Chefs : Iron Chef Flay goes up against Govind Armstrong, a chef who trained under Iron Chef Wolfgang Puck at the age of 13. Armstrong's cuisine is later described as "Seasonal Californian."
Chefs : Iron Chef Morimoto goes up against Vancouver, British Columbia's Rob Feenie, owner of Lumiere and host of Food Network Canada's "New Classics with Chef Rob Feenie"
Chefs : Iron Chef Flay goes up against Ming Tsai who worked for his family's Chinese restaurant in Dayton, Ohio and constantly searches for the "mouth-watering things when East meets West."