Ilan Hall, a chef and the host of "Knife Fight," describes his series as "a bare-knuckled boxing show of a cooking competition" that pits chefs against each other in an "after-hours war zone".
At the end of the two-day marathon that pitted chefs from 24 countries against each other, however, both chefs were disappointed when the Bocuse d'Or victory went to the Norwegian.
There is an ample self-service salad bar and a barbecue pit where chefs cut enormous portions of steak and pork.
The event includes (of course) local wines and a slider competition pitting local chefs and winemakers against each other, plus live music from the Molly Ringwald Project.
The Cooking Channel executives pit the two chefs against each other, turning their competition into a reality show.
There are teams of amateur chefs pitted against professional chefs cooking against the clock!
Following a £3m renovation, it's now available for exclusive use with nine nautically styled rooms, a rooftop hot tub and fire pit, a private chef and crew, several dining areas and a Laurent-Perrier champagne bar.
The former Times food columnist Molly O'Neill spent the last decade researching ONE BIG TABLE: A Portrait of American Cooking: 600 Recipes From the Nation's Best Home Cooks, Farmers, Fishermen, Pit-Masters, and Chefs (Simon & Schuster, $50).
Hosted by William Shatner, the special is based on the Japanese-produced series "Iron Chef," which pits world-class chefs against each other.
A Romanian-Jewish-American hybrid of barbecue, basturma (Turkish dried, spiced meat) and corned beef, it is loved by pit masters, salumieri and chefs alike.
