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Three Meals a Day

Three Meals a Day (Korean: 삼시세끼; RR: samsisekki) is a South Korean reality cooking show broadcast on tvN. The cast live in a small rural or fishing village for three days a week and are tasked to use whatever food they find there to cook three meals a day. They also experience village life while interacting with the locals and entertain various celebrity guests for dinner.

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Three Meals a Day
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Also known asThree Meals
Hangul
삼시세끼
Genre
Written byLee Woo-jung
Kim Dae-joo[1]
Directed byNa Young-seok
Yang Seul-gi
StarringLee Seo-jin
Ok Taec-yeon
Cha Seung-won
Yoo Hae-jin
Son Ho-jun
Eric Mun
Yoon Kyun-sang
and others
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons9
No. of episodes106
Production
Production locationSouth Korea
Running time70 – 90 minutes
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseOctober 17, 2014 (2014-10-17) 
July 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)
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Nine seasons aired from October 2014 to July 2020 on Friday nights at various time slots. Each season featured different locations and casts, according to various themes. There are four themes in total: Jeongseon Village and Fishing Village, which recur across multiple seasons; Gochang Village; and an all-female cast edition Mountain Village.

Two web spin-offs featuring various cast members of New Journey to the West were also produced and released on producer Na Young-seok's YouTube channel. Three Meals in Iceland was released from September 20 to November 29, 2019, while Three Meals a Day for Four, featuring Sechs Kies, was released from May 15 to July 24, 2020.

In October 2021, a third spin-off was released for television broadcast, featuring the cast of hit drama series Hospital Playlist.

Production

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The idea for Three Meals a Day came about from a joke on Grandpas Over Flowers, which producer-director Na Young-seok and actor Lee Seo-jin had worked together on previously. Due to his poor cooking skills while filming Grandpas Over Flowers, the production crew jokingly nicknamed Lee the "Cooking King." This became a running gag about Lee starring in a fake cooking show titled Cooking King Seo-jinnie, a parody of the popular drama series Bread, Love and Dreams, which eventually materialised into Three Meals a Day.

Lee was cast for the first season of the series, also the first of the Jeongseon Village editions, alongside former Wonderful Days co-star Ok Taecyeon.[2][3] In the second Jeongseon Village edition, former guest Kim Kwang-kyu joined the two as a regular cast member.[4] On top of the regular cooking premise, the trio were given the additional task of growing and harvesting crops from spring to early fall, with grocery shopping strictly prohibited.[5]

The first four seasons of Three Meals a Day in 2014 and 2015 alternated between the Jeongseon Village and Fishing Village editions, showcasing different seasons in different locations. Cha Seung-won, Yoo Hae-jin and Son Ho-jun formed a separate cast for the first two Fishing Village editions. In 2016, this cast filmed in a new location for the standalone Gochang Village edition, alongside new member Nam Joo-hyuk.

Later in October 2016, it was announced that Lee Seo-jin would return for a new season, a year after his last appearance in Jeongseon Village 2. New cast members Eric Mun and Yoon Kyun-sang joined him for Fishing Village 3, filmed on a new island location.[6] The same cast returned in 2017 to the same location, but were tasked with island farming instead of fishing, hence the Seaside Ranch subtitle for the fourth Fishing Village edition.

On July 1, 2019, it was confirmed that actresses Yum Jung-ah, Yoon Se-ah and Park So-dam had joined the first all-female cast for the Mountain Village edition, which began airing in August.[7][8]

In 2020, the original Fishing Village cast returned for the theme's fifth edition. Unlike previous editions, this season was filmed on an uninhabited island[9] due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the need for social distancing.

