Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 3
Hell's Kitchen | |
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Season 3 | |
No. of episodes | 11 |
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Original network | Fox |
Original release | June 4 August 13, 2007 | –
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This article contains contestant information and episode summaries from Season 3 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen. Cast during February 2007, the third season started airing on the Fox television network on June 4, 2007, and concluded on August 13, 2007.
The Hell's Kitchen set moved from a building at La Brea Avenue and Willoughby, where it was located for seasons one and two, to a Century Studios building on La Cienega Place, off West Jefferson Blvd for season three. During Episode 9 (aired July 30, 2007), a casting call was announced for the fourth season of the show.[1]
This was the first Hell's Kitchen season to be filmed in high definition.
The season finale was a record high for the show's ratings, drawing 9.8 million viewers.[2] Executive Chef Rahman "Rock" Harper won the season and was awarded a US$250,000 per year head-chef position at a restaurant in the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa in Henderson, Nevada.
Sous chefs and Maître d'hôtel
- Sous chefs – Scott Leibfried and Mary-Ann Salcedo
- Maître d'hôtel – Jean-Philippe Susilovic
Contestants
The third season features the following 12 contestants, who were separated by gender into two teams:
Contestant | Age (at time of filming) | Occupation | Hometown |
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Joanna Dunn | 22 | Assistant Chef | Detroit, Michigan |
Vincent "Vinnie" Fama[3] | 29 | Nightclub Chef | Milltown, New Jersey |
Melissa Firpo | 29 | Line Cook | New York, New York |
Rahman "Rock" Harper[4] | 30 | Executive Chef | Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia |
Edward "Eddie" Langley[5] | 28 | Grill Cook | Atlanta, Georgia |
Bradley "Brad" Miller[6] | 25 | Sous Chef | Scottsdale, Arizona |
Bonnie Muirhead | 26 | Nanny/Personal Chef | Santa Monica, California |
Tiffany Nagel | 27 | Kitchen Manager | Scottsdale, Arizona |
Aaron Song | 48 | Retirement Home Chef | Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
Joshua "Josh" Wahler | 26 | Jr. Sous Chef | Miami Beach, Florida |
Julia Williams | 28 | Waffle House Cook | Atlanta, Georgia |
Jennifer "Jen" Yemola | 26 | Pastry Chef | Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
Contestant progress
Each week, the best member (as determined by Ramsay) from the losing team during the latest service period is asked to nominate two of their teammates for elimination; one of these two is sent home by Ramsay.
Original teams | Switched teams | Individual | Finals | |||||||||||
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No. | Chef | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310/311 | |||
1 | Rock | WIN | BoW | WIN | BoW | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | NOM | IN | WINNER | |||
2 | Bonnie | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | NOM[n 1] | NOM | WIN | NOM | BoW | IN | RUNNER-UP | |||
3 | Jen | LOSE | WIN | NOM[n 2] | BoW | BoW | WIN | LOSE | IN | OUT | ||||
4 | Julia | LOSE | WIN | NOM | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | BoW | OUT | |||||
5 | Josh | WIN | NOM | WIN | NOM[n 3] | WIN | NOM[n 1] | LOSE | OUT[n 4] | |||||
6 | Brad | WIN | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | NOM[n 1] | OUT | ||||||
7 | Melissa | BoW | WIN | LOSE | NOM[n 3] | NOM | OUT | |||||||
8 | Vinnie | WIN | LOSE | WIN | OUT[n 1] | |||||||||
9 | Joanna | NOM | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||
10 | Aaron | WIN | LOSE | LEFT[n 5] | ||||||||||
11 | Eddie | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||
12 | Tiffany | OUT |
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Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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23 | 1 | "12 Chefs Compete" | June 4, 2007 |
24 | 2 | "11 Chefs Compete" | June 11, 2007 |
25 | 3 | "10 Chefs Compete" | June 18, 2007 |
26 | 4 | "8 Chefs Compete" | June 25, 2007 |
27 | 5 | "7 Chefs Compete, Part 1" | July 2, 2007 |
28 | 6 | "7 Chefs Compete, Part 2" | July 9, 2007 |
29 | 7 | "6 Chefs Compete" | July 16, 2007 |
30 | 8 | "5 Chefs Compete" | July 23, 2007 |
31 | 9 | "3 Chefs Compete" | July 30, 2007 |
32 | 10 | "2 Chefs Compete" | August 6, 2007 |
33 | 11 | "Winner Announced" | August 13, 2007 |
Notes
References
- ^ "Hell's Kitchen casting". Fox.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Finale Ratings". Realityblurred.com. August 14, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Graduates Compete in Top Cooking Shows". The Culinary Institute of America. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
- ^ Telvock, Dan (June 5, 2007). "Spotsy man feeling the heat in 'Hell's Kitchen'". The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
- ^ Ho, Rodney (June 4, 2007). "The trouble with bubbles: A bored band". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
- ^ Harding, Margaret (June 15, 2007). "'Hell's Kitchen' chef getting local taste of fame". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved July 23, 2007.