Worst Cooks in America, Season 7: Meet the Celebrity Recruits

Get to know the seven culinarily challenged celebrities taking on Boot Camp in Season 7.

Barry Williams

Well-known for portraying Greg Brady on the iconic TV series The Brady Bunch, Barry Williams has also appeared on Broadway in Romance/Romance and toured with Pippin, The Music Man, City of Angels, The Sound of Music and West Side Story. His autobiography, Growing Up Brady, was released in 1998. In 2001 the book was made into a TV movie. In 2013 Barry starred in the sci-fi movie Bigfoot. Currently Barry performs in the 70s Music Celebration in Branson, Mo.

Chris Soules

Chris Soules grew up on a farm in Iowa and attended Iowa State University, where he studied agronomy and agriculture. Leaving the farm for the bright lights of Hollywood, Chris appeared on The Bachelorette before being signed on for ABC's The Bachelor. He also competed on the network's hit show Dancing with the Stars, landing in fifth place. A family man, Chris counts his father, who is a farmer, too, as his role model. Now back on the farm, Chris is working on expanding the family business.

Dean Cain

Best known for his starring role as Superman/Clark Kent on Lois & Clark, Dean Cain has also starred in many other film and television roles. His TV credits include Burn Notice, Mulaney and the Perfect Husband. Film credits include Vendetta, The Broken Hearts Club and Out of Time. Dean has also competed on NBC's Stars Earn Stripes, and he's hosted and produced Ripley's Believe It or Not! on TBS. Currently he stars in the VH1 series Hit the Floor, and he'll soon be appearing on CBS' Supergirl.

Ellen Cleghorne

Comedian Ellen Cleghorne is best known for being a part of the cast of Saturday Night Live from 1991 to 1995. Since then she has had her own series, Cleghorne!, has performed on many late-night shows, and has worked with comedians such as Adam Sandler, David Spade, Chris Rock and David Alan Grier, among others. She also worked as a comedy writer for The Roseanne Show. Recently Ellen earned a Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University, and she is currently working on a book.

Jaleel White

On the TV series Family Matters, Jaleel White made a name for himself as the character Steve Urkel/Stefan Urquelle. While attending UCLA, Jaleel starred and produced Grown-Ups on UPN. Upon graduation he worked as a writer for Imagine Entertainment and Disney Channel. He's also appeared on Boston Legal, House, NCIS and in the film Dreamgirls. He wrote, produced and starred in his own Web series, Fake It 'Til You Make It. Jaleel can soon be found hosting SyFy's game show Total Blackout.

Jenni "JWoww" Farley

New York-born Jenni Farley, better known as JWoww, first hit the scene on the wildly popular MTV series Jersey Shore, which became the network's most-watched show. The show turned Jenni and her cast mates into household names. She and her best friend Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi went on to star in the spinoff series Snooki & JWoww. Jenni has also appeared on We TV's Marriage Boot Camp and numerous talk shows. Her first book, released in 2012, is The Rules According to JWoww.

Kendra Wilkinson

Kendra Wilkinson came to fame as one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends in the reality TV series The Girls Next Door. She went on to star in the spinoff series Kendra, and she has since appeared on Dancing with the Stars, Celebrity Wife Swap, How I Met Your Mother, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage and Marriage Boot Camp. Kendra’s current reality series, Kendra on Top, follows her life as a television personality, wife and mother. She is also the author of two books, Being Kendra and Sliding into Home.

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