Ai-Epu vs Ishihara: Intro and Part One
Air Date: 4/12/2006 (3 Hour Special)
Contestants:
Team Ai-Epu - Captain Aoki Sayaka (青木さやか)
Sawada Ayako (沢田亜矢子), Sugita Kaoru (杉田かおる), Kawashima Naomi (川島なお美), Rinka (梨花), Satou Tamao (さとう珠緒), Tomochika (友近), Yingling (インリン), Yasu Megumi (安めぐみ), Hoshino Aki (ほしのあき)
Team Ishihara - Captain Watari Tetsuya (渡哲也)
Tachi Hiroshi (舘ひろし), Kanda Masaki (神田正輝), Fukae Takuji (深江卓次), Tokushige Satoshi (徳重聡), Kimura Noboru (木村昇), Watanabe Kuniko (渡邉邦門), Miyashita Yuuji (宮下裕治), Ikeda Tsutomu (池田努 ), Kaneko Norihito (金児憲史)
Guest Judges:
Toake Yukiyo (十朱幸代), Takashima Reiko (高島礼子), Takeshita Keiko (竹下景子), Higashino Kouji (東野幸治)
A great special where they changed up the format a great deal. Building on the setup used earlier this year in the TOKIO vs Ai-Epu battle, they've made a few modifications and brought in audience participation. The special is still divided into three stages, with the major change being made to Round 1.
Round 1 - 4 x 4 Battle: 8 members of each team compete in groups of four. They are divided into the A and B Blocks. Each Block is tasked with making a single dish from the theme ingredient. Not only must they make enough for the judges, but enough for 100 special invitees from the public. They will be scored by both the Judges and the public.
Round 2 - 4 x 2 Battle: 4 members of each team compete in groups of two. Again they are divided into the A and B Blocks. Each Block must make two dishes from the theme ingredient. Only the Judges score during this round.
Round 3 - Captain vs. Captain: The two captains compete in a battle ala "Iron Chef"
Since this is a long episode, I'm going to break the show into three segments to make it easier to follow. The challenger team is from Ishihara Promotions, a well-known group of actors who star in many action and police dramas (especially in the 70's and 80's). They arrived at the studio in police cars (many of which were their signature car in a particular movie/series it seems) to great fanfare. Special Note: Throughout the show they teams are subdivided into Blocks, which is a bit confusing to read. I'm going to use A-Team/B-Team versus A-Block/B-Block.
Round 1
A-Team: Sugita Kaoru (Captain), Rinka, Yingling, Yasu Megumi vs. Kanda Masaki (Captain), Fukae Takuji, Kimura Noboru, Kaneko Norihito
B-Team: Sawada Ayako (Captain), Satou Tamao , Tomochika, Hoshino Aki vs. Tokushige Satoshi (Captain), Watanabe Kuniko, Miyashita Yuuji, Ikeda Tsutomu
Theme Ingredient/Recipes:
A-Team: Tuna / Green Onion Soup
B-Team: Onion and Potatoes / Curry Rice
Special Guest Judge: Toake Yukiyo
Recap: Almost from the beginning you knew things were going to be interesting. Not only did they have to carve up an extremely large tuna, but the Ai-Epu A-Team consisted of some of the worst cooks on the show. Having just Yingling is bad enough, but with Kaoru and Rinka... who could guess what end result would be. As I mentioned earlier, they also had to produce enough to feed 100 people in addition to the judges, so this was cooking on a very large scale.
The first stage focused on the carving of the tuna itself, which the Ishihara team didn't have too much trouble doing. The Ai-Epu team was having difficulty, but Rika came up with a very inventive way of tackling the issue. Team Captain Kaoru also made a very wise decision and relegated Yingling to the job of cutting up the green onions. There wasn't much focus on the B-Teams, as cutting up onions and potatoes aren't very exciting. The Ai-Epu A-Team took an interesting approach and put the eye of the tuna into their soup. The Ishihara A-Team appeared to be doing things with a bit more finesse, so it was going to be interesting to see the results.
When it came time for the B-Teams to begin mixing their Curry spices, each side seemed to have some issues. There was a little burning on the Ai-Epu side, while Ishihara appeared put quite a bit of flour into their curry. Which resulted in a very light-colored curry. At this stage, it was really up for grabs based on the cooking stage.
When it came time for the tasting, the teams served their dishes to the guests outside in pink and blue bowls. After tasting the dishes, they would then drop either a pink or a blue ball into a bin, to show which one they liked the best. Meanwhile, inside the studio, they judges were having their say.
Ishihara A-Team was up first, and had a tough time with their soup. It fell flat with all the judges, it wasn't inedible but it just wasn't good. But then it was time for Ai-Epu A-Team. Everyone was expecting the worst, which is why it came as a complete shock to everyone that it was extremely delicious. It was pointed out that Yingling had only helped with the cutting, but still I think everyone was delighted with the result. They even commented that maybe putting two negatives together (Yingling and Kaoru) was actually a positive thing.
Next was the B-Teams, and again Ishihara got off to a very rough start. While the Yukiyo liked it, the other judges quickly made dashes to the Bucket of Love. Team Ishihara was a bit skeptical, so they not only had some of the team members taste it, along with getting some great reactions from the guests outside. But it wasn't a complete success for the Ai-Epu team, as it seems that their dish really didn't taste like curry.
The final judging came in, with Ai-Epu scoring a 60 with the judges, while Ishihara only got a 30. The outside guests voted strongly in favor of the Ai-Epu team as well, with the combined scores at the end of round one being 136 to 54, over an 80 point lead for the Ai-Epu team.
