Worst Cooks in America
12 to 16 contestants with poor cooking skills are taken through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000. 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.
Episodes
1The Perfect Bird
Jan 6, 2019
Fifteen bad cooks enter boot camp with dreams of putting their kitchen nightmares behind them. Chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence want to see what they are dealing with so they begin by asking the recruits to make their signature dishes.
2Eggtastic
Jan 13, 2019
The remaining recruits enter boot camp to find it has been transformed into a casino complete with a game of egg roulette.
3Cowboy Cuisine
Jan 20, 2019
The recruits enter boot camp and discover that they will be going back to the basics with meat-and-potatoes challenges.
4Meat Me at the Game
Jan 27, 2019
The teams go head-to-head in a potato-sack relay race to collect ingredients for game-day meatballs.
5Spice Up Your Life
Feb 3, 2019
The recruits begin by getting up-close and personal with their spice cabinets in a "Skill Drill" game that requires the teams to identify various commonly used spices.
6Carnival Chaos
Feb 10, 2019
After finding that boot camp has been turned into a carnival, the recruits are asked to participate in a pie-eating contest for the chance to dunk their opponent's chef.
7Aloha, Recruits!
Feb 17, 2019
The recruits begin by embarking on a treasure hunt fit for a pirate when their teams are tasked with discovering clues left for them by pirate captains Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence.
8In It to Win It
Feb 24, 2019
It's the penultimate week of boot camp and if the remaining recruits want a spot in the finale, they must first work in teams to play Remote Control Chef.
9The Day We've Been Waiting For
Mar 3, 2019
The final two recruits learn a three-course, restaurant-quality meal before the Main Dish Challenge; judges Debi Mazar, Michael Psilakis and Jessica Tom take the recruits' dishes into a blind taste test to determine the $25,000 grand prize winner.
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