Worst Cooks in America 23, is the twenty-third season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. It premiered on Food Network on January 5, 2022 and concluded on February 23, 2022. Peachez Iman-Cummings was the winner of this season, with Marti Cummings 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 Cliff Crooks joins Anne Burrell to host season 23. The season debuted on January 5, 2022.
This season features two additional twists. First, the cast includes 5 pairs of recruits with previously established relationships: Angie & Cheyenne (long-lost cousins), Bianca & Hector (married), Deneise & Hilda (neighbors), Eddie & Kara (married), and Marti & Peachez (best friends). Second, this season features alternating elimination weeks for each team, with the winning recruit on the non-eliminating team receiving a $1,000 prize each week.
Recruits ContestantHometownOccupationTeamStatusPeachez Iman-CummingsNew York CityDrag performerCliffWinneron February 23, 2022 Marti CummingsNew York CityDrag ArtistAnneKara AndersonLeitchfield, KentuckyEnglish TeacherAnneFinaliston February 23, 2022Cheyenne LoomisLondon, KentuckyCase WorkerCliffEddie AndersonLeitchfield, KentuckyArt TeacherCliff Eliminatedon February 16, 2022Hilda IkePoinciana, FloridaFitness InstructorAnneBianca BencosmeYork, PennsylvaniaStay-At-Home MomCliff Eliminatedon February 9, 2022Al KingswriterTony, WisconsinTruck DriverAnneAngie Hartford-PadillaSan Jose, CaliforniaExecutive AssistantAnneEliminatedon February 2, 2022Melody MooreAtlanta, GeorgiaBeauty Bar OwnerCliffWithdrewon January 26, 2022Hector PeraltaYork, PennsylvaniaData AnalystAnneEliminatedon January 19, 2022Deneise WhitePoinciana, FloridaIT ManagerCliffEliminatedon January 12, 2022
Elimination Chart
Rank Contestant Episode1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81PeachezINWININBTMWINWINWIN WINNER2MartiININWINININWINBTM RUNNER-UP3KaraINBTMININWININWINFINALIST4CheyenneINININBTM*INBTMBTM5EddieINININWINININOUT 6HildaINWINBTMININBTMOUT 7BiancaININWINININOUT 8AlININININBTMOUT 9AngieWINININWINOUT 10MelodyINININWDR 11HectorBTMINOUT 12DeneiseBTMOUT
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. (FINALIST) The contestant was a finalist 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. (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition.
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