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