You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reasons:
This IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.
This does not affect your ability to read Wikipedia pages.
Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong. Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and can sometimes affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. Review the information below for assistance if you do not believe that you have done anything wrong.

The IP address or range 44.199.0.0/16 has been blocked (disabled) by ‪Blablubbs‬ for the following reason(s):

The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider or colocation provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts and colocation providers may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host or colocation provider because it hides your IP address, much like a proxy or VPN.
We recommend that you attempt to use another connection to edit. For example, if you use a proxy or VPN to connect to the internet, turn it off when editing Wikipedia. If you edit using a mobile connection, try using a Wi-Fi connection, and vice versa. If you are using a corporate internet connection, switch to a different Wi-Fi network. If you have a Wikipedia account, please log in.
If you do not have any other way to edit Wikipedia, you will need to request an IP block exemption.

How to appeal if you are confident that your connection does not use a colocation provider's IP address:
If you are confident that you are not using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page: ((unblock|reason=Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is _______. Place any further information here. ~~~~)). You must fill in the blank with your IP address for this block to be investigated. Your IP address can be determined here. Alternatively, if you wish to keep your IP address private you can use the unblock ticket request system. There are several reasons you might be editing using the IP address of a web host or colocation provider (such as if you are using VPN software or a business network); please use this method of appeal only if you think your IP address is in fact not a web host or colocation provider.

Administrators: The IP block exemption user right should only be applied to allow users to edit using web host in exceptional circumstances, and requests should usually be directed to the functionaries team via email. If you intend to give the IPBE user right, a CheckUser needs to take a look at the account. This can be requested most easily at SPI Quick Checkuser Requests. Unblocking an IP or IP range with this template is highly discouraged without at least contacting the blocking administrator.

This block will expire on 12:56, 12 May 2024.

Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page, as well as email administrators and other editors.

For information on how to proceed, please read the FAQ for blocked users and the guideline on block appeals. The guide to appealing blocks may also be helpful.

Other useful links: Blocking policy · Help:I have been blocked
This IP address range has been globally blocked.
This does not affect your ability to read Wikipedia pages.
Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong. Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and can sometimes affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. Review the information below for assistance if you do not believe that you have done anything wrong.

This block affects editing on all Wikimedia wikis.
The IP address or range 44.199.0.0/16 has been globally blocked (disabled) by ‪AntiCompositeNumber‬ for the following reason(s):

Open proxy/Webhost: Visit the FAQ if you are affected

This block will expire on 13:55, 18 May 2025.

Even while globally blocked, you will usually still be able to edit pages on Meta-Wiki.

This block may be appealed at Global steward requests on Meta-Wiki.

Other useful links: Global blocks · Help:I have been blocked
You can view and copy the source of this page:
((short description|American reality television series))
((more citations needed|date=July 2022))
((Use mdy dates|date=January 2019))
((Infobox television
| image                = Worst Cooks in America foodn logo.png
| caption              = 
| alt_name             = 
| genre                = ((Plainlist|
*Reality television
*Cooking show
))
| creator              = 
| developer            = 
| writer               = 
| director             = 
| creative_director    = 
| presenter            = 
| starring             = 
| judges               = ((Plainlist|
*[[Anne Burrell]]
*[[Beau MacMillan]]
*[[Robert Irvine]]
*[[Bobby Flay]]
*[[Tyler Florence]]
*[[Rachael Ray]]
*[[Alton Brown]]
*[[Alex Guarnaschelli]]
*[[Carla Hall]]
*[[Michael Symon]]
*[[Cliff Crooks]]
*[[Jeff Mauro]]
*[[Darnell Ferguson]]
*[[Tiffany Derry]]
))
| voices               = 
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = 
| opentheme            = 
| endtheme             = 
| composer             = 
| country              = United States
| num_seasons          = 27
| num_episodes         = 198
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = ((Plainlist|
*Rowena DeLaRosa
*Bob Kirsh
*Nicola Moody
*Pip Wells
))
| producer             = 
| location             = New York City
| cinematography       = 
| editor               = 
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 60-90 minutes
| company              = [[Optomen|Optomen Productions, Inc.]]
| first_aired          = ((Start date|2010|01|03))
| last_aired           = present
| related              = ((Plainlist|
* ''[[Worst Bakers in America]]''
* | channel              = [[Food Network]] 
))
))
'''''Worst Cooks in America''''' is an American reality television series that premiered on January((nbsp))3, 2010, on [[Food Network]]. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") with very poor cooking skills through a culinary [[Training camp|boot camp]], to earn a cash prize of $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set. In the celebrity edition of the show, the winning celebrity gets a $50,000 prize to donate to the charity of their choice.<ref>((cite web|last=Lynch|first=Rene|title='Worst Cooks in America' isn't just a title: They're horrible|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2010/01/worst-cooks-in-america.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 2, 2010|access-date=February 14, 2013))</ref><ref>((cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|title='Worst Cooks in America': Worst thing I watched most of last night|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/01/04/worst-cooks-in-america/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 4, 2010|access-date=February 14, 2013))</ref> The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including [[baking]], [[List of culinary knife cuts|knife skills]], [[Doneness|temperature]], [[seasoning]] and [[Outline of food preparation|preparation]]. The final challenge is to cook a [[Restaurant|restaurant-quality]], three-course meal for three [[food critic]]s.

