I like ICA, no apologies.
― WmC, Saturday, 5 December 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Hail and farewell Chen Kenichi
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20230314-97127/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
very weird to think the og iron chefs were pretty young at the time of filming, watching the show they come across as these timeless ancients, wizened wizards summoned from a stone tablet by the chairman minutes before the cameras start rolling
chen was always my favorite, very zen, more bemused than competitive and yet still intimidating somehow
― Florin Cuchares, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 02:36 (one year ago) link
Sakai was my favorite to watch, but Chen's dishes were always the one I wanted to eat.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 02:53 (one year ago) link
rip iron chef Chen Kenichi
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 03:20 (one year ago) link
elvis otm. sakai and morimoto, legends of kitchen stadium, but Kenichi was reliable and a formidable chef. he gave me a lot of joy just to watch him do his thing
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 03:21 (one year ago) link
Morimoto bored me, give me Michiba any day. But Chen felt like the soul of the program, I loved his good humour and casual focus. So hard to beat.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 03:28 (one year ago) link
just watched a couple of Chen challenges from the late 90s, what a guy
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 11:23 (one year ago) link
Jeez, in checking on the other chefs, hadn't realized Kobe aka Iron Chef Italian had died back in 2019 from a fall in one of his restaurants. That sucks!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Kobe
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
(All the other chefs are still with us.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 14:32 (one year ago) link
Apparently, fearsome judge Kishi Asako passed in 2015.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asako_Kishi
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link
Oh man, she was amazing.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
Chairman Kaga still showing you how to livehttps://www.office-k3.com/kagaplus/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_8800_.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:17 (one year ago) link
Shifting from Liberace to Bilbo Baggins without missing a beat.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link
Hey this is cool -- Sakai and Chen back in 2010 talking about the show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC2gigq5JJ4
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
Also, this is a supercut of dreams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRmMqjZQR-4
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 21:21 (one year ago) link
And finally for now at least, the introduction of Kobe as Iron Chef Italian -- theme song missing because of that little copyright issue but otherwise as god intended, in the original Japanese with subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DQRhVi54w
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link