The third season of the American competitive reality television series Top Chef VIP premiered on Telemundo on May 21, 2024.

Belén Alonso and Inés Páez Nin replaced Adria Marina Montaño and Juan Manuel Barrientos as judges.

In a charades-like game, one partner was chosen to draw and act out the ingredients of a dish, while the other prepared it based on the indications given.

In a treasure hunt-like game, the teams must follow clues to find the ingredients that will allow them to complete their menu, consisting of an appetizer, a main course and a dessert.

Before the Safety Challenge began, José María's secret advantage was revealed: to swap one of the celebrities in danger of elimination for one of those who are safe.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, have 60 minutes to make hot dogs with a side dish.

Pancho, having finished first in the skills challenge, had the advantage of assigning proteins to his competitors and how many minutes to take off their cooking time.

The proteins assigned and minutes reduced by Pancho were: Team Challenge: Working in trios, the celebrities must prepare two dishes with the ingredients they find in the judges' refrigerators.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, had 45 minutes to prepare a dish with the judges' most loved or most hated ingredient.

Due to the odd number of contestants, a knife draw granted Alicia automatic immunity from elimination and she did not have to compete in the challenge.

The protein chosen and minutes reduced from their cooking time were: Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare a dish with corn as the main ingredient.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities are divided into two turns and in 60 minutes cook a dish with the help of their friends and family.

Safety Challenge: The celebrities, working in teams, were given 75 minutes to prepare a family-style meal that included a savory and a sweet dish.

Due to the odd number of competitors, Pancho pulled a special knife that allowed him to automatically advance to the Immunity Challenge.

After entering the black box, which covered the celebrities in total darkness, each team had three minutes to taste, smell and feel a mystery dish.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities must keep up with guest judge Chef Gerardo Vázquez Lugo in recreating his dish of coastal marinated fish.

In order to purchase ingredients, the celebrities played carnival games to win points to spend in the pantry.

Elimination Challenge: Carolina, David and Polo were asked to prepare a dish using beans as their main ingredient.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were given 45 minutes to prepare a side dish typically found in an American diner.

Quickfire Challenge: Team captains José María and Paty were asked to prepare three different appetizers, each using a different insect as the main ingredient.

Elimination Challenge: Gary, Jason and Pancho were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using eggplant as their main ingredient.

Restaurant Wars Challenge: The celebrities were split into five pairs and were responsible for running a food truck, each one serving different meals.

In the first part, each team member was assigned a prep task: cut a chicken breast into eight cutlets, supreme three oranges, and peel four yuca's.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in teams, had 60 minutes to prepare two dishes, one sweet and one savory, with cocoa as the main ingredient.

Immunity Challenge: Inspired by the reality competition series La isla: desafío extremo, the celebrities were given 45 minutes to prepare a dish using heart of palm as the main ingredient.

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare any dish, but had to share the same fire pit, with the option of using a griddle and a kamado grill.

Semifinal Qualification Challenge #1: Alicia, Gary, José María and Niño were asked to prepare a dish with cheese as the main ingredient.

Semifinal Qualification Challenge #2: Alicia, Gary and Niño were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using apples as the main ingredient.

Semifinal: David, José María, Gary, Natalia and Niño were given 75 minutes to prepare six servings of a dish that used ingredients from Colombian cuisine.

World-renowned chefs Denise Monroy, Francis Pena, and Pablo Bonilla served as guest judges.