Overview

More information Season, Title ...
Season TitleLocationBroadcast dateNo. of episodesTime slot (KST)Ref.
1 Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village JSJeongseon-gun, Gangwon-doOctober 17 – December 26, 20141121:50 – 23:10
2 Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village FManjae Island (Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do)January 23 – March 20, 2015921:45 – 23:10 [10][11]
3 Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village 2 JSJeongseon-gun, Gangwon-doMay 15 – September 11, 20151821:45 – 23:25
4 Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 2 FManjae Island (Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do)October 9 – December 11, 201510
5 Three Meals a Day: Gochang VillageGochang-gun, Jeollabuk-doJuly 1 – September 16, 201612
6 Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 3 FDeukryang Island
(Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do)
October 14 – December 30, 20161221:15 – 23:00
7 Three Meals a Day: Seaside Ranch
(Fishing Village 4)
FAugust 4 – October 20, 20171221:50 – 23:25 [12]
8 Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village M Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-doAugust 9 – October 18, 20191121:10 – 23:00[13]
9 Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 5 FJukgul Island (Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do)May 1 – July 10, 20201121:10 – 23:00[14][15]
Spin-off 2 Three Meals for Four M Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do May 15 – July 24, 2020 10 Fridays, 23:00 – 23:15
Spin-off 3 Three Meals a Day: Doctors M Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do October 8, 2021 to December 3, 2021 8 Fridays, 20:50 – 22:25 [16]
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Cast

More information Name, Season(s) ...
Name Season(s) Ref.
Jeongseon VillageFishing VillageGochang VillageMountain Village
Lee Seo-jin 1 2 3 4 [17][18][19]
Ok Taec-yeon 1 2 [17][18]
Cha Seung-won 1 2 5 [20][21]
Yoo Hae-jin 1 2 5 [20][21]
Son Ho-jun 1[a] 2 5 [21][22]
Kim Kwang-kyu 2 [4]
Nam Joo-hyuk [21][23]
Eric Mun 3 4 [24][25]
Yoon Kyun-sang 3 4 [26]
Yum Jung-ah [27]
Yoon Se-ah
Park So-dam
Eun Ji-won
Jang Su-won
Kim Jae-duck
Lee Jae-jin
Jeon Mi-do [16]
Jo Jung-suk
Jung Kyung-ho
Kim Dae-myung
Yoo Yeon-seok
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In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings of the season and the red numbers represent the highest ratings of the season.

Jeongseon Village

Jeongseon Village 1

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Ep. #Broadcast DateGuest(s)AGB Ratings[28]Notes
NationwideSeoul Capital Area
1 October 17, 2014Youn Yuh-jung, Choi Hwa-jung4.287%3.979%
2 October 24, 2014 Shin Goo, Baek Il-seob5.729%6.484%
3 October 31, 2014 Kim Kwang-kyu6.697%7.765%
4 November 7, 20146.963%8.099%
Kim Ji-ho
5 November 14, 2014Ryu Seung-soo6.984%8.859%
6 November 21, 2014Go Ara7.231%9.169%
7 November 28, 2014Son Ho-jun, Choi Ji-woo7.799%8.990%[b]
8 December 5, 20148.177%9.277%[c]
Lee Soon-jae, Kim Yeong-cheol
9 December 12, 2014Lee Seung-gi, Kim Kwang-kyu8.746%9.368%
10 December 19, 20148.946%11.043%
Lee Seung-gi, Kim Kwang-kyu, Youn Yuh-jung, Choi Hwa-jung
11 December 26, 20145.748%6.274%[d]
Average 7.028% 8.119%
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In the first episode, the production crew introduces the below rules for the cast's village experience:

  • All ingredients used, except rice, must come from their farm
  • Every meal has to follow a pre-determined menu
  • Preparation for winter should be undertaken during their free time
  • Cell phones will be taken away to aid integration into farming life

