Hell's Kitchen | |
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Season 3 | |
Hosted by | Gordon Ramsay |
No. of contestants | 12 |
Winner | Rahman "Rock" Harper |
Runner-up | Bonnie Muirhead |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Original release | June 4 August 13, 2007 | –
Season chronology | |
The third season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on Fox on June 4, 2007, and concluded on August 13, 2007. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while Scott Leibfried returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef and Mary-Ann Salcedo returned as the Red Team's sous-chef. Jean-Philippe Susilovic returned as maître d'.
The season was won by executive chef Rahman "Rock" Harper, with nanny/personal chef Bonnie Muirhead finishing second.
The season was cast during February 2007.
The set of Hell's Kitchen was moved from the intersection of La Brea Avenue and Willoughby to La Cienega Place, off West Jefferson Boulevard, for this season.
The season finale was a record high for the show's ratings, drawing 9.8 million viewers.[1]
This was the first season filmed in 16:9 standard definition (although at some points still aired in 4:3 aspect ratio), and the chefs all had a culinary background.