==History==
===Chef Chart===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Season
!Red Team Mentor
!Blue Team Mentor
!Number of Contestants
!Debut Date
!Finale Date
!Winner
|-
|1
| rowspan="27" |Anne Burrell
|Beau MacMillan
|12
|January 3, 2010
|February 1, 2010
| rowspan="3" |Anne
|-
|2
|Robert Irvine
| rowspan="2" |16
|January 2, 2011
|February 20, 2011
|-
|3
| rowspan="3" |Bobby Flay
|February 12, 2012
|April 1, 2012
|-
|4
| rowspan="3" |14
|February 17, 2013
|March 31, 2013
| rowspan="2" |Bobby
|-
|5
|February 17, 2014
|March 31, 2014
|-
|6
|Tyler Florence
|January 4, 2015
|February 15, 2015
| rowspan="3" |Anne
|-
|7/ Celebrity 1
|Rachael Ray
|7
|September 23, 2015
|October 28, 2015
|-
|8
|Tyler Florence
|14
|January 4, 2016
|February 14, 2016
|-
|9/ Celebrity 2
| rowspan="3" |Rachael Ray
|9
|September 14, 2016
|November 2, 2016
|Rachael
|-
|10
|16
|January 1, 2017
|March 5, 2017
|Anne
|-
|11/ Celebrity 3
|8
|August 23, 2017
|October 11, 2017
|Rachael
|-
|12
| rowspan="2" |Tyler Florence
|16
|January 7, 2018
|March 11, 2018
|Anne
|-
|13/ Celebrity 4
|7
|April 15, 2018
|May 20, 2018
|Tyler
|-
|14
|Robert Irvine
|14
|August 12, 2018
|September 24, 2018
|Robert
|-
|15
| rowspan="2" |Tyler Florence
|15
|January 6, 2019
|March 3, 2019
| rowspan="2" |Anne
|-
|16/ Celebrity 5
|8
|April 21, 2019
|June 2, 2019
|-
|17
|Bobby Flay
|14
|August 4, 2019
|September 22, 2019
|Bobby
|-
|18
|Alton Brown
|16
|January 5, 2020
|March 8, 2020
| rowspan="2" |Anne
|-
|19/ Celebrity 6
|Tyler Florence
|7
|May 10, 2020
|June 14, 2020
|-
|20
|Alex Guarnaschelli
| rowspan="2" |14
|June 21, 2020
|August 2, 2020
|Alex
|-
|21
|Carla Hall
|January 3, 2021
|February 28, 2021<ref>((Cite web|date=2020-11-30|title=Worst Cooks in America, Dirty Dishes: Food Network Reveals Premiere Dates|url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/worst-cooks-in-america-dirty-dishes-food-network-reveals-premiere-dates/|access-date=2020-12-26|website=canceled + renewed TV shows - TV Series Finale|language=en-US))</ref>
|Carla
|-
|22/ Best of the Worst
|Michael Symon
|8
|April 25, 2021
|May 30, 2021
|Anne
|-
|23
|Cliff Crooks
|12
|January 5, 2022
|February 23, 2022
|Cliff
|-
|24/ Celebrity 7, That's So 90's
|Jeff Mauro
|9
|April 24, 2022
|May 29, 2022
| rowspan="2"|Anne
|-
|25/ Viral Sensations
|Darnell Ferguson
|12
|January 1, 2023
|February 5, 2023
|-
|26/ Love at First Bite
|Jeff Mauro
|16
|August 6, 2023
|September 10, 2023
|Jeff
|-
|27/ Spoiled Rotten
|Tiffany Derry
|16
|January 7, 2024
|February 4, 2024
|Tiffany
|-
|}

