Worst Cooks in America
series currently in production
Returning Series
Reality
Comedy
Seasons | 30
Episodes | 219
avg.Runtime | 42 min
First EP | 2010-01-03
Last EP | 2025-09-01
Overview
Stream on
Discovery+
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.
Created by
Produced by
Optomen Productions
All3Media America
Objective Media Group
Optomen Television
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2010-01-03
1
Into the Fire
2010-01-03
In the series premiere, 24 terrible home cooks arrive in New York City, hoping to be selected for a 10-day culinary boot camp with chefs Beau MacMillan and Anne Burrell. Then, the field is narrowed down to 12 hopefuls and they begin competing for a $25,000 grand prize.
2
Looking Good
2010-01-10
The recruits learn five fundamental knife skills at the Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse. Then, each attempts to prepare a teppanyaki-style dish. For the Main Dish Challenge, Anne and Beau post a recipe on the blackboard, only to erase it halfway through the challenge.
3
Feelin' the Flavor
2010-01-17
The importance of flavor is emphasized when the recruits learn to make crepes. Then, Anne and Beau teach the basics of marinating and grilling.
4
Multitasking
2010-01-24
The recruits learn how to make fresh pasta. Then they prepare a variety of hors d'oeuvres while catering a 30-person cocktail party.
5
Are You Ready
2010-01-31
The final four recruits learn to cook a complicated dessert before teaching the dish to a group of high-school football players. Then the finalists must reinvent the terrible dish they cooked for Anne and Beau on their very first day.
6
The Final Test
2010-02-01
Season 1 comes to a close as the final two recruits prepare a three-course meal for food critics, who think they're eating dishes prepared by Anne and Beau. Then, the amateur chef who serves the best-executed meal is declared the winner.
CAST
charactor: Self - Host
Original: Anne Burrell
Total EP: 222
charactor: Himself - Host
Original: Tyler Florence
Total EP: 36
charactor: Himself - Chef
Original: Bobby Flay
Total EP: 32
charactor: Himself - Host
Original: Alton Brown
Total EP: 10
charactor: Himself - Host
Original: Robert Irvine
Total EP: 8
charactor: Herself - Host
Original: Alex Guarnaschelli
Total EP: 8
charactor: Self - Co Host
Original: Darnell Ferguson
Total EP: 8
charactor: Self - Co Host
Original: Jeff Mauro
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Host
Original: Gabriele Bertaccini
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Tonya Harding
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Wes Bergmann
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Frankie Grande
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Adam Rippon
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Corinne Olympios
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Matthew Lawrence
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Elisa Donovan
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Jodie Sweetin
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Tracey Gold
Total EP: 7
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Alec Mapa
Total EP: 7
charactor: Himself - Host
Original: Beau MacMillan
Total EP: 6
charactor: Herself - Host
Original: Rachael Ray
Total EP: 6
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Tiffany Pollard
Total EP: 6
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Mark Long
Total EP: 6
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Johnny 'Bananas' Devenanzio
Total EP: 6
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Wells Adams
Total EP: 6
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Kym Whitley
Total EP: 6
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Jim J. Bullock
Total EP: 6
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Trinity the Tuck
Total EP: 5
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Bartise Bowden
Total EP: 5
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Jennie Kwan
Total EP: 5
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Bridget Everett
Total EP: 5
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Dave Coulier
Total EP: 5
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Rachel Reilly
Total EP: 4
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Lori Beth Denberg
Total EP: 4
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Robin Givens
Total EP: 4
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Jonathan Lipnicki
Total EP: 4
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Sebastian Bach
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Nicholle Tom
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Sonja Morgan
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self - Contestant
Original: Morgan Fairchild
Total EP: 3
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