Kitchen Stadium once again opens its doors to find a new culinary warrior in the sizzling primetime series The Next Iron Chef. Hosted by Alton Brown (Good Eats, Iron Chef America), the reality competition premieres on Sunday, October 4th at 9pm ET/PT and will challenge ten top chefs from around the country in a series of demanding situations, testing their culinary skills and mental toughness.  With the help of the judges – Donatella Arpaia (restaurateur and owner of acclaimed New York City restaurants davidburke&donatella and Anthos), Jeffrey Steingarten (Food Critic, Vogue, New York, NY) and Anya Fernald (Sustainable Food Consultant, San Francisco, CA) – the contestants will be narrowed down until two remain to battle it out in Kitchen Stadium and earn the right to be called Iron Chef. The winner will join the ranks of Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Michael Symon and be launched into instant fame as a member of the Chairman’s team on Iron Chef America.

The ten contestants include: 

Nate Appleman -Chef/Butcher, New York, NY
Dominique Crenn- Chef de Cuisine, Luce at InterContinental San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Brad Farmerie - Executive Chef, Double Crown, Madam Geneva, PUBLIC and The Monday Room, New York, NY
Amanda Freitag - Executive Chef, The Harrison, New York, NY
Jose Garces - Executive Chef & Owner, Amada, Tinto, Distrito, Chifa, Philadelphia, PA
Eric Greenspan - Executive Chef & Owner, The Foundry on Melrose, Los Angeles, CA
Jehangir Mehta - Executive Chef & Owner, Graffiti, New York, NY
Seamus Mullen - Executive Chef & Partner, Boqueria Flatiron and Boqueria Soho, New York, NY
Holly Smith - Chef & Owner, Cafe Juanita and Poco Carretto Gelato, Kirkland, WA
Roberto Treviño - Executive Chef & Owner, Budatai, San Juan, PR

To celebrate season two of The Next Iron Chef, you can enter to win a Food Network prize pack!  The lucky winners will receive a Food Network Grilling set and a $100 American Express Gift Card.

THE NEXT IRON CHEF airs Sundays at 9:00PM ET/PT only on Food Network.