Kitchen Stadium once again opened its doors to find a new culinary warrior in the sizzling primetime series The Next Iron Chef premiered on Sunday, October 4th at 9pm ET/PT and challenged ten top chefs from around the country in a series of demanding situations, testing their culinary skills and mental toughness.

The series - with the help of sponsor American Airlines - took the contestants from Los Angeles to Japan to New York to compete in the food fight of their professional lives.

They were challenged to create dishes that represent a variety of world cultures and cuisines.

Working with exotic ingredients like jelly fish, creating their own version of international “fast food” or experiencing umami with sponsor Kikkoman, the chefs had to demonstrate speed, artistry, innovation and leadership in each dish.

Watch out for Chef Roberto on future Food Network Challenge episodes too.

Chef Roberto Treviño became fascinated with the kitchen as a young cook in the San Francisco Bay area.

The opening of the El Conquistador Resort brought him to Puerto Rico, where he fell in love with the flavors of the island. Chef Treviño is constantly challenging himself with his restaurant menus and his public forays into celebrity. He has been honored to cook a dinner at the James Beard House in New York, and at their awards events. He has participated in the Food Networks’ Iron Chef America, battling the amazing Mario Batali.

Chef Treviño has participated several times as a guest chef on Celebrity Cruises, at the Telluride Culinary Festival, and at the Aspen Food and Wine Classic. He has made numerous television appearances both in Puerto Rico and in the US, including Rachel Ray on her show -
'$40 a day'.

Magazine and newspaper articles abound as well, and Chef Treviño has been featured in Conde Nast Traveller, The New York Times, Bon Apetit and Gourmet.

Chef Roberto is back on The Food Network

“Cooking is the best way in the world to live .
When you cook, you have to live in the ticking moment ...
I find it really wonderfully freeing to not be thinking about anything other than what to do.”