The third season of the American competitive reality television series Next Level Chef premiered on Fox on January 28, 2024, as the 2023 NFC Championship Game lead-out program and concluded on May 9, 2024. Gordon Ramsay returned to host the season and served as a mentor, along with returning mentors Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais.
| Next Level Chef | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| Starring | |
| Hosted by | Gordon Ramsay |
| No. of contestants | 24 (pre-auditions) |
| Winner | Gabi Chappel |
| Runners-up |
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| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | January 28 – May 9, 2024 |
| Season chronology | |
The season was won by Social Media Chef Gabi Chappel, with Home Cook Christina Miros and Professional Chef Zach Laidlaw being named runners up.
Production
editOn May 11, 2023, it was announced that the series was renewed for the third and fourth seasons, prior to the airing of the second season finale on the same day.[1] On November 21, 2023, it was announced that the season would premiere on January 28, 2024, before moving to its regular timeslot on February 1, 2024.[2] The program airs on Thursday nights, with a Sunday rebroadcast from February 11, 2024, that Fox uses to burn off in case of NASCAR overrun.
Chefs
editNote: The list below only includes chefs that made it onto the show after qualifying via an audition.
| Contestant[3] | Age[3] | Status[3] | Hometown/Home Country[3] | Result[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Auckland | 22 | Social Media Chef | Ingleside, Illinois | Eliminated February 15 |
| Arceli “Ari” Pulido | 31 | Professional Chef | San Diego, California | Eliminated February 22 |
| Wendy Bess Chiu | 26 | Home Cook | Sunnyvale, California | Eliminated February 29 |
| Alexandra Donnadio | 29 | Home Cook | Hillsborough Township, New Jersey | Eliminated March 7 |
| Lauren Smith | 36 | Home Cook | Santa Monica, California | Eliminated March 14 |
| Chris Tzorin | 37 | Professional Chef | Orange County, California | Eliminated March 21 |
| Angela Pagan | 33 | Professional Chef | Atlanta, Georgia | Eliminated March 28 |
| Ryan “Von” Smith | 37 | Professional Chef | Scranton, Pennsylvania | Eliminated April 4 |
| Nicole Renard | 28 | Social Media Chef | Kennewick, Washington | Eliminated April 11 |
| Mada Abdelhamid | 36 | Home Cook | Los Angeles, California | Eliminated April 18 |
| Izahya Thomas | 24 | Social Media Chef | Miami, Florida | Eliminated April 25 |
| Jordan Torrey | 29 | Social Media Chef | Tampa, Florida | Eliminated May 2 |
| Christina Miros | 35 | Home Cook | Dumont, New Jersey | Runner-ups May 9 |
| Zach Laidlaw | 34[4] | Professional Chef | Maui, Hawai'i | |
| Gabi Chappel | 29 | Social Media Chef | Brooklyn, New York | Winner May 9 |
Elimination table
edit| Place | Contestant | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | Gabi | ADV | RAM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN† | SAFE | WIN† | SAFE | RISK | WIN | WIN† | WIN | WINNER | ||
| 2 | Christina | ADV | ARR | WIN* | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | WIN | WIN† | SAFE | WIN | RUNNER-UP | ||
| Zach | ADV | BLAIS | SAFE* | SAFE | SAFE | WIN† | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN† | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | RISK | RUNNER-UP | |||
| 4 | Jordan | ADV | RAM | SAFE* | WIN | SAFE | RISK | WIN | SAFE | WIN | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | ELIM | |||
| 5 | Izahya | ADV | RAM | SAFE | WIN† | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | RISK | RISK | ELIM | ||||
| 6 | Mada | ADV | ARR | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | RISK | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | WIN† | ELIM | |||||
| 7 | Nicole | ADV | BLAIS | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN† | SAFE | WIN† | ELIM | ||||||
| 8 | Von | ADV | ARR | WIN† | SAFE | WIN† | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||
| 9 | Angela | ADV | BLAIS | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | WIN | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | ||||||||
| 10 | Chris | ADV | RAM | RISK | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | |||||||||
| 11 | Lauren | ADV | BLAIS | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | ||||||||||
| 12 | Alexandra | ADV | ARR | WIN | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | |||||||||||
| 13 | Wendy | ADV | RAM | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Ari | ADV | ARR | WIN | ELIM | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Matt | ADV | BLAIS | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
| T-16 | Charity | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||
| Brittnee | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||
| T-19 | Summer | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||
| Monika | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||
| Tim | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||
| T-22 | Jennie | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||
| Daniel | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||
| Brittany | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||
†The contestant cooked the best dish overall and won safety for their team or themselves.