==Season 1: 2010==
Chefs [[Beau MacMillan]] and [[Anne Burrell]] lead an intense culinary boot camp. They have six recruits each, and every week they must eliminate one recruit from each of their teams until there is only one from each team left. The final two create a three-course meal to fool a panel of restaurant critics into believing that the meal was created by the acclaimed chefs.

===Recruits===
Twelve chefs competed in the first season of ''Worst Cooks in America''. Hometowns and occupations are available from the Food Network website.<ref>((cite web|title=Worst Cooks in America: Red Team (Chef Anne Burrell)|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america-red-team-chef-anne-burrell/index.html|work=[[Food Network]]|access-date=February 14, 2013))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=Worst Cooks in America: Blue Team (Chef Beau MacMillan)|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america-blue-team-chef-beau-macmillan/index.html|work=[[Food Network]]|access-date=February 14, 2013))</ref> Chef Anne's team was known as the Red Team and Chef Beau's team was known as the Blue Team.

{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Rachel Coleman
|23
|[[Brooklyn]], New York
|Marketing Website editor
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color: white;">'''Winner'''<br /><small>on February 1, 2010</small></span>
|-
|((nowrap|Jennifer "Jenny" Cross))
|21
|[[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania
|[[Waiting staff|Waitress]]
|Beau/Blue
|style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up<br /><small>on February 1, 2010</small>))
|-
|((nowrap|Jennifer "Jen" Vecchio))
|38
|[[Cumberland, Rhode Island]]
|Dance Studio Owner
|Beau/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 31, 2010</small>
|-
|Eddie Chang
|32
|[[Jersey City, New Jersey]]
|[[Information technology|IT]] [[project manager]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Marque Hernandez
|41
|[[Brea, California]]
|Director of Clinical Operations
|Beau/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 24, 2010</small>
|-
|Rebecca Hooper
|43
|[[Sandy, Utah]]
|[[Beauty salon|Salon]] Owner
|Anne/Red
|-
|Sophia Gettys
|27
|[[Aurora, Colorado]]
|[[Housewife|Stay-at-home Mom]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 17, 2010</small>
|-
|Susie Shoman
|53
|[[Georgetown, South Carolina]]
|((nowrap|[[Grant (money)|Grants]] administrator and entrepreneur))
|Beau/Blue
|-
|Kelly Johnson
|31
|[[Scottsdale, Arizona]]
|[[Corporate lawyer|Corporate litigation attorney]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 10, 2010</small>
|-
|David Summey
|29
|[[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
|Salesman
|Beau/Blue
|-
|Wilhelmina Josephine
|29
|[[Aliso Viejo, California]]
|Insurance claims adjuster
|Beau/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 3, 2010</small>
|-
|Hamed Hamad
|27
|((nowrap|[[North Hollywood, California]]))
|Journalist and [[Fashion design|fashion consultant]]
|Anne/Red
|}

