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| align="center" colspan=2|'''Hosts/Judges'''
Two-acclaimed chefs put seemingly hopeless home cooks through a 10-day culinary boot camp in this reality competition series where at the end, the most improved cook wins $25,000.
 
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|Anne Burrell<br />Beau MacMillan (Season 1)<br />Robert Irvine (Season 2)<br />Bobby Flay (Seasons 3,4 and 5)<br />Tyler Florence (Season 6, 13)
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|[[File:Worst_Cooks_in_America_S1.jpg|center|160px]][[File:Worst_Cooks_in_America.jpg|center|160px]]Food Network: 1/3/2010-present
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|Optomen Productions
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'''''Worst Cooks in America''''' features two-acclaimed chefs put seemingly hopeless home cooks through a 10-day culinary boot camp in this reality competition series where at the end, the most improved cook wins $25,000.
   
==Broadcast==
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==Premise==
 
Food Network January 3, 2010-present
 
 
==Hosts/Judges==
 
 
Anne Burrell
 
 
Beau MacMillan (season 1)
 
 
Robert Irvine (Season 2)
 
 
Bobby Flay (Seasons 3 & 4)
 
 
==Gameplay==
 
 
The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") 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.
 
The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") 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.
   
 
==Catchphrase==
 
==Catchphrase==
 
"Please turn in your apron!"
 
"Please turn in your apron!"
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==Controversy==
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On January 23, 2021, it was reported<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/01/food-network-pulls-worst-cooks-in-america-season-20-after-champion-arrested-for-child-murder-1234679156/ Food Network Pulls 'Worst Cooks in America' Season 20 After Champion Charged with Child Murder]</ref>that the 20th season was pulled after a champion named Ariel Robinson was charged with child murder in the death of a 3 year old girl in Southern California. They face counts of homicide by child abuse in the death of their adoptive daughter.
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==Related Show==
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''[[Worst Bakers in America]]''
   
 
==Link==
 
==Link==
 
[http://www.foodnetwork.com/worst-cooks-in-america/ Official Website]
 
[http://www.foodnetwork.com/worst-cooks-in-america/ Official Website]
 
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Revision as of 10:48, 25 January 2021

Hosts/Judges
Anne Burrell
Beau MacMillan (Season 1)
Robert Irvine (Season 2)
Bobby Flay (Seasons 3,4 and 5)
Tyler Florence (Season 6, 13)
Broadcast
Worst Cooks in America S1
Worst Cooks in America
Food Network: 1/3/2010-present
Packager
Optomen Productions

Worst Cooks in America features two-acclaimed chefs put seemingly hopeless home cooks through a 10-day culinary boot camp in this reality competition series where at the end, the most improved cook wins $25,000.

Premise

The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") 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.

Catchphrase

"Please turn in your apron!"

Controversy

On January 23, 2021, it was reported[1]that the 20th season was pulled after a champion named Ariel Robinson was charged with child murder in the death of a 3 year old girl in Southern California. They face counts of homicide by child abuse in the death of their adoptive daughter.

Related Show

Worst Bakers in America

Link

Official Website