*The contestant cooked the best dish on their team and was selected by their mentor to win an immunity pin.
The contestant advanced to the team draft.
The contestant was on the winning team or had the winning dish.
The contestant was not on the winning team nor had the winning dish, but was not chosen for the head-to-head cook-off.
The contestant was safe due to using their immunity pin and did not compete in the head-to-head cook-off.
The contestant was at risk of elimination and won the head-to-head cook-off.
The contestant was drafted to Gordon Ramsay's team.
The contestant was drafted to Nyesha Arrington's team.
The contestant was drafted to Richard Blais' team.
The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
The contestant was eliminated during the auditions.
Episodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title [5][6] | Original air date [5][6] | Prod. code [5] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Auditions - Social Media" | January 28, 2024 | NLC-302 | 7.24[7] |
| 28 | 2 | "Auditions - Home Cooks" | February 1, 2024 | NLC-303 | 2.03[8] |
| 29 | 3 | "Auditions - Pros" | February 8, 2024 | NLC-301 | 2.11[9] |
| 30 | 4 | "The Draft/Smash Bash" | February 15, 2024 | NLC-304 | 2.09[10] |
| 31 | 5 | "Curry in a Hurry" | February 22, 2024 | NLC-305 | 1.93[11] |
| 32 | 6 | "80 Degrees and Palm Trees" | February 29, 2024 | NLC-306 | 2.02[12] |
| 33 | 7 | "On the Go" | March 7, 2024 | NLC-307 | 1.86[13] |
| 34 | 8 | "Don't Have a Cow, Man" | March 14, 2024 | NLC-308 | 1.76[14] |
| 35 | 9 | "You Wanna Pizza Me?" | March 21, 2024 | NLC-309 | 1.82[15] |
| 36 | 10 | "It's All Greek to Me" | March 28, 2024 | NLC-310 | 1.72[16] |
| 37 | 11 | "Squad Goals" | April 4, 2024 | NLC-311 | 1.93[17] |
| 38 | 12 | "Bingo, Bango, Bento!" | April 11, 2024 | NLC-312 | 1.82[18] |
| 39 | 13 | "Picture Perfect" | April 18, 2024 | NLC-313 | 1.98[19] |
| 40 | 14 | "Kombucha Kulture" | April 25, 2024 | NLC-314 | 1.79[20] |
| 41 | 15 | "Taste of Success" | May 2, 2024 | NLC-315 | 1.72[21] |
| 42 | 16 | "The Final Level" | May 9, 2024 | NLC-316 | 1.76[22] |
Ratings
edit| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Auditions - Social Media" | January 28, 2024 | Sunday 10:00 p.m. | 2.2 | 7.24 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [7] |
| 2 | "Auditions - Home Cooks" | February 1, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 2.03 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [8] |
| 3 | "Auditions - Pros" | February 8, 2024 | 0.4 | 2.11 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [9] | |
| 4 | "The Draft/Smash Bash" | February 15, 2024 | 0.4 | 2.09 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [10] | |
| 5 | "Curry in a Hurry" | February 22, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.93 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [11] | |
| 6 | "80 Degrees and Palm Trees" | February 29, 2024 | 0.3 | 2.02 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [12] | |
| 7 | "On the Go" | March 7, 2024 | 0.4 | 1.86 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [13] | |
| 8 | "Don't Have a Cow, Man" | March 14, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.76 | 0.2 | 0.89 | 0.5 | 2.65 | [14][23] | |
| 9 | "You Wanna Pizza Me?" | March 21, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.82 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [15] | |
| 10 | "It's All Greek to Me" | March 28, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.72 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [16] | |
| 11 | "Squad Goals" | April 4, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.93 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [17] | |
| 12 | "Bingo, Bango, Bento!" | April 11, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.82 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [18] | |
| 13 | "Picture Perfect" | April 18, 2024 | 0.4 | 1.98 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [19] | |
| 14 | "Kombucha Kulture" | April 25, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.79 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [20] | |
| 15 | "Taste of Success" | May 2, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.72 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [21] | |
| 16 | "The Final Level" | May 9, 2024 | 0.3 | 1.76 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [22] |
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