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Worst Cooks in America: Viral Sensations

8 episodes Premiered Jan 1, 2023 Updated Oct 22, 2026

In the twenty-fifth season of the reality series Worst Cooks in America, titled Worst Cooks in America: Viral Sensations, the program shifts its focus to a specific group of contestants. The season features a cast composed entirely of social media stars who possess poor cooking skills. These recruits enter a culinary boot camp designed to transform them from kitchen disasters into kitchen masters. Anne Burrell return

Previously on Worst Cooks in America

Season 25 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The series features recruits with very poor cooking skills who participate in an intensive culinary boot camp.
  • ⚡ Contestants compete for a grand prize of 25,000 dollars and a Food Network cooking set.
  • ⚡ Professional chefs serve as mentors to train the recruits on fundamental cooking techniques.
  • ⚡ The final challenge of the competition requires the remaining recruits to prepare a restaurant quality meal.
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Season overview

In the twenty-fifth season of the reality series Worst Cooks in America, titled Worst Cooks in America: Viral Sensations, the program shifts its focus to a specific group of contestants. The season features a cast composed entirely of social media stars who possess poor cooking skills. These recruits enter a culinary boot camp designed to transform them from kitchen disasters into kitchen masters. Anne Burrell returns to lead the training, joined by new co-host Darnell Ferguson. Throughout the season, the recruits undergo rigorous instruction in essential culinary techniques, including knife skills, seasoning, temperature control, preparation, and baking. The overarching narrative follows these participants as they navigate the challenges of the boot camp environment, aiming to improve their abilities under the guidance of the professional chefs. The season maintains the established format of the series, which traditionally involves taking contestants with limited cooking experience through an intensive training program to refine their skills. By the end of the experience, the remaining participants strive to demonstrate their growth and mastery of the culinary arts, competing for the series' standard grand prize of 25,000 dollars.

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Season 25 Episodes

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S25·E1 Mytharc

Culinary Clickbait

Jan 1, 2023 · 90 min

Chefs Anne Burrell and Darnell "Superchef" Ferguson welcome 12 technically savvy but culinary challenged recruits to their cooking boot camp. Before picking teams, Anne and Darnell

S25·E2 Core

America's Next Culinary Influencer

Jan 8, 2023 · 90 min

After the recruits learn some basics, Anne Burrell and Darnell Ferguson want to see who has what it takes to be America's next top culinary influencer! The teams face off in a seri

S25·E3 Core

My Big Fat Greek Kitchen

Jan 15, 2023

Boot camp is transformed into ancient Greece, and the teams face off in a head-to-head relay race to make a Mediterranean mezze platter. After they've channeled their inner culinar

S25·E4 Core

That's So Decadent

Jan 22, 2023

Anne Burrell and Darnell Ferguson start the week testing the recruits' taste buds by identifying the flavor of pies that have been launched into their faces! Then, the chefs demons

S25·E5 Core

Surviving Worst Cooks

Jan 22, 2023

Halfway through the competition, it only gets harder to survive boot camp! Anne Burrell and Darnell Ferguson push the recruits' culinary, physical and mental skills in the kitchen

S25·E6 Core

Glitch in the Culinary Matrix

Jan 29, 2023

Boot camp's been hacked, and it's up to the recruits to recover the missing recipe data! Anne Burrell and Darnell Ferguson have their teams taste international dishes to find the h

S25·E7 Mytharc

Robo-Roast

Jan 29, 2023

Anne Burrell and Darnell Ferguson bring back the classic game of Remote Control Chef, where each team must taste and describe a dish to their chef via headset so they can perfectly

S25·E8 Mytharc

Verified Chefs

Feb 5, 2023

Anne Burrell and Darnell Ferguson welcome back two of the series' most viral competitors and former finalists, Peachez and Marti! They face the final four recruits in a showdown, c

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