Worst Cooks in America
A group of truly inexperienced home cooks enters a culinary boot camp, where tough-love mentors drill them on basics like knife skills, seasoning, and baking. Week by week, they face challenges that test their progress, all leading to a high-pressure final cook-off for a cash prize and the chance to prove they can deliver a restaurant-worthy meal.
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Season 1
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E1
Into the Fire
In the series premiere, 24 terrible home cooks arrive in New York City, hoping to be selected for a 10-day culinary boot camp with chefs Beau MacMillan and Anne Burrell. Then, the field is narrowed down to 12 hopefuls and they begin competing for a $25,000 grand prize.
Jan 3, 2010 · 42m -
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E2
Looking Good
The recruits learn five fundamental knife skills at the Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse. Then, each attempts to prepare a teppanyaki-style dish. For the Main Dish Challenge, Anne and Beau post a recipe on the blackboard, only to erase it halfway through the challenge.
Jan 10, 2010 · 42m -
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E3
Feelin' the Flavor
The importance of flavor is emphasized when the recruits learn to make crepes. Then, Anne and Beau teach the basics of marinating and grilling.
Jan 17, 2010 · 42m -
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E4
Multitasking
The recruits learn how to make fresh pasta. Then they prepare a variety of hors d'oeuvres while catering a 30-person cocktail party.
Jan 24, 2010 · 43m -
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E5
Are You Ready
The final four recruits learn to cook a complicated dessert before teaching the dish to a group of high-school football players. Then the finalists must reinvent the terrible dish they cooked for Anne and Beau on their very first day.
Jan 31, 2010 · 42m -
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E6
The Final Test
Season 1 comes to a close as the final two recruits prepare a three-course meal for food critics, who think they're eating dishes prepared by Anne and Beau. Then, the amateur chef who serves the best-executed meal is declared the winner.
Feb 1, 2010 · 42m
