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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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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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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 15 Episode 5 - Spice Up Your Life
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    #6 - 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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  7. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 6 - Carnival Chaos
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    #7 - 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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  8. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 7 - Aloha, Recruits!
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    #8 - 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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  9. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 8 - In It to Win It
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    #9 - 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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  10. Worst Cooks in America Season 15 Episode 9 - The Day We've Been Waiting For
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    #10 - 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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  11. Worst Cooks in America Season 17 Episode 2 - "My Big Fat Greek..."
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    #11 - "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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  12. Worst Cooks in America Season 17 Episode 3 - Summer Catch, Summer Heat
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    #12 - 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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  13. Worst Cooks in America Season 17 Episode 5 - Viva Mexico!
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    #13 - Viva Mexico!

    S17:E5

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

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  14. Worst Cooks in America Season 17 Episode 6 - A Very Brady Brunch
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    #14 - 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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  15. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 3 - When in Boot Camp
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    #15 - 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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  16. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 4 - Boardwalk Bites
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    #16 - 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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  17. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 5 - The Cost of Cooking
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    #17 - 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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  18. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 6 - Eat Your Heart Out
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    #18 - 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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  19. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 7 - Fight for Food Fame
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    #19 - Fight for Food Fame

    S20:E7

    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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  20. Worst Cooks in America Season 20 Episode 8 - A Spooky Second Chance
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    #20 - A Spooky Second Chance

    S20:E8

    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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  21. Worst Cooks in America Season 22 Episode 6 - Final Test and Celebrity Caterers
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    #21 - Final Test and Celebrity Caterers

    S22:E6

    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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  22. Worst Cooks in America Season 23 Episode 7 - Kitchen Ballers
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    #22 - Kitchen Ballers

    S23:E7

    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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  23. Worst Cooks in America Season 24 Episode 7 - That's So '90s: From Worst to First
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    #23 - That's So '90s: From Worst to First

    S24:E7

    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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  24. Worst Cooks in America Season 25 Episode 2 - America's Next Culinary Influencer
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    #24 - America's Next Culinary Influencer

    S25:E2

    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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  25. Worst Cooks in America Season 25 Episode 3 - My Big Fat Greek Kitchen
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    #25 - My Big Fat Greek Kitchen

    S25:E3

    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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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".