Iron Chef is a HOAX!

Well... duh.

The Village Voice food editor visited the set of Iron Chef America and was shocked to find that things don't go exactly the way they seem to on TV!

Shock! Horror!

It seems that the contestants know which chef they'll choose before they show up for taping, and the other chefs that he could choose from... not even there! Replaced by stand-ins. They also know in advance what the secret ingredient will be, and have requested the ingredients they'll need for dishes. The thing that seems to shock the reviewer the most though is that the chefs prepare only one of each dish, and then hours later after they film crews have done the beauty shots of the food, the sous chefs make new hot versions of the dishes that are sent to the judges. Well, blow me down! You mean the judges don't eat cold dishes that have been sitting in a studio for hours? Shocking! Did they learn nothing from the 1950's quiz show scandals? Where is Charles Van Doren when you need him?

Look... anyone who honestly believes anything they see on "reality" TV is in for a shock. There have been dozens of stories like this, (they restaged shoots on Survivor! Shock! American Idol contestants don't all get to see Simon, Paula and Randy! Gasp!) and even Mark Burnett the king of the medium refuses to use the word reality when describing his shows. More shocking to me is that someone who is supposed to be a respected critic can't tell the difference between entertainment, and reality.

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