Episode
Top Chef: New York's Finest
Overview
A mise-en-place relay race; chefs cook in four of New York's finest restaurants.
Details
- Series
- Top Chef
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2010-12-15
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
New York's Finest is Episode 3 in All-Stars of Top Chef. It aired on 2010-12-15. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 4: Advantage Chef
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Episode 1: History Never Repeats
Bravo's Top Chef congregates a dream team of 18 past cheftestants who nearly won the title to return to see if they have what it takes. The 2010 Primetime Emmy Award-winning Top Chef returns to New York City for Season 8 with host Padma Lakshmi and head judge chef Tom Colicchio, alongside judges Gail Simmons and new this season, best-selling author and chef, Anthony Bourdain.
Episode 5: Dim Sum Lose Sum
Episode 6: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
Contestants are taken on a fishing expedition.
Episode 7: Restaurant Wars: One Night Only
Fish fillet contest; chefs must open ``one night only'' restaurants in New York City.
Episode 8: An Offer They Can't Refuse
Designer Isaac Mizrahi judges. Contestants are judged on presentation and plating; traditional three-course Italian meal.
Episode 9: Feeding Fallon
Episode 10: Lock Down
It’s a Sesame Street kind of day when the chefs find themselves cooking to please Muppet palates. Next they are tasked with making a dish at a Target store.
Episode 11: For the Gulf
Episode 12: Give Me Your Huddled Masses
The chefs need to make something out of nothing; the contestants head to Ellis Island, where they must make a dish based on their heritage.
Episode 13: Fit for a King
The chefs set sail for the Bahamas, and each participates in a culinary duel against the person who was crowned the winner during their first stint on the show. Later, they create meals for Bahamian royalty, but it's a royal pain with limited cooking equipment.