‘Worst Cooks In America: Season 18’: Release date, plot, hosts, and all you need to know about the Food Network show
Cooking is not just an art but a science which needs to be studied, observed, and understood to get desired results. And it is not everyone’s cup of tea. Those who cannot do justice to the art, end up qualifying for this show. The mentor chefs train these people and turn them into prospective cooks and help them leave their kitchen nightmares behind them.
Release Date
The show first dropped on Food Network on January 2010 and has been running successfully for 18 years. The 18th and the latest season of ‘Worst Cooks In America’ will premiere on January 5, 2020.
Plot
The show follows 16 amateurs with very poor cooking skills and trains them via a culinary boot camp. The recruits, or as they are called are trained on knife skills, baking and cooking techniques, prepping, plating, seasoning, and so on. With every episode, as each of the contestants makes a baseline dish, they are judged on their basic skills and their levels of improvement. Based on the output, the contestants are then eliminated one by one. The final challenge of the journey is to prepare a high-end, three-course meal for the judges and food critics who visit as judges. The contestant who emerges as a seasoned cook and displays the best culinary skills is awarded a cash prize of $25k and a Food Network cooking set.
Cast
Food brainiac, Alton Brown and Chef Anne Burrell will feature as the judges, hosts, and mentors of season 18 of ‘Worst Cooks In America’.
Alton Brown
Alton Crawford Brown Jr. is a presenter, television personality, author, actor, musician, and a seasoned food critic. He has earned a reputation for hosting some of the biggest and most trending culinary shows. He shot to fame with ‘Good Eats’ on Food Network, which he created and hosted, along with shows like ‘Iron Chef America’, ‘Feasting on Asphalt’, and ‘Feasting on Waves’ among many more.
Anne Burrell
‘Iron Chef America’ alum Anne Burrell is a chef, television personality and a former instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education. She is best known for being host of ‘Secrets of a Restaurant Chef’ and judge of ‘Worst Cooks in America’ on Food Network.
Showrunner
The show is executively produced by Teri Weideman and Pip Wells for Food Network (for the upcoming season), under the banner of Optomen Productions Inc.
Trailer
The network has not updated any information on trailer, promo, or preview of the upcoming season. Stay tuned while we get you more information and interesting updates on the same.
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