Iron Chef UK - what the f*ck??

[Wadeski]

for those who havent seen it (and i had no idea it was on until i went to channel4.com to watch something else) its 15 episodes in to series 1 - although they seem to have run them every night for some reason.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/iron-chef-uk/4o...

Good things:

We have Iron Chef, finally! The japanese programme was legendary.
Allez Cuisine! They kept it, even if it is gibberish!
I've heard of two of the iron chefs...but who the hell is the chinese lady?

bad things:

They had the gall to mess with the format! Why have four challengers, who dont know each other? Its supposed to be restaurant team vs iron chefs.

The new chairman is ultra gay. I mean the japense one is camp but this guy has a Graham Norton esque lisp. Also, he looks kind of Malaysian?

Why dont the challengers get to choose which iron chef to face anymore?

Why do they always have to naff up foreign shows when they bring them to the UK

[Wadeski]

yep, the two commentators/presenters were abysmal - they totally failed to grasp the sports-commentary esque style of the successful US and Japanese series.