 Goldman's sous chefs were his former mentor, Jean Llapitan, and Shawn Aoki from the Palace Hotel, San Francisco.Richard Blais, who previously competed against Iron Chef Batali in Battle Chickpeas, joins Cat Cora's team as a sous chef.Smith competed on the second season of "The Next Iron Chef"; this is her first battle in Kitchen Stadium
Zakarian appears regularly as a judge on "Chopped (TV series)."