On Mar 5, 3:55*pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
> >> since Mario Batali has been off gallivanting around Spain for months on
> >> end, I have no idea why they even keep showing him as a POSSIBLE
> >> competitor.
>
> > He's still part of Iron Chef, that's why. *And *his trip around Spain
> > didn't take that long and IC isn't filmed all year-round. *Sheesh.
> > Any of the Iron Chefs would have a chance to do lots of other things
> > besides competing - witness all the restaurants they own.
>
> Well... yeah, but when was the last time anybody "chose" Batali? Of the 11
> episodes shown so far this season, Batali hasn't competed one single time..
> His last "battle" was Episode 11 of season 6, where the "secret" ingredient
> was rice, and which aired June 1 of last year -- and of course it was taped
> at least a month before that.
>
> Bob

How often has Morimoto been on in the last year? I can think of only
once, but I could be wrong about that.

Why does it bother you so much about Batali? He still has a show on
Fine Living channel....he and the Food Network parted ways, is all.

N.