Editing Iron Chef (section)

==Broadcast history==
The stage setting for the show, {{Nihongo|"Kitchen Stadium"|キッチンスタジアム|Kitchin Sutajiamu}}, the high-quality (and sometimes very expensive) ingredients used in the cooking battles, and Kaga's extravagant [[costume]]s required the show to have a budget far higher than those of most other cooking shows. Some statistics: 893 portions of ''foie gras'', 54 [[bream|sea bream]], 827 ''Ise'' [[shrimp]], 964 [[matsutake|''matsutake'' mushroom]]s, 4,593 [[egg (food)|eggs]], 1,489 [[truffle]]s, 4,651&nbsp;g of [[caviar]], and 84 pieces of shark fin were used during the show, bringing the total grocery bill to ¥843,354,407<ref>Foreword by Takeshi Kaga, "''Iron Chef'':The Official Book" (Kaoru Hoketsu, translator) (Berkley Books, 2001)</ref> (or about $7,115,520). One of the most expensive battles was Battle [[Swiftlet#Culinary use|Swallow's Nest]], which ran over $40,000 solely for that ingredient, not counting large quantities of shark's fin; for the battle, the producers were permitted to return any unused portions to Hattori Nutrition College.

===Final episode and specials===
For the show's grand finale, aired from September 10, 1999, to September 24, 1999, the Iron Chefs faced off against each other in a three-part battle, with the winner to face French chef [[Alain Passard]], owner of Michelin three-star restaurant L'Arpege, with the winner dubbed the "King of Iron Chefs".

In the first round, Iron Chef Chinese Chen defeated Iron Chef Italian Kobe in Battle Pork (Tokyo X). In the second round, Iron Chef French Sakai defeated Iron Chef Japanese Morimoto in Battle Bell Pepper. In the final match, Sakai defeated Chen in Battle Homard Lobster and was dubbed "King of Iron Chefs". Prior to that episode, Sakai had never won a lobster battle.

In the final bonus match in Kitchen Stadium, with all of the current and previous Iron Chefs looking on, Iron Chef French Sakai defeated Alain Passard in Battle Long-Gang Chicken. Thus, Hiroyuki Sakai was dubbed as both "King of Iron Chefs" and "The No. 1 in the World".

Two reunion specials were produced in 2000.  The first was "The Millennium Special"; the second was "New York Special", staged in a makeshift Kitchen Stadium at [[Webster Hall]] in New York City, and was the first appearance of Bobby Flay. The New York special also included Michiba and Morimoto on [[Gordon Elliott (journalist)|Gordon Elliott]]'s ''[[Door Knock Dinners]]'' (with footage aired on both shows) surprising a family in Rye by preparing dinner for them with just leftovers and other items in the family's refrigerator. Another reunion episode of the show (entitled "Iron Chef: 21st Century Battle") was produced and broadcast in 2001.  A final reunion episode was produced and broadcast in 2002, entitled "The Japan Cup". This special was hosted by celebrity Masahiro Motoki, and began with a mock funeral for the character of Chairman Kaga, citing [[fugu]] poisoning as his cause of death.

Sakai, Chen, Kobe and Michiba, along with celebrity chefs including Chen's son Chen Kentaro and Singaporean patissier Janice Wong, also participated in an Iron Chef All Stars charity dinner at the [[Sydney Opera House]] in August 2017 that raised AU$26,500 for Opportunity International Australia and was eventually Kobe's last Iron Chef event before his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YVbl1UlZNA |title=Iron Chef All Stars - The Epic Final Showdown at Sydney Opera House |website=YouTube|date=12 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ironchefallstars.com/iron-chef-menu/ |title=Iron Chef All Stars – Menu}}</ref>

===United States reception===
Starting around 1997, ''Iron Chef'' was shown, on [[KTSF]] in [[San Francisco]], [[KSCI]] in [[Long Beach]], as well as stations in [[Hawaii]] and the [[New York City]] area, in its original Japanese version with English subtitles, and quickly became a cult hit.<ref name="Battle Iron Chef">{{Cite web|url = https://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Battle-Iron-Chef-3077244.php|title = Battle Iron Chef|access-date = 2022-06-16|author=Tim Goodman|website = SFGate| date=7 July 1999 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-30-me-17876-story.html| title = Japanese Cooking Show Hot Stuff in U.S.|author=Anne M. Peterson|access-date = 2022-06-16|newspaper = LA Times| date = 30 August 1998}}</ref> In summer of 1998, the show stopped using subtitles;<ref name="Battle Iron Chef" /> [[Fuji TV]] released a statement saying that the show was intended as a "service to the Japanese community abroad" and due to Japanese copyright laws were to be aired without subtitles, which had previously been provided "inadvertently".<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.fujitv.co.jp/en/subtitle/index.html|title=Regarding Subtitles of our TV Program Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000611161758/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/en/subtitle/index.html|archive-date=2000-06-11}}</ref>

