Food Network Iron Chef Jose Garces Calls Maine His Home

The Food Network has taken a lot of successful chefs and turned them into celebrities.

Individuals like Guy Fieri and Bobby Flay are literal household names whether people watch television or not.

One of Food Network's first signature shows was Iron Chef America. The show would pit a culinary superstar against a challenger as both chefs deliver a panel of judges a multi-course meal.

Those superstar chefs came to be known as Iron Chefs and that honor was considered prestigious.

One of those well-known Iron Chefs was named Jose Garces.

Iron Chef Jose Garces Now Calls Saco, Maine, His Home

According to the Portland Press Herald, Iron Chef Jose Garces has transplanted from Philadelphia where he made his name in the world of food to a quieter life in Saco, Maine.

Garces has still been competing on television at a lesser degree including a pair of appearances on Tournament of Champions hosted by Guy Fieri.

But Garces' move to Maine doesn't mean retirement for the Iron Chef. Instead, he's opened a studio in Biddeford, Maine, that will offer visitors a different look at the culinary wizard.

Jose Garces Opens Culinary Studio Called 'Shokutsu' in Biddeford, Maine

While Garces still has a hand in his once bustling Philadelphia restaurant empire, he's more focused these days on creating social media content with other chefs.

He's opened a space called Shokutsu in Biddeford's Pepperell Mill where he films content and soon will offer guests a chance to experience his cooking at monthly pop-up dinners.

In the winter, Garces plans to offer cooking classes to aspiring Iron Chefs.