Worst Cooks in America 7, also known as Celebrity Edition, is the seventh season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. This is the first iteration of the celebrity editions. It premiered on Food Network on September 23, 2015 and concluded on October 28, 2015. Jenni "JWoww" Farley was the winner of this season, with Kendra Wilkinson as the runner-up.
Format Worst Cooks in America (Celebrity Edition) is an American reality television series in which celebrities (referred to as "recruits") with poor cooking skills undergo a culinary boot camp for the chance to win a $50,000 prize to donate to the charity of their choice. 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 Rachael Ray joins Anne Burrell to host season 7. The winner earns a $50,000 donation for their chosen charity. Because this season had only 7 total recruits, each team's worst recruit from that week's Main Dish challenge competed head to head in a quickfire elimination challenge instead of eliminating both recruits each week. This challenge involved more basic cooking techniques (e.g. knife skills) and the winner would be decided by a blind judging from both Anne and Rachael. The winning recruit stayed in the competition while the losing recruit was eliminated.
Recruits ContestantAgeOccupationTeamStatusJenni "JWoww" Farley 29 Reality Television StarAnneWinneron October 28, 2015Kendra Wilkinson 30 Former Playboy Model & Television PersonalityRachaelRunner-upon October 28, 2015Ellen Cleghorne 49Saturday Night Live ActressRachaelEliminatedon October 21, 2015Barry Williams 60The Brady Bunch ActorAnneEliminatedon October 14, 2015Chris Soules 33 The Bachelor StarAnneEliminatedon October 7, 2015Jaleel White 38 Actor, Television HostRachaelEliminatedon September 30, 2015Dean Cain 48 Television Actor Eliminatedon September 23, 2015
Elimination Chart
RankContestant Episode 1 2 3 4 5 61Jenni IN WIN IN WIN WIN WINNER2Kendra IN WIN BTM WIN BTM RUNNER-UP3Ellen IN IN WIN BTM OUT 4Barry BTM BTM WIN OUT 5Chris IN IN OUT 6Jaleel IN OUT 7Dean 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 or Skill Drill 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. (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
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