I promise, I won’t screw it up for you – I accidentally found out who won (gotta hate the internet sometimes!) before I had a chance to see it – I won’t give it away.
It was a “traditional” Iron Chef battle for the final, with a great ingredient. None of the weirdness of the previous challenges, just get your ass in the kitchen and cook like a madman. A nice twist – they had the other 3 Iron Chefs do the judging – I’ll be perfectly honest, I was getting very sick of 2 the 3 other judges. (God help me if I ever become famous in the food world, I’ll have 2 enemies right off the bat.)
The guy I wanted to win – didn’t. Not that the winner isn’t a tremendous chef. Hell, either of them could do this – they wouldn’t have gotten this far otherwise!
But you can’t watch this for 6 weeks and not have a favorite by the end. And of course, I can’t help but lean towards someone whose food I’d be more likely to pick off a menu.
So, if you’ve not seen it yet – Food Network will be re-running it a couple more times this week – worth the time. I’ve really enjoyed this series, it’s great competition without the snark of a Hell’s Kitchen or Top Chef.