by Susannah Chen 1

Last night marked the premiere of the third season of The Next Iron Chef. Out of curiosity, I tuned in to the first episode and found it to be mildly interesting, if not more of the same. A few standout moments: An honest Mario Pagán, who voted himself as worst sandwich during the Ingenuity Challenge; a cocky Duskie Estes, who voted for herself for best sandwich (to get a taste of her food check out this awesome FreshGuide event in Napa!); and a momentary power struggle between my two favorite chefs on the show, Reef's Bryan Caswell and Blue Ginger's Ming Tsai. Did you watch? What were your initial thoughts?

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