat Cora	Mary Dumont	French-American	Milk and cream	Cat Cora
9[21]	IASP07	Michael Symon	Ricky Moore	Contemporary American[22]	Traditional Thanksgiving[23]	Michael Symon
10[24]	IASP08	Cat Cora & Paula Deen	Tyler Florence & Robert Irvine	Southern (Deen), Contemporary American (Florence), Banquet/event (Irvine)	Sugar	Cat Cora & Paula Deen
11	IA0503	Cat Cora	Todd Richards	Modern Southern	Carrots	Cat Cora
12[25]	IA0505	Masaharu Morimoto	Fortunato Nicotra	Seasonal Italian	Kampachi	Masaharu Morimoto

^20 Consisted of fresh ingredients purchased from the Green Market at Union Square in New York City, including a variety of winter vegetables, fruit and Guinea fowl.
^21 An ICA special based around Symon's debut battle as an Iron Chef.
^22 Other than his preference for farm-fresh ingredients, no formal specialty was announced for Moore. This is the cuisine style attributed to Agraria in Washington, D.C., where Moore is executive chef.
^23 Consisted of traditional American Thanksgiving staples: turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberries, corn, and pumpkin.
^24 An ICA special which featured two teams consisting of a Food Network personality paired with an Iron Chef facing off in a holiday dessert battle, with each team having one sous chef instead of the usual two.
^25 First aired on Food Network on January 20, 2008, after the first two episodes of Season 6 were broadcast.

Season 6: 2008

Episode	Show #	Iron Chef	Challenger	Challenger specialty	Secret Ingredient	Winner
1	IA0601	Mario Batali	Jamie Oliver[26]	Organic	Cobia	Mario Batali
2[27]	IA0602	Michael Symon	Guy Rubino	Asian Fusion	Rabbit	Michael Symon
3[28]	IA0603	Cat Cora	Alex Stupak	Pastry	Chocolate	Alex Stupak
4	IA0605	Bobby Flay	Kent & Kevin Rathbun	Southwestern	Elk	Kent & Kevin Rathbun
5	IA0607	Cat Cora	Lee Hillson	Mediterranean	Ham	Cat Cora
6	IA0608	Bobby Flay	Akira Back	Asian	Spinach	Bobby Flay
7	IA0604	Masaharu Morimoto	Tyson Cole	Contemporary Japanese	Ginger	Masaharu Morimoto
8	IA0610	Cat Cora	Ken Oringer	Contemporary Euro-Asian	Coffee	Ken Oringer
9	IA0612	Bobby Flay	Martin Rios	Traditional Southwestern	Tomato	Bobby Flay
10	IA0609	Bobby Flay	Bob Iacovone	Continental Creole	Langoustine	Bobby Flay
11	IA0611	Mario Batali	Paul Bartolotta	Mediterranean	Rice	Mario Batali
12	IA0606	Bobby Flay	Marcus Samuelsson	Modern Scandinavian/World Cuisine	Corn	Bobby Flay
13	IA0616	Michael Symon	April Bloomfield	Seasonal British and Italian	Olives	April Bloomfield
14	IA0613	Masaharu Morimoto	Michael Cimarusti	French and Seafood	Blackfish	Michael Cimarusti
15	IA0614	Bobby Flay	Gabrielle Hamilton	Contemporary American	Zucchini	Gabrielle Hamilton
16	IA0617	Masaharu Morimoto	Tyson Wong Ophaso	Chinese	Curry	Masaharu Morimoto
17	IA0618	Bobby Flay	Jose Garces	Modern Spanish and Latin American	Melon[29]	Jose Garces
18	IA0615	Bobby Flay	Floyd Cardoz	New Indian	Snails	Bobby Flay

^26 Oliver's sous chefs were Gennaro Contaldo, his mentor at London's Neal Street Restaurant and his "mate" Andrew Parkinson, also a trained chef, both of whom have previously appeared with him on his television programs.
^27 First aired on Food Network on January 1, 2008, following a marathon replay of The Next Iron Chef.
^28 First aired on Food Network Canada on February 10, 2008 as part of a chocolate-themed program marathon.
^29 First aired during "Brain Freeze Week". In keeping with the theme, The Chairman stipulated each dish must include a frozen element.

