List of Iron Chef America episodes

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Calton (talk | contribs) at 13:21, 22 April 2006 (External links: delete spamlink). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The following are the results of the Iron Chef America battles.

Template:Spoiler

Iron Chef statistics

Note: The win/loss data is based only on the performance of the Iron Chef in the Iron Chef America series and does not include battles in previous Iron Chef editions. It includes results from both "Iron Chef America: The Series" and "Battle of the Masters".

Iron Chef Specialty Wins Loss Ties
Bobby Flay Southwestern 6 3 1
Mario Batali Italian 7 4
Masaharu Morimoto Japanese 3 4 1
Cat Cora Greek 3 2
Wolfgang Puck Californian 1 0









Battle of the Masters

Episode Iron Chefs "Challenger" Iron Chefs Secret Ingredient Winner
1 Bobby Flay Hiroyuki Sakai Trout Bobby Flay
2 Mario Batali Masaharu Morimoto Spiny lobster Mario Batali
3 Wolfgang Puck Masaharu Morimoto Eggs (various) Wolfgang Puck1
4 Bobby Flay & Masaharu Morimoto Mario Batali & Hiroyuki Sakai Fruits de Mer
(Fruits of the Sea)
Bobby Flay & Masaharu Morimoto


1 This is Wolfgang Puck's first and only battle as Iron Chef.

Season 1 (2005)

Episode Iron Chef Challenger Challenger specialty Secret Ingredient Winner
1 Bobby Flay Rick Bayless Traditional Mexican Buffalo Bobby Flay
2 Mario Batali Roberto Trevino Latin American Catfish Mario Batali
3 Bobby Flay Ming Tsai East-West Fusion Duck Ming Tsai
4 Mario Batali Michael Laiskonis Neo-classical Chocolate and coconut Mario Batali
5 Masaharu Morimoto Rob Feenie French-Asian Crabs (various) Rob Feenie
6 Bobby Flay Govind Armstrong Seasonal California Squash (various) Bobby Flay
7 Masaharu Morimoto Roberto Donna2 Italian Scallops Masaharu Morimoto
8 Mario Batali Scott Q. Campbell New American Cheese (various) Mario Batali
9 Mario Batali Anita Lo3 Contemporary American Mushrooms (various) Anita Lo
10 Cat Cora Alex Lee Contemporary French Potato (various) Cat Cora

2Roberto Donna is the first challenger to not complete a set of 5 dishes. He only managed to finish two.
3Anita Lo is the first female challenger to win against an Iron Chef.

Season 2 (2005)

Episode Iron Chef Challenger Challenger specialty Secret Ingredient Winner
1 Mario Batali Todd English Mediterranean Pizza dough Mario Batali
2 Cat Cora Kerry Simon Modern American Hamburger Kerry Simon
3 Bobby Flay Adam Perry Lang Barbecue Chicken Bobby Flay
4 Masaharu Morimoto Aaron Sanchez Latin American Black Bass tie
5 Mario Batali Traci Des Jardins French-California Shrimp Traci Des Jardins
6 Cat Cora Sam Choy Hawaiian Clam Cat Cora
7 Bobby Flay Michelle Bernstein Nuevo Latin/Fusion Onion Michelle Bernstein
8 Masaharu Morimoto Michael Symon American/Mediterranean Asparagus Masaharu Morimoto
9 Mario Batali Tamara Murphy4 Pan-Mediterranean Crawfish Mario Batali
10 Masaharu Morimoto Tom Douglas Northwest Pan Pacific Wild Salmon Tom Douglas
11 Bobby Flay5
"The Two Hot Tamales"
(Mary Sue Milliken/Susan Feniger)5
Southwest Turkey tie
12 Mario Batali Wylie Dufresne Eclectic New American Tilapia Mario Batali
13 Bobby Flay David Burke Contemporary American/French Lamb Bobby Flay
14 Cat Cora Neal Fraser New American Pork Neal Fraser

4Tamara Murphy becomes the first female challenger to lose to the Iron Chef.
5In this match Milliken and Feniger only had one sous-chef compared to two for Flay; to balance out the three-to-a-kitchen rule.

Season 3 (2006)

Episode Iron Chef Challenger Challenger specialty Secret Ingredient Winner
1 Mario Batali John Besh French Andouille John Besh
2 Bobby Flay Beau MacMillan Organic Contemporary American Kobe beef Beau MacMillan
3 Cat Cora Jon Shook & Vinny Dotolo Eclectic Eggplant Cat Cora
4 Bobby Flay Ralph Pagano Italian
5 Masaharu Morimoto Roberto Donna Italian
6 Bobby Flay Laurent Tourondel French
7 Mario Batali Ludovic Lefebvre French
8 Bobby Flay Susur Lee Asian/Fusion
9 Masaharu Morimoto Christophe Eme French