Worst Cooks in America
Worst Cooks in America is a reality competition show on the Food Network. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants with very poor cooking skills through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000.
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Worst Cooks in America is a reality competition show on the Food Network. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants with very poor cooking skills through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2011
Episode 1
Worst Food Forward
Sun, Jan 2, 2011 42 mins
Hundreds of terrible home cooks came out for the nationwide auditions, but only 16 of the country's worst home cooks travel to New York City to compete in a culinary Boot Camp with Anne Burrell and Robert Irvine.
Episode 2
Farmageddon
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 42 mins
Awakened by a live chicken in their penthouse, the 14 remaining recruits take a field trip to a farm where Chefs Anne and Robert challenge them to prepare the perfect omelet for their Skill Drill.
Episode 3
Frozen to Fabulous
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 43 mins
After some difficulties, the recruits start in on the Main Dish Challenge where Chefs Anne and Robert demo a multi-component "Frozen Meal Makeover" using fresh and flavorful ingredients for the recruits to replicate.
Episode 4
Grill Skills
Sun, Jan 23, 2011 42 mins
The recruits must execute elegant meals for two, sit down to eat with their chef, and defend their dishes. The losing recruits are eliminated.
Episode 5
Game Day Party
Sun, Jan 30, 2011 43 mins
For the Main Dish Challenge, the chefs shock their recruits with the news that they must cater an hors d'oeuvre party for NFL star Kris Jenkins and 30 of his guests! It's game time, and the 2 least successful cooks are cut.
Episode 6
Facing Food Fears
Sun, Feb 6, 2011 42 mins
The remaining six recruits attempt to conquer intimidating ingredients when they visit The Meat Hook, a New York butcher shop, where they learn to make a sausage meal from scratch for their Skill Drill.
Episode 7
Sweet Surprise
Sun, Feb 13, 2011 43 mins
The final four compete in a "Culinary Decathlon" Skill Drill to test their knowledge thus far.
Episode 8
Worst to First
Sun, Feb 20, 2011 42 mins
The final two recruits face their toughest challenge yet: to prepare a three-course meal in a real restaurant kitchen for a panel of demanding gourmands.