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