Iron Chef America's Newest Addition

Iron Chef has a new star, and they call her Wicksanaka, but her friends just call her P. Sophie. Sophie hails from New Hampshire, where her culinary career began in her farm house amonst the cottonwood trees.

In college, she perfected her skills by providing "Sunday Dinner" to a group of hungry BU students every Sunday. In return, they let her live in their apartment. She even had her own place on the chore wheel.

Wicksanaka comes to Iron Chef America as the show's second female chef. When asked last week, host Alton Brown declined to comment on the producer's pick since he noted "bad blood" between himself and Wicksanaka. In a recent interview her husband the "Doc" said this about her: "My wife loves to cook, although she hates cleaning up the kitchen when she's done. She's waiting for me to hire a miad, I think. Most of her food is pretty good, except sometimes she tries to sneak extra butter on stuff."

Sophie's biggest claim to fame these days is her famous stuffed, baisted turkey. "Why make things difficult? she says. In the coming weeks, you will see Sophie's first Iron Chef clash as she takes on the firey "Stackimoto".