Whose Cuisine will Reign Supreme?

Kitchen Stadium

The supposed "story" behind Iron Chef is recounted at the beginning of every episode. It is said that Kaga had "realised his dream in a form never seen before" and specially constructed a cooking arena called "Kitchen Stadium" in his castle. There, visiting chefs from "around the world" would compete against his Gourmet Academy, led by his three (later four) Iron Chefs. Chairman Kaga himself is a showpiece, dressed in outlandish examples of men's formal attire.

And today's theme ingredient is...

Chairman Kaga
Iron Chef Chinese - Chen Kenichi
Iron Chef Japanese - Masaharu Morimoto
Iron Chef French - Hiroyuki Sakai
Iron Chef Italian - Masahiko Kobe
Dr Yukio Hatori