Food Network Honors Anne Burrell With a New Season of 'Worst Cooks in America' and More

Watch all of our favorite Anne Burrell episodes, plus see her last Food Network appearance in a new season of "Worst Cooks in America."

Updated on June 23, 2025

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In honor of the late chef Anne Burrell, Food Network will be running a selection of episodes that highlight Anne's extraordinary talent as a chef, competitor and teacher. The tribute will air on Food Network Wednesday, June 25 starting at 10|9c. Then, a new season of Worst Cooks in America featuring Anne’s final mentor appearance will premiere on Food Network Monday, July 28 at 9|8c and stream the next day on HBO Max.

“Anne Burrell was a one-of-a-kind talent whose loss is being deeply felt by family, friends and fans,” says Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. “With these special programming events, we hope to honor Anne and celebrate her impact on Food Network and beyond.”

Worst Cooks in America: Talented and Terrible

The new season, dubbed Worst Cooks in America: Talented and Terrible, showcases recruits who are professional performers and used to stealing the spotlight, but in the kitchen, they are dishing out disasters. Anne is joined by the boot camp's newest mentor, chef Gabe Bertaccini, as they work together to turn these culinary flops into food masters.

In the first episode, Anne and Gabe have their work cut out for them as they attempt to turn a bunch of culinary train wrecks into kitchen stars, but first, they need to know what they're up against. The recruits kick things off with their signature showstopper dish, and in the main dish challenge, they tackle the ultimate test: re-creating the chefs' "winner winner chicken dinner." Those with promise move on, while the rest face elimination. Across the season, with guidance from Anne and Gabe, the recruits will tackle restaurant classics, try to master global cuisines and compete in the fan-favorite Remote Control Chef challenge, all in their bid to be the best of the worst.

Anne's Tribute Programming Schedule

Tune in to Food Network on Wednesday, June 25 to watch our favorite Anne appearances.

10|9c

Guy’s Grocery Games, “All-Stars and A-Lister Dinners”

  • Culinary titans Anne, Eric Greenspan, Jet Tila and Marcel Vigneron aren't spared Guy Fieri's twists when a bowling game selects some strikingly bizarre ingredients for a hearty lunch. Next, the chefs have to think outside the boxed foods and make their best dish using processed items from the middle aisles of the store. Then, the chefs experience real highs and lows when the feared Food Wheel determines the high- and low-end ingredients in their A-list dinner. One All-Star chef goes on a shopping spree for charity worth up to $20,000.

11|10c

Worst Cooks in America: Worst of the Worst

  • Count down the top 15 worst dishes ever from Worst Cooks in America. Terrible cooks from across the land present their worst-ever creations, from inedible spicy dishes to crazy flavor combinations that chefs didn't dare taste. There's even a winning dish in which the recruit might have lost a fake nail.

11:30|10:30c

Worst Cooks in America: Boot Camp Diaries

  • Take a deep dive into the boot camp training on Worst Cooks in America. The colorful cast of terrible cooks display their "skills" — from crazy knife techniques to struggles with mysterious vegetables — and almost burn down the camp with grease fires. Chef mentors will teach, but there's only so much these Worst Cooks can learn.

Remembering Anne

Take a look back at all of Anne’s Food Network accomplishments at Foodnetwork.com/AnneBurrell, plus follow along with the new season of Worst Cooks in America on Food Network's social media using #WorstCooks.

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