{"id":399351,"date":"2022-01-26T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T01:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T22:00:25","slug":"where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/","title":{"rendered":"#Where Are the Original Iron Chefs Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aef27aacc216\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aef27aacc216\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/#Chen_Kenichi_Iron_Chef_Chinese\" >Chen Kenichi (Iron Chef Chinese)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/#Yutaka_Ishinabe_Iron_Chef_French\" >Yutaka Ishinabe (Iron Chef French)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/#Hiroyuki_Sakai_Iron_Chef_French\" >Hiroyuki Sakai (Iron Chef French)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/#Masahiko_Kobe_Iron_Chef_Italian\" >Masahiko Kobe (Iron Chef Italian)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/#Rokusaburo_Michiba_Iron_Chef_Japanese\" >Rokusaburo Michiba (Iron Chef Japanese)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/#Koumei_Nakamura_Iron_Chef_Japanese\" >Koumei Nakamura (Iron Chef Japanese)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-are-the-original-iron-chefs-now\/#Masaharu_Morimoto_Iron_Chef_Japanese\" >Masaharu Morimoto (Iron Chef Japanese)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Where Are the Original Iron Chefs Now?<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iron-chef-masaharu-morimoto.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> That scraping sound you hear? That\u2019s the sound of chefs around the world sharpening their knives in hopes of a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Kitchen Stadium. Yes, <em>Iron Chef<\/em> is coming back to TV, with Netflix rebooting the culinary competition as <em>Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legendary <em>Iron Chef<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> is reborn with a supersized <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach to the ground-breaking culinary competition that started it all,\u201d Netflix says in a press release. \u201cIt\u2019s been called the toughest culinary challenge a chef will ever experience. This is where world-class cuisine meets high-octane sports. Five new trailblazing Iron Chefs will welcome brave Challenger Chefs to the reimagined Kitchen Stadium, where they\u2019ll face off and be pushed to the limits of endurance and creativity as they cook up extraordinary culinary creations. The competition\u2019s most successful Challenger will return to battle in a grand finale for the chance to be named the first ever \u2018Iron Legend.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> comes nearly three decades after TV viewers first saw the original <em>Iron Chef<\/em>, which debuted in Japan on Fuji Television in 1993 (arriving in dubbed form on Food Network six years later) and wrapped up in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>So what have the original Iron Chefs been up to these last 20 years? Those culinary masters don\u2019t make headlines news here in the States as often as their <em>Iron Chef America<\/em> counterparts\u2014Bobby Flay, Stephanie Izard, Jose Garces, et al.\u2014but here\u2019s what we\u2019ve discovered.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chen_Kenichi_Iron_Chef_Chinese\"><\/span>Chen Kenichi (Iron Chef Chinese)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Kenichi Chen\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KlkuTKQ7hFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chen Kenichi, nicknamed the \u201cThe Szechuan Sage,\u201d expanded his family restaurant group across Japan, with 14 locations in the cities of Fukuoka, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Takamatsu, Tokyo, and Yokohama, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shisenhanten.com.sg\/about-us\/\">the company\u2019s website<\/a>. These days, it\u2019s his son, Chen Kentaro, who\u2019s running the business.<\/p>\n<p>The elder Chen is also the author of the cookbooks <em>Ironman Kenichi Chen\u2019s Chinese Cooking<\/em>, <em>Today\u2019s Main Dish<\/em>, <em>My Honest Cooking<\/em>, <em>Iron Pot Rules<\/em>, and <em>Carrying on My Father\u2019s Work\u2014Creating My Own Flavors<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yutaka_Ishinabe_Iron_Chef_French\"><\/span>Yutaka Ishinabe (Iron Chef French)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yutaka Ishinabe is the chef behind the Queen Alice chain of restaurants in Japan. The location at the Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.centrair.jp\/en\/shop-dine\/alice-dining\/index.html\">closed in 2019<\/a>, but there\u2019s still a location <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ybht.co.jp\/en\/dining\/\">open at the Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu<\/a> south of Tokyo, where you can \u201cdelight your taste buds\u201d in a restaurant styled like a \u201cwhimsical French garden.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hiroyuki_Sakai_Iron_Chef_French\"><\/span>Hiroyuki Sakai (Iron Chef French)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iron Chef Sakai at Beef Australia 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-USYRNk4wDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Iron Chef<\/em>\u2019s second French master is the chef and owner of La Rochelle, a French restaurant chain with locations in the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Fukuoka. \u201cWe are in constant pursuit of great divine dishes and the happiness of our guests,\u201d Hiroyuki Sakai says on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.la-rochelle.co.jp\/english\/\">his restaurant\u2019s website<\/a>. In recognition of his culinary prowess, the chef received the Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre du M\u00e9rite agricole from the French government in 2005.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Masahiko_Kobe_Iron_Chef_Italian\"><\/span>Masahiko Kobe (Iron Chef Italian)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Masahiko Kobe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FgaU-I9XKmY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This \u201cPrince of Pasta\u201d was the chef behind the restaurant Massa, located in the Ebisu district of Tokyo. He died in 2019 at age 49 after a fall in the kitchen, according to <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www-nikkansports-com.translate.goog\/entertainment\/news\/201903190000519.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en-US&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp\">Nikkan Sports<\/a><\/em>. On <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, Toshihiko Yoroizuka, a pastry chef who had befriended Masahiko Kobe, recalled memories of the late chef \u201cstanding with a pot in both hands with a big smile\u201d at Massa.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rokusaburo_Michiba_Iron_Chef_Japanese\"><\/span>Rokusaburo Michiba (Iron Chef Japanese)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Rokusaburo Michiba\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CkD0x5CeCis?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rokusaburo Michiba is the <em>Iron Chef<\/em> alum whose Tokyo restaurant Rokusantei has long impressed diners and reviewers. <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/travel-guide\/tokyo\/restaurants\/rokusantei\">Travel &amp; Leisure<\/a><\/em> hails its \u201cexcellent, innovative kaiseki featuring artfully presented, seasonal ingredients (think: a broth-filled teapot with prawn, eel, and matsutake).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaishoku Michiba, another restaurant of his in Tokyo, focuses on the \u201cjoy of partaking each season\u2019s culinary delights in the kaiseki style,\u201d according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kaishoku-michiba.jp\/english\/\">its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Koumei_Nakamura_Iron_Chef_Japanese\"><\/span>Koumei Nakamura (Iron Chef Japanese)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Until recently, <em>Iron Chef<\/em>\u2019s second Japanese master had a self-named restaurant in Tokyo\u2019s Ariake neighborhood, but that restaurant is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/DUe7moeSrTiSz4s4A\">now closed<\/a>. However, the chef\u2019s name popped up in the media just last month after he endorsed an innovative meal-bowl vending machine called Nommi, per <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dot.la\/wavemaker-labs-push-to-automate-restaurants-2655990099.html\">dot.LA<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Masaharu_Morimoto_Iron_Chef_Japanese\"><\/span>Masaharu Morimoto (Iron Chef Japanese)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPmb5YND7F_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Masaharu Morimoto is perhaps the most recognizable <em>Iron Chef<\/em> alum stateside, thanks to his self-named restaurants in New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and elsewhere in the United States and around the world. In fact, Morimoto opened four restaurants in 2021, bringing his worldwide tally of properties to 19, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ironchefmorimoto.com\/about\/\">his official bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And as if that weren\u2019t enough, Morimoto partnered with Grgich Hills Estate last year to release the cabernet sauvignon label Morimoto Dream, billed as \u201ca collaboration of vision and passion between a vineyard rich in history and cultivation and a chef famed for blending Japanese and Western cuisine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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