Iron Chef Japan - Potato Battle - Chen Kenichi vs. Katsuyo Kobayashi (1 of 5)

Iron Chef Japan: Potato Battle - Chen vs. Katsuyo Kobayashi

The challenger was (at the time) only the second female challenger to do battle in Kitchen Stadium. She has had a cooking show on NHK for 21 years. She is the icon of home cooking in Japan and known to housewives all over the country. She made her first television appearance in 1969. She claims to produce over 1000 recipes a year.

Originally aired August 19, 1994. A full episode review can be found here:
http://ironcheffans.info/wordpress/?p=60

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• iron chef
• cooking
• japan
• chef
• potato
• potatoes
• battle
• chen kenichi
• katsuyo kobayashi
• kitchen stadium

[Guitar4God1]

lol does the chairman eat a bell pepper each battle? lol thats a lot bell pepper! btw Y IS MORIMOTO GONE!! PLZ TELL ME!!

[mistressemilly]

What they said. :)

This was an early show, before Morimoto joined as an Iron Chef.

[clocwirkoj]

that was a brilliant place to cut the video( no sarcasm).

[mistressemilly]

I tried. This was the first video I'd ever had to cut for posting.

[hengkh89]

Oh... This is one of my favorite episode... I had been looking for this for a long long time... Thanks for uploading...

[mistressemilly]

You're welcome.

[cloverforluck]

What Iron Chef America lack is this introductory element. It's almost as if the challenger is there for the sake of having an opponent. The viewer don't know enough about the challenger to care whether they win or lose. In ICA's case, people just want to see the iron chef win, but there's no point to the victory. Whom have they won over? Why is that such a big deal? There's no prestige to their win, or it's not emphasized as it is in the original. It got boring after the first season.

[swrdgrl]

Superb episode! Thanks so much for posting. I love Chairman Kaga's face when he has to pick the chef. Was that scripted?

[ccutehoney]

@hengkh89 me to i always like the challenger in this episode

[KoDSektor51]

Fucking man!!!!



[xXxGutlessWonderxXx]

"worshiped by housewives" -___-" SERIOUSLY JAPAN????

[yesterdayfairy]

this challenger was DEFINITELY my favorite. not only was she truly a professional (being able to cook so much well-made dishes in just an hour) but she was so humble, polite, and confident. she took the contest seriously, but also enjoyed her time there and had fun. she's quite an inspiration!

[manramen]

I too offer my thanks for uploading this one. The other guy hadn't uploaded this one yet, and i've been wanting to rewatch this one for quite some time so thanks bunches :) I must say, this woman stood out from all challengers, even the other females with her speed of movement in the stadium :D It was quite unique watching her. The only other standout, being the one woman who challenged Iron Chef Sakai.

[ji94552]

@mrmjb1960 Thank you for the info. I didn't know that. It is shame, though.

[ji94552]

This is one of my favorites. I also love the original theme music. Why did Cooking Channel have to change that to something lame?

[godserens]

this inspired me to be a cook

[mrmjb1960]

They've replaced these musical interludes from "Backdraft" with new music,because of license infringement from NBC/Universal.