Top Chef
Trial by Fire
TV Flash files “Trial by Fire” as hour 210 of 338 in the TV Flash guide — Top Chef (2006–present) on Bravo, season 14, episode 13, aired 2017-02-23, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E13: listed hour 210 of 338 in the Top Chef guide, hour 13 of 14 in season 14. It aired 2017-02-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Cooking Away in Margaritaville” (S14E12). Next is “Comida Final” (S14E14).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The three remaining chefs head to the Yucatan Peninsula where Chef Roberto Muñoz Zurita challenges them to make a dish showcasing the flavor, complexity and heat of the legendary local habanero using ingredients from the local market. Culinary legend Jeremiah Tower gives the chefs a lesson on traditional Mayan cooking, before challenging them to create a dish using only ancient Maya ingredients and tools. The chefs will cook in an ancient cenote, or sinkhole, for a table of judges including local chefs Roberto Solis, Guillermo Beristain and Carlo Cardenas. The two chefs with the best dishes will move on to compete in the finale.
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Where does Trial by Fire sit in the Top Chef guide?
S14E13 is listed hour 210 of 338 — hour 13 of 14 in season 14, season 14 episode 13.
When did Top Chef S14E13 air?
Trial by Fire aired 2017-02-23 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Top Chef just yelling in a kitchen?
Technique, nerves, and last-chance kitchen as spectacle. Padma's calm and Colicchio's verdicts are the temperature, not chaos for clip shows.
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