Worst Cooks in America

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.

• Season 1

  6 episodes · 2010

• Season 2

  8 episodes · 2011

• Season 3

  8 episodes · 2012

• Season 4

  7 episodes · 2013

• Season 5

  7 episodes · 2014

• Season 6

  7 episodes · 2015

• Season 7

  6 episodes · 2015

• Season 8

  7 episodes · 2016

• Season 9

  8 episodes · 2016

• Season 10

  10 episodes · 2017

• Season 11

  8 episodes · 2017

• Season 12

  10 episodes · 2018

• Season 13

  6 episodes · 2018

• Season 14

  7 episodes · 2018

• Season 15

  9 episodes · 2019

• 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.

• Season 17

  8 episodes · 2019

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  Season 18

  10 episodes · 2020

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  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

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  Season 20

  8 episodes · 2020

• Season 21

  8 episodes · 2021

• Season 22

  6 episodes · 2021

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  Season 23

  8 episodes · 2022

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  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'.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

• 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.

• Reality Check

  7 episodes · 2026

  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.