The Next Iron Chef
In the land of reality shows this is won of the best to watch. It's not like you are stranded on an island and people have to vote you off or back stab you. This show is based on pure culinary skill. If your food reigns supreme you get to stay another week. What I do like better this year verses last year is Bobby Flay is not a Judge. I love Bobby Flay but it's very intimidating having and Iron Chef as a judge each week.
The premier show was a great how they flew them all the Los Angeles and began their journey. It was cool that they took their backgrounds and their first challenged was based off off those foods. It was interesting to see the meals they prepared with the food they were given. The 10 contestants had a chance to rate each others dishes, and that is when it got interesting. You could see the personalities emerge quickly.
Amanda Freitag from New York, seemed to the easy target of the show, even though she has 20 years experience. She claims that she can be sneaky. If I had to pick a winner today, just based on the information I know I would say Brad Farmerie will be the winner, or at least the top two. Even though Brad only has 12 years under his belt he seems very confident and his style of food is perfect to be The Next Iron Chef. Dominique Crenn really did not impress me on the first two episodes, if I had to bet, I would bet she would out before Amanda.
The surprise to me was Eric Greenspan being cut on the first challenge. This guy was moving all over the kitchen and he was helping people out; guess it doesn't pay to be nice. Holly Smith has a great personalty, I could see here as a finalist. The story she told about her friend eating at her house when they were younger was hilarious. Jehangir Mehta I believe will be the surprise chef. It is going to be interesting to see how his Persian cuisine plays out on The Next Iron Chef.
Jose Garces for Philly, comes off as the smooth, calm, collected chef in the kitchen. Jose's style is mainly Latin-American, and he has 15 years experience. He does not seem very aggressive at first glance, but his food will have to tell the story. Nate Appleman , now he is everything that he said he was not in his bio. He claims that he's not confrontational, likes to keep his mouth shut and his head down and just cook, not an instigator ~ it you watched the first episodes of The Next Iron Chef you would not believe it. He definitely will be the bad boy of the show, but hey you got to have some spice somewhere right?
Roberto Trevino from Puerto Rico, looks to be a good contender, but what will he do when they start to throw some curve balls at him? If you watch Iron Chef America you know that nothing is what it seems to be, there are always surprises. Seamus Mullen to me made the least impression at all on the show. He really did not stand out in the crowd of the other 9 contestants. SO the jury is out on him. The best thing about him is the resturant menu changes everyday, that can be a big help.
All in all it looks to be a very interesting series this year with some great chefs. Make sure that you get a chance to see the next episode on Sunday night on Food Network Channel.
The premier show was a great how they flew them all the Los Angeles and began their journey. It was cool that they took their backgrounds and their first challenged was based off off those foods. It was interesting to see the meals they prepared with the food they were given. The 10 contestants had a chance to rate each others dishes, and that is when it got interesting. You could see the personalities emerge quickly.
Amanda Freitag from New York, seemed to the easy target of the show, even though she has 20 years experience. She claims that she can be sneaky. If I had to pick a winner today, just based on the information I know I would say Brad Farmerie will be the winner, or at least the top two. Even though Brad only has 12 years under his belt he seems very confident and his style of food is perfect to be The Next Iron Chef. Dominique Crenn really did not impress me on the first two episodes, if I had to bet, I would bet she would out before Amanda.
The surprise to me was Eric Greenspan being cut on the first challenge. This guy was moving all over the kitchen and he was helping people out; guess it doesn't pay to be nice. Holly Smith has a great personalty, I could see here as a finalist. The story she told about her friend eating at her house when they were younger was hilarious. Jehangir Mehta I believe will be the surprise chef. It is going to be interesting to see how his Persian cuisine plays out on The Next Iron Chef.
Jose Garces for Philly, comes off as the smooth, calm, collected chef in the kitchen. Jose's style is mainly Latin-American, and he has 15 years experience. He does not seem very aggressive at first glance, but his food will have to tell the story. Nate Appleman , now he is everything that he said he was not in his bio. He claims that he's not confrontational, likes to keep his mouth shut and his head down and just cook, not an instigator ~ it you watched the first episodes of The Next Iron Chef you would not believe it. He definitely will be the bad boy of the show, but hey you got to have some spice somewhere right?
Roberto Trevino from Puerto Rico, looks to be a good contender, but what will he do when they start to throw some curve balls at him? If you watch Iron Chef America you know that nothing is what it seems to be, there are always surprises. Seamus Mullen to me made the least impression at all on the show. He really did not stand out in the crowd of the other 9 contestants. SO the jury is out on him. The best thing about him is the resturant menu changes everyday, that can be a big help.
All in all it looks to be a very interesting series this year with some great chefs. Make sure that you get a chance to see the next episode on Sunday night on Food Network Channel.
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