Craziest Boot Camp Moments from Worst Cooks in America Season 4

Chef Anne and Chef Bobby react to seeing Dr. Bob Schaefers "chili" dish before they pick which recruits will be on which team, as seen on Food Network's Worst Cooks in America, Season 4

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The Worst of the Worst

On day one of the competition, Chefs Bobby and Anne were greeted with some of the most-shockingly poor dishes they've ever encountered, including the round brown blob of College Dorm Chili made by Dr. Bob. "Forget about tasting it. I couldn't even look at it," Chef Bobby said afterward.

Dr. Bob Schaefer pulls his fish out of the water while Sue Mangogna cheers for him, as seen on Food Network's Worst Cooks in America, Season 4

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Hands-On Ingredient Sourcing

Week two of Boot Camp took the competitors out of the kitchen and offshore on a fishing trip to source their own black sea bass, challenging them to reel in their fresh catches if they wanted to have an ingredient to work with during their later Skill Drill.

Carla Johnson reacting to Chef Bobby Flay's approval of her attempt to recreate the Chefs Crispy Skin Sea Bass with Avacado, Tomatillo and Fennel relish, as seen on Food Networks Worst Cooks in America, season 4

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Boot Camp Romance

Not shy about her feelings for Chef Bobby, Carla showed no shame in flirting with her Blue Team mentor at every opportunity. While at Boot Camp, she showered him with well-meaning romance by adorning plates with heart-shaped honey designs and serving dishes made with his favorite ingredients. Watch this video to view a collection of their top moments together.

Sue Mangogna of the Red Team takes a moment to help Michael Hayden who is lactose intolerant and became ill from having eaten too much gelato during the demonstration and tasting his own gelato base during the gelato and waffle cone challenge, as seen on Food Networks Worst Cooks in America, Season 4

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Michael Getting Sick

Despite his lactose intolerance, Bowtie Mike couldn't help but taste — in very large quantities — the homemade gelato made by the mentors. His indulgence later caught up with him, as he was plagued with indigestion and sweaty palms during the challenge, and he needed teammate Sue's help to recover.

Aadip Desai of the Red Team works on his personal take on the hamburger during the Burger Challenge , as seen on Food Networks Worst Cooks in America, season 4.

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Grilled Cheese Meltdown

Although he was challenged to make a signature hamburger, vegetarian Aadip sought out meatless between-bread alternatives and wound up making a grilled cheese sandwich. His initial efforts may have proved more successful had he not tried to grill slices of cheese, as doing so only resulted in a gooey, melted mess.

Alex Stein of the blue team starts a large grease fire while trying to work on his personal take on the hamburger during the Burger Challenge , as seen on Food Networks Worst Cooks in America, season 4.

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Grease on Fire

The flickering grease fires didn't trip up "Primetime-99" Alex Stein; he managed to make Chef Bobby a Texican Burg-dog that "bites you back a little bit when you take a bite."

Guest Chef Ron Ben-Israel of Food Netowrk's "Sweet genius" checks in with Red Team recruit Crystal Lonneberg as she prepares her variation of a Basic Vanilla Cake with Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting that he demonstrated earlier. Chef Ron gave the recruits very specific directions to follow as a basis for their own unique cakes. Crystal is calling her cake "Winter in Paris." It's flavored with Vanilla Extract, Almonds, Chocolate, and Expresso, as seen on Food Network's Worst Cooks in America, Season 4.

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Sweet Disasters

Who better to lead the recruits in a cake challenge than Master Pastry Chef Ron Ben-Israel? The Sweet Genius stopped by Boot Camp to offer the competitors a detailed baking how-to, but despite his best efforts, there were numerous cake-and-frosting flops, including Crystal's dropped pan full of batter.

Chef Anne Burrell and Chef Bobby Flay motivate the recruits during the Dim Sum challenge at Stew Leonards, as seen on Food Networks Worst Cooks in America, season 4

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Scavenger Hunt Shenanigans

While the recruits were scouring the grocery store for ingredients, the mentors weren't content just standing quietly on the sidelines. Armed with a megaphone, they offered their contestants (mostly) helpful encouragement to outshop the other team and start cooking as quickly as possible.

Blue Team Recruit Alina Bolshakova serves the appetizers she made for the "Biker Bites" challenge, and her appetizers seem to be a hit! Alina made "Wingin' It Chicken Wings" and her assigned second appetizer: Grilled Sea Scallops on Tortilla Chips with Avocado Puree and Jalapeno Pesto. Alina made a spice rub for her chicken wings flavored with sweet smoked pepper, cayenne pepper, onion and garlic powder, salt and pepper. She then made a glaze with beer, honey, marmalade, hot sauce, jalapeno, lemon juice, orange juice and white grape vinegar. Her dipping sauce was a greek yogurt sauce with cheese, scallions garlic, dill, salt and pepper. The recruits had to prepare their own chicken wing recipe after Chef Bobby Flay demonstrated how to make his Red Chile Chicken Wings with Chipotle Honey Glaze and an additional appetizer for hungry bikers- a tough crowd to please, as seen on Food Network's Worst Cooks in America, Season 4.

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Public Perception

In the fifth week of the competition, the remaining recruits took what they'd learned so far and used it to cook for crowds of strangers, first supermarket shoppers and later hungry motorcyclists. Although many of the contestants have sorry memories of parties past, they pulled off a catering event with biker bar bites successfully, even earning praise from guest Andy Animal.

The red team (Sue Mangogna and Rasheeda Brown) speak to Chef Anne Burrell) via headset while they try and describe an unfamiliar dish to the chef that she must replicate by their description alone, as seen on Food Networks Worst Cooks In America, Season 4.

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Recruits-Turned-Mentors

For the first time during Boot Camp, it was up to the recruits to give culinary orders to their mentors, communicating via headset the ingredient and flavor profiles of a dish the chefs couldn't see but had to replicate. Rasheeda and Sue took their new roles seriously, asking Chef Anne, "Do you have your mise en place set up?" They were also heard telling her, "Keep in mind that this has to be plated perfectly, too."

Chef Bobby Flay sits down with Chet Pourciau's mother, Earlie Pourciau and with Alina Bolshakova's friend Marshall Ferguson. Neither Earlie nor Marshall know which recruit made which dish, they will be blind taste testing the meals and judging who will represent Chef Bobby Flay in front of a panel of culinary experts, as seen on Food Networks Worst Cooks In America, Season 4.

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Family Reunions

In the last Main Dish Challenge before the finale, the top four recruits received perhaps their greatest shock of the competition: a challenge to cook for their loved ones who'd dropped by Boot Camp for a surprise visit. Emotions ran high as Sue, Rasheeda, Alina and Chet welcomed their twin sister, son, friend Marshall and mom, respectively, for an extra-special meal.

Chef Anne Burrell and Chef Bobby Flay ask each recruit why they should be the one to stay from their team and represent the Chef's in front of a panel of culinary experts, as seen on Food Networks Worst Cooks In America, Season 4.

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Finale-Bound

After six weeks of Boot Camp, Chefs Anne and Bobby had to determine which of their top recruits would best represent them during the upcoming finale cook-off. Although each of the final four competitors had vastly improved since the premiere, Anne and Bobby chose to bring Rasheeda and Alina, respectively.