Season 11 · Episode 3 — Commander's Palace

The chefs get a crash course in Vietnamese culture.

Tools and ingredients are wrapped in aluminum foil; the chefs cater a Halloween party for singer/actress Lea Michele, and the food must be…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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