Episode
Top Chef: Pickle Me This
Overview
Top Chef Masters alum Susur Lee and Jet Bent-Let join Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs must create a dish using a limited amount of ingredients; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must create dishes that highlight pickles.
Details
- Series
- Top Chef
- Season
- Season 22
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2025-04-17
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Pickle Me This is Episode 6 in Destination Canada of Top Chef. It aired on 2025-04-17. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 9: Cooking on the Edge
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