===Contestant progress and episodes===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Beau
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Rank
! rowspan=2|Contestant !!colspan=8|Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !!colspan=2| 3 !! colspan=2|4 !! 5 !!6
|-
!1
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Rachel'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:turquoise;"| '''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jenny*'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN/SWAP ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightblue;"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jen'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Eddie'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Marque'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!6
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Rebecca'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || 2nd ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!7
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sophia*'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN/SWAP ||style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!8
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Susie'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!9
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kelly'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!10
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''David'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!11
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Wilhelmina'''</span>
|style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT'''  ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!12
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Hamed'''</span>
|style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:<nowiki>* Initially a member of the other team but switched after Chef Beau won the bet on whose team member made the best crepes.</nowiki>

==Season 2: 2011==
Casting for season 2 of ''Worst Cooks in America'' was held at the LA Marriott Burbank Airport, Hotel & Convention Center on March 27, 2010.<ref>((cite web|last=Scattergood|first=Amy|title=Casting Calls: Season 2 of Worst Cooks in America Wants You!|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/food-on-television/worst-cooks-in-america-casting/|work=LA Weekly Blogs|date=March 16, 2010|access-date=August 1, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708024841/http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2010/03/worst_cooks_in_america_casting.php|archive-date=July 8, 2012|url-status=dead))</ref> The Food Network also began accepting online video applications for season 2.<ref>((cite web|title=Food Network is currently casting hopeless home cooks!!|url=https://worstcookscasting.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/hello-world/|work=Worst Cook Casting|date=March 8, 2010|access-date=August 1, 2012))</ref> Food Network's website announced that [[Robert Irvine]] would replace [[Beau MacMillan]] for season 2. Season 2 debuted on January 2, 2011.<ref>((cite web|title=Powered by Google Docs|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5FO4LPPf4UoJ:www.multivu.com/players/English/46435-Food-Network-Worst-Cooks-in-America/links/46435-Press-Release-Worst-Cooks-in-America-Season-Two-Final.doc+The+'Worst+Cooks+in+America'+Invade+Food+Network+-+Again!+press+release&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgj1H1wPSmjI2juLEJXAeYSq29qiEeVIQvKXSrUzre9BBCKxham8iKX3ju-jse7kBKBk9kS1n8zO0mFcMC1N8ym1eMdnzGgZkTF29eyWmw6ZmK1HP_A_Ah6dVdPZW23__O7WmYh&sig=AHIEtbR1JX6q0Y-avnhHFVa7HAu5UZ-vgA|work=[[Google]]|access-date=August 1, 2012))</ref> In this season the chefs had eight recruits each.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Joshua "Joshie" Berger
|36
|[[Brooklyn]], New York
|[[Attorney at law|Attorney]]
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white; text-align:center;">'''Winner'''<br /><small>on February 20, 2011</small></span>
|-
|((nowrap|Georgann "Georg" Coleman))
|38
|Chicago, Illinois
|[[Speech and language pathology|Speech pathologist]]
|Robert/Blue
|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up<br /><small>on February 20, 2011</small>))
|-
|Carlos Manuel
|28
|[[Atlanta]], Georgia
|[[Bank teller|Banker]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on February 13, 2011</small>
|-
|Kelsey Milos
|22
|[[Kings, Ogle County, Illinois|Kings, Illinois]]
|[[Hairdresser|Hair stylist]]
|Robert/Blue
|-
|Kat Rose
|37
|[[Newnan, Georgia]]
|Stay-at-home mother
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on February 6, 2011</small>
|-
|Tyrone "Ty" Miller
|33
|[[Trenton, New Jersey]]
|[[Property manager]]
|Robert/Blue
|-
|((nowrap|Jennifer "Jen" MacLean))
|43
|[[Sparta, New Jersey]]
|[[Perioperative nursing|Operating room nurse]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 30, 2011</small>
|-
|Kelly Gray
|32
|New York City
|[[Aerobics|Aerobics instructor]]
|Robert/Blue
|-
|Erika Rumsey
|27
|[[Elgin, Illinois]]
|[[Account manager]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 23, 2011</small>
|-
|Anna Altomari
|44
|[[Aliso Viejo, California]]
|[[Registered nurse|RN]] [[Case management (USA health system)|Case manager]]
|Robert/Blue
|-
|Priscilla Harden
|60
|[[Sugar Land, Texas]]
|Retired teacher
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 16, 2011</small>
|-
|Matt Crespi
|24
|[[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania
|PhD Student
|Robert/Blue
|-
|Anthony Scinto
|32
|[[Crestwood, Illinois]]
|Mechanical engineer
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 9, 2011</small>
|-
|Jeff Longcor
|25
|[[Somerville, Massachusetts]]
|[[Environmental contractor]]
|Robert/Blue
|-
|Lina Yu
|28
|[[Arcadia, California]]
|[[Filmmaking|Production manager]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 2, 2011</small>
|-
|Eric Ricupero
|34
|[[Quincy, Massachusetts]]
|Bar owner
|Robert/Blue
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Robert
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|
! colspan=15|Episode
|-
! Rank
! Contestant
! 1
! colspan=2| 2
! colspan=2| 3
! colspan=2| 4
! 5
! 6
! colspan=2| 7
! colspan=2| 8
|-
!1
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Joshie'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:#FFD3E4;"|9th
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Georg'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Carlos'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:#FFF8FF;"|6th
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kelsey*'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:#69DD6D;"|2nd/Swap
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' || colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kat*'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM/SWAP
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!6
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ty'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:#9DEBA3;"|3rd
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!7
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jen'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:#FFF0FF;"|7th
|IN
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!8
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kelly'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:#EBF9F0;"|5th
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!9
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Erika'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:#FEE3F8;"|8th
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!10
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Anna'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:#C9F4D0;"|4th
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!11
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Priscilla'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!12
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Matt'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!13
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Anthony'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!14
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jeff'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!15
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Lina'''</span>
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="13" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!16
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Eric'''</span>
|style="background:lightgrey;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="13" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:<nowiki>* Initially a member of the other team but switched after Chef Robert won the bet on whose team member made the best burgers.</nowiki>

