Star World ends the month with a two-hour show Iron Chef USA.

The show is a rerun of two one-hour American specials, which draw inspiration from the Japanese culinary show Iron Chef that stopped production in 1999. It has chefs preparing a multi course menu within an hour. The menu is based on their 'theme' ingredient, which the competing chefs discover only after the show has begun. A panel of four judges, who judge the meal based on originality, presentation, and taste, tastes the finished meals.

The show will be aired on 31 January at 6:30 pm and again at 10 pm. It will be repeated on 1 February at 9:30 am and on 3 February at 1:30 pm. Commentators will discuss the dishes being made during the hour. The gourmet cuisine is cooked under the supervision of 'The Chairman' William Shatner of Star Trek fame.

The first installment of the show called Showdown in Las Vegas features Todd English who owns 13 restaurants in America competing with chef Kerry Simon of Prime at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The show started in Japan in October 1993 as a 30-minute programme on Sunday nights. The show was expanded to an hour after its ratings soared. The American version debuted on UPN in November.

The American version has however been criticized as a poor imitation, with skeptics maintaining that the show reduces talent to a circus act. One will have to wait and see if the Indian audience finds the show appetizing.