Anne Burrell knows how to run a restaurant kitchen, but how will she fare with a team of eight hopeless cooks?

A meat and potatoes-eating Texan, David needs variety in his diet. His wife has become a vegan in order to avoid his cooking, preventing her and David from sharing a meal together. To save his own diet and marriage, David needs to learn how to cook.

Kelli’s Nana — her grandmother — saw great cooking potential in her as a child, though Kelli was more interested in hitting the books than the pots and pans. Now a mother herself, Kelli wants to maintain her family’s cooking traditions and is determined to no longer be the mom whose dish sits untouched at potlucks.

A mechanical engineer, Anthony is often frustrated by the creative aspects of cooking. He is embarrassed that he cannot host dinners for his Italian family and hopes that improved cooking abilities will create more romance in his marriage.