Netflix’s “Iron Chef” reboot upsells the glory of winning a cooking competition
. Launched in 1993 in Japan, the original version, hosted by the regal Chairman Kaga, was deadly serious in its exuberant quest for culinary excellence, an attitude flipped on its head with the campy, hilarious dubbing that followed when the Food Network began airing it in the U.S. in 1999., in all its splendor, threw both its esteemed Iron Chefs and ambitious challengers into a grand arena — “Kitchen Stadium” — a spectacle unlike any other on television.
Cosmetic changes aside, the show argues that the overall goal for the chefs remains the same: the possibility for glory, or winning for the sake of simple pride in one’s work. In the new, there’s a throughline goal that’s supposed to motivate competitors: the highest-scoring competitor who clears their first battle competes in a finale against all five Iron Chefs.
Cooking competitions are excellent television, but also absurd. Rooting for the competitors or Iron Chefs onfeels similar to rooting for superheroes in our age of Marvel and D.C: There’s a sense of futility. On-screen, it’s hard to feel a palpable conflict between competitors, and there’s enough high-fiving and long-hugging to make you wonder if the chefs came onto the show feeling like there was a lot at stake.
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