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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.

  • Status: Returning Series
  • Original Language: en
  • In Production: Yes
  • Number of Seasons: 30
  • Number of Episodes: 219
  • First Air Date: 2010-01-03

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Name: Lights, Camera, Boot Camp

Air Date: 2026-01-04

Overview: The newest batch of celebrity recruits are trading scripts for spatulas as they enter culinary boot camp. Chefs Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry are ready to mold these stars into kitchen MVPs -- but first, they need to see what they're working with. In the baseline challenge, the celebs whip up red-carpet-worthy dishes to show off (or expose) their culinary chops. Then, in the main dish challenge, the chefs turn up the heat and teach their teams bold and spicy piri piri chicken. Some recruits rise to the occasion, while others fizzle out. The least successful celebs must face off in a blind elimination cook-off, and only one will survive to cook another day.

Seasons

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Season 0: Specials

Air Date: N/A

Episode Count: 3

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Season 1: Season 1

Air Date: 2010-01-03

Episode Count: 6

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Season 2: Season 2

Air Date: 2011-01-02

Episode Count: 8

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Season 3: Season 3

Air Date: 2012-02-12

Episode Count: 8

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Season 4: Season 4

Air Date: 2013-02-17

Episode Count: 7

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Season 5: Season 5

Air Date: 2014-02-17

Episode Count: 7

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Season 6: Season 6

Air Date: 2015-01-04

Episode Count: 7

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Season 7: Season 7

Air Date: 2015-09-23

Episode Count: 6

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Season 8: Season 8

Air Date: 2016-01-03

Episode Count: 7

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Season 9: Season 9

Air Date: 2016-09-14

Episode Count: 8

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Season 10: Season 10

Air Date: 2017-01-01

Episode Count: 10

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Season 11: Season 11

Air Date: 2017-08-23

Episode Count: 8

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Season 12: Season 12

Air Date: 2018-01-07

Episode Count: 10

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Season 13: Season 13

Air Date: 2018-04-15

Episode Count: 6

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Season 14: Season 14

Air Date: 2018-08-13

Episode Count: 7

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Season 15: Season 15

Air Date: 2019-01-06

Episode Count: 9

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Season 16: Celebrity Edition

Air Date: 2019-04-21

Episode Count: 7

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: Season 17

Air Date: 2019-08-04

Episode Count: 8

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Season 18: Season 18

Air Date: 2020-01-05

Episode Count: 10

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Season 19: Celebrity Edition

Air Date: 2020-05-10

Episode Count: 6

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

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Season 20: Season 20

Air Date: 2020-06-21

Episode Count: 8

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Season 21: Season 21

Air Date: 2021-01-03

Episode Count: 8

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Season 22: Season 22

Air Date: 2021-04-25

Episode Count: 6

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Season 23: Season 23

Air Date: 2022-01-05

Episode Count: 8

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Season 24: Celebrity Edition

Air Date: 2022-04-24

Episode Count: 7

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'.

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Season 25: Viral Sensations

Air Date: 2023-01-01

Episode Count: 8

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.

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Season 26: Love at First Bite

Air Date: 2023-08-06

Episode Count: 8

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.

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Season 27: Spoiled Rotten

Air Date: 2024-01-07

Episode Count: 7

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.

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Season 28: Celeb Heroes vs. Villains

Air Date: 2025-01-05

Episode Count: 7

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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Season 29: Talented & Terrible

Air Date: 2025-07-28

Episode Count: 7

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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Season 30: Reality Check

Air Date: 2026-01-04

Episode Count: 3

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.