Episode
Top Chef: The Last Supper
Overview
Wylie Dufresne judges a quickfire challenge of egg dishes. For the elimination challenge, the five remaining chefs each cook a "last supper" dish requested by a culinary superstar.
Details
- Series
- Top Chef
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2009-02-11
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
The Last Supper is Episode 12 in New York of Top Chef. It aired on 2009-02-11. The runtime is 44 min.
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