| Iron Chef UK | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Cooking show |
| Directed by | Jonathan Bullen |
| Presented by | Olly Smith Nick Nairn |
| Starring | Tom Aikens Martin Blunos Sanjay Dwivedi Judy Joo |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Adam MacDonald |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 4 |
| Original airing | 26 April 2010 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Iron Chef Iron Chef America |
Iron Chef UK was a British competition-based cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef and Food Network's Iron Chef America. It was produced by IWC Media and broadcasted on Channel 4.
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The show aired during daytime, five days a week at 5pm in 2010, and was hosted by Olly Smith and Nick Nairn.[1] The four Iron Chefs were Tom Aikens, Martin Blunos, Sanjay Dwivedi and Judy Joo.[2] Like the original Iron Chef, the competitions were held in Kitchen Stadium and presided over by the Chairman. Judging occurred in two rounds, with the first round being appetisers, and the second being the main courses. Two challengers prepared an appetiser each, while professional chefs, the Iron Chefs prepared two dishes. They are judged, and the scores for the challenging team versus the Iron Chef are announced. Then the second half of the team and the Iron Chef return to the kitchen to prepare the main course. The two challengers each prepare a dish and the Iron Chef prepares two. Judging resumed, and results announced. As well as announing whether the Challenging team, or the Iron Chef won, the best dish from the challenging team was also announced. The challengers with the best dish returned on the following Friday to compete with the best Iron Chef of the week. Dishes were scored out of 25 — 15 for taste, 5 for design, and 5 for originality in the use of the special ingredient.
The first episode on 26 April 2010, which aired at 5pm, had 1.1mm viewers (8.9%), decreasing to 740,000 viewers (6.2%) later in the week.[3] It was taken off the air mid-series on 17 May 2010 and replaced with repeats of Come Dine With Me with plans to place the show in a different time slot.[4] A Channel 4 spokeswoman said, “Iron Chef is a great show but it hasn’t resonated with the 5pm audience. We are therefore currently considering which alternative slot would be most suitable.” [4] Iron Chef UK returned to Channel 4 on 6 December 2010 for ten more episodes.
The show has been worldwide to countries including India, Finland, New Zealand, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.[5]
| Iron Chef | Number of wins | Number of losses | Average score | Highest score | Lowest score | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Aikens | 5 | 0 | 22.3 | 25 | 18.5 | 100% |
| Judy Joo | 3 | 0 | 20.0 | 24.75 | 13.5 | 100% |
| Sanjay Dwivedi | 3 | 0 | 18.5 | 22.5 | 14.5 | 100% |
| Martin Blunos | 2 | 2 | 18.1 | 21.5 | 14 | 50% |