Iron Chef Vegetables Scandal: White House Garden

The scandal of all scandals rocked the Obama White House this year, as vegetables from the White House garden mysteriously disappeared and were replaced by vegetable impostors, in the special White House garden episode of Iron Chef.

In the all-star Iron chef episode, Michelle Obama hosted the Iron chefs on a visit and tour of the famous White House garden, and set them up to forage for certain ingredients to be used in their big cooking challenge. But allegations arose that the vegetables used in the actual competition were not from the White House. And ultimately the producers admitted that because of the time needed to get back to NY, the White House produce could not stay fresh long enough, so that food was donated to a local pantry and replacement produce was used on the show. A very minor scandal actually, or should I say, not a scandal at all.

Iron Chef Vegetables Scandal: White House Garden Deception!
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For months, the Food Network ran ads about a forthcoming episode of Iron Chef America, its flagship chefs plus secret ingredient versus time competition. The show would take place at the White House garden, with Michelle Obama making a cameo and plugging her responsible-eating initiative. The network promised it would be its biggest episode ever....

Iron Chef Vegetables Scandal: White House Garden Deception!