Below is the review from the IronChefReporter.
Tonight is a special kind of show.
Kitchen Stadium hosted the last challenger tonight. And the Academy looked for the special kind of challenger that is fit to mark the finale of this grand series. Someone big, someone classy, someone who can make the Kitchen Stadium sparkle. And they found one. He started his training back in 1967 and kept working at it until in 1981 at age of 34, finally opened his own restaurant in Kobe.