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The Results

Friday, April 23, 2004 9pm:  IC America: Making Of 10pm: Sakai vs. Flay	recap Iron Chef  Sakai Iron Chef Flay Taste 24 27 Plating 13 14 Originality 14 14 Total 51 55  (winner)
Saturday April 24 9pm: Sakai vs. Flay 10pm: Morimoto vs. Batali	recap Iron Chef Morimoto Iron Chef Batali Taste 23 28 Plating 14 15 Originality 14 14 Total 51 57 (Winner)
Sunday April 25 6pm: IC America: Making Of 7pm: Sakai vs. Flay 8pm: Morimoto vs. Batali 9pm: Morimoto vs. Puck 10pm: Tag Team Finale *All Times Eastern	recap Iron Chef Morimoto Iron Chef Puck Taste 21 26 Plating 13 13 Originality 13 13 Total 47 52 (Winner) recap Morimoto/Flay Sakai/Batali Taste 36 29 Plating 18 12 Originality 17 14 Total 71 (Winner) 55

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Latest News Gathered

• News Articles from around the web
   
• Food Network has confirmed the chefs that will be participating. They are pictured above.
   
  • Note: Chen was originally mentioned to be involved but we learned recently he opened a new restaurant last month and might be busy with that.
     
• Taping of Food Network's "Iron Chef America" was held at various times, March 1 through March 4/5 in Los Angeles at a downtown studio.
   
• Check out the first picture of Kitchen Stadium here.
   
• The Battles:
  (SPOILERS REMOVED SINCE FTV HAS ANNOUNCED IT)
  Battle #1: Flay vs Sakai
  Battle #2: Batali vs Morimoto
  Battle #3: Puck vs Morimoto
  Battle #4: Flay & Morimoto vs Batali & Sakai
   
• The sous chefs (assistants) to each of the Iron Chefs:
   
  • Mario Batali:
    - Anne Burrel: Dir. of Tasting @ Italian Wine Merchant
    - Mark Ladner: Chef @ Lupa
     
  • Bobby Flay
    - Neil Manacle: Chef @ Bolo
    - Patricia Yeo: NY Rest. Owner
     
  • Wolfgang Puck
    - Lee Hefter:  Chef @ Spago Beverly Hills
    - Sherry Yard: Pastry Chef @ Spago Beverly Hills
     
  • Masaharu Morimoto
    - Ariki Omae: Chef de Chef @ Morimoto
    - Takao Iinuma: Chef de Cuisine @ Morimoto
        Pictures (scroll down a little bit)
     
  • Hiroyuki Sakai
    - Kaoru Ushioda: Rest. Chef @ La Rochelle / Shibuya
    - Kinya Komoda: Executive Chef @ Szechwan Rest. Chen
     
• Martial arts expert Mark Dacascos will act as the "Chairman".
  He starred in TV series "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven" as Eric Draven.  You can also check out his official site: http://www.dacascos.com/
   
• Alton Brown of Good Eats will be the commentator. He will fill the role of Dr. Hattori and Fukui-san, providing the play-by-play and insights on the ingredients being utilized.
   
• Kevin Brauch of The Thirsty Traveler is filling in as Ota, the floor reporter.
   
• Celebrity judges that are reported to appear include:
  • Paige Davis [Trading Spaces]
  • John O'Hurley [Seinfield - J Peterman]
  • Ted Allen [Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]
  • Dennis Franz [NYPD Blue]
  • Vincent Pastore [The Sopranos]
  • Dayna Devon [Extra]
  • Brian Unger [The Daily Show]
  • Melinda Clark [The OC]
  • James Michael Tyler [AKA Gunther on Friends]
  • Kerry Simon [Simon Kitchen & Bar, was on Iron Chef USA]
  • Jeffrey Steingarten [Vogue magazine]
  • Food magazine editors and more.
     
• Food Network says "including some surprising twists" about the special in their posting in the FTV Forums. This twist turned out to be the tag team battle, Battle #4, we presume with Flay and Morimoto on the same team. But who knows! Tune in to find out!
   
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Information gathered from Sandra Fox-Davis, Chris at The Culinary Detective (egullet post), Food Network, and snippets from various articles.