I hate the American version.
They did a Iron Chef Japan vs Iron Chef America for some sort of title of best Iron Chef and I saw the match between Flay and Sakai. Flay one against because he was American and not because of his food.
The judges on that show are absoutly brain dead when it comes to cooking. All they want is home stlye cooking and not actually try someting adventourus like salmon ice cream.
And they're not called talented but Master Chefs. But your right, they are talented.