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Top Chef

Top Chef - New Orleans (2013)

Audience Score
74

New Orleans Plot

Top Chef: New Orleans is the eleventh season of the American reality television series Top Chef.

Top Chef New Orleans aired on October 1st, 2013.

New Orleans Episodes

90

1. Soiree In The Swamp

October 2nd, 201342 min

80

2. Rebuilding New Orleans

October 9th, 201342 min

70

3. Commander's Palace

October 16th, 201342 min

An elimination quickfire challenge; replicating legacy dishes in the elimination challenge.

4. Captain Vietnam

October 23rd, 201342 min

The chefs get a crash course in Vietnamese culture.

70

5. Lea Michele's Halloween Bash

October 30th, 201342 min

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.

70

6. Campfires, Cream Cheese and Countryside

November 6th, 201342 min

The creole tomato; the contestants try to impress up-scale chefs.

70

7. Jazz Hands

November 13th, 201342 min

A food version of musical chairs; the chefs cater a jazzy event.

70

8. Piggin' Out

November 20th, 201342 min

The contestants make their own hot sauce; the chefs butcher and cook a 300-pound pig.

70

9. Restaurant Wars

December 4th, 201342 min

The contestants create pop-up restaurants to impress the judges.

70

10. Like Mama Made

December 11th, 201342 min

The chefs must make dishes that remind them of home; Actor Anthony Mackie joins the judges.

70

11. Giving It the College Try

December 18th, 201342 min

Questlove judges various types of poultry drumsticks; the chefs head to LSU's campus to serve incoming students.

70

12. Mississippi Mud Bugs

January 1st, 201442 min

The contestants create their own versions of etouffe; seafood dishes.

80

13. Oui Si a Challenge

January 8th, 201442 min

Chef Jacques Pepin tests the contestants; the contestants create French and Spanish dishes.

70

14. Po' Boy Smackdown

January 15th, 201442 min

Po' boys in the Quickfire; the contestants put their own culinary visions on a plate.

80

15. Leaving New Orleans

January 22nd, 201442 min

The chefs battle for a new car in the Quickfire; the chefs must show how New Orleans has impacted their food.

80

16. Maui Wowie

January 29th, 201442 min

Top Chef returns to Hawaii for the final rounds. Tonight, the remaining chefs must deal with Spam in the Quickfire.

70

17. Finale

February 5th, 201442 min

The two remaining chefs open pop-up restaurants for the final challenge.

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