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''Top Chef: Miami'' is the third season of the American reality television series ''
Top Chef ''Top Chef'' is an American reality competition television series which premiered on Bravo in March 2006. The show features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. The contestants are judged by a panel of professional chefs ...
''. It was first filmed in
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, before concluding in
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. 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.
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returned with
Tom Colicchio Thomas Patrick Colicchio (; born August 15, 1962) is an American celebrity chef. He co-founded the Gramercy Tavern in New York City, and formerly served as a co-owner and as the executive chef. He is also the founder of Crafted Hospitality, whic ...
,
Gail Simmons Gail Simmons (born May 19, 1976) is a Canadian food writing, 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 criti ...
, and new judge
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, who switched off with Simmons throughout the season. '' Top Chef: San Francisco'' contestant
Lee Anne Wong Lee Anne Wong is an American chef, restaurateur, 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
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, with production activity centered at the
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. 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 Hung Huynh (born January 25, 1978) is a Vietnamese-born American chef, best known as the winner of the third season of ''Top Chef'', a reality cooking competition series on Bravo. He was the Executive Chef at Catch, The General, and Catch Miami. ...
was declared the winner over runners-up Dale Levitski and
Casey Thompson Casey Thompson (born October 3, 1998) is an American college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. He previously played for Texas, Nebraska, and Florida Atlantic. Early life Thompson played his first three years of high school footba ...
. Thompson was voted Fan Favorite.


Contestants

Fifteen chefs competed 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 that 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. Anno ...
''. 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 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.


Episodes


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External links


Official website
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