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.
Ted Allen
Edward Allen (born May 20, 1965) is an American author and television personality. He was the food and wine connoisseur on the Bravo network's television program "Queer Eye", and has been the host of the TV cooking competition series "Chopped" since its launch in 2009, as well as "Chopped Junior", which began in mid-2015. On April 13, 2014, he became the host of another Food Network show, originally called "America's Best Cook"; a retooled version of that show, retitled "All-Star Academy," which debuted on March 1, 2015. In early 2015, he also hosted a four-part special, "Best. Ever.", which scoured America for its best burgers, pizza, breakfast, and barbecue. He is a longtime contributing writer to "Esquire" magazine, the author of two cookbooks, and regularly appears on the Food Network show "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" and other television cooking shows.