Episode
Next Level Chef: You Wanna Pizza Me?
Overview
The 10 remaining contestants step into the kitchen with one single goal: to elevate the traditional pizza into a next-level masterpiece. The winning pizza gains immunity for the whole team and claims the top-level kitchen spot.
Details
- Series
- Next Level Chef
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2024-03-21
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
You Wanna Pizza Me? is Episode 9 in Season 3 of Next Level Chef. It aired on 2024-03-21. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 8: Don't Have a Cow, Man
The remaining chefs butcher and break down various cuts of beef amongst their teams to create sizzling steak dishes that earn a "well-done" from the judges. Then, two contestants face elimination as they enter a heated seafood cook-off.
Episode 10: It's All Greek to Me
The nine remaining chefs embark on a gastronomic journey to the land of Tzatziki, Togas, and Tradition: Greece. Using a bounty of fresh ingredients from the platform, the chef who prepares the best Greek entree wins immunity for their team.
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