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Vordeo t1_jd0xv0e wrote

Reply to comment by tuxedo_jack in Kenichi Chin, 'Iron Chef' of Chinese cuisine, dies at 67 by shamelessselfpost

> He, Michiba, and Sakai will always be my Iron Chefs. > >

Those 3 plus that Iron Chef Italian who was in the intro but was never actually in the stadium for some reason.

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tuxedo_jack t1_jd1mlc3 wrote

AND MASAHIKO KOBE IS IRON CHEF ITALIAN

... he died of a fall in his kitchen when he was 49. Damn shame.

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FlopsyBunny t1_jd378zn wrote

It's always worth remembering how dangerous kitchens are. Fire, knives & falls.

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big_nothing_burger t1_jd40bgb wrote

People who watch Hell's Kitchen know. Every season has like 2-3 serious injuries.

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Jarl_Xar t1_jd4c8hj wrote

Hells' kitchen is nothing like a real commercial kitchen, unless your kitchen is a set i suppose.

Source: chef for 25 years in a variety of restaurants bistros and hotels.

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ThePencilRain t1_jd52msc wrote

Hells kitchen is what happens when you get a bunch of Denny's line cooks together thinking they are more than the sum of their skills.

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big_nothing_burger t1_jd578vd wrote

You know they only used novices in the first couple of seasons right? Almost every contestant is a sous chef, an executive chef, or just graduated from an acclaimed culinary school.

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PeeCee t1_jd10lh0 wrote

Yeah, I wa always puzzled why he was introduced separately

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Scooterks t1_jd16pxi wrote

Probably was added in later and they didn't want to refilm thw whole sequence.

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jrp55262 t1_jd1coce wrote

Masahiko Kobe, Iron Chef Italian. He was a later addition. Among the reasons why he doesn't rise with the rest is that the number 4 is considered unlucky in Japan, so they didn't want to show four chefs rising together.

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Ok-Seaworthiness4488 t1_jd1cpim wrote

Because he wasn't a head chef and owned his own restaurant at the time like other Iron Chefs iirc

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SquiffyRae t1_jd2kft1 wrote

I was shocked when I looked it up once and Masahiko Kobe actually cooked

None of the episodes they aired in Australia ever actually had him as an option beyond the intro and we never actually got an episode where he was chosen

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STrRedWolf t1_jd3gxkx wrote

He actually was in a few episodes, competing against other Italian chefs.

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ShogunFirebeard t1_jd4ebrh wrote

I definitely recalling watching episodes with him facing the challenger. But they were far and few between on US reruns.

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