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.
Iron Chef Gauntlet
Iron Chef Gauntlet is a television series on Food Network that began airing on April 16, 2017. The series is a reboot of the "Iron Chef" and "Iron Chef America" series that gained popularity on Food Network and is hosted by Alton Brown, who also takes over as the series' Chairman. Seven chefs from around the country battle each other in an elimination contest, with the last chef remaining then facing a "gauntlet" challenge of defeating three other Iron Chefs in order to earn the title of Iron Chef. In the first season, the Iron Chefs forming the Gauntlet were Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto, and Michael Symon. The second season of "Iron Chef Gauntlet" began airing April 4, 2018 and is scheduled for six episodes. The Gauntlet Iron Chefs for the second season will be Alex Guarnaschelli, "Gauntlet" season one winner Stephanie Izard, and Michael Symon.