The Next Iron Chef Preview

I was recently sent the below video of the upcoming season of The Next Iron Chef, which premieres on the Food Network on Sunday, October 4th at 9:00 PM EDT.

This second season features ten new chefs competing for the top spot as the new Iron Chef on the series. The line-up includes:

1. Amanda Freitag from The Harrison in New York City
2. Brad Farmerie from Double Crown, Madam Geneva, Public, and The Monday Room in New York City
3. Dominique Crenn from Luce @ InterContinental in San Francisco
4. Eric Greenspan from The Foundry on Melrose in Los Angeles
5. Holly Smith from Café Juanita in Kirkland, WA
6. Jehangir Mehta from Graffiti in New York City
7. Jose Garces from Amada, Tinto in Philadelphia
8. Nate Appleman, Chef and butcher in New York City
9. Roberto Trevino from Budatai in Puerto Rico
10. Seamus Mullen from Boqueria in New York City

The competitions will take place around the globe, including locales like Tokyo, Japan and Los Angeles, California, where the chefs will be put through the wringer to complete dishes with unusual local ingredients, such as jelly fish and crickets, in a limited amount of time. Each week one chef is eliminated from the competition by judges Anya Fernald, Donatella Arpaia, and Jeffrey Steingarten. The remaining two will battle it out Iron Chef-style in Kitchen Stadium.

The winner will join the ranks of the current Iron Chefs Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Masaharu Morimoto, Cat Cora and The Next Iron Chef Season 1 winner Michael Symon, on the popular series Iron Chef: America, hosted by Alton Brown.