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Worst Cooks in America

★ 6.6 (29 votes) | 2010 | 0h 42m
RealityComedy
Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Returning Series
  • First Air Date January 3, 2010
  • Last Air Date February 2, 2025
  • Seasons 29
  • Episodes 212
  • Networks Food Network

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Seasons

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Specials

3 episodes

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Season 1

6 episodes • 2010

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Season 2

8 episodes • 2011

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Season 3

8 episodes • 2012

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Season 4

7 episodes • 2013

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Season 5

7 episodes • 2014

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Season 6

7 episodes • 2015

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Season 7

6 episodes • 2015

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Season 8

7 episodes • 2016

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Season 9

8 episodes • 2016

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Season 10

10 episodes • 2017

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Season 11

8 episodes • 2017

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Season 12

10 episodes • 2018

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Season 13

6 episodes • 2018

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Season 14

7 episodes • 2018

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Season 15

9 episodes • 2019

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Celebrity Edition

7 episodes • 2019

Worst Cooks in America is a reality competition show on the Food Network. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants with poor cooking skills 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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Season 17

8 episodes • 2019

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Season 18
Season 18

10 episodes • 2020

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Celebrity Edition
Celebrity Edition

6 episodes • 2020

Tyler Florence returns to Boot Camp to battle Anne Burrell. Anne and Tyler are back to whip a fresh cast of all-star cooking nightmares into culinary shape in a brand-new season of Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition

Season 20
Season 20

8 episodes • 2020

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Season 21

8 episodes • 2021

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Season 22

6 episodes • 2021

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Season 23
Season 23

8 episodes • 2022

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Celebrity Edition
Celebrity Edition

7 episodes • 2022

Chef Anne Burrell and Jeff Mauro host a star-studded season of Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition with a funky-fresh batch of recruits who dominated Hollywood and won hearts in the '90s. But when it comes to cooking, these stars are totally buggin'.

Viral Sensations
Viral Sensations

8 episodes • 2023

Anne Burrell and New Co-Host Darnell Ferguson Transform the new Cast of Social Media Stars from Cooking Disasters to Kitchen Masters in Worst Cooks in America: Viral Sensations.

Love at First Bite
Love at First Bite

8 episodes • 2023

Chefs Anne Burrell and Jeff Mauro are teaming up once again for “Worst Cooks in America: Love at First Bite.” The romantically themed Food Network will spotlight eligible singles specializing in the tastes of love.

Spoiled Rotten
Spoiled Rotten

7 episodes • 2024

For the first time, Chef Tiffany Derry joins Chef Anne Burrell to lead culinary boot camp and help pampered competitors trade in their silver spoons for spatulas in Worst Cooks in America: Spoiled Rotten. From grown men whose mothers still prepare their meals to indulged nepo babies and food delivery divas, these recruits have never had to fend for themselves - until now.

Celeb Heroes vs. Villains
Celeb Heroes vs. Villains

7 episodes • 2025

Returning mentor Chef Jeff Mauro welcomes newcomer Chef Antonia Lofaso to transform these culinary disasters into cooking masters with each leading their own team of meal-making misfits.

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Talented & Terrible

7 episodes • 2025

The new season, dubbed Worst Cooks in America: Talented and Terrible, showcases recruits who are professional performers and used to stealing the spotlight, but in the kitchen, they are dishing out disasters. Anne Burrell is joined by the boot camp's newest mentor, chef Gabe Bertaccini, as they work together to turn these culinary flops into food masters.

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