Worst Cooks in America 28, also known as Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains, is the twenty-eighth season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. The season features a celebrity cast of Heroes vs. Villains. It premiered on Food Network on January 5, 2025 and concluded on February 2, 2025. Corinne Olympios was the winner of this season, with Adam Rippon as the runner-up.
Format Worst Cooks in America 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
Antonia Lofaso and Jeff Mauro are the leaders for Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains, which consists of celebrities and reality TV stars, and dividing them into teams of Heroes and Villains. This is the first season to not feature Anne Burrell. The season premiered on January 5, 2025.
Recruits ContestantAgeOccupationTeamStatusCorinne Olympios 32The Bachelor star VillainsWinneron February 2, 2025Adam Rippon 35Retired Olympic figure skaterHeroesFrankie Grande 42Big Brother starHeroesEliminatedon February 2, 2025Wes Bergmann 40The Challenge starVillainsTiffany Pollard 43Flavor of Love and Celebrity Big Brother UK starVillainsBartise Bowden 29Love Is Blind starVillainsEliminatedon January 26, 2025Trinity the Tuck 39RuPaul's Drag Race starHeroesRachel Reilly 40Big Brother and The Amazing Race starVillainsSebastian Bach 56Former lead singer of Skid RowHeroesEliminatedon January 19, 2025Cheryl Burke 40Dancing with the Stars dancerHeroesEliminatedon January 12, 2025
Contestant progress
Rank Contestant Episode123456 71CorinneWINININININWINWIN WINNER2AdamINWININWININWINWIN RUNNER-UP3FrankieWINININBTM BTMBTM OUT 4WesINWINBTM WINBTMIN OUT 5TiffanyINBTM ININWIN OUT 6BartiseININWININ OUT 7TrinityININWININ OUT 8RachelBTM ININ OUT 9SebastianININ OUT 10CherylBTM 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. (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
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