''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. Season 3 premiered on June 13, 2007 and ended on October 10, 2007. Padma Lakshmi returned with Tom Colicchio,

Gail Simmons Gail Simmons (born May 19, 1976) is a Canadian-American food writer and cookbook author. She has served as a permanent judge on Bravo's Emmy-winning series ''Top Chef'' since the show's inception in 2006. Simmons was previously the head critic on ...

, and new judge Ted Allen, who switched off with Simmons throughout the season. '' Top Chef: San Francisco'' contestant

Lee Anne Wong Lee Anne Wong is an American chef, restauranteur, a television culinary producer, and television figure. She has appeared as a competitor on reality television cooking competitions, and she is a ''Top Chef'' television series alum. Wong was based ...

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 Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and artificial island, man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the ...

, 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 winner over runners-up

Dale Levitski Dale Levitski is an American chef and television personality. He is a former Top Chef television series alum. Career Television Dale Levitski competed on Top Chef season 3. After having been one of the runners-up to Hung Huynh (along with Casey ...

and Casey Thompson. Thompson was voted Fan Favorite.

Contestants

Fifteen chefs were selected to compete in ''Top Chef: Miami''. Dale Levitski, Casey Thompson, and Tre Wilcox returned to compete in '' Top Chef: All-Stars''. Chris "CJ" Jacobson returned for '' Top Chef: Seattle'', and later competed in ''

Top Chef Duels ''Top Chef Duels'' is an American reality competition series which premiered on August 6, 2014, on Bravo. The culinary show is one of the several spin-off series of the popular cooking competition show ''Top Chef'' aired on the same network. A ...

''. Thompson returned again for '' Top Chef: Charleston''. Brian Malarkey returned for '' Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.'' Sandee Birdsong became the supervisor for ''Top Chef'' culinary production team from the seventh season onwards.

Contestant progress

: 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 10.

: (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.

Episodes

References

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External links

Official website
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