第3季原班成员朴智允、喜剧演员张度练、MC Jae Jae、歌手Bibi和崔艺娜继续出演。 制作前两季的郑钟渊PD离开，从第一季开始就加入的林秀晶PD接任。编剧杨英熙、舞台导演黄宇泽和艺术总监张妍玉仍在。
每年日本申请专利的新品种食材多达千种，《头号食谱》节目组将挖掘这些新品类食材，并邀请全国知名大厨为新食材首创一道食谱，最终将由美食评审团现场试吃点评，选出每期神奇食材的"头号食谱"。 There is a huge number of ingredients in the world. What we usually eat is just a small part of them… In this show, great chefs cook unknown ingredients that they have never seen. The ingredient looks/tastes strange. The chef is firstly surprised at such an unknown, but gradually grasps ...
