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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,

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    Worst Cooks in America Season 11 Episode 3 - Celebrity: Starting From Scratch
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    #1 - Celebrity: Starting From Scratch

    S11:E3

    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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  2. Worst Cooks in America Season 11 Episode 4 - Celebrity: Around the World in a Day
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    #2 - Celebrity: Around the World in a Day

    S11:E4

    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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  3. Worst Cooks in America Season 11 Episode 5 - Celebrity: This Meat is Offal!
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    #3 - Celebrity: This Meat is Offal!

    S11:E5

    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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  4. Worst Cooks in America Season 11 Episode 6 - Celebrity: Get Baked
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    #4 - Celebrity: Get Baked

    S11:E6

    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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  5. Worst Cooks in America Season 11 Episode 7 - Celebrity: Tin Foil Chefs
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    #5 - Celebrity: Tin Foil Chefs

    S11:E7

    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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  6. Worst Cooks in America Season 11 Episode 8 - Celebrity: Finale The End!
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    #6 - Celebrity: Finale The End!

    S11:E8

    The final two recruits cook a restaurant-quality meal for a panel of culinary experts; in the end, one recruit will be named the winner and awarded $25,000 for their charity.

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  7. Worst Cooks in America Season 14 Episode 3 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
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    #7 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

    S14:E3

    For the skill drill, the recruits must work in teams to identify the ingredients of five mother sauces and then create their own chicken with pan sauce dishes for their chef; the recruits make fried chicken and cornbread for the main dish.

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  8. Worst Cooks in America Season 14 Episode 4 - The Ick Factor
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    #8 - The Ick Factor

    S14:E4

    The kitchen can be a scary place, but the recruits must learn to face their fears in boot camp; first, they're forced to expand their palates with some unusual ingredients in a Cake Walk-inspired game that proves to be anything but a cakewalk.

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  9. Worst Cooks in America Season 14 Episode 5 - Piece of Cake
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    #9 - Piece of Cake

    S14:E5

    Chefs Robert Irvine and Anne Burrell leave the recruits to their own devices, asking them to work in teams to recreate a dish by taste alone. Unbeknownst to the recruits, the chefs secretly watch their every move and are shocked by what they see. For the main dish challenge, the recruits have to bake a tiered cake to suit two special guest judges, Food Network’s Gesine Prado and Jason Smith. In the end, Anne and Robert decide which recruits satisfy their sweet tooth and which ones leave them with a toothache.

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  10. Worst Cooks in America Season 14 Episode 6 - Duck, Duck ...
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    #10 - Duck, Duck ...

    S14:E6

    The final four recruits start thinking about life after boot camp and learn to navigate a grocery store when boot camp transforms into Worst Cooks General Market; recruits reunite with their loved ones and must make them a dish.

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  11. Worst Cooks in America Season 14 Episode 7 - Finally the Finale
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    #11 - Finally the Finale

    S14:E7

    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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  12. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 5 - Spice Up Your Life
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    #12 - Spice Up Your Life

    S15:E5

    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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  13. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 6 - Carnival Chaos
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    #13 - Carnival Chaos

    S15:E6

    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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  14. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 7 - Aloha, Recruits!
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    #14 - Aloha, Recruits!

    S15:E7

    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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  15. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 8 - In It to Win It
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    #15 - In It to Win It

    S15:E8

    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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  16. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 9 - The Day We've Been Waiting For
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    #16 - The Day We've Been Waiting For

    S15:E9

    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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  17. Worst Cooks in America Season 16 Episode 2 - Wheel of Misfortune
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    #17 - Wheel of Misfortune

    S16:E2

    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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  18. Worst Cooks in America Season 17 Episode 2 - "My Big Fat Greek..."
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    #18 - "My Big Fat Greek..."

    S17:E2

    The recruits are tasked with making their own mezze platters and a Greek lamb dish.

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  19. Worst Cooks in America Season 17 Episode 3 - Summer Catch, Summer Heat
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    #19 - Summer Catch, Summer Heat

    S17:E3

    For the main dish, the recruits must filet a whole fish and create a side dish with a kick of heat.

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  20. Worst Cooks in America Season 17 Episode 5 - Viva Mexico!
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    #20 - Viva Mexico!

    S17:E5

    The recruits create a mole dish for their main dish challenge.

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  21. Worst Cooks in America Season 17 Episode 6 - A Very Brady Brunch
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    #21 - A Very Brady Brunch

    S17:E6

    A special guest star Susan Olsen (Cindy Brady) join the recruits as they learn how to make brunch dishes.

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  22. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 3 - When in Boot Camp
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    #22 - When in Boot Camp

    S20:E3

    The recruits take a trip to Italy by playing a game of blindly identifying Italian ingredients using touch, taste and smell. Then, Chef Anne Burrell and Chef Alex Guarnaschelli test the recruits on making Italian antipasto in the skill drill challenge. In the main dish challenge, the recruits must replicate a classic Italian American dish in order to stay in boot camp for another week.

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  23. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 4 - Boardwalk Bites
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    #23 - Boardwalk Bites

    S20:E4

    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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  24. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 5 - The Cost of Cooking
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    #24 - The Cost of Cooking

    S20:E5

    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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  25. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 6 - Eat Your Heart Out
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    #25 - Eat Your Heart Out

    S20:E6

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Celebrity: Starting From Scratch" is the worst rated episode of "Worst Cooks in America". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/6/2017. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Celebrity: Around the World in a Day".