Top Chef Family Favorites (Season 3, Episode 4)
TV-14
TV Episode | 45 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

Top Chef

Family Favorites (Season 3, Episode 4)

TV-14

TV Episode | 45 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

13 potential Top Chefs remain. For this episode's Quickfire Challenge, each contestant has 30 seconds to net as much shellfish as they can, then they have 30 minutes to prepare a dish. Chef Alfred Portale of Gotham Bar and Grill is the ...See more13 potential Top Chefs remain. For this episode's Quickfire Challenge, each contestant has 30 seconds to net as much shellfish as they can, then they have 30 minutes to prepare a dish. Chef Alfred Portale of Gotham Bar and Grill is the guest judge, and he alone picks the Quickfire winner. In the Elimination Challenge, the competing chefs must take a range of "family favorite dishes" -- pork chops and apple sauce, sloppy joes, etc. -- and convert them into healthier offerings. They cook for members of the Miami Elks Club Lodge. See less

Producer

Joy Rillo Hryniewicz (as Joy Rillo)

Composers

Gregory Butler (co-composer) | Aaron Kaplan | Biff Sanders (original theme) (as Harold Barefoot Sanders III)

Cinematographer

Paul Starkman

Editors

Brian Ray | Pepe Serventi | Skylar Smith

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 27, 2007

Release date

Jun 27, 2007 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 6 wins & 109 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Ted Allen Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	Queer Eye (2003)
Lia Bardeen Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Camille Becerra Self Self See fewer	Dog Food (2014)
Tom Colicchio Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Micah Edelstein Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Hung Hyunh Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Chris Jacobson Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Howie Kleinberg Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Padma Lakshmi Self Self See fewer	Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
Dale Levitsky Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Sara Mair Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Brian Malarkey Self Self See fewer	Wildcard Kitchen (2024)
Sara Nguyen Self Self See fewer	Mr.I-Love-You (2013)
Joey Paulino Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)
Alfred Portale Self Self See fewer	Treme (2010)
Casey Thompson Self Self See fewer	This Is SF (2018)
Tre Wilcox Self Self See fewer	Top Chef (2006)