Iron Chef America

A show where aspiring chefs face off in a competition with a professional chef of their choice in a showdown to produe the best dish. Each episode features a competition where a certain ingredient must be used in a creative way.

Broadcast
Food Network 2005-Present

Host
Alton Brown

Inventor
Based on the Japanese series Iron Chef

Trivia
Food Network also spoofed the show on Good Eats with Alton Brown participating in a show entitled "Scrap Iron Chef" where the mystery ingredient was bacon and his opponent was someone named "Chef Midwest". Alton sabotaged his opponent's dish by adding kimchi (a smelly Korean dish made with fermented cabbage) to it. Despite this, he still lost the match.