‘Next Level Chef’ Season 3 Results Tonight: Who Survived Night Three of the Eliminations?
Gordon Ramsay
Next Level Chef got seriously underway for the third night of the competition, following the auditions, with Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais’s teams each minus one member and Gordon Ramsay’s team still intact with all five members.
The 13 remaining chefs got cooking for a chance to boil, bake and fry their way into $250,000. Last week, Ari Pulido from Nyesha’s team was eliminated, so Team Arrington cooked in the basement kitchen this week.
Gordon’s Izahya Thomas won the hurry curry challenge, so Team Ramsay cooked in the top-level kitchen this week, which left Team Arrington in the middle kitchen.
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Who went home on Next Level Chef tonight?
Wendy Bess Chui, 26
Sunnydale, CA
Advancing contestants tonight on Next Level Chef Season 3 Night 3
Alexandra Donnadio, 29
Hillsborough, NJ
Angela Pagan, 33
Atlanta, GA
Chris Tzorin, 37
Orange County, CA
Christina Miros, 35
Dumont, NJ
Gabi Chappel, 29
Brooklyn, NY
Izahya Thomas, 24
Miami, FL
Jordan Torrey, 29
Tampa, FL
Lauren Smith, 36
Santa Monica, CA
Mada Abdelhamid, 36
Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Renard, 28
Kennewick, WA
Ryan “Von” Smith, 37
Scranton, PA
Zach Laidlaw, 34
Maui, HI
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What was the first challenge this episode, and who won it?
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The challenge for the night was a next-level fish dish inspired by tropical island cuisine. Since Zach is from Hawaii, he seemed to be a shoo-in to win, but that didn’t happen. Rather, for the second time this season, Team Arrington’s Von won with his spectacular tuna entrée.
“It’s my second win,” Von said. “I’m very happy about it. I just need the rest of the team to step up a little bit. Maybe I could take a little break one of these days."
What was the elimination challenge this episode, and who won it?
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The elimination challenge took the competitors inland for a hearty pork dish that would make the judges crave the country life.
Richard selected Angela for the challenge because she had had the worse dish out of his group. Gordon initially selected Jordan because he wanted “someone who could take Angela. Someone who would go in and come out.” But Jordan had an Immunity pin, and he chose to use it, so Gordon assigned Wendy in his stead. Wendy had had the worst dish of her team, so she technically always should have been the one.
In the pork cookoff, Angela Pagan was the winner, sending Wendy Bess Chui home.
“I went from providing behavioral therapy to standing in front of these three. It was quite the pivot,” Wendy told the judges. Then she added, “Cooking in this competition pushed me to my limit and I’m just so proud of myself making it all the way here.”
Next Level Chef airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.
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