==Season 3: 2012==
[[Anne Burrell]] hosted season 3 with [[Bobby Flay]], who replaced [[Robert Irvine]].<ref name=season3>((cite web|title=Superstar Chefs Anne Burrell And Bobby Flay Transform Kitchen-Challenged Contestants in Season Three of Primetime Competition Series Worst Cooks in America|url=http://www.multivu.com/players/English/51722-food-network-worst-cooks-in-america//links/WCIA%203%20Release%20FINAL.pdf|work=[[MultiVu]]|access-date=February 14, 2013))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=WORST COOKS IN AMERICA: Season Three – Contestant Overview|url=http://www.multivu.com/players/English/51722-food-network-worst-cooks-in-america//flexSwf/impAsset/document/11008d35-73b6-41c0-979f-05e0fb722bcd.pdf|work=[[MultiVu]]|access-date=February 14, 2013))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Kelli Powers
|40
|Los Angeles, California
|[[Stay-at-home mother]]
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093;"|<span style="color: white;">'''Winner'''<br /><small>on April 1, 2012</small></span>
|-
|Vinnie Caligiuri
|47
|[[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania
|Mortgage broker
|Bobby/Blue
|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|Runner-up<br /><small>on April 1, 2012</small>
|-
|Melissa Rhodes
|28
|[[Naples, Florida]]
|Nursing Student
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on March 25, 2012</small>
|-
|David Shelton
|26
|[[Longview, Texas]]
|Unemployed
|Anne/Red
|-
|[[Tiffany Michelle]]
|27
|Los Angeles, California
|[[Poker|Poker player]] and actress
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on March 18, 2012</small>
|-
|Dorothy Strouhal
|38
|[[Cove, Texas]]
|[[Make-up artist]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Anthony Schiano
|33
|[[Massapequa, New York]]
|Mechanical engineer
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on March 11, 2012</small>
|-
|Benjamin Dennis
|37
|[[Dallas]], Texas
|[[Stay-at-home dad|Stay-at-home father]]
|Bobby/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Quit<br /><small>on March 11, 2012</small>
|-
|Sean "Bennett" Bennett
|36
|New York City
|Automotive Spokesperson
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on March 4, 2012</small>
|-
|Sarina Weeraprajuk
|31
|[[West Covina, California]]
|[[Wedding photography|Wedding photographer]]
|Bobby/Blue
|-
|Erica Weidner
|53
|[[Long Beach, New York]]
|Court Reporter Student
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on February 26, 2012</small>
|-
|Robert "Bob" Tamke
|44
|((nowrap|[[Massapequa Park, New York]]))
|[[Deejay|DJ]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|((nowrap|Sherrill Moss-Solomon))
|55
|New York City
|Fundraiser
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on February 19, 2012</small>
|-
|Rachel Margolin
|31
|New York City
|Night Club Promoter
|Anne/Red
|-
|Richard Chen
|55
|[[Queens]], New York
|Attorney
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on February 12, 2012</small>
|-
|Libby Floyd
|46
|[[Eden Prairie, Minnesota]]
|[[ShopNBC]] host<ref>((cite web|title=National Television Host on Shop NBC|url=http://libbyfloyd.com/|work=Libby Floyd|access-date=August 1, 2012))</ref>
|Bobby/Blue
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Bobby
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px; width:700px;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Rank
! rowspan=2 width=10%| Contestant !! colspan=14| Episode
|-
! width=5.625%| 1
! width=11.25% colspan=2| 2
! width=11.25% colspan=2| 3
! width=11.25% colspan=2| 4
! width=11.25% colspan=2| 5
! width=11.25% colspan=2| 6
! width=11.25% colspan=2| 7
! width=11.25%| 8
|-
!1
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kelli'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Vinnie'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Melissa'''</span>((ref|contestant|1))
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN/SWAP
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''David'''</span>((ref|contestant|1))
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM/SWAP
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Tiffany'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!6
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Dorothy'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!7
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Anthony'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!8
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Benjamin'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|bgcolor="crimson"|<span style="color:white;">'''QUIT'''</span> || colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!9
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Bennett'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!10
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sarina'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!11
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Erica'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!12
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Bob'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!13
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sherrill'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!14
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Rachel'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!15
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Richard'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="13" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!16
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Libby'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="13" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|}