While always a success in Japan, ''Iron Chef'' became a surprise hit in the United States when it was picked up by the [[Food Network]] in 1999, beginning on July 9,<ref>{{cite news|work=NY Daily News|location=New York City, New York|title=2 Shows that play with food|date=July 7, 1999}}</ref> and [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] into English, continuing to do so until December 3, 2004.<ref>{{cite news|work=Austin American-Statesman|location=Austin, Texas|title=Saturday Prime Time|date=November 28, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/13/cool-japan-why-japanese-remakes-are-so-popular-on-american-tv-and-where-we%E2%80%99re-getting-it-wrong/ |title=Cool Japan: Why Japanese remakes are so popular on American TV, and where we're getting it wrong |publisher=AsianWeek |access-date=2008-09-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915232726/http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/13/cool-japan-why-japanese-remakes-are-so-popular-on-american-tv-and-where-we%E2%80%99re-getting-it-wrong/ |archive-date=2008-09-15 }}</ref> Part of the U.S. appeal was due to the dubbing, which gave the show a [[camp (style)|campy]] charm that evoked English-dubbed Chinese [[Kung fu film|kung fu movies]] of the 1970s. Audiences also found amusing some of the over-the-top culinary concoctions regularly featured on the show, eventually leading to a spoof on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/iron-chef-american-bachelor-chef/2861379|title = Charlie Sheen - Iron Chef|access-date = April 12, 2020|website = NBC}}</ref>

===International syndication===
The Japanese channel [[SKY PerfecTV!]] has aired extended uncut versions (meaning with the complete hour-long cooking time) of some episodes, consisting of footage that was not seen on Fuji TV when they originally aired. These extended versions ran for 85 minutes without commercials. Regular episodes were 37 minutes and 30 seconds minus commercials (25 minutes early on), with 48 minutes being typically edited out.

The show was presented in the United States and Canada on the Food Network, dubbed and/or [[Subtitle (captioning)|subtitled]] into English. It was also broadcast on [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS TV]] in Australia. In the case of SBS, this is unusual as the network has a policy favoring in-house subtitling of acquired programs; it may be felt that the tone given to the show by its American dub is essential to its charms, heightened perhaps by the fact that in most episodes, the flamboyant chairman is subtitled instead of dubbed.

The show was also broadcast on the [[Finland|Finnish]] channel [[SubTV]], and the [[Sweden|Swedish]] channel TV400 ([[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]]). ''Iron Chef'' was broadcast on [[Challenge TV|Challenge]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in 2003 and 2004, as part of its "Japanese Christmas Cracker" and "Japanorama" strands.

The show had again aired in the U.S. on the [[Fine Living Network|Fine Living]] Network from May 5, 2008, until the channel went off the air on May 30, 2010; however, the music from earlier broadcasts, taken from international films such as ''[[Backdraft (film)|Backdraft]]'' and ''[[A Zed & Two Noughts]]'', had been replaced due to music-licensing issues with [[NBC Universal]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} The [[Cooking Channel]] picked up the series on June 1, 2010, when it replaced Fine Living.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cookingchanneltv.com|title=Cooking Channel - Recipes, Shows and Cooking Videos from Top Global Chefs : Cooking Channel|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>  The stations that have carried the series, Fine Living, Cooking Channel, and Food Network, are all owned by [[Scripps Networks Interactive]].

[[FilmRise]] acquired the exclusive rights to the original Iron Chef episodes in October 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title='Iron Chef': Japanese Original Series Heads to FilmRise Through Exclusive Fuji Deal|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/asia/iron-chef-us-filmrise-fuji-1235085857/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 10, 2021|first=Manori|last=Ravindran|accessdate=October 11, 2021}}</ref> The following month, episodes began streaming for free on [[Paramount Streaming|Paramount]]'s [[Pluto TV]] service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thestreamable.com/news/pluto-tv-launches-5-new-channels-announces-thanksgiving-programming-schedule|title=Pluto TV Launches 5 New Channels, Announces Thanksgiving Programming Schedule|last=Chorpenning|first=Aubrey|date=17 November 2021|website=thestreamable.com|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>

===U.S. streaming===

Since the acquisition by FilmRise, Iron Chef has begun to appear on U.S. Streaming services. As of June 2022, this includes FuboTV, PlutoTV, Peacock and Amazon Prime (via Freevee). These episodes are not presented in strict broadcast order. These episodes are dubbed and have different music than the original broadcasts. These were all the dubbed episodes that were made.<ref>{{cite web |last=Unknown |first= Unknown |date=15 September 2008|title=Iron Chef Episode Archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915090432/ttp://www.foodnetwork.com/food/episode_archive/0,1904,FOOD_9970_206,00.html|website=www.foodnetwork./com|location=Unknown |publisher=Unknown |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> Two episodes with [[Masahiko Kondo]] as a Judge that were shown on Food Network were not listed on FilmRise.

