Episode
MasterChef: Roy Choi: Elevated Street Food
Overview
The pioneering king of the food truck revolution, Roy Choi, tasks the home cooks with making a street food dish worthy of a Michelin star restaurant.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2021-08-11
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Roy Choi: Elevated Street Food is Episode 9 in Legends of MasterChef. It aired on 2021-08-11. The runtime is 42 min.
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