Worst Cooks in America

Chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso assess the culinary carnage by asking the infamous star recruits to whip up their go-to dinner party dish. Then, in the main dish challenge, the teams learn to butcher a whole fish and replicate an elegant seafood dish.

Chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso challenge the teams to flex their culinary muscles by cooking mussels. In the main dish challenge, the recruits tackle the tricky balance of sweet and sour pork, and the bottom two must face off in a blind elimination.

Chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso teach the recruits to make an all-American breakfast. For the main dish challenge, things get smoking as the teams throw down on the grill with barbecue chicken.

Chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso teach the recruits to craft their own version of a hero sandwich. In the main dish challenge, the teams venture into Mexican cuisine with flavorful enchiladas, and the bottom two recruits face off in a taco showdown.

After a mystery scone tasting game, chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso ask the recruits to create their own flavorful scones. Then, the teams prepare a multi-course dinner fit for royalty, and some recruits will be banished from the kitchen.

The recruits compete in a scavenger hunt race for ingredients before chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso challenge them to dive into making squid ink seafood pasta. The two bottom recruits must make fresh pasta and sauce in a blind elimination challenge.