Paik Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King () is a South Korean cooking-variety program which has been broadcast since August 28, 2015.
From July 21, 2017, the program was spun off to Paik Jong-won's Food Truck.
Since January 5, 2018, it was again spun off to Paik Jong-won's Alley Restaurant.
Broadcast Timeline Broadcast Period Broadcast Time (KST) Remark August 28, 2015 – January 22, 2016 Fridays at 23:25 80 minutes January 30, 2016 – April 8, 2017 Saturdays at 18:10 110 minutes April 14, 2017 – June 9, 2017 Fridays at 23:20 Two consecutive parts (40 minutes/part) June 16, 2017 – July 14, 2017 80 minutes
Cast Main host Main host Paik Jong-won (Episodes 1–94) Kim Jun-hyun (Episodes 1–94) Lee Hwi-jae (Episodes 1–62) Hani (EXID) (Episodes 22–51) Soyou (Sistar) (Episodes 52–62) Lee Si-young (Episodes 62–90) Fixed guest Kim Ji-min (Episodes 34–94) (Episodes 42–59)
Special host Twice (Tzuyu, Dahyun) (Episode 27) Hong Jin-young (Episode 28) Jung Eun-ji (Apink) (Episode 29) (Episode 30) Han Chae-ah (Episodes 91–94)
List of Episodes 2015
Episode Broadcast Date Food Theme Main Guests Remark 1 August 28 Pork bulgogi , , Kim Woo-joo, 2 September 4 Dak-bokkeum-tang Dreamcatcher, , 3 September 11 Tteok-bokki April 4 September 18 Tonkatsu Unicorn 5 September 25 Kal-guksu Sonamoo 6 October 2 Nakji-bokkeum Jjarimongttang 7 October 9 Bibimbap Melody Day 8 October 16 Barbecue chicken , , 9 October 23 Jjamppong Berry Good 10 November 6 Spicy Pork TAHITI 11 November 13 Gukbap Laboum 12 November 20 Budae-jjigae SEVENTEEN 13 November 27 Jeon Twice 14 December 4 Jajangmyeonida BESTie 15 December 11 Korean fried chicken 16 December 18 Guksup Lovelyz 17 December 25 Tteok-bokki (part 2) GFriend
2016
Episode Broadcast Date Food Theme Main Guests Remark 18 January 1 Samgyeopsal , Laboum 19 January 8 Jokbal Hong Jin-young, April 20 January 15 Haejang-guk EXID 21 January 22 Top 3 Chef King's Most Preferred Menus , Twice 22 January 30 Pork ribs Fiestar First episode of Hani as host 23 February 6 Mandu Red Velvet 24 February 13 Sundae Dal Shabet 25 February 20 Tangsuyuk Cao Lu (Fiestar), Lee Soo-min, Laboum 26 February 27 Guksu (part 2) MADTOWN, 4Minute (Jihyun, Sohyun) 27 March 5 Samgyeopsal (part 2) Kim Ji-min, Twice Special host: Twice (Tzuyu, Dahyun) 28 March 12 Gomguk Kim Ji-min, Fiestar, NU'EST Special host: Hong Jin-young 29 March 19 Dak-galbi Baro (B1A4), , Oh My Girl Special host: Jung Eun-ji (Apink) 30 March 26 Tonkatsu (part 2) , , , , Special host: 31 April 2 Gimbap Mamamoo, Jang Do-yeon 32 April 9 Bread , Cosmic Girls 33 April 16 Jajangmyeon (part 2) HEYNE, Laboum 34 April 23 Squid Ladies' Code First episode of Kim Ji-min as fixed guest 35 April 30 Bulgogi BtoB 36 May 7 Barbecue chicken (part 2) Twice, CLC 37 May 14 Ramyeon Andy Lee (Shinhwa), Teen Top 38 May 21 Naengmyeon B1A4 39 May 28 Mulhoe (Spicy Raw Fish Soup) VIXX 40 June 4 Chicken (Dak-gomtang, Samgye-tang, Chicken in a hot pot) Oh My Girl, 41 June 11 Summer Guksu Boys Republic, Park Bo-ram 42 June 18 The Meal of Life , First episode of as fixed guest 43 June 25 Gamja-tang Laboum 44 July 2 Partner Special Choi Hwa-jung, Lee Keun-Ho, Kim Heung-gook, Andy Lee (Shinhwa) 45 July 9 Summer Vacation Special 46 July 16 Bunsik Cosmic Girls, Soyou (Sistar) 47 July 23 Market Special DIA 48 July 30 Cinema Paradise Special Gugudan 49 August 6 Olympic Special Brave Girls, Kim Yeon-koung 50 August 13 Fire Fighters Special 51 August 20 1st Anniversary Special Laboum Last episode of Hani as host 52 August 27 Jokbal & Dakbal Ha Jae-sook, Kangnam (M.I.B) First episode of Soyou as co-host 53 September 3 Seafood Kal-guksu & Eotang (Fish stew) 54 September 10 Jeon & Pizza Choi Jung-woo, Alberto Mondi 55 September 17 Best of Best Restaurants' Highlights Re-broadcast some parts of the previous episodes 56 September 24 Mandu & Sujebi Sam Okyere, Kwon Hyuk-soo 57 October 8 Jajangmyeon & Jjamppong Lee Guk-joo, Heo Young-ji 58 October 15 Tteok-bokki & Sundae Ji Sang-ryeol, Jun Hyo-seong (Secret) 59 October 22 Busan Special Kim Kwang-kyu, Bora (Sistar) 60 October 29 Pork ribs & Bossam Kim Kwang-kyu, Cheng Xiao (Cosmic Girls) Last episode of as fixed guest 61 November 5 Udon & Tonkatsu Kim Joon-ho, Twice (Dahyun, Chaeyoung) 62 November 19 Jjimdak & Korean fried chicken Lee Jun-hyeok, Apink (Jung Eun-ji, Oh Ha-young) Last episode of Lee Hwi-jae as host and Soyou as co-host 63 December 3 Winter Bunsik Defconn, Sandeul (B1A4) First episode of Lee Si-young as host 64 December 10 Haejang-guk (part 2) Gong Myung, Min Jin-woong 65 December 17 Ramyeon & Hamburger Park Chul-min, Tei, YooA (Oh My Girl) 66 December 24 Gopchang & Nakji Kang Min-kyung (Davichi), Oh Dae-hwan 67 December 31 Pasta & Hamburg steak Jinyoung (B1A4), Kim Yoon-ah (Jaurim) New Year's Eve Special
2017
Episode Broadcast Date Food Theme Main Guests Remark 68 January 7 Jeonju's Five Flavors BTS (Jin, J-Hope) 69 January 14 World Guksu I.O.I (Chaeyeon (DIA), Sejeong (Gugudan)), Thunder 70 January 21 National Jjigae Tony An, Shoo (S.E.S.) 71 January 28 Winter Health Food , AOA (Choa, Mina) Seollal Special 72 February 4 Bapdoduk (Rice Thief) Kangnam, Jeon Hye-bin 73 February 11 Daegu's Five Flavor Alleys , Key (SHINee), Irene (Red Velvet) 74 February 18 Beef Kim Wan-sun, Kim Jong-min, Kim Dong-jun (ZE:A), DinDin 75 February 25 Kkochi Park Na-rae, Kim Joon-ho, Mina Fujii 76 March 4 University's Restaurant Special BtoB (Sungjae, Peniel), Shin (Cross Gene), Hong Jin-young 77 March 11 Spring Special Choi Min-yong, Jessi, Eric Nam, GFriend (Yerin, Yuju) 78 March 18 Spicy Flavor Special Sandara Park, Jung Yong-hwa (CNBLUE), Shindong (Super Junior), Solbin (Laboum), Dawon (SF9) 79 March 25 Jeju Province Special Girl's Day 80 April 1 Taxi Drivers' Favorite Restaurant Special Jang Yun-jeong, Hyoyeon (Girls' Generation), SEVENTEEN (Mingyu, Seungkwan) 81 April 8 Mountain Climbing Road Special , , Nara (Hello Venus), Kim Dong-hyun 82 April 14 School Bunsik Red Velvet (Seulgi, Irene), Roy Kim, DinDin 83 April 21 Travel to Jeollanam-do Son Hoyoung (g.o.d), Jeong Jinwoon (2AM), WINNER (Lee Seung-hoon, Kang Seung-yoon) 84 April 28 Gangwon-do's Flavor Special Noh Sa-yeon, Hong Soo-hyun, P. O (Block B) 85 May 5 Pork Party Kim Yong-man, Lee Jung-shin (CNBLUE), Jimin (AOA), Rowoon (SF9) 86 May 12 Pojangmacha Oh Yoon-ah, (, Kang Joon-woo) 87 May 19 Adult-only Flavor Special Twice 88 May 26 Food Pairings with Beer HIGHLIGHT (except Yoon Doo-joon) 89 June 2 World Cuisine Festival Kim Tae-woo (g.o.d), Park So-hyun, Johyun (Berry Good) 90 June 9 Naeng-guksu Special Gummy, Choi Yoon-young, Heo Kyung-hwan Last episode of Lee Si-young as host 91 June 16 Tokyo Eating Tour Kim Young-chul, Gugudan (Sejeong, Nayoung) First episode of Han Chae-ah as special host Kim Young-chul became the special chef to make monjayaki 92 June 23 Hong Kong Special Kim Min-jong, Hwang Chi-yeul, Solar (Mamamoo) 93 June 30 Beef Special F.T. Island (Lee Hong-gi, Choi Jong-hoon), Kyungri (Nine Muses), Parc Jae-jung 94 July 7 Chinese cuisine's Partner Menu Kang Susie, Chae Yeon, iKON (Jay, Bobby) Last episode of Kim Jun-hyun as host, Han Chae-ah as special host, Kim Ji-min as fixed guest 95 July 14 "The Nations' Big Three" Format's Highlights no guest End of the format "The Nations' Big Three"
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result2016 10th SBS Entertainment Awards PD Award Kim Jun-hyun Top Excellence Award in Talk Show Rookie Award, Female Lee Si-young Special Award Paik Jong-won Best Couple Award Paik Jong-won and Kim Jun-hyun 2017 11th SBS Entertainment Awards Achievement Award Paik Jong-won
References
External links The Nations' Big Three on SBS official website