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Worst Cooks in America

2010 – present · Food Network
30 seasons · 226 episodes
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Reality
Comedy

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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.

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This season, Chefs Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry are on a mission to transform an all-star cast from cooking disasters to kitchen masters with an intense culinary boot camp like no other. Each chef takes a team of celebrity recruits through their paces with entertainment-themed challenges including Blockbuster Bites, The Worst Lotus and Agents of Flavor, but only the last competitor standing wins $25,000 for the charity of their choice and bragging rights for their mentor.

SERIES CAST

Anne Burrell
Self - Host
Tyler Florence
Self - Host
Bobby Flay
Himself
Alton Brown
Self - Host
Robert Irvine
Self - Host
Alex Guarnaschelli
Self - Host
Darnell Ferguson
Self - Co Host
Jeff Mauro
Self - Co Host

DETAILS

Status
Returning Series
Type
Reality
First aired
Jan 3, 2010
Original language
EN
Production
Optomen Productions, All3Media America, Objective Media Group, Optomen Television
Country
US

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