Food Network’s hit show Iron Chef is back … kind of. After a three-year hiatus, the show came sizzling back this past Sunday with a brand new name — Iron Chef Gauntlet — and brand new rules of the game. Unlike any other previous Iron Chef series, which played up the kitschy competition factor, author and showman extraordinaire, Alton Brown wanted to cook up a show that would be more about the food and the folks who cook it. Brown tells Fast Company: I always wanted to find new Iron Chefs, and we did the show The Next Iron Chef, but it was like a big-arc reality show. I wanted to tear that down and make it a lot more straightforward… I wanted to finally be able to take the series into a place that I thought it ought to go, which is that it’s all about the food, and it’s all…
Top Chef Heading to Colorado for Season 15
Top Chef’s next contestants are about to get a taste of the Centennial State for season 15 of Bravo’s Emmy Award-winning culinary show. “We are always on the hunt for the next great culinary destination, and Colorado is fast becoming a hot spot for young chefs and foodies, making it an ideal backdrop for our upcoming season,” said the channel’s VP Shari Levine in a recent statement. Production is expected to kick off this spring shooting scenes throughout Denver, Boulder, and Telluride. It’s the first time the show has been filmed in Colorado — a move that’s sure to solidify the state as a foodie destination. The state’s head of Office of Film, Television & Media, Donald Zuckerman, was pretty pumped about the decision. “This is a big get,” Zuckerman told the Denver Post. “Because Colorado is not looked on as a food destination. The best food show on television will show our great restaurants, ranches, farms,…