Jeongseon Village 2

More information Ep. #, Broadcast Date ...
Ep. #Broadcast DateGuest(s)AGB Ratings[28]
NationwideSeoul Capital Area
1 May 15, 20157.886%8.775%
2 May 22, 2015Park Shin-hye7.477%8.006%
3 May 29, 20158.240%8.783%
4 June 5, 2015Ji Sung8.857%9.958%
5 June 12, 20158.685%10.079%
6 June 19, 2015BoA, Yoo Hae-jin8.432%9.872%
7 June 26, 201510.500%11.419%
8 July 3, 2015Kim Ha-neul11.990%13.805%
9 July 10, 201511.197%12.258%
10 July 17, 2015Choi Ji-woo12.148%15.095%
11 July 24, 201510.918%11.878%
12 July 31, 2015Son Ho-jun10.310%9.742%
13 August 7, 2015Hong Seok-cheon10.654%11.564%
14 August 14, 2015Lee Sun-kyun10.188%11.053%
15 August 21, 201511.165%12.180%
16 August 28, 2015Park Shin-hye11.112%12.091%
17 September 4, 201510.766%11.933%
18[d] September 11, 20157.351%7.468%
Average 9.882% 10.887%
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Fishing Village

Fishing Village 1

More information Ep. #, Broadcast Date ...
Ep. #Broadcast DateGuestAGB Ratings[28] Notes
NationwideSeoul Capital Area
1 January 23, 20159.676%10.052%
2 January 30, 2015Son Ho-jun10.413%12.118%
3 February 6, 201510.549%10.590% [e]
4 February 13, 201512.381%13.941%
5 February 20, 2015Jung Woo13.338%13.018%
6 February 27, 201512.810%13.658%
7 March 6, 2015Choo Sung-hoon13.042%15.086%
8 March 13, 201512.838%13.703%
9 March 20, 20158.645%8.811% [d]
Average 11.521% 12.331%
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Fishing Village 2

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Ep. #Broadcast DateGuestAGB Ratings[28]
NationwideSeoul Capital Area
1 October 9, 2015Park Hyung-sik12.815%14.258%
2 October 16, 201512.890%14.103%
3 October 23, 201511.862%13.558%
4 October 30, 2015Lee Jin-wook13.284%14.719%
5 November 6, 201511.671%11.231%
6 November 13, 201511.503%13.226%
7 November 20, 201512.336%13.015%
8 November 27, 2015Yoon Kye-sang11.600%12.700%
9 December 4, 201511.732%12.345%
10[d] December 11, 20159.677%10.522%
Average 11.937% 12.968%
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Fishing Village 3

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Ep. #Broadcast DateAGB Ratings[28]TNmS Ratings[29]
NationwideSeoul Capital AreaNationwide
1 October 14, 201611.536%11.788%13.0%
2 October 21, 20169.661%10.038%11.0%
3 October 28, 201610.587%10.306%11.6%
4 November 4, 201610.057%9.769%11.1%
5 November 11, 20169.934%9.843%10.6%
6 November 18, 201610.036%10.529%11.4%
7 November 25, 20169.685%10.369%10.6%
8 December 2, 201610.646%11.464%11.4%
9 December 9, 201610.169%11.736%11.1%
10 December 16, 201611.395%11.588%12.4%
11 December 23, 201610.866%12.527%10.6%
12[d] December 30, 20167.524%7.964%7.5%
Average 10.175% 10.660% 11.0%
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Seaside Ranch (Fishing Village 4)

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Ep. #Broadcast DateGuestAGB Ratings[28]TNmS Ratings[29] Ref.
NationwideSeoul Capital AreaNationwide
1 August 4, 2017Han Ji-min10.568%11.403%10.9% [30][31]
2 August 11, 20179.233%9.812%9.8%
3 August 18, 20179.817%11.431%10.0%
4 August 25, 2017Lee Je-hoon8.740%9.595%9.1% [32][33]
5 September 1, 20178.330%9.003%8.2%
6 September 8, 2017Seolhyun (AOA)9.116%9.388%10.0% [34][35]
7 September 15, 20178.764%9.681%8.6%
8 September 22, 2017Lee Jong-suk9.810%11.471%9.5% [36][37][38]
9 September 29, 20178.580%9.250%8.9%
10 October 6, 2017Shinhwa (Lee Min-woo, Andy Lee)9.049%9.641%7.9% [39][40]
11 October 13, 20179.085%10.162%9.0%
12 October 20, 2017 6.046%7.212%6.2% [d][41]
Average 8.928% 9.837% 9.0%
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Fishing Village 5

