Alton Brown puts ‘Good Eats’ behind him

Yes, Alton Brown knows how sad you are about the impending end of “Good Eats,” his long-running Food Network megahit. But rest assured, you haven’t seen the last of him – not by a long shot.

“I always kind of had my eye on 250 episodes,” says the self-described “poly-tasker,” who admits he ate last night’s supper while working out with his trainer. “I thought when I get to that point, I’m going to re-evaluate my own life, my own work, where I’m going, why I’m here and all that, as I kind of crash into middle age. I turned 49 this year, so I decided it’s time to turn to something new now that I have the momentum of ‘Good Eats’ behind me.” And a three-volume set of “Good Eats” books in front of him, the third of which – his favorite – arrived on Brown’s desk on the day we spoke.

Beginning Oct. 30, Brown will host a slew of his Food Network colleagues including Alex Guarnaschelli, Anne Burrell, Robert Irvine, Geoffrey Zakarian and other famous foodie faces in a “Super Chefs” fourth season of “The Next Iron Chef,” specially tailored for its savvy cast, including a “Chairman’s Challenge” and a sudden death “shootout” for the two cooks who finish in the bottom two. One survives to cook another day, and the other goes home. He won’t spill any particulars but assures skeptics that “the one thing that I can tell you for absolute sure is that there was