{"id":12516,"date":"2026-10-31T14:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kdramakopi.com\/?p=12516"},"modified":"2026-10-31T14:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:13:56","slug":"final-table-episode-3-ahn-hyo-seop-recruits-his-last-chef-and-faces-off-against-the-rival-he-has-already-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kdramakopi.com\/en\/final-table-episode-3-ahn-hyo-seop-recrute-son-dernier-chef-et-retrouve-le-rival-quil-a-deja-battu\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abFinal Table\u00bb Episode 3: Ahn Hyo-seop Recruits His Last Chef and Faces Off Against the Rival He Has Already Defeated"},"content":{"rendered":"

The competition hasn't started yet, but things are already picking up for the Famiglia team. In Episode 3 of \u00ab Final Table<\/a> \u00bb, which airs this Saturday, Kang Han and Choi Song-yi must quickly round out their team. And on the show's set, the chef runs into an old rival who is determined to get his revenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warning: Spoilers for previous episodes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kang Han stays\u2026 and takes the reins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Episode 2, Choi Song-yi (Hong Hwa-yeon<\/a>) had run to the airport to stop Kang Han (Ahn Hyo-seop<\/a>) to go to the United States. His plea paid off: the head of engineering agreed to become Famiglia\u2019s head chef and to participate in \u00abThe Table: K-Chef 2026,\u00bb the competition to crown the best Korean chef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hurdle, even before registration: the rules require teams of four. But Famiglia has only three cooks: Kang Han, Choi Song-yi, and Choi Doo-young (Kim Jae-hwa), Song-yi\u2019s aunt, who has only one year of cooking experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the recruitment process is shaping up to be complicated. The open conflict between Famiglia and the powerful Pyeongyeon Group\u2014the contest\u2019s organizer, which Song-yi accuses of being responsible for her father\u2019s death\u2014is scaring off candidates. No one wants to risk retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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One Candidate, a High-Stakes Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Only one application eventually comes in: that of Park Geon-woo, played by Lee Bong-jun. The new footage shows the interview, during which the Famiglia trio subjects him to a rigorous evaluation to assess his skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yet, despite their piercing stares, the contestant remains completely relaxed. This confidence may be due to his background: a specialist in desserts and cold dishes, he is also a sommelier specializing in traditional Korean liquors and ran his own restaurant at just 23 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Showdown with Cha Woo-jin Finally Explained<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The episode also features the first real face-off between Kang Han and his archrival, Cha Woo-jin (Chang Ryul), the perfectionist chef at the helm of the country\u2019s best restaurant. On the set of \u00abThe Table,\u00bb even before the competition begins, the two men trade barbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We finally learn the origin of their rivalry. At an international cooking competition, Kang Han took first place, while Cha Woo-jin had to settle for second. It\u2019s a defeat that Kang Han never fails to rub in his face. This sheds light on the line from the first teaser, in which he claimed that his rival would lose to him \u00abagain.\u00bb But Cha Woo-jin is convinced that, this time, victory will be his.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a witness to this shared past, Seon Jung-won (Jung Eugene), the executive producer at Pyeongyeon Media, might well use it to spice up her show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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