Top Chef

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Season 3, Episode 1, Aired 6/6/07

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Eight chefs return from the previous seasons to compete against each other for $20,000 for their team's selected charity, and Season Three's contestants are introduced.''''QuickFire Challenge: Cook Perfect Eggs with One Hand behind Your Back.''''Elimination Challenge: Create a Four Course Meal Using Scallops, Lobster, Duck & Kobe Beef.moreless

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Padma Lakshmi

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Tom Colicchio

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Gail Simmons

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eight former contestants..4 from season 1 and 4 from season 2..return to compete for more money while contestants from the upcoming season 3 judge

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By Collegebound06, Jun 01, 2008 Report Abuse

this was a very interesting ep b/c it was nice to see some friendly faces again..i liked who they chose for most part but two others..eh..anyways it was nice to see them all back and again they have to compete which put them back in the same conditions as before but still for money..i think it had an interesting twist on it when the contestants from season 3 joined them and got to taste their food..spoiler..it was interesting how the returning contestants said its easy to be on the other side and judge lol..and they gave advice to the new contestants at the end which was nicemoreless

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An interesting challenge for worthy causes.

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By QuakertownBob, Jun 07, 2007 Report Abuse

The egg challenge was interesting and also realistic. I know of many a chef that had had to work with a bandaged hand or burnt hand and was basically working one handed. To see two different chefs each using one hand to help each other was good team work and a little comical.
The teams were great. Dave may not have won in his season but is definitely a star. Tiffany showed her skills, as did everyone else.
The choice of the courses was a real spectrum of the culinary chart, scallops, lobster, duck and kobe beef. I think that Dave being the team player may have toned it down too much, but the judges liked both dishes. The lobster was good, but Marcel and his freaking foams, goofy hair and just unbearable attitude I can do without. I am glad they judges did not prefer this dish. However his counterpart Stephen is equally arrogant, but shows a lot of skill.
The duck was just not done well by either, and that was a disappointment, both could have done better.
The beef dish on both sides was great. I did not care who won the overall as long as I did not have to hear Marcel run his mouth, and he did at the end of the program still griping about using spices instead of his self professed cooking skill.
I found it equally interesting that the palates of the new students was so bad. Some of them had no clue on what the chefs were doing and if it did not taste like diner food they were lost. And the table that had Marcel lovers, they will learn that talent and not attitude is what it takes to win.
I saw the previews of the new season at the end, and it looks like the critics of the all stars got theirs in spades.moreless

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Trivia
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- Padma tells the competitors that they will be cooking for 20 people, but in fact only cook for the fifteen chefs of Season Three, Padma, Gail, Tom, and Ted. Edit
- Lee Anne Wong, a quarterfinalist from Season One and a culinary producer on Top Chef since midway through Season Two made a brief cameo, but she did not take part in the All-Star competition. Edit
- Season 1's charity is the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. Season 2 plays for Share Our Strength, Working to End Childhood Hunger in America. Edit
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- Executive Producers for Bravo: Frances Berwick Andrew Cohen Dave Serwatka Edit
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- Ilan Hall: (his advice to Season 3 contestants) Go in with an open mind, because that's how you'll win. That's how I won! Edit
- Dave: (about Marcel) If the bitch can cook, let him cook. Marcel: (offended) You're calling me a bitch now?! Edit
- Stephen: Because I won the QuickFire, our team was awarded an additional $100. This additional $100, I felt, would be best spent on wine. Edit
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