Premise: Geoffrey Zakarian (born July 25, 1959) is an American Iron Chef, restaurateur, television personality and author. He is the executive chef of several restaurants in New York City, Atlantic City and Miami. He is featured on several television programs on the Food Network, including "Chopped" and in 2011, "The Next Iron Chef", where he won the right to join "Iron Chef America".
Hypothesis: Iron Chef America is exclusive in that Geoffrey could only join if he won The Next Iron Chef first.