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Bobby Flay Knows What The “Secret Ingredient” On Iron Chef Is Going To Be

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Time to pull the cover off your favorite cooking competition! Ever wonder how on Iron Chef, Bobby Flay and Michael Symon can come up with recipes so quickly after seeing the secret ingredient? The truth is they already know what the ingredient is going to be, and they have time before the competition to plan their menu.

Of course, in the name of competition, the show doesn’t make it that easy. The chefs are really given three options of what the ingredient might be. They then prepare three menus and submit a shopping list to the producers. God forbid the secret ingredient is bagels, and the kitchen doesn’t have lox! Next, is the food warm when it gets to the judges on Chopped?