3 questions with Iron Chef Jose Garces
Posted by Mike Farley (11/30/2009 @ 12:14 pm)
Chef Jose Garces was not new to the Iron Chef brand before he was cast as a contestant on Season 2 of “The Next Iron Chef” on Food Network. He had competed against Iron Chef Bobby Flay in an episode of “Iron Chef America” and had defeated Flay in Kitchen Stadium, something that may have spring-boarded him into his role as the newest Iron Chef after winning Season 2 last week. Garces defeated Jehangir Mehta of New York City in the battle of ribs and racks to win the crown, and he owns and operates several restaurants in both Philadelphia and Chicago.
We had the chance to ask Chef Garces a few questions after his big win last weekend….
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Tags: Bobby Flay, Chicago, Food Network, Iron Chef America, Jeffrey Steingarten, Jehangir Mehta, Jose Garces, Kitchen Stadium, Next Iron Chef, Next Iron Chef champ, Philadelphia, The Next Iron Chef Season 2
The Next Iron Chef is crowned
Posted by Mike Farley (11/23/2009 @ 9:18 am)
Last night’s finale of “The Next Iron Chef” on Food Network featured a battle in Kitchen Stadium akin to the real Iron Chef show…and that’s really how it should have been. It was also very close between chefs Garces and Mehta…and while each has a distinct cooking style, the judges had the difficult choice of crowning one of them the season’s champ, one to join the ranks of Flay, Batali, Cora, Morimoto, and Symon on the popular show.
The chairman began as he does every Iron Chef show..by disclosing the secret ingredient–ribs and racks…both pork and beef. Their task was to use that ingredient to create five dishes that represented America as a melting pot of cultures. It was also a daunting task because of the time usually required to break down rib meat, as they would have just 60 minutes.
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Tags: Alton Brown, Anya Fernald, Bobby Flay, Cat Cora, Donatella Arpaia, Food Network, Iron Chef, Jeffrey Steingarten, Jehangir Mehta, Jose Garces, Kitchen Stadium, Mario Batali, Masaharu Morimoto, Michael Symon, ribs, ribs and racks, The Chairman, The Next Iron Chef, The Next Iron Chef 2009, The Next Iron Chef blog, The Next Iron Chef recap, The Next Iron Chef Season 2, The Next Iron Chef Season 2 blog, The Next Iron Chef Season 2 recap
The Next Iron Chef: how much can you gross us out?
Posted by Mike Farley (10/05/2009 @ 7:21 am)
Last night was the premiere of “The Next Iron Chef” on Food Network, the second such season that last year produced Cleveland’s Michael Symon and made fringe and now budding stars of Aron Sanchez and Chris Constantino. And just like last year, this season boasts ten very worth chefs. Here is the field:
Jehangir Mehta from New York City
Nate Appleman from San Francisco
Amanada Freitag from New York City (you may know her as an occasional judge on “Chopped”)
Seamus Mullen from New York City
Holly Smith from Seattle
Jose Garces from Philadelphia
Dominique Crenn from San Francisco
Roberto Trevino from San Juan
Eric Greenspan from Los Angeles
Brad Farmerie from New York City
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