For Amazon Freevee at least, the correct mapping of seasons/episodes to chronological broadcast order are (original episode information from [[List of Iron Chef episodes]]):

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Mapping of US Streaming Episodes to Original Broadcast Episodes
|-
! US Streaming Episodes !! Original Broadcast Episodes !! Original Broadcast Episode Numbers !! Original Air Date !! Notes
|-
| Season 7 Episode 26 || Season 1 Episode 10 || 10 || December 19, 1993 ||Features original Iron Chef French Yutaka Ishinabe and only season 1 episode. Episodes 1 - 9 (October 10 - December 12, 1993: see [[List of Iron Chef episodes]] for full list of ingredients) are skipped.
|-
| Season 4 Episode 3 - 26 || Season 2 Episode 14 - 37 || 24 - 47 || April 15 - September 23, 1994 || Streaming Season 4 Episodes 21 and 22 appear to reverse the order of broadcast episodes. Season 2 Episodes 1 - 13 (11 - 23: January 9 - April 8, 1994 see [[List of Iron Chef episodes]] for full list of ingredients) are skipped.
|-
| Season 5 Episode 3 - 13 || Season 2 Episode 38 - 49 || 48 - 59 || September 30 - December 16, 1994|| Season 2 Episode 41 (Episode 51: Bread, October 21, 1994), Season 2 Episode 50 (Episode 60: Spiny Lobster and Beef: December 23, 1994) are skipped.
|-
| Season 5 Episode 14 - 26 || Season 3 Episode 2 - 16 || 62 - 76 || January 6 - April 21, 1995 || Season 3 Episode 1 (Episode 61: Abalone and Yellowtail, January 2, 1995), Season 3 Episode 13 (Episode 73: Pork and Spiny Lobster, March 31, 1995) and Season 3 Episode 15 (Episode 75: Flounder, April 14, 1995) are skipped.
|-
| Season 6 Episode 1 - 26 || Season 3 Episode 17 - 45 || 77 - 105|| April 28  - November 17, 1995 || Season 3 Episode 20 (Episode 80: Swordfish, May 19, 1995), Season 3 Episode 26 (Episode 86: Avocado, June 30, 1995), Season 3 Episode 39 (Episode 99: Tuna, Squid, Duck, October 6, 1995) are skipped.
|-
| Season 7 Episode 1 - 5 || Season 3 Episode 46 - 50 || 106 - 110 || November -  December 22, 1995|| None
|-
| Season 7 Episode 6 - 18 || Season 4 Episode 1 - 13 ||111 - 123 || January 3 - March 29, 1996 || Second half of the 1995 Mr. Iron Chef Special in two parts on streaming. Season 4 Episode 5 (Episode 115: Snapping Turtle, February 2, 1996), is skipped.
|-
| Season 5 Episode 1 - 2 || Season 4 Episode 14 || 124 || April 12, 1996 || Special Paris Episode in two parts on streaming.
|-
| Season 7 Episode 19 - 25 || Season 4 Episode 15 - 21 ||125 - 131 || April 19 - May 31, 1996 || Season 4 Episodes 22 - 50, Season 5 Episodes 1 - 48, Season 6 Episodes 1 - 6 (Episodes 132 - 214, June 7, 1996 - February 20, 1998: see [[List of Iron Chef episodes]] for full list of ingredients) are skipped.
|-
| Season 1 Episode 1 || Season 6 Episode 7 || 215 || February 27, 1998 || Introduction of new Iron Chef Japanese Morimoto.
|-
| Season 2 Episode 1 || Season 6 Episode 8 || 216 || March 6, 1998 || Girl's Festival.
|-
| Season 1 Episode 2 - 23 || Season 6 Episode 9 - 30 || 217 - 238|| March 13  - August 21, 1998 || None
|-
| Season 3 Episode 11 - 12 || Season 6 Episode 31 || 239 || August 28 - September 4, 1998 || 2,000th Plate Two Part Special.
|-
| Season 1 Episode 24 - 26 || Season 6 Episode 32 - 34 || 240 - 242 || September 11 - September 25, 1998 || None
|-
| Season 2 Episode 2 - 14 || Season 6 Episode 35 - 47 || 243 - 255 || October 2 - December 25, 1998 || None
|-
| Season 2 Episode 15 - 26 || Season 7 Episode 1 - 13 || 256 - 268 || January 8 - April 9, 1999 || Season 7 Episode 9 (Episode 264: Egg, March 12, 1999) is skipped. 
|-
| Season 3 Episode 1  - 10|| Season 7 Episode 14 - 24 || 269 - 279 || April 16 - July 2, 1999 || Season 7 Episode 20 (Episode 275, May 28, 1999, and June 4, 1999) was not a battle aired: Morimoto and Michiba were touring Indonesia and appeared on another program).
|-
| Season 3 Episode 13 - 26 || Season 7 Episode 25 - 36 || 280 - 291 || July 9 - September 24, 1999 || Season 7 Episodes 34 - 36 (289 - 291) are the series grand finale and are streamed as Season 3 Episodes 22 - 26. 
|}

Also Season 4 Episodes 1 - 2 are retrospective episodes on the history of Iron Chef Japanese Rokusaburo Michiba (Season 4 Episode 1) and Iron Chefs Chinese Chen Kenichi and French Hiroyuki Sakai (Season 4 Episode 2) that were apparently made for US audiences and not part of the original Japanese broadcast.