Food icons Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray return to lead a star-studded culinary boot camp for cooking-challenged celebrities this summer with a brand-new season of Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition, in August 2017. Anne and Rachael have their culinary work cut out for them with this batch of celebrity recruits – and the results are high-energy and hilarious, said Courtney White.
Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition Cast
Anne and Rachael each lead a team of recruits through the intense kitchen challenges, but only the most improved star wins a $25,000 grand prize for the charity of their choice and bragging rights for their team master.
Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition (2017)
Developed By: Bob Kirsh, Nicola Moody, Pip Wells
Celebrity Cast: Nora Dunn, Carmen Electra, Erik Estrada, Vivica A. Fox, Perez Hilton, Carson Kressley, Sean Lowe and Melissa Peterman
Network: Food Network
Release Date: Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 at 9pm
Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition Format
In the first episode of Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition, Anne and Rachael kick things off with a social media-inspired challenge. The celebrities must make a dish inspired by their tastiest food snaps on social media and judging from their pages online, these stars love a good meal but clearly do not know how to cook one. The mentors follow with a lobster lesson, which proves to be a disaster for some of these clueless cooks. Anne and Rachael then choose their teams, and the culinary training begins. Upcoming episodes feature international flavors, dessert-themed milkshake and cupcake challenges and the return of trivia game Family Food, this time with a “freaky food” twist. The most-improved celebrity cook is awarded a $25,000grand prize for the charity of their choice in the season finale.
Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition Episode Guide
Mark your calendars to watch all the fun as it happens.
Episode 1 – Social Media Failures
As soon as the new cast of celebrity recruits arrive to Boot Camp, Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray immediately throw them into their first challenge! The celebrities must make a dish inspired by food they’ve posted on their social media profiles. Judging from their pages online, these celebs love a good meal, but clearly don’t know how to cook one! Later, the mentors teach the celebrities how to make some lobster dishes, which proves to be disastrous for the clueless cooks. After Anne and Rachael choose their teams, the celebrities are anxious to officially start their culinary training.
Episode 2, August 30th – Shabby to Chic
Anne and Rachael play a unique taste and describe game with the celebrity recruits, which get them a little “hot under the collar.” After testing their taste buds, the mentors demonstrate hors d’oeuvres, which their recruits must replicate exactly, as well as make their own. The two celebrities with the worst dishes go head-to-head in an elimination challenge.
Episode 3, September 6th – Starting from Scratch
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.
Episode 4, September 13th – Around the World in a Day
It’s time for the celebrity recruits to tackle international food, so Anne and Rachael test their knowledge of world cuisine by playing a fastpaced food game called “What in the World?!” Then, the recruits are forced to stretch their cooking boundaries by making their own hand-pulled noodles from scratch. The two celebrities with the worst dishes battle it out in an international-themed blind elimination challenge.
Episode 5, September 20th – This Meat is Offal
The celebrity recruits put their culinary knowledge to the test by playing “Family Food,” a game of food trivia and culinary tasks. Unfortunately for the celebrities, it’s the “freaky food” edition, so some of the rounds are not for the faint of heart! Afterwards, the recruits learn the art of beef butchering and the least successful recruits go head-to-head in a high “steaks” challenge.
Episode 6, September 27th – Get Baked
The celebrity recruits finally tackle desserts, starting with a fast-paced assembly line challenge. Then, it’s on to over-the-top milkshakes topped with decadent sweets. The two recruits with the worst desserts battle it out in a cupcake challenge.
Episode 7, October 4th – Tin Foil Chefs
As the competition nears its end, the oven mitts come off and the celebrities fight for a spot in the finale! They face their toughest challenge yet: a Worst Cooks battle inspired by Iron Chef called Tin Foil Chef. The celebrities with the best dishes head to the finale.
Episode 8, October 11th – Finale the End
The final two recruits face the ultimate challenge — cook a restaurant-quality meal for a panel of three culinary experts: Marcus Samuelsson, Scott Conant and Aliya LeeKong. Anne and Rachael coach their recruits, but all the skills the celebs have learned are put to the test. In the end, one recruit will be named the winner and awarded $25,000 for their charity.
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