'Worst Cooks in America': Evan Baker and Louisa Sharamatyan exit after their sausage sandwiches flop
'Worst Cooks in America' has been on the air for four weeks and tonight marked the exit of Louisa Sharamatyan and Evan Baker, two very entertaining contestants in their own rights from this season.
The dish that sent them home was a sausage sandwich that they weren't able to craft as well as the other recruits in the kitchen and it resulted in their elimination. Louisa's sausage was just about cooked. A minute less would have meant raw meat on her plate, which was a problem highlighted by her mentor, chef Alex Guarnaschelli, at the tasting table. Apart from that, the sandwich as a whole lacked texture as well, according to Guarnaschelli. Baker's Dakota Californian Sausage sandwich was commended by chef Anne Burrell. However, the lack of salt altogether in the sausage was a dealbreaker for her and that was the reason for Baker going home from the red team.
So far in the competition, Ari Robinson from Team Blue and Domaine Javier from Team Red Rocking Stars, were the ones who managed to impress their respective mentors with their cooking abilities. Fans too are rooting for them to be the two contestants standing in the finale.
"Domaine + Ari will be the Worst Cooks in America finalists. I'm calling it," wrote one after tonight's episode aired. They were the ones who ranked above everyone in the main dish challenge tonight. Also doing well in the competition is Dolores Aguilar-Fernandez, who scored higher than everyone in the skill drill challenge on the episode tonight which required the recruits to fry, fill and glaze donuts. The salt, fruity cereal and cayenne pepper flavor that she came up with for her donut impressed both the chefs equally.
Another contestant whose growth in the kitchen has been surprising is Zack Ignoffo. The first episode saw him use oversized spoons and spatulas in the kitchen while cooking which didn't go well with chef Burrell. However, he's come a long way since then and has shown overall growth. For example, the sausage sandwich he created tonight using flavors representative of his home state Chicago turned out really well and earned him praise from his mentor.
The competition started with 14 contestants and is now down to six. The finale episode will feature two contestants engage in a cook-off and the winner will get to take home a whopping $25,000. Tune in to the show every Sunday night at 9 pm ET only on Food Network.