Ep 6. Campfires, Cream Cheese and Countryside
- TV14
- November 6, 2013
- 43 min
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7.0 (27)
In Top Chef season 11 episode 6, the competitors find themselves in the beautiful countryside of Montana, surrounded by pristine wilderness and towering mountains. The challenge for the chefs this time around is to create dishes inspired by the flavors of camping and the fresh ingredients of the countryside, using only fire to cook their food.
To get started, the contestants are taken to a campsite where they must gather their own firewood and forage for wild edible plants to use in their dishes. This adds an extra layer of challenge to the competition as the chefs must rely on their knowledge of local flora and fauna to select the best ingredients for their dishes.
Once they have gathered their ingredients and set up their cooking stations, the chefs get to work creating their camping-inspired dishes. Some of the dishes prepared by the chefs include venison with blackberry gastrique, beet salad with goat cheese, and grilled peaches with honey and cinnamon.
As always, the judges are looking for creativity, technical skill, and flavor in the chefs' preparations. Some chefs excel in this challenge, creating complex and delicious dishes that incorporate a variety of flavors and techniques. Other chefs struggle, either due to inexperience with cooking over an open flame or because they are unfamiliar with the local ingredients.
One chef in particular stands out in this episode, impressing both the judges and her fellow competitors with her knowledge of traditional camping dishes and her deft handling of ingredients over the flames. Her dish, a cream cheese-stuffed jalapeno wrapped in bacon and served with a side of grilled corn, is hailed as one of the best of the night.
Overall, this episode of Top Chef is a thrilling showcase of the chefs' skill and creativity, as they work to create gourmet dishes in the midst of the great outdoors. With stunning scenery and a wide array of local ingredients to work with, this episode is sure to thrill fans of the show and foodies alike.
