Anne Burrell
Self - Host
Worst Cooks in America (2010)
Season 2
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.
Released Jan. 3, 2010
Episode 59 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, Game Show, Reality, Reality TV
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Watch Providers: Hulu, The Roku Channel, Disney Plus, Food Network, Food Network + 7 more, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Optomen Productions, All3Media America, Optomen Television, Objective Media Group
Network: Food Network
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Worst Food Forward
Sixteen unskilled home cooks arrive in New York City to begin a culinary boot camp in the Season 2 opener. Hosts Anne Burrell and Robert Irvine divide the recruits into two teams and challenge them to butcher a whole chicken and replicate the entrées they've been taught.
Jan. 2, 2011, midnight
S2E2 - Farmageddon
The remaining recruits take a field trip to a farm, where they're challenged to prepare the perfect omelet. Later, the hopefuls try to re-create a pork dish, relying only on their own memory after their notebooks are taken away.
Jan. 9, 2011, midnight
S2E3 - Frozen to Fabulous
The hopefuls must replicate three simple sauces and incorporate them into seafood dishes. Later, they re-create frozen meals using fresh and flavorful ingredients.
Jan. 16, 2011, midnight
S2E4 - Grill Skills
The recruits construct creative burgers in a grilling Skill Drill. They then prepare elegant meals for two and dine one-on-one with their chef, defending their dishes.
Jan. 23, 2011, midnight
S2E5 - Game-Day Party
The recruits cater a cocktail party for Kris Jenkins of the New York Jets. Later, there's a double elimination.
Jan. 30, 2011, midnight
S2E6 - Facing Food Fears
The six remaining recruits make sausage from scratch during a trip to a butcher shop. Then, they face their seafood fears when tasked with cleaning and prepping whole fish and squid.
Feb. 6, 2011, midnight
S2E7 - Sweet Surprise
The final four compete in a culinary decathlon. Later, their loved ones show up and reveal a favorite dish they'll have to prepare.
Feb. 13, 2011, midnight
S2E8 - Worst to First
The final two recruits must prepare a three-course meal in a real restaurant kitchen for a panel of demanding gourmands. Chefs Anne and Robert devise a menu, send the recruits shopping for ingredients and then help their recruit practice the menu for three short hours. The next day, the recruits find themselves at New York’s Tribeca Grill, where they'll cook for culinary experts Marc Murphy, Donatella Arpaia and Drew Nieporent. After much deliberation, the panel reveals its choice for the best-executed meal.
Feb. 20, 2011, midnight
Network: Food Network
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 13098 min.
Released: Jan. 3, 2010
Last Air Date: Sept. 1, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Jan. 4, 2026, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 10+
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