Now Entering Kitchen Stadium…
Food Commentator Alton Brown and Acclaimed Chef Cat Cora As They Join Cast of Destineer’s ‘Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine’ Video Game
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – June 21, 2008 – The battle for Kitchen Stadium has two new challengers as Destineer confirmed that food expert Alton Brown and celebrity chef Cat Cora are participating in the company’s new Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine, the highly anticipated video game for the Wii™ system and Nintendo DS™. Stepping into the familiar role of Iron Chef America’s commentator, Alton Brown will call the in-game action with his trademark wit and incomparable culinary knowledge. Cat Cora, the first woman to hold the title Iron Chef, will take her place alongside previously announced Iron Chefs Mario Batali and Masaharu Morimoto, in lending her voice and likeness to the game as both a playable character and skilled Iron Chef opponent.
“I’m very excited to lend my commentary to Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine,” said Alton Brown. “This project is completely different what I normally get to do and like a great recipe, it’s exciting to see the various components come together in a distinctly Iron Chef America manner.”
Adds Chef Cora: “Chefs are more accustomed to being involved with more familiar mediums such as books and television shows, so lending my voice and likeness to a video game has been very exciting, and I can’t wait to see the final game!”
“The addition of Alton Brown and Cat Cora really enhances the appeal by raising the level of ‘Iron Chef’ authenticity within the game,” said Dave Degnan, producer at Destineer. “Iron Chef fans are in for the full ‘Kitchen Stadium’ experience when this game hits their Wii in the fall!”
In Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine players square off in Kitchen Stadium and battle through a series fast-paced and intense culinary challenges. Each victory advances players closer to a final showdown that will determine who will reign supreme as the next Iron Chef America. Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine is schedule for a fall 2008 release.
About Alton Brown
Alton spent a decade working as a cinematographer and video director before training at the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, VT. Soon after, Alton tapped all of his training to create Good Eats, the Peabody Award-winning program that combines pop culture, comedy, kitchen science, and plain good eating. Alton Brown is the author of such award-winning, best-selling books as I’m Just Here for the Food, Alton Brown’s Gear for Your Kitchen, I’m Just Here for More Food, and Feasting on Asphalt, which documents his motorcycle ride from New Orleans to the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
Alton reprises his role as the resident food historian, scientist and commentator for Food Network’s new series Iron Chef America. Alton is also a regular contributor to Bon Appetit and Men’s Journal magazines, and has won numerous awards, such as the “2004 Cooking Teacher of the Year” at the 7th Annual Bon Appetit American Food & Entertaining Awards, and the 2003 James Beard Foundation Award for “Best Cookbook in the Reference Category” for I’m Just Here for the Food.
About Cat Cora
Cat Cora, the only woman to hold the title of Iron Chef, has an impressive broadcast resume: as co-host of Food Network’s Melting Pot with Rocco Di Spirito. She went on to host My Country My Kitchen: Greece, Date Plate and was featured in Fine Living’s Simplify Your Life, Food Network’s Kitchen Accomplished, NBC’s Celebrity Cooking Showdown, and the documentary Cat’s In The Kitchen.
She is the first and only woman to date to hold the title of Iron Chef.
Outside of the kitchen, Cat is known for her philanthropy. She is president and founder of Chefs for Humanity, an organization which was founded in response to the 2004 tsunami disaster. Cat is also the nutritional spokesperson for UNICEF and part of Macy’s Culinary Council.
With her recently launched second book, Cooking From The Hip: Fast, Easy, Phenomenal Meals, Cat applies her “go-with-what-you’ve got” philosophy to creating simple, yet sensational meals at home. Cat’s signature restaurant is also set to open in 2008.
About Destineer
Destineer develops and publishes commercial videogames for personal computers and videogame consoles, and creates PC-based virtual training systems for military, intelligence and first-responder organizations. Destineer is a privately held corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, with development studios in Minneapolis, Raleigh, NC, and Austin, TX, and publishes games under the Destineer, MacSoft, Bold Games, and Atomic Games brands. More information is available at Destineer’s website: www.destineergames.com.
About United Media
United Media (UM) is a worldwide licensing and syndication company that focuses on building brand equity around a wide range of creative content. The company recently partnered with HarperCollins to build a licensing program around the publishing phenomenon Fancy Nancy. United Media licenses and/or syndicates other properties, including Peanuts, Precious Moments, Dirty Dancing, Televisa’s El Chavo, Mary Engelbreit, Raggedy Ann & Andy, and Dilbert. United Media is an E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP). For more information, visit www.unitedmedialicensing.com.
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