Season 7: 2008-2009

Episode	Show #	Iron Chef	Challenger	Challenger specialty	Secret Ingredient	Winner
1	IA0703	Michael Symon	David Adjey[30]	European	Sturgeon	Draw
2	IA0701	Bobby Flay	Daniel Angerer	European	Beer	Daniel Angerer
3	IA0702	Cat Cora	Art Smith[31]	American organic with Southern influences	Cheddar cheese	Cat Cora
4	IA0704	Michael Symon	Chris Cosentino[32]	"Nose-to-Tail" Rustic Italian	Offal[33]	Michael Symon
5[34]	IASP09	Bobby Flay and Michael Symon	Cat Cora and Masaharu Morimoto	Iron Chef	First Thanksgiving[35]	Bobby Flay and Michael Symon
6	IASP10	Michael Symon	Cat Cora	Iron Chef	Chocolate	Michael Symon
7	IA0710	Michael Symon	Nate Appleman	Regional Italian/Pizza	Suckling pig	Michael Symon
8	IA0705	Bobby Flay	Sabrina Tinsley	Italian	Fresh beans	Bobby Flay
9	IA0711	Michael Symon	Fabio Trabocchi	Italian	Basil	Michael Symon
10	IA0714	Bobby Flay	Amanda Freitag[36]	American	Alaskan King Crab	Bobby Flay
11	IA0709	Cat Cora	Mourad Lahlou	Moroccan	Redfish	Mourad Lahlou
12	IA0708	Bobby Flay	David Kinch	Contemporary French	Cabbage	David Kinch
13	IA0712	Cat Cora	Koren Grieveson	Mediterranean	Butter	Draw
14	IA0707	Masaharu Morimoto	Sam Mason	Sweet/savory	Skirt steak	Masaharu Morimoto
15	IA0713	Michael Symon	Gavin Kaysen[37]	French	Octopus	Gavin Kaysen
16	IA0706	Bobby Flay	Phillipe Excoffier	French	Dorade	Bobby Flay
17	IA0723	Bobby Flay	Sue Torres	Mexican	Bananas	Bobby Flay
18	IA0717	Michael Symon	Akhtar Nawab	New American	Pineapple	Michael Symon
19	IA0716	Michael Symon	Francois Kwaku-Dongo	African/French	Artichoke	Michael Symon
20	IA0720	Cat Cora	Brad Farmerie	Freestyle Fusion	Maple syrup	Brad Farmerie
21	IA0715	Masaharu Morimoto	Jehangir Mehta	Indian	Coconut	Masaharu Morimoto
22	IASP12H	Michael Symon Emily Tillman and Jacob Micale (apprentices)	Katelyn Remick (lead chef) Tyler Burke and Julie Fiedler (sous chefs)	World cuisines	Balsamic vinegar	Michael Symon Emily Tillman and Jacob Micale
23	IA0722	Bobby Flay	Daisley Gordon	Contemporary French	Berries	Bobby Flay
24	IA0719	Masaharu Morimoto	Anthony Amoroso	Seafood	Branzino	Anthony Amoroso
25	IA0718	Cat Cora	David Walzog	Steak	Cherries	Cat Cora
26	IA0721	Masaharu Morimoto	Paul Virant	New American	Pheasant	Masaharu Morimoto
27	IA0724	Cat Cora	Charles Phan	Vietnamese	Almonds	Cat Cora
28	IASP13H	Bobby Flay & Shintaro Okamoto	Masaharu Morimoto & Takeo Okamoto	Iron Chef Ice Sculpture	Eggnog with service on ice sculptures	Masaharu Morimoto & Takeo Okamoto[38]

^30 According to the program notes, Adjey and Symon were roommates at the Culinary Institute of America. Adjey is also a Food Network Canada personality as part of the series Restaurant Makeover.
^31 Art Smith is the first Iron Chef judge to later appear as a Challenger.
^32 Cosentino was a competitor with Symon on the first The Next Iron Chef, and was previously defeated by Mario Batali in Battle Garlic.
^33 A special Halloween episode, featuring organ meats (heart, kidney, sweetbreads, tripe, liver) from a variety of animals along with off-cuts such as pig's trotters and coxcomb. The episode also featured appearances by Igor and The Monster from the Broadway production of "Young Frankenstein."
^34 This is the first episode in which the new Iron Chef jackets are worn.
^35 Secret ingredients included duck, heritage turkey, venison, walnuts, Indian corn, lobster and leeks.
^36 One of Amanda Freitag's sous chefs was Ariane Duarte, a contestant on the fifth season of Top Chef. Duarte is not a chef at Freitag's restaurant.
^37 Kaysen was a former competitor on The Next Iron Chef; this was his first battle in Kitchen Stadium.
^38 Takeo and Shintaro Okamoto previously appeared on Will Work for Food, training Adam Gertler to sculpt ice for an event.

