No. of episodes 18 No. of contestants 15 Host Padma Lakshmi Country of origin United States of America | Original network Bravo Winner Hung Huynh Number of episodes 18 | |
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Original release June 6 (2007-06-06) – October 10, 2007 (2007-10-10) Judges Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Ted Allen Nominations James Beard Award for Television Food Show, National or Local Winner Hung Huynh | ||
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 premiered on June 13, 2007 and ended on October 10, 2007. Padma Lakshmi returned with Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, and new judge Ted Allen, who switched off with Simmons throughout the season. Top Chef: San Francisco contestant Lee Anne Wong was brought in as a food consultant and assisted in planning the challenges. Production took place in April and May 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida, with production activity centered at the Fontainebleau Hotel. 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. In the season finale, Hung Huynh was declared the Top Chef, defeating Dale Levitski and Casey Thompson. Thompson received the Fan Favorite Award.
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Contestants
15 chefs were selected to compete in Top Chef: Miami. Dale Levitski, Casey Thompson, and Tre Wilcox later returned to compete in Top Chef: All-Stars. Chris "CJ" Jacobson also returned to compete once again in Top Chef: Seattle. Thompson then returned again for a third appearance, competing in Top Chef: Charleston.
Contestant progress
^Note 1 : The chef(s) did not receive immunity.
^Note 2 : As a reward for winning the Quickfire Challenge, Dale was allowed to sit out the Elimination Challenge.
^Note 3 : There were no eliminations in Episode 8.