| Season Number: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Num Episodes: | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network: | Bravo | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Prev Season: | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Next Season: | Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||
| Episode List: | List of Top Chef episodes |
Top Chef: Miami is the third season of the American reality television series Top Chef. It was first filmed in Miami, Florida, before concluding in Aspen, Colorado. The season was Emmy nominated for Outstanding Reality Competition Series, and garnered the Emmy Award for Best Editing in the category.[1] Season 3 premiered on June 13, 2007 and ended on October 10, 2007.[2] Padma Lakshmi returned with Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, and new judge Ted Allen, who switched off with Simmons throughout the season.[2] contestant Lee Anne Wong was brought in as a food consultant and assisted in planning the challenges.[3] Production took place in April and May 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida, with production activity centered at the Fontainebleau Hotel.[3] The winning recipe from each week's episode of Season 3 was featured on Bravo's Top Chef website and prepared by Lee Anne Wong in a web series called The Wong Way to Cook.[3] In the season finale, Hung Huynh was declared the winner over runners-up Dale Levitski and Casey Thompson.[4] Thompson was voted Fan Favorite.[5]
Fifteen chefs competed in Top Chef: Miami.[2]
| Name | Hometown | Current Residence | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lia Bardeen | Tacoma, Washington | Brooklyn, New York | 28 |
| Camille Becerra | Elizabeth, New Jersey | Brooklyn, New York | 34 |
| Sandee Birdsong | St. Simons Island, Georgia | Miami Beach, Florida | 39 |
| Clay Bowen | Columbus, Mississippi | Santa Barbara, California | 28 |
| Micah Edelstein | Bridgewater, Massachusetts | Boca Raton, Florida | 33 |
| Hung Huynh | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | 29 | |
| Chris "CJ" Jacobson | El Toro, California | Venice, California | 31 |
| Howard "Howie" Kleinberg | Miami, Florida | 31 | |
| Dale Levitski | Chicago, Illinois | 34 | |
| Sara Mair | Kingston, Jamaica | Miami, Florida | 34 |
| Brian Malarkey | Bend, Oregon | San Diego, California | 34 |
| Sara Nguyen | Santa Monica, California | Chicago, Illinois | 25 |
| Joseph "Joey" Paulino | Long Island, New York | New York, New York | 29 |
| Casey Thompson | Cedar Hill, Texas | Dallas, Texas | 29 |
| Tre Wilcox | Duncanville, Texas | Cedar Hill, Texas | 30 |
Dale Levitski, Casey Thompson, and Tre Wilcox returned to compete in .[6] Chris "CJ" Jacobson returned for , and later competed in Top Chef Duels.[7] [8] Thompson returned again for .[9] Brian Malarkey returned for [10] Sandee Birdsong became the supervisor for Top Chef culinary production team from the seventh season onwards.[11]
| Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) | Micah | Hung | Brian | Casey | Joey | Casey | Dale | CJ | Dale Howie Hung Sara M. | Brian | Hung | Hung | Casey | |||||
| Contestant | Elimination Challenge Results | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hung | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | WIN | IN | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Dale | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | WIN | RUNNER-UP | |||
| Casey | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | WIN | HIGH | IN | RUNNER-UP | ||||
| 4 | Brian | LOW | WIN | LOW | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||
| 5 | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| 6 | CJ | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||||
| 7 | Howie | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
| 8 | Tre | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| 9 | Sara N. | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| 10 | Joey | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||||
| 11 | Lia | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Camille | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Micah | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Sandee | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Clay | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
The chef(s) did not receive immunity for winning the Quickfire Challenge.
As a reward for winning the Quickfire Challenge, Dale was allowed to sit out the Elimination Challenge.
There were no eliminations in Episode 9.
(WINNER) The chef won the season and was crowned "Top Chef".
(RUNNER-UP) The chef was a runner-up for the season.
(WIN) The chef won the Elimination Challenge.
(HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
(IN) The chef was not selected as one of the top or bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge and was safe.
(LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.
(OUT) The chef lost the Elimination Challenge.
See main article: List of Top Chef episodes.