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.
America's Test Kitchen
The show is affiliated with America's Test Kitchen, publishers of "Cook's Illustrated" and "Cook's Country" magazines, and beginning in Season 19, the show is recorded at ATK's test kitchen facility at the Innovation and Design Building in Boston, Massachusetts (Seasons 1-18 were recorded at ATK's former test kitchen on Station Street in Brookline, Massachusetts). The America's Test Kitchen brand also produces cookbooks, podcasts, and websites associated with each show and magazine, offering recipes, equipment and ingredient reviews, and tips. Test cooks and equipment/ingredient testers exhaustively test recipes and gear to fulfill the goal of "Recipes That Work." While the television shows have underwriters to cover their costs, the magazines and websites are subscriber-supported and do not carry advertising. Beginning in September 2018, ATK launched America's Test Kitchen Kids.