The sous-chefs brought in by the Iron Chefs are as follows:
Batali – Anne Burrell and Mark Ladner
Cora – Lorilynn Bauer and David Schimmel (other sous-chefs have been employed on occasion)
Flay – Flay employs a rotating staff of sous-chefs from his restaurants
Morimoto – Ariki Omae and Makoto Okuwa (other sous-chefs have been employed on occasion)
Symon – Cory Barrett and Derek Clayton
All of the sous-chefs for both Iron Chef and challenger are informally introduced at some
point in the contest, unlike the original Iron Chef. Sous-chefs have occasionally entere
d into battle against Iron Chefs (including the Iron Chef under whom they worked).