((note|contestant|Note 1)): In Episode 3, Team Bobby (blue team) won the first challenge; he therefore got to choose one person from Team Anne (red team) to go to his team, and then choose one person from his team to go to the other team. He chose David to go to Team Anne's team and chose Melissa from Team Anne's team to join his team.

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition
:((Color box|crimson|border=silver)) (QUIT) The contestant volunteered to quit

==Season 4: 2013==

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Alina Bolshakova
|28
|[[Riga, Latvia]]
|Caretaker/Actress
|Bobby/Blue
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner March 31</span>
|-
|Rasheeda Brown
|30
|((nowrap|[[Germantown, Maryland]]))
|((nowrap|[[Prison officer|Correctional Officer]]))
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Runner-up March 31
|-
|Chet Pourciau †
|40
|[[New Orleans]], Louisiana
|Interior designer
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 24
|-
|((nowrap|Suzanne "Sue" Mangogna))
|42
|[[Northport, New York]]
|Salon manager
|Anne/Red
|-
|Carla Johnson
|47
|[[Long Beach, California]]
|Alcohol & Drug Counselor
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 17
|-
|Michael Haydin
|25
|[[Rye Brook, New York]]
|Accountant
|Anne/Red
|-
|Carrie Lee Riggins
|32
|[[Carmel, New York]]
|[[Ballerina]]/Actress
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 10
|-
|Crystal Lonneberg
|30
|[[Weehawken, New Jersey]]
|Actress/Artist
|Anne/Red
|-
|Aadip Desai
|36
|[[Sacramento, California]]
|Writer/Musician
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 3
|-
|Alex Stein
|26
|[[Dallas]], Texas
|Bail Bondsman
|Bobby/Blue
|-
|((nowrap|Michael "Big Mike" Paul))
|24
|[[Thomson, Georgia]]
|[[Woodworking|Woodworker]]
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 24
|-
|((nowrap|Robert "Dr. Bob" Schaefer))
|58
|[[Pleasant Hill, California]]
|[[Chiropractor]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Tim Burger
|42
|[[Novi, Michigan]]
|Former [[Marine (military)|Marine]]
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 17
|-
|Diana De Rosa
|62
|[[Huntington, New York]]
|Photographer
|Anne/Red
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Bobby
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Rank
! rowspan=2|Contestant !! colspan=12|Episode
|-
! 1 !! colspan=2|2 !! colspan=2|3 !! colspan=2|4 !! colspan=2|5 !! colspan=2|6 !! 7
|-
!1
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Alina'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Rasheeda'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Chet †'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sue'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Carla'''</span>
|style="background:white;"|IN
|style="background:white;"|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:white;"|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!6
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Michael'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!7
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Carrie Lee'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!8
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Crystal'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!9
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Aadip'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!10
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Alex'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!11
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Mike'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!12
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Bob'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!13
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Tim'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!14
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Diana'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
<!--:((color box|orange|border=silver)) (WD) The contestant withdrew from the competition.-->

