Worst Cooks in America 6, is the sixth season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. It premiered on Food Network on January 4, 2015 and concluded on February 15, 2015. Kristen Redmond was the winner of this season, with Genique Freeman 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 Tyler Florence joined Anne Burrell to host season 6, replacing Bobby Flay after 3 seasons. The season premiered on January 4, 2015, to 2,123,000 viewers. The second episode was lower at 1,456,000 viewers, with the third episode rising to 1,732,000 viewers and the fourth episode reached 1,689,000 viewers. the 5th episode reached 1,634,000 viewers. The sixth episode received 1.55 million viewers.
Recruits ContestantAgeHometownOccupationTeamStatusKristen Redmond 25Austin, Texas Singer/SongwriterAnneWinner on February 15, 2015Genique Freeman 33Fayetteville, North Carolina EstheticianTylerRunner-up on February 15, 2015Sarah Bettendorf 33Los Angeles, California Art TeacherTylerEliminated on February 8, 2015Leopold "Leo" Nunan 36Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Performance ArtistAnneNorman Wilson 46Detroit, MichiganExecutive ProtectionAnneEliminated on February 1, 2015Sharif Dean 27Los Angeles, California Personal TrainerTylerDavid Eric Rosenberg 51Las Vegas, Nevada Theatre UsherAnneEliminated on January 25, 2015Kortni Montgomery 25New Orleans, Louisiana Customer Service RepTylerMichael "Six" Muldoon 25Queens, New York MagicianAnneEliminated on January 18, 2015Mike Kennedy45Scottsdale, ArizonaPrivate InvestigatorTylerSusie Babin 61Bush, Louisiana RetiredAnneEliminated on January 11, 2015Stephanie Streisand 25Los Angeles, California WriterTylerWithdrew on January 11, 2015Jason Dixon 30Chicago, Illinois ArtistTylerEliminated on January 4, 2015Christina Oster 38Zion, Illinois Single MomAnne
Elimination Chart
RankContestant Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 71KristenINWINWINININWINBTMINWINWINWINWINNER2GeniqueININWINININWINININWINWINWINRUNNER-UP3SarahWINININBTMBTMINWINWINBTMWINOUT 4LeoININININININWININBTMWINOUT 5NormanWININININBTMININWINOUT 6SharifINWINBTMWINININBTMINOUT 7DavidBTMINBTMINWINBTMOUT 8KortniBTMINBTMBTMWINBTMOUT 9SixININININOUT 10MikeINBTMININOUT 11SusieINBTMOUT 12StephanieININWDR 13JasonOUT 14ChristinaOUT
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. (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness.
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