Worst Cooks in America - Season 26 - Eps 8: All Is Fair in Love and Cooking
It's down to the final four recruits, so Anne Burrell and Jeff Mauro test all their skills by challenging them to create a composed dish using ingredients in specially curated meal kits. The two recruits with the best dishes continue on to the final cook. Later, Anne and Jeff teach their recruits a three-course, restaurant-quality meal, and the finalists must put all their newfound skills to work in order to impress a panel of culinary experts, despite a huge twist thrown at them by a surprise special guest. Judges Chris Scott, Christian Petroni and Hawa Hassan taste the recruits' dishes in a blind taste test and determine the winner of the $25,000 prize.
About Worst Cooks in America

Title: Worst Cooks in America
First Air Date: 2010-01-03
Last Air Date: 2025-02-02
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 27 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 29
Total Episodes: 212
Network: Food Network
Genres: Reality, Comedy
Production Companies: Optomen Productions, All3Media America, Objective Media Group, Optomen Television
Synopsis
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.
Cast

Anne Burrell
Herself - Host