Top Chef "Jazz Hands" Recap (11/13/13)

This week the chefs are faced with Quickfire & Elimination Challenges featuring jazz legend Kermit Ruffins. 

For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs play "musicals chairs" with some of Kermit's favorite food items. When Kermit played his trumpet the chefs moved around various food stations. When he stopped playing the chefs had to stop and use the food items they were standing in front of to prepare their meals.

Chef Justin made: Marinated Tofu salad with crispy bacon

Chef Travis made: Asian Inspired Steak and Potatoes

Chef Sara made: Trout with cabbage & pepper slaw

Chef Brian made: Duck & mussels

Chef Patty made: Pork Chops, Tamarind sauce & shaved red onions

Chef Nina made: Liver with Serrano chiles & celery salad

Chef Stephanie made: Braised chicken & clams with red bean sauce

Chef Carlos made: Pan Seared redfish with cucumber slaw

Chef Shirley made: Shrimp boil & herb salad with parsley

Chef Louis made: Rosemary okra, rendered pork, confit potatoes

Kermit Ruffin's Least Favorite Meals were prepared by Chef Justin & Chef Louis

His Favorite Meals were made by Chef Carlos, Chef Brian, and Chef Patty

The Winner: Chef Brian (won Immunity from Elimination)

For the Elimination Challenge the chefs had to work in teams to create a cohesive pot luck meal to be served at Kermit’s restaurant, Treme Speakeasy.

Blue Team: Chef Sara, Chef Louis, Chef Shirley and Chef Justin.

Chef Justin made: Hominy Grits with Brown Shrimp, Roasted Okra, Fava Beans & Bacon

Chef Louis made: Grilled & Pickled Vegetables with Crispy Sunflower Seeds

Chefs Sara & Shirley: Glazed Beef with Charred Onions & Pickled Melons

Gray Team: Chef Brian, Chef Travis, Chef Patty, and Chef Nicholas 

Chefs Brian & Travis made: Togarashi Fried Chicken & Caramel Glazed BBQ Ribs 

Chef Patty made Tomato Watermelon Salad

Chef Nicholas made: Barramundi & Red Drum Fricassee with Zucchini

Green Team: Chef Stephanie, Chef Nina, Chef Carrie and Chef Carlos

Chef Stephanie made: Fried Baby Artichoke & Preserved Lemon

Chef Nina made: Gnocchetti with Sausage 

Chef Carrie & Chef Carlos made: Summer Tiramisu with Nectarines & Pistachios

The judges selected their least favorite team first this week.

Judges least favorite team was the Gray Team.

Chef Patty was Eliminated

Judges favorite team was the Green Team.

Chef Stephanie Wins the Elimination Challenge.

Next Week the chefs butcher a pig and prepare for a boucherie.