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The Worst Episodes of Worst Cooks in America

Every episode of Worst Cooks in America ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Worst Cooks in America!

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...
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Network:Food Network

Worst Episodes Summary

"Celebrity: Starting From Scratch" is the worst rated episode of "Worst Cooks in America". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/6/2017. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Celebrity: Around the World in a Day".

  • Celebrity: Starting From Scratch
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    #1 - Celebrity: Starting From Scratch

    Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/2017

    Boot Camp is transformed into "Cafe Worst Cooks" as the celebrities learn how to make classic crepes. The main challenge proves to be a lot scarier for these novice cooks when they have to butcher whole chickens, grill them, and create their own unique side dishes. The two least successful recruits go head-to-head in a chicken challenge, and one recruit is sent packing.

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  • Celebrity: Around the World in a Day
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    #2 - Celebrity: Around the World in a Day

    Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/2017

    Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray test their knowledge of world cuisine; the recruits stretch their cooking boundaries by making hand-pulled noodles from scratch; an international-themed blind elimination challenge.

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  • Celebrity: This Meat is Offal!
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    #3 - Celebrity: This Meat is Offal!

    Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 9/20/2017

    Playing a game of food trivia and culinary tasks; the recruits learn the art of beef butchering and the least successful recruits go head-to-head in a high steaks challenge.

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  • Celebrity: Get Baked
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    #4 - Celebrity: Get Baked

    Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 9/27/2017

    The celebrity recruits finally tackle desserts, starting with a fast-paced assembly line challenge; over-the-top milkshakes topped with decadent sweets; the two recruits with the worst desserts battle it out in a cupcake challenge.

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  • Celebrity: Tin Foil Chefs
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    #5 - Celebrity: Tin Foil Chefs

    Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 10/4/2017

    As the competition nears its end, the celebrities fight for a spot in the finale; they face a worst cooks battle inspired by Iron Chef called tin foil chef; the celebrities with the best dishes head to the finale.

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  • Finally the Finale
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    #6 - Finally the Finale

    Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 9/23/2018

    The remaining recruits face off in one last skill drill to determine who will compete in the finale; to see how far they've come, the recruits re-create their baseline dishes using all the techniques they learned in boot camp.

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  • Spice Up Your Life
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    #7 - Spice Up Your Life

    Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2019

    The recruits begin by getting up-close and personal with their spice cabinets in a "Skill Drill" game that requires the teams to identify various commonly used spices.

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  • Carnival Chaos
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    #8 - Carnival Chaos

    Season 15 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2019

    After finding that boot camp has been turned into a carnival, the recruits are asked to participate in a pie-eating contest for the chance to dunk their opponent's chef.

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  • Aloha, Recruits!
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    #9 - Aloha, Recruits!

    Season 15 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2019

    The recruits begin by embarking on a treasure hunt fit for a pirate when their teams are tasked with discovering clues left for them by pirate captains Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence.

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    #10 - In It to Win It

    Season 15 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2019

    It's the penultimate week of boot camp and if the remaining recruits want a spot in the finale, they must first work in teams to play Remote Control Chef.

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  • The Day We've Been Waiting For
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    #11 - The Day We've Been Waiting For

    Season 15 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2019

    The final two recruits learn a three-course, restaurant-quality meal before the Main Dish Challenge; judges Debi Mazar, Michael Psilakis and Jessica Tom take the recruits' dishes into a blind taste test to determine the $25,000 grand prize winner.

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  • Wheel of Misfortune
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    #12 - Wheel of Misfortune

    Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/2019

    It's Celebrity Game Night at boot camp, and the teams of celebrity cooks go head to head for food games and trivia, including a Wheel of Horror; celebrities go on a museum tour of famous movie dishes and are asked to replicate movie-inspired dishes.

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  • Boardwalk Bites
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    #13 - Boardwalk Bites

    Season 20 Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/2020

    The recruits kick off the day with a doughnut eating game to learn about flavors -- Glaze of Glory! Then, they put their newfound knowledge to the test by making their own uniquely flavored doughnuts for the skill drill. For the main dish challenge, Chef Anne Burrell and Chef Alex Guarnaschelli teach the recruits how to make sausages from scratch, and the recruits must grind, case and flavor their own sausage sandwiches. The two bottom recruits who don't "meat" the chefs' expectations will be sent home.

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  • The Cost of Cooking
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    #14 - The Cost of Cooking

    Season 20 Episode 5 - Aired 7/19/2020

    Chef Anne Burell and Chef Alex Guarnaschelli are in full game-show mode as the recruits play a game to see if they can determine a higher quality ingredient from a lower quality ingredient solely by taste. Then, things take a turn in the skill drill challenge when the red team goes head-to-head with the blue team. For the main dish challenge, the recruits tackle breaking down a full fish to make a "sofishticated" dinner. The least successful recruit on each team will be sent home.

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  • Eat Your Heart Out
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    #15 - Eat Your Heart Out

    Season 20 Episode 6 - Aired 7/26/2020

    The final four recruits walk into boot camp to find photos of their past kitchen disasters and play a quick game that takes them on a trip down memory lane. Then, Chef Anne Burrell and Chef Alex Guarnaschelli show the recruits how to make classic comfort food dishes before the recruits cook for their toughest critics and the people who sent them to boot camp -- their loved ones! With hearts and bellies full, only two recruits move on to the finale, while the bottom recruits will be sent home.

