Top Chef: Miami
Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox television season name". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Ensure AAA contrast ratioScript error: No such module "Infobox/dates".Script error: No such module "Infobox television season disambiguation check". 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] Top Chef: San Francisco 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]
Contestants
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Fifteen chefs competed in Top Chef: Miami.[2][6]
| Name | Hometown | Current ResidenceTemplate:Efn | 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 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 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 Top Chef: All-Stars.[7] Chris "CJ" Jacobson returned for Top Chef: Seattle, and later competed in Top Chef Duels.[8][9] Thompson returned again for Top Chef: Charleston.[10] Brian Malarkey returned for Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.[11] Sandee Birdsong became the supervisor for Top ChefTemplate:'s culinary production team from the seventh season onwards.[12]
Contestant progress
| Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 93 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
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| Quickfire Challenge Winner(s) |
Micah | Hung | Brian | Casey | Joey | Casey | Dale2 | CJ1 | Dale1 Howie1 Hung1 Sara M.1 |
Brian1 | Hung1 | Hung1 | Casey1 | N/A | ||||
| 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 | IN2 | 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 | Sara M. | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^Note 2 : As a reward for winning the Quickfire Challenge, Dale was allowed to sit out the Elimination Challenge.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^Note 3 : There were no eliminations in Episode 9.
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- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (RUNNER-UP) The chef was a runner-up for the season.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (WIN) The chef won the Elimination Challenge.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (HIGH) The chef was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (IN) The chef was not selected as one of the top or bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge and was safe.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (LOW) The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.
- <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> (OUT) The chef lost the Elimination Challenge.
Episodes
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References
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