†: Contestant died after filming.

==Season 5: 2014==

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Amber Brauner
|37
|[[Redlands, California]]
|Tattoo Artist
|Bobby/Blue
|style="background:#093;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner March 31</span>
|-
|Jamie Thomas
|41
|[[New York City]]
|Flight Attendant
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Runner-up March 31
|-
|Daniel "Danny" Beyda
|43
|[[Long Island, New York]]
|[[Radiologist]]
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 24
|-
|Mike Glazer
|30
|[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|Writer
|Anne/Red
|-
|Carie Pullano-Keller
|34
|[[Chester, Virginia]]
|Promotional Model
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 17
|-
|Stephanie St. Aubin
|26
|[[Washington, DC]]
|Secretary
|Bobby/Blue
|-
|Danielle Ruiz-Wiley
|25
|[[Staten Island, New York]]
|Stay at Home Mom
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 10
|-
|Carol Holder
|64
|[[New York City]]
|Real Estate Broker
|Anne/Red
|-
|Ken Hsu
|29
|[[Seattle, Washington]]
|Personal Trainer
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 3
|-
|Joe Slaughter
|28
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Actor/Dancer
|Bobby/Blue
|-
|Lance Green
|31
|[[New York City]]
|Music Producer
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 24
|-
|Benjamin "Benji" Hunter Brown III
|29 
|[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
|Live Music Booking Agent
|Anne/Red
|-
|Casey Pentony
|26
|[[Hollywood, California]]
|Nurse
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 17
|-
|Muneerah Warner
|33
|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|[[Abstinence]] Advisor
|Bobby/Blue
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Bobby
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Rank
! rowspan=2|Contestant !! colspan="13"| Episode
|-
! 1 !! colspan=2|2 !! colspan=2|3 !! colspan=2|4 
! colspan="3"| 5!! colspan=2|6 !! 7
|-
!1
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Amber'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|colspan=2 style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jamie'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|colspan=2 style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Danny'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|colspan=2 style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Mike'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|colspan=2 style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Carie'''</span>((ref|contestant|1))
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN/SWAP
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!6
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Stephanie'''</span>((ref|contestant|1))
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN/SWAP
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!7
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Danielle'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!8
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Carol'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!9
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ken'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!10
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Joe'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!11
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Lance'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!12
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Benji'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!13
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Casey'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!14
|bgcolor="blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Muneerah'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|

|}

((note|contestant|Note 1)): In Episode 3, Team Anne (red team) won the first challenge. She was allowed to steal one person from Team Bobby (blue team) and send one person from her own team as a replacement. She decided to steal Carie, and sent Stephanie to Team Bobby.

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightyellow|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:((Color box|wheat|border=silver)) (IN) The contestant get switched by the host to the other team. Ex: A member of the red team goes to the blue team, and a member of the blue team goes to the red team.

