'30% Iron Chef' by Jeff Westbrook

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Bender decides to follow his dream and become a chef, but everyone at ‘Planet Express’ hates his cooking. When his culinary efforts are also rejected by his former inspiration, the robot chef Elzar, the anguished android is about to give up – until he meets Helmut Spragel, formerly the world's greatest chef, who has now been reduced to the status of a space hobo. After Helmut gives Bender a phial containing "the pure essence of flavour", the robot challenges Elzar to a cooking showdown on the 'Iron Cook' television show...

Billy West (Philip J. Fry / Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth / Doctor John Zoidberg), John Di Maggio (Bender [Bender Bending Rodriguez / Bending Unit 22]), Katey Sagal (Captain Turanga Leela), Lauren Tom (Amy Wong), Phil LaMarr (Hermes Conrad)

Directed by Ron Hughart
Executive Producers Matt Groening, David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler

TX (US): 14th April 2002

Notes:
*Featuring Philip J. Fry, Bender, Captain Turanga Leela, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Doctor Zoidberg, Amy Wong and Hermes Conrad