Worst Cooks in America

Worst Cooks in America
Genre
  • Reality television
  • Cooking show
Judges
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons27
No. of episodes198
Production
Executive producers
  • Rowena DeLaRosa
  • Bob Kirsh
  • Nicola Moody
  • Pip Wells
Production locationNew York City
Running time60-90 minutes
Production companyOptomen Productions, Inc.
Original release
ReleaseJanuary 3, 2010 (2010-01-03) –
present
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Worst Cooks in America is an American reality television series that premiered on January 3, 2010, on Food Network. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") with very poor cooking skills through a culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set. In the celebrity edition of the show, the winning celebrity gets a $50,000 prize to donate to the charity of their choice.[1][2] 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.

  1. ^ Lynch, Rene (January 2, 2010). "'Worst Cooks in America' isn't just a title: They're horrible". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  2. ^ Tucker, Ken (January 4, 2010). "'Worst Cooks in America': Worst thing I watched most of last night". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 14, 2013.