Worst Cooks in America

Season 2

TV-G

Follow "bad" home cooks as they overcoming a series of high-pressure culinary challenges to help triumph over their inability to cook. Lead by top Food Network chefs the two who make it to the end will have to prepare a three-course, restaurant-quality meal for a panel of food critics who think they are tasting dishes prepared by top-chefs.

Where to Watch Season 2

8 Episodes

Worst Food Forward
E1
Worst Food ForwardSixteen 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.
Farmageddon
E2
FarmageddonThe 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.
Frozen to Fabulous
E3
Frozen to FabulousThe hopefuls must replicate three simple sauces and incorporate them into seafood dishes. Later, they re-create frozen meals using fresh and flavorful ingredients.
Grill Skills
E4
Grill SkillsThe 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.
Game-Day Party
E5
Game-Day PartyThe recruits cater a cocktail party for Kris Jenkins of the New York Jets. Later, there's a double elimination.
Facing Food Fears
E6
Facing Food FearsThe 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.
Sweet Surprise
E7
Sweet SurpriseThe final four compete in a culinary decathlon. Later, their loved ones show up and reveal a favorite dish they'll have to prepare.
Worst to First
E8
Worst to FirstThe 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.