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 LaBrea 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, near Las Vegas.
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 | Result |
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Rahman "Rock" Harper[3] | 30 | Executive Chef | Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia | Winner |
Bonnie Muirhead | 26 | Nanny/Personal Chef | Santa Monica, California | Runner-Up |
Jennifer "Jen" Yemola | 26 | Pastry Chef | Hazleton, Pennsylvania | Eliminated before Finals |
Julia Williams | 28 | Waffle House Cook | Atlanta, Georgia | Eliminated after Eighth Service |
Joshua "Josh" Wahler | 26 | Jr. Sous Chef | Miami Beach, Florida | Eliminated during Eighth Service |
Bradley "Brad" Miller[4] | 25 | Sous Chef | Scottsdale, Arizona | Eliminated before Black Jackets after Seventh Service |
Melissa Firpo | 29 | Line Cook | New York, New York | Eliminated after Sixth Service |
Vincent "Vinnie" Fama[5] | 29 | Nightclub Chef | Milltown, New Jersey | Eliminated after Fourth Service |
Joanna Dunn | 22 | Assistant Chef | Detroit, Michigan | Eliminated after Third Service |
Aaron Song † | 48 | Retirement Home Chef | Rancho Palos Verdes, California | Left before Third Service |
Edward "Eddie" Langley[6] | 28 | Grill Cook | Atlanta, Georgia | Eliminated after Second Service |
Tiffany Nagel | 27 | Kitchen Manager | Scottsdale, Arizona | Eliminated after First Service |
† Indicates that contestant died after filming ended
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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- Notes
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 |
References
- ^ "Hell's Kitchen casting". Fox.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
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