The six-episode primetime series will highlight seven culinarians fighting for iron-clad glory until one valiant Warrior of the Risotto with Lobster Foam remains, the sole victor among those proverbially slain by dull butter knife. Although, wait! This champion, after winning against six others of equally esteemed ilk, must first enter the “Gauntlet” – three rapid-succession battles, each against one famed Iron Chef: Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto or Michael Symon – before being declared an official Iron Chef so his/her marketing team can henceforth brand all restaurant promo items with, “As Seen On Iron Chef!”
“In the world of Iron Chef, competitive cooking goes beyond impeccable skills – these chefs view food as both fine art and vigorous sport,” said Didi O’Hearn, Senior Vice President Programming, Food Network and Cooking Channel.

“I’ve never seen such intense scrutiny over the best way to roast a tomato,” added me. “And it’s crazy awesome.”
But I digress.

Your Iron Chef Gauntlet competitors in no uncertain or certain order are:

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