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 (7)
1. The Worst of the Worst
Aired 17 February 2013
Chefs Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay are back to turn teams of charmingly helpless recruits into fearless culinary masters.
2. Straight Edge Skills
Aired 24 February 2013
This week Chefs Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay test the knife skills of the worst cooks in America. The remaining 12 recruits hit the high seas in a fishing skill drill and also have to take a huge step into the world of farm to table butchery.
3. Fire and Ice
Aired 3 March 2013
Chefs Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay train the remaining 10 recruits' palates as they work on creating their own unique flavor combinations. The worst cooks freeze while making gelato and play with fire — as well as burgers — in this week's challenge with special guest Willie Degel.
4. Do It Yourself Cooking
Aired 10 March 2013
The recruits are encouraged to rely on themselves when they make their own Chinese takeout. Later, Ron Ben-Israel ("Sweet Genius") joins them in the kitchen as they attempt to bake cakes.
5. Face Your Fears Of Feeding Others
Aired 17 March 2013
Chefs Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay take the remaining six recruits to the grocery store to make samples for the shoppers and then they face their toughest critics yet, as they host a party for some large hairy, scary bikers.
6. Revisit Your Past Before The Last
Aired 24 March 2013
Chefs Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay challenge the final four recruits to see how far they have come in the last six weeks. The recruits are in for a surprise as they get to cook for some very special guests, their loved ones.
7. So Close I Can Almost Taste It
Aired 31 March 2013
Chefs Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay go head to head in the Worst Cooks in America finale. Chef Anne, a 3-0 winner, is ready to fight for her crown but Bobby wants redemption.