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.
Network: Food Network
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Cast
Anne Burrell
Seasons
Season 1
6 episodes · Jan 3, 2010
Season 2
8 episodes · Jan 2, 2011
Season 3
8 episodes · Feb 12, 2012
Season 4
7 episodes · Feb 17, 2013
Season 5
7 episodes · Feb 17, 2014
Season 6
7 episodes · Jan 4, 2015
Season 7
6 episodes · Sep 23, 2015
Season 8
7 episodes · Jan 3, 2016
Season 9
8 episodes · Sep 14, 2016
Season 10
10 episodes · Jan 1, 2017
Season 11
8 episodes · Aug 23, 2017
Season 12
10 episodes · Jan 7, 2018
Season 13
6 episodes · Apr 15, 2018
Season 14
7 episodes · Aug 13, 2018
Season 15
9 episodes · Jan 6, 2019
Celebrity Edition
7 episodes · Apr 21, 2019
Season 17
8 episodes · Aug 4, 2019
Season 18
10 episodes · Jan 5, 2020
Celebrity Edition
6 episodes · May 10, 2020
Season 20
8 episodes · Jun 21, 2020
Season 21
8 episodes · Jan 3, 2021
Season 22
6 episodes · Apr 25, 2021
Season 23
8 episodes · Jan 5, 2022
Celebrity Edition
7 episodes · Apr 24, 2022
Viral Sensations
8 episodes · Jan 1, 2023
Love at First Bite
8 episodes · Aug 6, 2023
Spoiled Rotten
7 episodes · Jan 7, 2024
Celeb Heroes vs. Villains
7 episodes · Jan 5, 2025
Talented & Terrible
7 episodes · Jul 28, 2025
Reality Check
7 episodes · Jan 4, 2026
