Worst Cooks in America

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Worst Cooks in America
Genre	Reality television Cooking show
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	29
No. of episodes	217[1]
Production
Executive producers	Rowena DeLaRosa Bob Kirsh Nicola Moody Pip Wells
Production location	New York City
Running time	60–90 minutes
Production company	Optomen Productions, Inc.
Original release
Network	Food Network
Release	January 3, 2010 (2010-01-03) – present
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Worst Bakers in America

Worst Cooks in America is an American reality television series that premiered on January 3, 2010, on Food Network. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") with very poor cooking skills through a culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set. In the celebrity edition of the show, the winning celebrity gets a $50,000 prize to donate to the charity of their choice.^[2][3] 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.^[4]