For this season, Youn again met chef Lee Won-il and Hong Seok-cheon for advice and received further know-how on restaurant operations.

While the initial plan was to produce the third season of Youn's Kitchen, the cast and crew weren't able to travel abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and shutdown in 2020.

Instead of opening a small Korean restaurant overseas, the production choose to open a traditional hanok guest house in South Jeolla Province in Korea to share part of the Korean culture to the guests who were mainly foreigners.

He starred in Summer Vacation alongside Jung Yu-mi earlier in the year[12] and is known for the highly awarded movie Parasite in which actor Park Seo-joon also played.

[16] Titled Ai's Kitchen, the cast include Sylvia Chang as the owner, Tony Yang as the manager, Alice Ko as co-chef, and Darren Wang as the bartender.