'Allez Cuisine!'

Here's a way to enjoy Uchi from the comfort of your own couch: Chef Tyson Cole will take on Iron Chef Morimoto this Sunday, March 23, at 9pm, on the Food Network.

For a less couch-bound experience of the Kitchen Stadium Showdown, check out the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar's Iron Chef Watching Party. The special simulcast will feature "behind-the-scenes" interview footage with Chef Cole -- what the Drafthouse calls "the Iron Chef Uchi 'Director's Cut.'" You can buy tickets here. All proceeds will go to the Capital Area Food Bank.

And while we're on the subject, the Drafthouse hosts another of its homegrown Iron Chef challenges on March 27. Team Alamo – chefs John Bullington, Trish Eichelberger, and Elijah Horgan – will take on the crew from Roy's, led by Chef Lawrence Kocurek. The dueling chefs will be presenting five plates each that in some way link to the night's film, Preston Sturges' masterful The Lady Eve. Diners, alongside celebrity judges (like the Chron's own Food Editor Virginia B. Wood), will vote on the winning team. Again, all proceeds benefit Capital Area Food Bank.
The movie alone is priceless – but toss in Tim League in a kimono as Chairman Kaga? Well, that's just an embarrassment of riches.