Iron Chef America: The Series is an American
cooking show based on
Fuji Television's
Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed
Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by
Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original
Iron Chef. Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in a one-hour cooking competition based on a secret ingredient or ingredients, and sometimes theme.