Part Two shortly
Contestants:
Team Ai-Epu - Captain Aoki Sayaka (青木さやか)
Sawada Ayako (沢田亜矢子), Sugita Kaoru (杉田かおる), Kawashima Naomi (川島なお美), Rinka (梨花), Satou Tamao (さとう珠緒), Tomochika (友近), Yingling (インリン), Yasu Megumi (安めぐみ), Hoshino Aki (ほしのあき)
Team Ishihara - Captain Watari Tetsuya (渡哲也)
Tachi Hiroshi (舘ひろし), Kanda Masaki (神田正輝), Fukae Takuji (深江卓次), Tokushige Satoshi (徳重聡), Kimura Noboru (木村昇), Watanabe Kuniko (渡邉邦門), Miyashita Yuuji (宮下裕治), Ikeda Tsutomu (池田努 ), Kaneko Norihito (金児憲史)
Guest Judges:
Toake Yukiyo (十朱幸代), Takashima Reiko (高島礼子), Takeshita Keiko (竹下景子), Higashino Kouji (東野幸治)
A great special where they changed up the format a great deal. Building on the setup used earlier this year in the TOKIO vs Ai-Epu battle, they've made a few modifications and brought in audience participation. The special is still divided into three stages, with the major change being made to Round 1.
Round 1 - 4 x 4 Battle: 8 members of each team compete in groups of four. They are divided into the A and B Blocks. Each Block is tasked with making a single dish from the theme ingredient. Not only must they make enough for the judges, but enough for 100 special invitees from the public. They will be scored by both the Judges and the public.
Round 2 - 4 x 2 Battle: 4 members of each team compete in groups of two. Again they are divided into the A and B Blocks. Each Block must make two dishes from the theme ingredient. Only the Judges score during this round.
Round 3 - Captain vs. Captain: The two captains compete in a battle ala "Iron Chef"
Since this is a long episode, I'm going to break the show into three segments to make it easier to follow. The challenger team is from Ishihara Promotions, a well-known group of actors who star in many action and police dramas (especially in the 70's and 80's). They arrived at the studio in police cars (many of which were their signature car in a particular movie/series it seems) to great fanfare. Special Note: Throughout the show they teams are subdivided into Blocks, which is a bit confusing to read. I'm going to use A-Team/B-Team versus A-Block/B-Block.
Round 1
A-Team: Sugita Kaoru (Captain), Rinka, Yingling, Yasu Megumi vs. Kanda Masaki (Captain), Fukae Takuji, Kimura Noboru, Kaneko Norihito
B-Team: Sawada Ayako (Captain), Satou Tamao , Tomochika, Hoshino Aki vs. Tokushige Satoshi (Captain), Watanabe Kuniko, Miyashita Yuuji, Ikeda Tsutomu
Theme Ingredient/Recipes:
A-Team: Tuna / Green Onion Soup
B-Team: Onion and Potatoes / Curry Rice
Special Guest Judge: Toake Yukiyo
Recap: Almost from the beginning you knew things were going to be interesting. Not only did they have to carve up an extremely large tuna, but the Ai-Epu A-Team consisted of some of the worst cooks on the show. Having just Yingling is bad enough, but with Kaoru and Rinka... who could guess what end result would be. As I mentioned earlier, they also had to produce enough to feed 100 people in addition to the judges, so this was cooking on a very large scale.
The first stage focused on the carving of the tuna itself, which the Ishihara team didn't have too much trouble doing. The Ai-Epu team was having difficulty, but Rika came up with a very inventive way of tackling the issue. Team Captain Kaoru also made a very wise decision and relegated Yingling to the job of cutting up the green onions. There wasn't much focus on the B-Teams, as cutting up onions and potatoes aren't very exciting. The Ai-Epu A-Team took an interesting approach and put the eye of the tuna into their soup. The Ishihara A-Team appeared to be doing things with a bit more finesse, so it was going to be interesting to see the results.
When it came time for the B-Teams to begin mixing their Curry spices, each side seemed to have some issues. There was a little burning on the Ai-Epu side, while Ishihara appeared put quite a bit of flour into their curry. Which resulted in a very light-colored curry. At this stage, it was really up for grabs based on the cooking stage.
When it came time for the tasting, the teams served their dishes to the guests outside in pink and blue bowls. After tasting the dishes, they would then drop either a pink or a blue ball into a bin, to show which one they liked the best. Meanwhile, inside the studio, they judges were having their say.
Ishihara A-Team was up first, and had a tough time with their soup. It fell flat with all the judges, it wasn't inedible but it just wasn't good. But then it was time for Ai-Epu A-Team. Everyone was expecting the worst, which is why it came as a complete shock to everyone that it was extremely delicious. It was pointed out that Yingling had only helped with the cutting, but still I think everyone was delighted with the result. They even commented that maybe putting two negatives together (Yingling and Kaoru) was actually a positive thing.
Next was the B-Teams, and again Ishihara got off to a very rough start. While the Yukiyo liked it, the other judges quickly made dashes to the Bucket of Love. Team Ishihara was a bit skeptical, so they not only had some of the team members taste it, along with getting some great reactions from the guests outside. But it wasn't a complete success for the Ai-Epu team, as it seems that their dish really didn't taste like curry.
The final judging came in, with Ai-Epu scoring a 60 with the judges, while Ishihara only got a 30. The outside guests voted strongly in favor of the Ai-Epu team as well, with the combined scores at the end of round one being 136 to 54, over an 80 point lead for the Ai-Epu team.
Part Two shortly
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