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Ep. #Broadcast DateGuestAGB Ratings[28]Ref.
NationwideSeoul Capital Area
1 May 1, 20209.276%8.861% [9]
2 May 8, 2020Gong Hyo-jin9.842%10.818% [42]
3 May 15, 202012.188%12.814%
4 May 22, 202011.378%12.580%
5 May 29, 2020Lee Kwang-soo11.472%12.503% [43]
6 June 5, 202010.869%12.228%
7 June 12, 202011.194%12.931%
8 June 19, 202010.981%11.645%
9 June 26, 2020Lee Seo-jin12.199%13.945% [44]
10 July 3, 202011.686%12.613%
11 July 10, 20208.594%9.427% [d]
Average 10.880% 11.851%
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Gochang Village

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Ep. #Broadcast DateAGB Ratings[28]TNmS Ratings[29]
NationwideSeoul Capital AreaNationwide
1 July 1, 201610.785%10.957%10.7%
2 July 8, 201610.181%10.572%8.8%
3 July 15, 201611.587%12.483%9.4%
4 July 22, 201610.564%11.591%10.3%
5 July 29, 201611.056%12.075%10.3%
6 August 5, 201610.194%10.127%12.0%
7 August 12, 20169.164%9.833%10.4%
8 August 19, 20168.971%9.376%11.9%
9 August 26, 201610.840%11.630%12.2%
10 September 2, 20169.478%9.306%11.3%
11 September 9, 20169.328%9.483%10.6%
12[d] September 16, 20165.178%5.244%5.7%
Average 9.777% 10.223% 10.3%
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After two Fishing Village editions, Cha Seung-won, Yoo Hae-jin and Son Ho-jun are reunited in their first inland location in Gochang-gun, joined by Nam Joo-hyuk. In order to buy groceries, they have to provide farm labour for which they are paid hourly wages. Through the series, they experience various farming activities: planting rice, rearing ducks, and picking black raspberries, watermelons, sweet potatoes, grapes, muskmelons and pears.

Mountain Village

More information Episode #, Broadcast Date ...
Episode #Broadcast DateGuestAGB Ratings[28]Ref.
NationwideSeoul Capital Area
1 August 9, 2019Jung Woo-sung7.231%7.507% [45]
2 August 16, 20197.764%7.529%
3 August 23, 20197.243%7.200%
4 August 30, 2019Oh Na-ra7.122%7.236% [46][47]
5 September 6, 20196.635%6.338%
6 September 13, 2019Nam Joo-hyuk5.614%5.683% [48][49]
7 September 20, 20196.671%6.913%
8 September 27, 20196.184%5.652%
9 October 4, 2019Park Seo-joon6.886%7.141% [50][51]
10 October 11, 20196.895%6.812%
11 October 18, 20195.280%5.001%
Average 6.684% 6.637%
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Spin-offs

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The first two spin-offs of Three Meals a Day were "hybrid" programs produced for both online release and television broadcast. Short highlight videos between 5 and 15 minutes were broadcast on tvN, with the full episodes released on "Channel 15ya" (Korean: 채널 십오야; RR: chaeneol siboya), a YouTube channel run by producer Na Young-seok and his team. Both spin-offs were born from New Journey to the West, another series produced by producer Na, and feature some of its cast.

In October 2021, a third spin-off was released for television broadcast featuring the main cast of drama series Hospital Playlist: Jo Jung-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho, Kim Dae-myung and Jeon Mi-do.[52] The series is titled Wise Mountain Village Life (Korean: 슬기로운 산촌생활), borrowing on the drama's title, but is commonly known in English as Three Meals a Day: Doctors.

