Season
Top Chef: New Orleans
Overview
Top Chef: New Orleans is the eleventh season of the American reality television series Top Chef.
Details
- Series
- Top Chef
- Season
- Season 11
- Air date
- 2013-10-01
- Episodes
- 17 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Soiree In The Swamp
Episode 2: Rebuilding New Orleans
Episode 3: Commander's Palace
An elimination quickfire challenge; replicating legacy dishes in the elimination challenge.
Episode 4: Captain Vietnam
The chefs get a crash course in Vietnamese culture.
Episode 5: Lea Michele's Halloween Bash
Tools and ingredients are wrapped in aluminum foil; the chefs cater a Halloween party for singer/actress Lea Michele, and the food must be spooky and vegetarian.
Episode 6: Campfires, Cream Cheese and Countryside
The creole tomato; the contestants try to impress up-scale chefs.
Episode 7: Jazz Hands
A food version of musical chairs; the chefs cater a jazzy event.
Episode 8: Piggin' Out
The contestants make their own hot sauce; the chefs butcher and cook a 300-pound pig.
Episode 9: Restaurant Wars
The contestants create pop-up restaurants to impress the judges.
Episode 10: Like Mama Made
The chefs must make dishes that remind them of home; Actor Anthony Mackie joins the judges.
Episode 11: Giving It the College Try
Questlove judges various types of poultry drumsticks; the chefs head to LSU's campus to serve incoming students.
Episode 12: Mississippi Mud Bugs
The contestants create their own versions of etouffe; seafood dishes.
Episode 13: Oui Si a Challenge
Chef Jacques Pepin tests the contestants; the contestants create French and Spanish dishes.
Episode 14: Po' Boy Smackdown
Po' boys in the Quickfire; the contestants put their own culinary visions on a plate.
Episode 15: Leaving New Orleans
The chefs battle for a new car in the Quickfire; the chefs must show how New Orleans has impacted their food.
Episode 16: Maui Wowie
Top Chef returns to Hawaii for the final rounds. Tonight, the remaining chefs must deal with Spam in the Quickfire.
Episode 17: Finale
The two remaining chefs open pop-up restaurants for the final challenge.