ROCCO DISPIRITO GUEST JUDGES BRAVO’S SUPERSIZED “TOP CHEF 3 MIAMI” WED, AUGUST 1 AT 10:00-11:15 P.M. ET/PT

NEW YORK ­ July 30, 2007 ­ Bravo’s “Top Chef 3 Miami” packs on the calories with a supersized sixth installment that touches on the senses as the remaining 10 chef’testants’ compete for immunity and identify ingredients by sight or taste (Wed, Aug. 1 from 10:00-11:15 p.m. ET/PT).  Later, the contenders team-up and work their magic with frozen foods under the watchful eye of guest judge Rocco DiSpirito (Author of “Rocco’s Real Life Recipes”) who joins the judges’ table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, host Padma Lakshmi and judges Gail Simmons and Ted Allen.  Photography for both series’ is available on NBC Universal Media Village, www.nbcumv.com.

IT’S A BLOGFEST ON WWW.BRAVOTV.COM: Catch “Top Chef 3 Miami” blogs from guest judge Anthony Bourdain (Host of “No Reservations” and Chef at Les Halles, NYC) and Barton G (Chef/Owner of Barton G. Enterprises), as well as Season 2 contestant’s Josie Smith-Malave and Marcel Vigneron.