Iron Chef

There are 8 varieties of bell pepper available to the chefs from the Netherlands: red, yellow, green, purple, orange, dark red, black, and white. Edit

The chairman offers five varieties of the theme ingredient, mushrooms: Shiitake, Maitake, Enoke, Shimeji, and 'regular' mushrooms. Edit

The chefs have eight cuttlefish fished from the waters near Chiba available for use in the battle. Edit

The chefs have 50 live conger eels from Harima Sea to use in their dishes. Edit

Because it is a special occasion (300th competitor), the other three Iron Chefs (Sakai, Morimoto, and Kobe) are all sitting in the royal box, watching the battle. This is unusual, as the other Iron Chefs are not usually in the stadium when not competing. Edit

There are 70 white and 70 green asparaguses for the chefs to utilize. Edit

Because it is a special occasion (300th competitor), the other three Iron Chefs (Sakai, Morimoto, and Kobe) are all sitting in the royal box, watching the battle. This is unusual, as the other Iron Chefs are not usually in the stadium when not competing. Edit

The chairman provides to types of foie gras for the chefs to use: 15 duck livers from France and 5 goose livers from Hungary. Edit

The chairman provides 50 jumbo mushrooms from Australia for the chefs to utilize. Edit

Each chef is allowed to use 10 pike eels. The eels were alive and from the waters near Akashi. Edit

The theme ingredient is sea urchin roe from Iwate Prefecture. The actual urchins on the stage are purple sea urchins. The already prepared roe is all natural and preservative free. Edit

While Iron Chef Kobe is mentioned in the opening credits, he is not one of the Chefs the Challenger has the option of choosing. The Chairman only introduces three Iron chefs. Edit

After the credits of this episode, a short segment aired featuring Michael Noble. He invited all Japanese citizens to come try his restaurant in Canada. Edit

There are four types of potatoes available to the chefs: Danshaku (20 kg), May Queen (20kg), Apios (5kg), and New Potatoes (10kg). Edit

A Canadian television crew is also in the studio to film the battle for Canadian television. Edit

The theme ingredient is Black Pig from Kagoshima. These pigs are raised entirely on sweet potatoes. The chefs have available a loin, ham, fillet, and belly from 1 pig and the the innards, feet and ear from 3 pigs. Edit

There are several exceptions to usual Iron Chef rules. 1) Chefs were allowed to prepare rice before the battle. The challenger used "Koshi-hikari" rice (domestic) in a ration of 80 new to 20 old. While the Iron Chef used California rice in a ration of 50 akita-komachi to 50 koshi-hikari. 2) Chefs are allowed to remake their sushi before serving the tasting panel. Edit

While the main theme is sushi, the chairman has five secret ingredients for the chefs: 20kg of tuna, 40 conger eels, 50 strips of dried gourd shavings, 80 eggs, and 30 gizzard shad (fish). Edit

There are 12 lobsters (6 for each chef) from Tasmania. Each lobster is worth around $400.00 and weighs about 9 pounds. The largest of the lobsters are said to be 30 years old. Edit

Unlike other battles, the 3 Iron Chefs who are not competing sit in the royal box. They are interviewed periodically through the battle. Edit