An Iron Chef Fans Diary, February, 2002
Friday, February 1st, 2002
"New" Battle ???
Main Ingredient: Foie Gras, Cheese,
Rice, Sushi, Anglerfish, and Duck
Cooking Style:
Maverick Japanese
Iron Chef: Rokusaburo Michiba
Challengers: Yousei Kobayakawa (Foie Gras),
Yasuo Kawada (Anglerfish),
Gianfranco Vissani (Duck)
A Repeat Special: The Legend of Michiba
Saturday, February 2nd, 2002
Main Ingredient: Sea Eel
Cooking Style: Japanese
Iron Chef:
Rokusaburo Michiba Challenger: Yasuhiko Yoshida
Rerun of January 11th, 2002
Sunday, February 3rd, 2002
Main Ingredient: Peach
Cooking Style:
French vs. Japanese
Iron Chef:
Hiroyuki Sakai Challenger: Masanobu Watabi
A repeat of the "One Man Show". This is one of my favorites battles since I did the "One Man Show"
myself while working at the Burger King.
Friday, February 8th, 2002 The
Twentieth
"New" Battle
Main Ingredient: Banana, was really Dessert
Theme; Chocolate and Bananas
Cooking Style:
Italian vs.
Japanese Knife Master
Iron Chef:
Masahiko Kobe Challenger: Hironobu Tsujiguchi,
World Cup Medal Winner
Saturday,
February 9th, 2002
Main Ingredient: Pike Eel
Cooking Style: French vs. Japanese
Iron Chef:
Hiroyuki Sakai Challenger: Hirohisa Koyama
rerun of January 18th, 2002
Sunday, February 10th, 2002
Main Ingredient:
Dessert Theme; Chocolate and Bananas
Cooking Style: Italian vs. Japanese Knife Master
Iron Chef: Masahiko Kobe Challenger: Hironobu Tsujiguchi, World Cup Medal Winner
Friday, February 15th, 2002 Repeat of
Chen and Sakai Special
Saturday,
February 16th, 2002
Main Ingredient: Corn
Cooking Style: Japanese vs.
French
Iron Chef:
Rokusaburo Michiba Challenger: Keiji Nakazawa
repeat of February 8th
Sunday, February 17th, 2002 No Iron Chef?
Thursday, February 21st, 2002
Wooden Chef applied at that famous French restaurant, Jacque en le Carton
Friday, February 22nd, 2002 repeat
Main Ingredient: Bamboo Shoots
Cooking Style: Neo-Japanese vs.
Classic Japanese
Iron Chef:
Masaharu Morimoto Challenger: Tetsuo Hagiwara
Saturday,
February 23rd, 2002,
Repeat of Michiba Special
Sunday, February 24th, 2002 repeat
Main Ingredient: Carp
Cooking Style: Szechwan Chinese
vs. Chinese
Iron Chef:
Chen Kenichi Challenger: Miyazawa Kaoru
Wednesday, February 27th, 2002
Wooden Chef's First Day at Jacque en le Carton. I worked from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
That evening I had a call from a contractor at Dell Computers offering more money than Jacque, but
also having no permanent employment, long hours, rotating shifts, and a lot of that high tech stuff.
I decided to reject the "on-call-24/7" and stay with the nice people I had just met at Jacque.
Thursday, February 28th, 2002
I worked from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. again, everything seemed fine, they had told me that I
would become an assistant manager in about six months. There was only one assistant manager
for both of the stores.
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