Marco Canora: What's Real and What Isn't

It seems like Marco Canora is everywhere these days -- he's a cookbook author, restaurateur, an expert chef on KitchenDaily.com and most recently, a contestant on The Next Iron Chef. Last week we had the opportunity to sit down with Marc Forgione to talk about his experience on The Next Iron Chef; this week, chef Marco Canora let us into Hearth Restaurant in New York City and dished about his time on the show.

Joining The Next Iron Chef crew wasn't an easy decision for chef Canora, especially after seeing the first episode of last season. So was it worth it? After the jump, watch chef Canora tell Slashfood about TV trickery, what's real and what isn't and what he thinks about the judges, especially Donatella Arpaia.

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