Hosted by Alton Brown
The Story:
Iron Chef America attempts to recreate the Iron Chef Japanese series where chefs compete for the honor of becoming an Iron Chef.
They bring over the crazy sound effects for the announcer, but in the end, it's just 2 chefs cooking a bunch of stuff in an hour to see who's stuff tastes better.
However, that series, like most Japanese game shows, attempts a rather silly premise and they make it fun.
Somehow when it came to America, it became a serious competition to actually become an Iron Chef.
The fun was kind of sucked out of the original premise.
Alton Brown and his team on the ground attempt to inject some liveliness into the proceedings, but all in all...
It's rather boring.
The first dud from the Food Network that I've found on Netflix.
They've got a season or two available for streaming, but I'm in no hurry to revisit the competition anytime soon.
Final Grade: C
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