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
America's Test Kitchen is a half-hour cooking show distributed to public television stations and Create in the United States, which are also available in most Canadian markets. Christopher Kimball hosted the show's first 16 seasons, while he was editor-in-chief of "Cook's Illustrated". The program is now co-hosted by Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster, both of whom were previously among the rotation of cooks featured on "America's Test Kitchen".