The Next Iron Chef

The grand finale, Chef Garces was crowned as the nest Iron Chef. During judging you could tell by the comments that chef Mehtag was not going to win. His dishes seem to be a bit rushed and too much. Even when chef Morimoto pointed out that chef Mehta's dishes seem to focus on doing too much rather than focusing on the main ingredient. Chef Mehta's tartar with guacamola sorbet happen to be the best dish enjoyed by the judges. That one dish could not overpower the five great dishes that chef Garces made.

Clearly chef Garces's dishes were clean and tasteful, but most said it lacked that "pop" in presentation. But when it came down to who they believe they could mold into a champion "Iron Chef" it was clearly chef Garces.

I believe one of the things that might have played against chef Mehta was how many times they had to censor his language ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. I am not that old fashion, just look at just about any reality show now-a-days and there are F-bombs everywhere. It really has become disturbing to watch television now a days. That's why I gravitate towards more of the HGTV, FOOD NETWORK, Travel Channel type of shows. But I bet as the Iron Chefs that were sitting there saw this type of language I am sure it played through their mind for judging. Judging should be all about the food and it was, but you are also on the biggest job interview you could ever be on.

Let's chalk it up to nerves and pressure of the challenge for the language. But it looked like chef Garces was a smooth operator around the kitchen stadium. Chef Mehta seems to create quite a mess and has proven to be like a ping pong ball in the wind during challenges. You can not mistake that chef Mehta's meals were full of taste throughout this challenge but did not land him his dream job