Worst Cooks in America

Worst Cooks in America
Genre	Cooking Show
Starring	Anne Burrell Beau MacMillan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	1 hour
Original release
Network	Food Network
Release	January 3, 2010 – TBA

Worst Cooks in America is a reality show in which twelve of America's worst cooks will be put through culinary boot camp. The show premiered on Food Network on January 3, 2010, hosted by Anne Burrell and executive chef at “Elements” in Phoenix, Beau MacMillan. The winner of Worst Cooks in America receives US$25,000.

Contestants

There are 12 chefs competing in Worst Cooks in America. Hometowns and occupations are available from the Food Network website. Chef Anne's team is known as the Red Team and Chef Beau's team is known as the Blue Team.

Eliminated

Red Team

In elimination order, the recruits from the Red Team are:

• Hamed Hamad (North Hollywood, Calif.): Journalist and fashion consultant
• Kelly LoCascio (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Corporate litigation attorney
• Sophia Gettys (Aurora, Colo.): Stay-at-home mother and student (originally Blue Team but was switched to Red Team)

Blue Team

In elimination order, the recruits from the Blue Team are:

• Wilhelmina Josephine (Aliso Viejo, Calif.): Stay-at-home mother
• David Summey (Charlotte, N.C.): Salesman
• Susie Shoman (Georgetown, S.C): Grants administrator and entrepreneur

Remaining

• Eddie Chang (Jersey City, N.J.): IT Project Manager (Red Team)
• Rachel Coleman (Brooklyn, N.Y.): Marketing Website Editor (Red Team)
• Rebecca Hooper (Sandy, Utah): Salon Owner (Red Team)
• Jennifer Cross (Philadelphia, Pa.): Waitress (Red Team) (Blue Team)
• Jennifer Vecchio (Cumberland, R.I.): Dance Studio Owner (Blue Team)
• Marque Hernandez (Brea, Calif.): Director of Clinical Operations (Blue Team)

Contestant Progress

Episode	1	2	3	4	5	6
Eddie	BTM	WIN	BTM
Jennifer C.1	IN	IN	WIN
Jennifer V.	IN	IN	IN
Marque	WIN	WIN	BTM
Rachel	IN	IN	IN
Rebecca	WIN	BTM	WIN
Susie	IN	BTM	OUT
Sophia1	IN	IN	OUT
David	BTM	OUT
Kelly	IN	OUT
Wilhelmina	OUT
Hamed	OUT

Notes

¹ Because Jennifer Vecchio won the blind tasting savory crepe challenge Chef Beau won against Chef Anne and got to swap his worst recruit for Chef Anne's best. So he chose Jennifer C. from Chef Anne's team and traded Sophia from his own team.

Key

  (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge and was considered the winner.

  (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.

  (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

Episodes

Chef Anne and Chef Beau have their own team of six recruits chosen by the other chef. The two chefs are having a competition to try to have their best recruit beat the other chef's best. In every episode, there are normally two challenges- a Skill Drill and a Main Dish Challenge. The Skill Drill challenge is designed to show or teach the recruits a skill that is needed for cooking (e.g. teaching them knife skills) and the Main Dish Challenge consists of recreating a recipe shown by the instructor of their team. The instructors, Chef Anne and Chef Beau, judge their team's recruits on their performance in the Main Dish Challenge and each picks one recruit who did the worst job to turn in their apron.

External links

• Official website