The Best Episodes of Iron Chef
#1 - Sakai vs Yuji Wakiya (Sea Urchin) 9.33
Season 2 - Episode 23
Sea Urchin provides a young chef the chance to revolutionalize Chinese cooking. Judges: Tamio Kageyama (Novelist), Mayuko Takata (Actress), Masaaki Hirano (Rosanjin Scholar)
#2 - Sakai vs Masatoshi Kimura (Duck) 8.00
Season 2 - Episode 19
Hot-flame Chinese cuisine is the challenger's specialty. Judges: Yasushi Akimoto (Music Producer), Mayuko Takata (Actress), Masaaki Hirano (Rosanjin Scholar)
#3 - Chen vs Takashi Saito (Prawn) 7.33
Season 2 - Episode 38
Chen must face a man who was his father's trusted apprentice. When they both prepare his father's signature dish, who will win?
#4 - Ishinabe vs. Maruyama Takeshi (Salmon) 7.00
Season 1 - Episode 1
#5 - Chen vs Hiromi Yamada (Cabbage) 6.00
Season 2 - Episode 17
Italian chef Hiromi was a legend. After beset by personal tragedy and financial ruin, he seeks redemption in Kitchen Stadium. Judges: Shinichiro Kurimoto (Politician), Mayuko Takata (Actress), Masaaki Hirano (Rosanjin Scholar)
#6 - Sakai vs Hiromi Funatsu (Bonito) 6.00
Season 2 - Episode 18
Sakai faces the first sushi master in a fish battle for the ages. Judges: Daijiro Hashimoto (Governor of Kochi), Mai Kitajima (Actress), Masaaki Hirano (Rosanjin Scholar)
#7 - Chen vs Kiyoshi Takahashi (Carrot) 6.00
Season 2 - Episode 20
It's a rematch from the World Chinese Cooking contest. Kiyoshi won 3rd, but Chen won 2nd. This time it's war. Judges: Yasushi Akimoto (Songwriter/Producer), Mayuko Takata (Actress), Asako Kishi (Critic)
#8 - Michiba vs Katsumi Hanato (Sweetfish) 6.00
Season 2 - Episode 22
Kandagawa brings his apprentice to kitchen stadium for a sweetfish battle.
#9 - Sakai vs Mitsuru Saito (Beef) 6.00
Season 2 - Episode 29
