Yutaka Ishinabe

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Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕 Ishinabe Yutaka, born 1948 in Yokohama, Japan) was the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef. He appeared from the first episode in 1993, sporting a green outfit while holding a bell pepper. Over the years he has earned himself the nickname of "The Artist" for being creative with all his approaches to food. He has the highest winning percentage of any of the Iron Chefs due mainly to the fact he only fought 8 battles: he won 7 and lost 1.

Yutaka Ishinabe ended his Iron Chef career at the end of 1993 due to the stressful nature of the program, which involved cooking under severe time pressure and facing judgment after battles. He returned for the 2000 Dishes Special as part of the All French team, alongside his successor Hiroyuki Sakai. After being on Iron Chef, he opened a chain of restaurants called "Queen Alice".

Preceded by N/A

Iron Chef French October 10, 1993 - December 19, 1993

Succeeded by Hiroyuki Sakai