Worst Cooks in America - Season 12 - Eps 1: Can It Really Be This Bad?
Sixteen of the worst cooks in America, including a sportscaster, a feisty granny and a professional balloon artist, arrive at boot camp with dreams of putting their kitchen nightmares behind them. Mentors Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence need to assess the level of disaster they're facing, so they ask the recruits to make their own specialty dishes -- and the results are worse than the chefs could have imagined! For the first main dish challenge, the mentors teach the recruits how to make the most important meal of the day, and the recruit on each team with the worst breakfast dish is sent home.
About Worst Cooks in America

Title: Worst Cooks in America
First Air Date: 2010-01-03
Last Air Date: 2025-02-02
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 27 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 29
Total Episodes: 212
Network: Food Network
Genres: Reality, Comedy
Production Companies: Optomen Productions, All3Media America, Objective Media Group, Optomen Television
Synopsis
12 to 16 contestants with poor cooking skills are taken through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including: baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. The final challenge is to cook a restaurant quality three-course meal for three food critics.
Cast

Anne Burrell
Herself - Host