Some of the judges are favoring Iron Chefs based on their personal interest and not on food quality. I have watched several episodes with Karine Bakhoum, and she would give all-positive comments to Bobby Flay and find the tiniest negative thing to tell to the challengers. Often the other judges would disagree with her, but she would shamelessly stick to her biased views. Right now I just knew that she is working for Flay's PR firm. I hope the show will make an effort to improve their choice of judges for the show to improve its reputation and ingenuity.