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Worst Cooks in America
Worst Cooks in America

Worst Cooks in America

—Celebrated chefs mentor amateur cooks in an attempt to transform them from rookies to kitchen experts. Twelve to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") with very poor cooking skills are put through a culinary boot camp to earn a cash prize of $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques, including baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. The final challenge is to cook a restaurant-quality, three-course meal for three food critics.
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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • Twenty-four of the worst home cooks in America hope to participate in a 10-day culinary boot camp.

  • The 10 recruits learn to execute five fundamental knife cuts.

  • The chefs provide a basic crêpe dish for the recruits to flavor for a blind taste test.

  • The chefs teach their team how to make fresh pasta, filling and sauce; the recruits are surprised to learn they must cater a cocktail party for 30 guests.

  • Each chef teaches two recruits a difficult dessert.

  • A winner is declared.

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4 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Spoiled Rotten: Bake It Till You Make It
    Spoiled Rotten: Fight for the Finale
    Celeb Heroes vs Villains: Real Worst Cooks of Boot Camp
    Celeb Heroes vs. Villains: Culinary Avengers
  • Spoiled Rotten: Bake It Till You Make It

    Anne Burrell and Tiffany Derry challenge the recruits to throw a fabulous soirée with appetizers and a signature cocktail to impress the VIP chefs; to finish off this celebration, the cooks take on baking and decorating beautiful layer cakes.
    Upcoming
  • Spoiled Rotten: Fight for the Finale

    Anne Burrell and Tiffany Derry's final recruits go head-to-head to create a three-course, restaurant-quality meal; after hitting a surprise twist, judges Matt Abdoo, Adrienne Cheatham and Michael Jenkins determine the winner of the $25,000 prize.
    Upcoming
  • Celeb Heroes vs Villains: Real Worst Cooks of Boot Camp

    Chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso assess the culinary carnage by asking the infamous star recruits to whip up their go-to dinner party dish; in the main dish challenge, the teams learn to butcher a whole fish and replicate an elegant seafood dish.
    Upcoming
  • Celeb Heroes vs. Villains: Culinary Avengers

    Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso challenge the teams to flex their culinary muscles and cook mussels; in the main dish challenge, the recruits tackle the tricky balance of sweet and sour pork; the bottom two must face off in a blind elimination.
    Upcoming
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Celebrated chefs mentor amateur cooks in an attempt to transform them from rookies to kitchen experts. Twelve to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") with very poor cooking skills are put through a culinary boot camp to earn a cash prize of $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques, including baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. The final challenge is to cook a restaurant-quality, three-course meal for three food critics.

Starring

Jeff Mauro, Tiffany Derry, Rich Aronovitch, Michael Berry, Tessica Brown, David Chen, NaJe' Elmore, Tina Kim, Adam Kreutinger, Paris Nicholson, Eliza Petersen, Mitchell Ralston, Sabrina Rios, Nick Trawick, Anne Burrell, Darnell Ferguson, Cliff Crooks

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