More information Title, Cast ...
Title CastLocationWeb release date Television time slot (KST)No. of episodes
Three Meals a Day in Iceland
(Korean: 삼시세끼: 아이슬란드 간 세끼)
Lee Soo-geun, Eun Ji-wonIcelandSeptember 20 – November 29, 2019 Fridays, 22:40 – 22:4512
Three Meals a Day for Four
(Korean: 삼시네세끼)
Eun Ji-won, Lee Jai-jin, Kim Jae-duck, Jang Su-won
(Members of Sechs Kies)
Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-doMay 15 – July 24, 2020 Fridays, 23:00 – 23:1511
Three Meals a Day: Doctors
(Korean: 슬기로운 산촌생활)
Jo Jung-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho, Kim Dae-myung and Jeon Mi-doOctober 8, 2021 to December 3, 2021 Fridays, 20:50 – 22:259
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More information Season, Episode number ...
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
123456789
Doctors1.8141.5351.6211.5721.3581.5981.4101.1441.0551.456
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More information Ep. #, Broadcast Date ...
Ep. #Broadcast DateGuestAGB Ratings[28]
NationwideSeoul Capital Area
1 October 8, 20216.700%7.789%
2 October 15, 2021Shin Hyun-been5.542%6.369%
3 October 22, 2021Shin Hyun-been, Kim Hae-sook5.901%6.678%
4 October 29, 20215.474%6.637%
5 November 5, 2021Shin Won-ho5.482%6.316%
6 November 12, 2021Bae Hyun-sung, Cho Yi-hyun6.225%6.881%
7 November 19, 20215.401%5.781%
Jung Moon-sung
8 November 26, 2021Jung Moon-sung, Ahn Eun-jin4.226%4.603%
9[d] December 3, 20214.033%4.798%
Average 5.443% 6.206%
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Three Meals a Day - Doctors: South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[53]
In the table above, the blue number represents the lowest ratings and the red number represents the highest ratings.

Reception

Three Meals a Day drew a great response from Korean viewers and became a trending topic numerous times on Naver, a Korean search portal. It received viewership ratings of 6%, which is high for Korean cable television for which a 1% rating is considered a success.[54]

Originally 8 episodes were planned for the first season, but the show was extended by two episodes. A "director's cut" epilogue also aired, for a total of 11 episodes.[55]

The table below charts viewership numbers according to Nielsen Korea; data for 2017 and earlier is not provided. Individual episode ratings can be viewed by season in the episode lists above.

More information Season, Episode number ...
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
1234567891011
Mountain Village1.8371.9911.8441.7251.8221.4201.7221.4481.6951.7071.2741.680
Fishing Village 52.4922.6253.1793.0262.8282.7512.8062.9493.0842.9872.1042.803
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Three Meals a Day: South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[56]

Awards and nominations

More information Year, Award ...
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult Ref.
2015
9th Cable TV Broadcasting Awards
Best Production in Creative ContentNa Young-seokWon [57]
Grand Prize (Television)Na Young-seokWon [58]
Best Entertainment ProgramThree Meals a DayNominated
2016Grand Prize (Daesang), VarietyThree Meals a Day: Fishing Village 1, 2Won [59]
Grand Prize (Daesang), Variety PerformerLee Seo-jin
(Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village)
Won
Best Content Award, VarietyThree Meals a DayWon
Variety IconCha Seung-won and Yoo Hae-jin
(Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 1, 2)
Nominated
Lee Seo-jin
(Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village)
Nominated
Made in tvN, Actor in VarietySon Ho-jun
(Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 1, 2)
Won
Variety "Slave" AwardKim Kwang-kyu
(Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village 2)
Nominated
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Notes

  1. Son Ho-jun initially appeared as a guest for episodes 2 and 3, but stayed on as a main cast for the rest of the season. He replaced Jang Keun-suk, who was edited out from the first 4 episodes and eventually left the show following tax evasion allegations.
  2. Taec-yeon was unable to join the shoot due to 2PM's world tour and only makes a brief appearance in this episode.
  3. Taec-yeon was absent in this episode due to 2PM's world tour.
  4. Son Ho-jun featured as a guest until episode 3, joining the regular cast from episode 4.

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