Iron Chef UK
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Iron Chef UK was a British competition-based cooking show based on Fuji Television
's Iron Chef
and Food Network
's Iron Chef America
. It was produced by IWC Media and broadcasted on Channel 4
.
and Nick Nairn
. The four Iron Chefs were Tom Aikens
, Martin Blunos
, Sanjay Dwivedi and Judy Joo
. Like the original Iron Chef, the competitions were held in Kitchen Stadium and presided over by the Chairman. Judging occurred in two rounds, with the first round being appetisers, and the second being the main courses. Two challengers prepared an appetiser each, while professional chefs, the Iron Chefs prepared two dishes. They are judged, and the scores for the challenging team versus the Iron Chef are announced. Then the second half of the team and the Iron Chef return to the kitchen to prepare the main course. The two challengers each prepare a dish and the Iron Chef prepares two. Judging resumed, and results announced. As well as announing whether the Challenging team, or the Iron Chef won, the best dish from the challenging team was also announced. The challengers with the best dish returned on the following Friday to compete with the best Iron Chef of the week. Dishes were scored out of 25 — 15 for taste, 5 for design, and 5 for originality in the use of the special ingredient.
The first episode on 26 April 2010, which aired at 5pm, had 1.1mm viewers (8.9%), decreasing to 740,000 viewers (6.2%) later in the week. It was taken off the air mid-series on 17 May 2010 and replaced with repeats of Come Dine With Me
with plans to place the show in a different time slot. A Channel 4 spokeswoman said, “Iron Chef is a great show but it hasn’t resonated with the 5pm audience. We are therefore currently considering which alternative slot would be most suitable.”
Iron Chef UK returned to Channel 4 on 6 December 2010 for ten more episodes.
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
's Iron Chef
Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...
and Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
's Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the...
. It was produced by IWC Media and broadcasted on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
.
Summary
The show aired during daytime, five days a week at 5pm in 2010, and was hosted by Olly SmithOlly Smith
Olly Smith is a TV presenter, wine expert and newspaper columnist. He is the presenter of The Secret Supper Club for Channel 4, Iron Chef UK for Channel 4 and regularly appears on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen, BBC Breakfast, Great Food Live, Food Uncut "Fern" and Taste, and formerly presented the...
and Nick Nairn
Nick Nairn
Nick Nairn is a Scottish celebrity chef.- Work :Nick Nairn is a chef, food consultant, television personality and spokesperson on diet, healthy eating and Scottish produce. Nick started his working life in the Merchant Navy, and having tasted food from all corners of the world, returned home to...
. The four Iron Chefs were Tom Aikens
Tom Aikens
Tom Aikens is an English chef.-Early life:Aikens was born in Norwich in 1970 into a family of wine merchants. The Aikens family had a converted barn in the Auvergne region of France where the chef would spend his early summers...
, Martin Blunos
Martin Blunos
Martin Lauris Blunos is a British TV chef. Blunos earned two Michelin Guide stars for each of his two restaurants.-Early life:...
, Sanjay Dwivedi and Judy Joo
Judy Joo
Judy Joo is an American chef and television personality. She is currently one of the four Iron Chefs on the cooking show Iron Chef UK and a judge on the Food Network show The Next Iron Chef....
. Like the original Iron Chef, the competitions were held in Kitchen Stadium and presided over by the Chairman. Judging occurred in two rounds, with the first round being appetisers, and the second being the main courses. Two challengers prepared an appetiser each, while professional chefs, the Iron Chefs prepared two dishes. They are judged, and the scores for the challenging team versus the Iron Chef are announced. Then the second half of the team and the Iron Chef return to the kitchen to prepare the main course. The two challengers each prepare a dish and the Iron Chef prepares two. Judging resumed, and results announced. As well as announing whether the Challenging team, or the Iron Chef won, the best dish from the challenging team was also announced. The challengers with the best dish returned on the following Friday to compete with the best Iron Chef of the week. Dishes were scored out of 25 — 15 for taste, 5 for design, and 5 for originality in the use of the special ingredient.
The first episode on 26 April 2010, which aired at 5pm, had 1.1mm viewers (8.9%), decreasing to 740,000 viewers (6.2%) later in the week. It was taken off the air mid-series on 17 May 2010 and replaced with repeats of Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...
with plans to place the show in a different time slot. A Channel 4 spokeswoman said, “Iron Chef is a great show but it hasn’t resonated with the 5pm audience. We are therefore currently considering which alternative slot would be most suitable.”
Iron Chef UK returned to Channel 4 on 6 December 2010 for ten more episodes.
Internationally
The show has been worldwide to countries including India, Finland, New Zealand, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.The Iron Chefs
| Iron Chef | Number of wins | Number of losses | Average score | Highest score | Lowest score | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Aikens Tom Aikens Tom Aikens is an English chef.-Early life:Aikens was born in Norwich in 1970 into a family of wine merchants. The Aikens family had a converted barn in the Auvergne region of France where the chef would spend his early summers... |
5 | 0 | 22.3 | 25 | 18.5 | 100% |
| Judy Joo Judy Joo Judy Joo is an American chef and television personality. She is currently one of the four Iron Chefs on the cooking show Iron Chef UK and a judge on the Food Network show The Next Iron Chef.... |
3 | 0 | 20.0 | 24.75 | 13.5 | 100% |
| Sanjay Dwivedi | 3 | 0 | 18.5 | 22.5 | 14.5 | 100% |
| Martin Blunos Martin Blunos Martin Lauris Blunos is a British TV chef. Blunos earned two Michelin Guide stars for each of his two restaurants.-Early life:... |
2 | 2 | 18.1 | 21.5 | 14 | 50% |
External links
- Iron Chef UK at Channel4.com