Worst Cooks in America
Worst Cooks in America is an American reality television series that premiered on January 3, 2010, on the 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. 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.
List of Iron Chef America episodes
Consisted of fresh ingredients purchased from the Green Market at Union Square in New York City, including a variety of winter vegetables, fruit and guinea fowl.
An ICA special based around Symon's debut battle as an Iron Chef.
Other than his preference for farm-fresh ingredients, no formal specialty was announced for Moore. This is the cuisine style attributed to Agraria in Washington, D.C., where Moore is executive chef.
Consisted of traditional American Thanksgiving staples: turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberries, corn, and pumpkin.
An ICA special which featured two teams of Food Network personalities facing off in a holiday dessert battle, with each team having one sous chef instead of the usual two.
First aired on Food Network on January 20, 2008, after the first two episodes of Season 6 were broadcast.
Oliver's sous chefs were Gennaro Contaldo, his mentor at London's Neal Street Restaurant and his "mate" Andrew Parkinson, also a trained chef, both of whom have previously appeared with him on his television programs.
First aired on Food Network on January 1, 2008, following a marathon replay of The Next Iron Chef.
First aired on Food Network Canada on February 10, 2008 as part of a chocolate-themed program marathon.
First aired during "Brain Freeze Week". In keeping with the theme, the Chairman stipulated each dish must include a frozen element.
According to the program notes, Adjey and Symon were roommates at the Culinary Institute of America. Adjey is also a Food Network Canada personality as part of the series "Restaurant Makeover".
Art Smith is the first Iron Chef America judge to later appear as a challenger. 
Cosentino was a competitor with Symon on the first "The Next Iron Chef", and was previously defeated by Mario Batali in Battle Garlic.
A special Halloween episode, featuring organ meats (heart, kidney, sweetbreads, tripe, liver) from a variety of animals along with off-cuts such as pig's trotters and coxcomb. The episode also featured appearances by Igor and The Monster from the Broadway production of "Young Frankenstein."
This is the first episode in which the new Iron Chef jackets are worn.
Secret ingredients included duck, heritage turkey, venison, walnuts, Indian corn, lobster and leeks.
One of Amanda Freitag's sous chefs was Ariane Duarte, a contestant on the fifth season of Top Chef. Duarte is not a chef at Freitag's restaurant.
Kaysen was a former competitor on "The Next Iron Chef"; this was his first battle in Kitchen Stadium.
Takeo and Shintaro Okamoto previously appeared on "Will Work for Food", training Adam Gertler to sculpt ice for an event.
A twin-themed battle, featuring Michael Symon lookalike Psilakis (who previously lost to Cat Cora in Battle Puff Pastry), the twin Carro brothers, and twin judges Tia and Tamera Mowry.
There were four judges for this battle, thus a highest possible score of 80, as compared to normal episodes which have three judges and a highest possible score of 60.
First Lady Michelle Obama appeared as a special guest at the beginning of this two-hour episode, where she welcomed the chefs and announced the secret ingredient. This is also the last battle featuring Batali as part of the regular cast; it was announced in September 2007 that Batali's contract with "Food Network" was not being renewed.
In Kitchen Stadium, the Chairman supplemented the secret ingredient with a range of locally and sustainably grown meats and seafood, along with goat cheese, eggs, cider vinegar and honey from the White House beehive.
Garces' debut as Iron Chef, having won the second season of "The Next Iron Chef" competition
Michael Smith is the host of Food Network Canada's "Chef at Home".
Goldman is also the host of Food Network's "Ace of Cakes." His experiences on ICA are included in "Ace of Cakes" episode DB0808L ("Charm City Throwdown"). Goldman's sous chefs were his former mentor, Jean Llapitan, and Shawn Aoki from the Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
Richard Blais, who previously competed against Iron Chef Batali in Battle Chickpeas, joins Cat Cora's team as a sous chef.
Smith competed on the second season of "The Next Iron Chef"; this is her first battle in Kitchen Stadium
Zakarian appears regularly as a judge on "Chopped (TV series)."
Fraser requested permission to compete without sous chefs; Symon dismissed his upon learning Fraser was competing alone.
This battle was a special grill battle, where each dish was to include a grilled element.
Makoto Okuwa was a sous chef under Iron Chef Morimoto for several ICA episodes.
Crenn competed on the second season of "The Next Iron Chef"; this is her first battle in Kitchen Stadium
This episode was Iron Chef America's first vegetarian battle.
Seamus Mullen competed on the second season of "The Next Iron Chef"; this is his first battle in Kitchen Stadium.
Eric Greenspan competed on the second season of "The Next Iron Chef"; this is his first battle in Kitchen Stadium.