Worst Cooks in America 1, is the first season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. It premiered on Food Network on January 3, 2010, and concluded on February 1, 2010. Rachel Coleman was the winner of this inaugural season, with Jennifer "Jenny" Cross as the runner-up.
Format Worst Cooks in America is an American reality television series in which contestants (referred to as "recruits") with poor cooking skills undergo a culinary boot camp for the chance to win $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. Each episode features two core challenges: the Skills Drill, which tests their grasp of basic techniques demonstrated by the chef mentors, and the Main Dish Challenge, where they must apply those skills to recreate or invent a more complex dish under specific guidelines. The weakest performer is eliminated at the end of each episode. The final two contestants prepare a restaurant-quality, three-course meal for a panel of food critics, who evaluate the dishes based on taste, presentation, and overall improvement.
Judges Chefs Beau MacMillan and Anne Burrell lead an intense culinary boot camp. They have six recruits each, and every week they must eliminate one recruit from each of their teams until there is only one from each team left. The final two create a three-course meal to fool a panel of restaurant critics into believing that the meal was created by the acclaimed chefs.
Recruits Twelve chefs competed in the first season of Worst Cooks in America. Hometowns and occupations are available from the Food Network website. Chef Anne's team was known as the Red Team and Chef Beau's team was known as the Blue Team.
ContestantAgeHometownOccupationTeamStatusRachel Coleman23Brooklyn, New YorkMarketing Website editorAnneWinneron February 1, 201021Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaWaitressBeau38Cumberland, Rhode IslandDance Studio OwnerBeauEliminatedon January 31, 2010Eddie Chang32Jersey City, New JerseyIT project managerAnneMarque Hernandez41Brea, CaliforniaDirector of Clinical OperationsBeauEliminatedon January 24, 2010Rebecca Hooper43Sandy, UtahSalon OwnerAnneSophia Gettys27Aurora, ColoradoStay-at-home MomAnneEliminatedon January 17, 2010Susie Shoman53Georgetown, South CarolinaBeauKelly Johnson31Scottsdale, ArizonaCorporate litigation attorneyAnneEliminatedon January 10, 2010David Summey29Charlotte, North CarolinaSalesmanBeauWilhelmina Josephine29Aliso Viejo, CaliforniaInsurance claims adjusterBeauEliminatedon January 3, 2010Hamed Hamad27Journalist and fashion consultantAnne
Elimination Chart
* Initially a member of the other team RankContestant Episode1 2 3 4 5 61Rachel IN IN IN IN WIN BTM WIN WINNER2Jenny* IN IN SWAP WIN IN BTM WIN RUNNER-UP3Jen IN IN WIN IN WIN WIN OUT 4Eddie BTM WIN BTM BTM IN WIN OUT 5Marque WIN WIN BTM BTM IN OUT 6Rebecca WIN BTM IN WIN IN OUT 7Sophia* IN IN SWAP OUT 8Susie IN BTM IN OUT 9Kelly IN OUT 10David BTM OUT 11Wilhelmina OUT 12Hamed OUT
Key (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst". (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition. (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge and was considered the winner. (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated. (SWAP) The contestant get switched by a mentor to the other team (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
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