Episode
Top Chef: Piggin' Out
Overview
The contestants make their own hot sauce; the chefs butcher and cook a 300-pound pig.
Details
- Series
- Top Chef
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2013-11-20
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Piggin' Out is Episode 8 in New Orleans of Top Chef. It aired on 2013-11-20. The runtime is 42 min.
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