Iron Chef America
Morimoto and Hiroyuki Sakai were the only two original Iron Chefs to appear on Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters. On this Food Network special series, he lost two battles with American Iron Chefs Mario Batali and Wolfgang Puck, but won a tag team battle along with partner Bobby Flay against Batali and Sakai.
When Iron Chef America was greenlighted as a regular series, it moved from Los Angeles to New York. When Puck was unavailable, Morimoto came on board to replace him. His voice is usually dubbed (by American voiceover personality Joe Cipriano) during the judgment phase of the show; during the battle, his use of English is not dubbed, but conversations with his sous-chefs in Japanese are subtitled. In Morimoto's third year at Iron Chef America (2007), he published his first cookbook, "Morimoto: The Art of New Japanese Cooking."
As of January 2012, Morimoto's win/loss/tie record on Iron Chef America is 22-12-1, and his total combined record among both Iron Chef series is 38-19-2.
Morimoto opened a restaurant in the Boca Raton Resort & Club in late 2008. He has spent time there ensuring a successful launch of the restaurant.
In The Next Iron Chef, Iron Chef Morimoto has made several appearances as a guest judge.
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