Top Chef New Orleans Last Chance Kitchen Episode 8: Hometown Disadvantage

Today in Tom Colicchio Teaches Lessons To Up-And-Coming Chefs By Being A Smug Jerk (aka Last Chance Kitchen), he swapped Justin’s NOLA hometown advantage with reigning LCK champ Louis’s Northern California roots, and gave each competitor a cloche full of ingredients indigenous to the other’s home. At least this week didn’t involve light bondage. Justin opted for grilled sardines and Louis made a bomb-looking crawfish sauce, but you can check out last night’s Last Chance Kitchen in its entirety below to find out which way Colicchio swung.

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