THE NEXT IRON CHEF: THE SUPERSTAR CHEFS COLLIDE

I am delighted to announce that I will be rejoining the team for Season Four of the hit Food Network Show, THE NEXT IRON CHEF.

If last season was great, Season Four promises to be outstanding. This time The Food Network have brought together some of the very biggest names in the United States to compete for that coveted title of Iron Chef.

There are some incredible names on the list

Anne Burrell – Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, Worst Cooks in America (Food Network)

Michael Chiarello – Bottega Restaurant (Napa Valley), Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello (Cooking Channel)

Elizabeth Falkner – Citizen Cake, Orson (San Francisco), Iron Chef America – challenger (Food Network)

Alex Guarnaschelli – Butter, The Darby (New York), Alex’s Day Off, Chopped (Food Network)

Chuck Hughes – Garde Manger (Montreal), Chuck’s Day Off (Cooking Channel), Iron Chef America – challenger (Food Network)

Robert Irvine – Robert Irvine’s eat! (Hilton Head Island), Dinner: Impossible, Restaurant: Impossible, Worst Cooks in America (Food Network)

Beau MacMillan – Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain (Phoenix), Challenge, Iron Chef America – challenger (Food Network)

Spike Mendelsohn – Good Stuff Eatery (Washington D.C.), Kelsey & Spike Cook (Food2.com)

Marcus Samuelsson –Red Rooster Harlem (New York), 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, Chopped (Food Network)

Geoffrey Zakarian – The National, The Lambs Club (New York), 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, Chopped (Food Network)

I will be joining my chum, Iron Chef Michael Symon and new judge, UK Iron Chef Judy Joo at the judging table and, as ever, the mercurial Alton Brown will be keeping the chefs in check.

The series will air in Fall (Autumn to us Brits)2011 and I will confirm the exact dates as soon as I have them.