# Next Level Chef (American TV series) season 3

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.
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

On 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. 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. The program aired on Thursday nights, with a Sunday rebroadcast from February 11, 2024, that Fox used to burn off in case of NASCAR overrun.

## Chefs

Note: The list below only includes chefs that made it onto the show after qualifying via an audition.
| Contestant | Age | Status | Hometown/Home country | Result |
| 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 | Runners-up May 9 |
| Zach Laidlaw | 34 | Professional chef | Maui, Hawai'i | Runners-up May 9 |
| Gabi Chappel | 29 | Social media chef | Brooklyn, New York | Winner May 9 |

## Elimination table

| Place | Contestant | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Place | Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T-16 | Joe | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T-16 | Brittnee | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T-19 | Summer | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T-19 | Monika | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T-19 | Tim | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T-22 | Jennie | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T-22 | Daniel | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T-22 | 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.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 27 | 1 | "Auditions - Social Media" | January 28, 2024 (2024-01-28) | NLC-302 | 7.24 |
| 28 | 2 | "Auditions - Home Cooks" | February 1, 2024 (2024-02-01) | NLC-303 | 2.03 |
| 29 | 3 | "Auditions - Pros" | February 8, 2024 (2024-02-08) | NLC-301 | 2.11 |
| 30 | 4 | "The Draft/Smash Bash" | February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15) | NLC-304 | 2.09 |
| 31 | 5 | "Curry in a Hurry" | February 22, 2024 (2024-02-22) | NLC-305 | 1.93 |
| 32 | 6 | "80 Degrees and Palm Trees" | February 29, 2024 (2024-02-29) | NLC-306 | 2.02 |
| 33 | 7 | "On the Go" | March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07) | NLC-307 | 1.86 |
| 34 | 8 | "Don't Have a Cow, Man" | March 14, 2024 (2024-03-14) | NLC-308 | 1.76 |
| 35 | 9 | "You Wanna Pizza Me?" | March 21, 2024 (2024-03-21) | NLC-309 | 1.82 |
| 36 | 10 | "It's All Greek to Me" | March 28, 2024 (2024-03-28) | NLC-310 | 1.72 |
| 37 | 11 | "Squad Goals" | April 4, 2024 (2024-04-04) | NLC-311 | 1.93 |
| 38 | 12 | "Bingo, Bango, Bento!" | April 11, 2024 (2024-04-11) | NLC-312 | 1.82 |
| 39 | 13 | "Picture Perfect" | April 18, 2024 (2024-04-18) | NLC-313 | 1.98 |
| 40 | 14 | "Kombucha Kulture" | April 25, 2024 (2024-04-25) | NLC-314 | 1.79 |
| 41 | 15 | "Taste of Success" | May 2, 2024 (2024-05-02) | NLC-315 | 1.72 |
| 42 | 16 | "The Final Level" | May 9, 2024 (2024-05-09) | NLC-316 | 1.76 |

## Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Next Level Chef (American TV series) season 3 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Auditions - Social Media" | January 28, 2024 | Sunday 10:00 p.m. | 2.2 | 7.24 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | "Auditions - Home Cooks" | February 1, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 2.03 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | "Auditions - Pros" | February 8, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 2.11 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | "The Draft/Smash Bash" | February 15, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 2.09 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 5 | "Curry in a Hurry" | February 22, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.93 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | "80 Degrees and Palm Trees" | February 29, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 2.02 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | "On the Go" | March 7, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 1.86 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | "Don't Have a Cow, Man" | March 14, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.76 | 0.2 | 0.89 | 0.5 | 2.65 |
| 9 | "You Wanna Pizza Me?" | March 21, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.82 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 10 | "It's All Greek to Me" | March 28, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.72 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 11 | "Squad Goals" | April 4, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.93 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 12 | "Bingo, Bango, Bento!" | April 11, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.82 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 13 | "Picture Perfect" | April 18, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 1.98 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 14 | "Kombucha Kulture" | April 25, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.79 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 15 | "Taste of Success" | May 2, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.72 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 16 | "The Final Level" | May 9, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 1.76 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |