Known for its flamboyant dubbing, costumes and absurd premise, Iron Chef transformed cooking into entertainment. Liaw remembers a show he loved as a teenager – and how it has influenced his own
and, as a superfan of the godfather of blockbuster cooking shows, I’m excited.for nearly 300 episodes across seven seasons between 1993 and 1999. It was one of the first Japanese series to be broadcast globally and became a cult classic notable for its flamboyant dubbing and uniquely absurd premise.
From the elaborate costumes to the rousing Hans Zimmer orchestral theme music , every episode had a sense of occasion. It was Friday Night Football, without the ball. In Japan, sports commentary is an artform and Iron Chef celebrated it with play-by-play caller Fukui Kenji and colour commentator Hattori Yukio narrating the action of Kitchen Stadium . This facilitated another of Iron Chef’s great strengths: diversity.
As a teenager watching it, I was spellbound. If Robuchon had never seen television like this before, I’d never seen cooking like this before. And it’s stuck with me ever since.
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