Season 8: 2010

Episode	Episode Code	Iron Chef	Challenger	Challenger specialty	Secret Ingredient	Winner
1	IA0815H	Michael Symon & Michael Psilakis	Nicola & Fabrizio Carro[39]	Greek (Psilakis), Classic Italian (Carro)	Lemons	Michael Symon & Michael Psilakis
2	IASP14H[40]	Mario Batali & Emeril Lagasse	Bobby Flay & Cristeta Comerford	New Orleans (Lagasse), American (Comerford)	White House garden produce[41]	Bobby Flay & Cristeta Comerford
3	IA0802H	Masaharu Morimoto	Dena Marino	Mediterranean	Figs	Masaharu Morimoto
4	IA0827H	Jose Garces[42]	Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi	Modern Korean/French/American	Hawaiian Moi	Jose Garces
5	IA0812H	Masaharu Morimoto	Sameh Wadi	Modern Middle Eastern	Mackerel	Masaharu Morimoto
6	IA0811H	Bobby Flay	Michael Smith	Regional Canadian	Avocado	Bobby Flay
7	IA0829H	Michael Symon	Duff Goldman[43]	Cake	Chocolate and chiles	Michael Symon
8	IA0814H	Michael Symon	Spike Mendelsohn	Eclectic	Prosciutto	Michael Symon
9	IA0822H	Cat Cora	Julieta Ballesteros	French-Mex	Ricotta
10	IA0804H	Masaharu Morimoto	Maneet Chauhan
11	IA0819H	Cat Cora	Holly Smith[44]

^39 A twin-themed battle, featuring the twin Carro brothers and the "twin" Michaels, Symon and Psilakis (who lost to Cat Cora in Battle Puff Pastry) as well as twin judges Tia and Tamera Mowry.
^40 First Lady Michelle Obama appeared as a special guest at the beginning of this two-hour episode, where she welcomed the chefs and announced the secret ingredient.
^41 In Kitchen Stadium, the Chairman supplemented the secret ingredient with a range of locally and sustainably grown meats and seafood, along with goat cheese, eggs, cider vinegar and honey from the White House beehive.
^42 Garces' debut as Iron Chef, having won the second Next Iron Chef competition
^43 Duff Goldman is also the host of Food Network's Ace of Cakes. Goldman's sous chefs were his former mentor, Jean Llapitan, and Shawn Aoki from the Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
^44 Smith competed on the second season of The Next Iron Chef; this is her first battle in Kitchen Stadium

Win-Loss Records

Iron Chef	Specialty	Win	Loss	Draw	Total	Win %[45]
Mario Batali	Italian	19	5	0	24	79.2%
Cat Cora	Greek & Mediterranean	15	11	1	27	57.4%
Bobby Flay	Southwestern	28	13	2	43	67.4%
Jose Garces[46]	Latin Fusion	1	0	0	1	100.0%
Masaharu Morimoto[47]	Japanese	15	10	1	26	59.6%
Wolfgang Puck (retired)	California Cuisine	1	0	0	1	100.0%
Michael Symon[48]	Mediterranean	13	2	1	16	84.4%

^1 Based on weighted average (.5 victory for a draw). The win/loss data is based on the performance of the Iron Chef in Iron Chef America: The Series and the Battle of the Masters.
^2 Garces' record does not include his defeat of Flay in Battle Melon, or his victory over Jehangir Mehta in the finale of The Next Iron Chef as Garces did not hold the title Iron Chef during either battle.
^3 Morimoto's record includes his battle as a competitor in the Battle of the Masters.
^4 Symon's record does not include his loss to Morimoto in Battle Asparagus, or his victory over John Besh in the finale of The Next Iron Chef as Symon did not hold the title Iron Chef during either battle.

References

General

• "Iron Chef America Episode Guide". Food Network. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
• "Iron Chef America Episode Guide". TV.com. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

Specific