About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Celebrity: Social Media Food Failures
Aired 23 August 2017
2. Celebrity: Shabby to Chic
Aired 30 August 2017
3. Celebrity: Starting From Scratch
Aired 6 September 2017
Boot Camp is transformed into "Cafe Worst Cooks" as the celebrities learn how to make classic crepes. The main challenge proves to be a lot scarier for these novice cooks when they have to butcher whole chickens, grill them, and create their own unique side dishes. The two least successful recruits go head-to-head in a chicken challenge, and one recruit is sent packing.
4. Celebrity: Around the World in a Day
Aired 13 September 2017
Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray test their knowledge of world cuisine; the recruits stretch their cooking boundaries by making hand-pulled noodles from scratch; an international-themed blind elimination challenge.
5. Celebrity: This Meat is Offal!
Aired 20 September 2017
Playing a game of food trivia and culinary tasks; the recruits learn the art of beef butchering and the least successful recruits go head-to-head in a high steaks challenge.
6. Celebrity: Get Baked
Aired 27 September 2017
The celebrity recruits finally tackle desserts, starting with a fast-paced assembly line challenge; over-the-top milkshakes topped with decadent sweets; the two recruits with the worst desserts battle it out in a cupcake challenge.
7. Celebrity: Tin Foil Chefs
Aired 4 October 2017
As the competition nears its end, the celebrities fight for a spot in the finale; they face a worst cooks battle inspired by Iron Chef called tin foil chef; the celebrities with the best dishes head to the finale.
8. Celebrity: Finale The End!
Aired 11 October 2017
The final two recruits cook a restaurant-quality meal for a panel of culinary experts; in the end, one recruit will be named the winner and awarded $25,000 for their charity.