"Top Chef: Texas" 11/9

Last Regulation Qualifying Challenge: Each of the 10 cooks in this challenge have to choose an ingredient out of 10, at which point they'll have anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour (the middle period of time's 40 min.) to cook their dish.

Guest Judge: Hugh Acheson

DISHES:

20:

Kim (lamb): Lamb chop w/ Kalamata olives & arugula- OUT
Andrew (mushrooms): Roasted mushrooms w/ brown butter, vinaigrette, crispy spinach & poached egg- OTB
Paul (trout): Grilled trout w/ Southeast Asian tomato salad- IN

40:

SOLE DQ: Chaz (time over)

Bernice (short rib): Asian-style short rib w/ cole & cabbage slaw- OUT
Laurent (duck): Duck w/ lemon yuzu curd & arugula- OTB
Jonathan (Brussels Sprouts): Brussels Sprouts w/ tomato sofrito & hazelnut gremolata- OUT

Hour:

Ashley (oxtail): Braised oxtail "Kare-Kare"- OUT
Lindsay (veal shank): Braised veal, creamy polenta & warm salad- IN
Beverly (octopus): Korean-style octopus "Nakji Bokum"- IN

Final Qualifying Challenge: 45 minutes are on the clock to make one more dish.

LAST DISHES OF THE NIGHT:

Edward: Duck w/ BBQ sauce & sweet Asian custard
Molly: Jumbo-stuffed prawn & mousseline of shrimp w/ soy-glazed watermelon & rice
Janine: Seared scallop w/ baby clams, bacon, corn & watermelon garnish
Grayson: Creamy polenta w/ bacon-wrapped shrimp & port wine fig sauce
Laurent: Scallop two ways- tartare & seared on a bed of fennel w/ saffron
Andrew: Mussels w/ sherry, fregula, charred corn panna cotta & shrimp

LAST TWO IN TOP 16- Edward & Grayson

LAST CHANCE KITCHEN CHALLENGE #1: 30-minute pizzas.

Andrew: No-cheese Mediterranean pizza w/ anchovies, capers, fried calamari & arugula
Janine: Fig pizza w/ Parmesan-Asiago, Suppressata, arugula & black garlic

TOTALLY ELIMINATED- Janine
Janine: