Well, my dream came true today. For the first time in my life, I am watching Iron Chef LIVE on stage! Ive been watching Iron Chef on tv and the internet since couple years back when they started airing it on Food Network ASTRO. I fell in love with the intensity and blood rushing 1 hour competition immediately. Seeing how awesome chefs can be when it comes to creativity with food really amazes me. Probably that's the reason why I am a chef today. hahaha.
So i bet everyone has heard about Iron Chef from Japan. The culinary giants Iron Chefs, Chen Kenichi, Masaharu Morimoto and Hiroyuki Sakai. They battle out in kitchen stadium where challengers from all around the world will come challenge the Iron Chef to a secret ingredient 1 hour battle to produce 4 dishes or more. Iron Chef then moved to America a couple years back, but unfortunately ratings are not as high as the original one in Japan.
September 2010, Iron Chef comes to Australia and chooses Melbourne as their shooting spot. A gigantic studio in Docklands to start off with. With local culinary giants, Iron Chef Australia has chosen Neil Perry, Guy Grossi and Guillaume Brahimi to be the Iron Chefs! They are the giants in Australia, with top chef hat restaurants. For more information about them, check out my older post about Iron Chef Australia.
So, today at 3pm me and my friends, Jeremy and Conan walked into the studio where the kitchen stadium was proudly standing in the middle of the stage. It was just an absolute treat to be there at that time! We were so excited! With a couple of camera shootings and NG's, the competition hit start right about 6pm and ended at 7pm. One hour of blood rushing excitement just can't get any better. Today's secret ingredient was chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. Hahaha.
We were all guessing cheese at first before it was revealed. Hahahha turned out to be the direct opposite. With fountains of chocolate flowing from the choc fountain, giant blocks of chocolate, cocoa beans, cocoa powders and nibs, it was a treat for every chocolate lover out there! Not for me though.. not a big fan of chocolate. Heheh.
We were also very surprised to see the Chairman Mark Dacascos, who runs the Iron Chef America show. He is so hilarious and good looking in a way. So great to see him there today! "With the words of my uncle .. Ala Cuisine!" - was his famous quote to set the competition off. Hahaha.
So i had an awesome day today, eye opening and memorable experience! This would be one of my best birthday gift ever! Though its free.. ahhahaha. Cheers!
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