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Episodes
See Episode GuideCamping and Global Eats
Chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon watch as the recruits cook using only camping equipment and utensils. Then former recruits watch and comment on an episode with international food-inspired challenges and mentor Rachael Ray.
Camping and Global Eats
Chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon watch as the recruits cook using only camping equipment and utensils. Then former recruits watch and comment on an episode with international food-inspired challenges and mentor Rachael Ray.
Best of the Worst: Happy Campers
Worst Cooks puts the "camp" in boot camp as the teams of recruits play a culinary scavenger hunt and then must cook dishes using only camping equipment and utensils. Chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon up their game for the main dish challenge by teaching the recruits how to smoke and grill game meats. The least successful recruit on each team must compete in a blind elimination challenge that tests their grilling skills, and the recruit with the worst dish has to hit the trail and head home.
Worst Cooks Air and Romance
Chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon welcome the recruits to boot camp, which is transformed into an airport, and the challenges explore international dishes and flavors. Then former recruits watch an episode where the recruits have to create a romantic meal under the mentorship of Chef Anne and Chef Tyler Florence.
Worst Cooks Air and Romance
Chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon welcome the recruits to boot camp, which is transformed into an airport, and the challenges explore international dishes and flavors. Then former recruits watch an episode where the recruits have to create a romantic meal under the mentorship of Chef Anne and Chef Tyler Florence.
Best of the Worst: Fly Me to the Flavor
The recruits arrive to find boot camp transformed into an airport, and chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon welcome them to "Worst Cooks Air" to set off on an exploration of international flavors. First is a flavor-pairing game followed by a skill drill challenge where recruits go head-to-head with the opposing team making international appetizers. For the main dish challenge, the teams touch down in Spain and make meat and seafood paellas. The blind elimination challenge has the bottom recruits making tapas, and the recruit with the worst dish is sent packing.
French Desserts and Cravings
The recruits get to know different types of desserts, and chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon teach them how to make classic French eclairs. Then former recruits watch and react to an episode with craveable foods and Chef Alton Brown.
French Desserts and Cravings
The recruits get to know different types of desserts, and chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon teach them how to make classic French eclairs. Then former recruits watch and react to an episode with craveable foods and Chef Alton Brown.
Best of the Worst: Choux Ready for This?
The teams of recruits compete in boot camp's first "Tour de Petit Four" to get acquainted with different types of desserts. They must ride scooters around a French-themed obstacle course collecting ingredients to create elaborate dessert platters. For the main dish challenge, chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon teach the recruits how to make classic French eclairs. The recruits with the most faux pas will compete in the blind elimination challenge, where they have just ten minutes to make tarts, and the recruit with the worst dish must say au revoir.
Final Test and Celebrity Caterers
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.
Final Test and Celebrity Caterers
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.
Best of the Worst: No Cuts, No Glory
To start off their final week in boot camp, the remaining recruits go grocery shopping for ingredients to create dishes using everything they've learned. Then chefs Anne Burrell and Michael Symon teach their final two recruits how to make a three-course, restaurant-quality meal. For the last challenge, the two finalists put all their skills to the test in order to impress a panel of culinary experts. Judges Einat Admony, Cliff Crooks and Sohla El-Waylly evaluate the recruits' dishes in a blind taste test and choose the winner of the $25,000 prize.
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