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  • Fight for Food Fame
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    #16 - Fight for Food Fame

    Season 20 Episode 7 - Aired 8/2/2020

    In the last skill drill, the final two recruits are challenged by a couple of cooks who aren't kidding around -- Chopped Junior Champions! Then, Chef Anne Burrell and Chef Alex Guarnaschelli teach the recruits their finale menus. For the final main dish challenge, the recruits put their newly learned skills to the test by cooking a three-course restaurant quality meal for a panel of culinary experts. Judges Mary Giuliani, James Tahhan and Julian Rodarte blindly taste each course and determine the winner who will take home $25,000!

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  • A Spooky Second Chance
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    #17 - A Spooky Second Chance

    Season 20 Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/2020

    Chefs Anne Burrell and Carla Hall welcome back four former Worst Cooks recruits and give them the chance to claim culinary redemption by making a Halloween spread. The chefs assign ingredients for the recruits' dishes and instruct them in making a party buffet. Then a group of Halloween fanatics join judges Jordan Andino, Danny Bowien and Gabriela Rodiles to choose the winner, who will receive kitchen upgrades worth $5,000.

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  • Final Test and Celebrity Caterers
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    #18 - Final Test and Celebrity Caterers

    Season 22 Episode 6 - Aired 5/30/2021

    Chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon teach their final two recruits how to make a three-course, restaurant-quality meal, and the judges choose a winner. Then former recruits react to an episode with celebrities, an hors d'oeuvre cook-off and Chef Tyler Florence.

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  • Queen of Tarts
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    #19 - Queen of Tarts

    Season 23 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2022

    The recruits find boot camp transformed into a Mad Hatter-style tea party, and chefs Anne Burrell and Cliff Crooks send them down the rabbit hole to discover the magical wonderland of desserts and pastry. To learn about the different types of sweet treats and ingredients, the recruits go on a scavenger hunt that involves solving riddles and completing tasks. They learn how to make fruit tarts, and things get saucy for the main dish challenge when the chefs ask the recruits to make gnocchi and a hearty sauce. Unfortunately, it's "Arrivederci!" for the recruit with the least successful dish.

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  • The Good, The Bad and The Burnt
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    #20 - The Good, The Bad and The Burnt

    Season 23 Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2022

    Chefs Anne Burrell and Cliff Crooks introduce their recruits to cowboy cuisine, starting with a game showcasing Southwestern flavors and ingredients. After a tough morning on the ranch, it's time for a hearty breakfast, so the chefs teach their teams how to make eggs Benedict with a Southwestern twist. For the main dish challenge, the recruits tackle a classic Tex-Mex dish, chile rellenos. While some recruits really pull themselves up by their bootstraps, the least successful recruits are put to pasture.

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  • Kitchen Ballers
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    #21 - Kitchen Ballers

    Season 23 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2022

    The tables turn, and the teams have to taste and describe an identical dish to chefs Anne Burrell and Cliff Crooks so that they can attempt to replicate it without seeing or tasting it themselves. For the main dish challenge, the training wheels come off and the recruits must create an elegant dinner for two. Some dishes are truly spectacular, but it's time to send two more recruits home.

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  • That's So '90s: From Worst to First
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    #22 - That's So '90s: From Worst to First

    Season 24 Episode 7 - Aired 5/29/2022

    To start off the final week in boot camp, the remaining celebs play Ravenous Ravenous Recruits, using grabbers to retrieve ingredient balls from a ball pit. For the final skill drill cook, it's every recruit for themselves to create a composed dish using assigned ingredients. Chefs Anne Burrell and Jeff Mauro teach their final two recruits how to make a three-course, restaurant-quality meal, and the finalists put all their culinary skills on display to impress a panel of culinary experts. Judges Ilan Hall, Nilou Motamed and Ayesha Nurdjaja evaluate the recruits' dishes in a blind taste test and determine the winner of the $25,000 prize to charity.

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  • America's Next Culinary Influencer
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    #23 - America's Next Culinary Influencer

    Season 25 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2023

    After the recruits learn some basics, Anne Burrell and Darnell Ferguson want to see who has what it takes to be America's next top culinary influencer! The teams face off in a series of culinary games inspired by some of the biggest internet trends and viral moments before creating their own veggie burgers in the Skill Drill challenge. In the Main Dish cook, Anne and Darnell teach their teams how to make rice bowls, judge their dishes and send one recruit home.

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  • My Big Fat Greek Kitchen
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    #24 - My Big Fat Greek Kitchen

    Season 25 Episode 3 - Aired 1/15/2023

    Boot camp is transformed into ancient Greece, and the teams face off in a head-to-head relay race to make a Mediterranean mezze platter. After they've channeled their inner culinary gods and goddesses, the recruits learn how to make a classic Greek dish, lamb souvlaki, for the Skill Drill challenge. Later in the Main Dish cook, Anne and Darnell aren't "squidding" around when they task their teams with making grilled octopus dishes. Some recruits conquer the Herculean task, but the least successful recruit must sail off into the sunset.

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  • That's So Decadent
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    #25 - That's So Decadent

    Season 25 Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/2023

    Anne Burrell and Darnell Ferguson start the week testing the recruits' taste buds by identifying the flavor of pies that have been launched into their faces! Then, the chefs demonstrate marbled Swiss roll cakes before challenging the recruits to make herb-laminated pasta from scratch. While some recruits roll with the punches, the least successful is eliminated.

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