==Season 6: 2015==
[[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.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-25-sunday-cable-originals-1-4-2015.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109105511/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-25-sunday-cable-originals-1-4-2015.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 9, 2015|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.4.2015|website=[[Showbuzzdaily.com]] |access-date=January 30, 2015))</ref> The second episode was lower at 1,456,000 viewers,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-25-sunday-cable-originals-1-11-2015.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114082011/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-25-sunday-cable-originals-1-11-2015.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2015|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.11.2015|website=[[Showbuzzdaily.com]] |access-date=January 30, 2015))</ref> with the third episode rising to 1,732,000 viewers<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-25-sunday-cable-originals-1-18-2015.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122014029/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-25-sunday-cable-originals-1-18-2015.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2015|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.18.2015|website=[[Showbuzzdaily.com]] |access-date=January 30, 2015))</ref> and the fourth episode reached 1,689,000 viewers.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-25-sunday-cable-originals-1-25-2015.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128194608/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-25-sunday-cable-originals-1-25-2015.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2015|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.25.2015|website=[[Showbuzzdaily.com]] |access-date=January 30, 2015))</ref> the 5th episode reached 1,634,000 viewers. The sixth episode received 1.55&nbsp;million viewers.<ref>((cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/10/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-tops-night-better-call-saul-talking-dead-the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-more/361257/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210190749/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/10/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-tops-night-better-call-saul-talking-dead-the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-more/361257/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2015|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Tops Night + 'Better Call Saul', 'Talking Dead', 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' & More|work=TV by the Numbers|first=Amanda|last=Kondolojy|date=February 10, 2015|access-date=February 10, 2015))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Kristen Redmond
| 25
|[[Austin, Texas]]
| Singer/Songwriter
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner February 15</span>
|-
|Genique Freeman
| 33
|[[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]
| Esthetician
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Runner-up February 15
|-
|Sarah Bettendorf
| 33
|Los Angeles, California
| Art Teacher
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 8
|-
|Leopold "Leo" Nunan
| 36
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| Performance Artist
|Anne/Red
|-
|Norman Wilson
| 46
|Detroit, Michigan
|Executive Protection
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 1
|-
|Sharif Dean
| 27
|Los Angeles, California
| Personal Trainer
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|David Eric Rosenberg
| 51
|[[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
| Theatre Usher
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 25
|-
|Kortni Montgomery
| 25
|[[New Orleans]], Louisiana
| Customer Service Rep
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|Michael "Six" Muldoon
| 25
|[[Queens]], New York
| [[Stage magician|Magician]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 18
|-
|Mike Kennedy
|45
|[[Scottsdale, Arizona]]
|Private Investigator
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|Susie Babin
| 61
|[[Bush, Louisiana]]
| Retired
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 11
|-
|Stephanie Streisand*
| 25
|Los Angeles, California
| Writer
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Withdrew January 11
|-
|Jason Dixon
| 30
|Chicago, Illinois
| Artist
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 4
|-
|Christina Oster
| 38
|[[Zion, Illinois]]
| Single Mom
|Anne/Red
|}

*Contestant Stephanie Streisand was deemed too ill to continue on January 11

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Tyler
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Rank
! rowspan=2|Contestant !! colspan=12|Episode
|-
! 1 !! colspan=2| 2 !! colspan=2| 3 !! colspan=2| 4 !! colspan=2| 5 !! colspan=2| 6 !! 7
|-
!1
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kristen'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Genique'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sarah'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Leo'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Norman'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!6
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sharif'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!7
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''David'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!8
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kortni'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!9
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Six'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|-
!10
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Mike'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|-
!11
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Susie'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|-
!12
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Stephanie'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:tan;"|'''WDR''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|-
!13
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jason'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|-
!14
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Christina'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|||border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness.

==Season 7: Celebrity Edition 1==
[[Rachael Ray]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 7. The winner earns a $50,000 donation for their chosen charity. Because this season had only 7 total recruits, each team's worst recruit from that week's Main Dish challenge competed head to head in a quickfire elimination challenge instead of eliminating both recruits each week. This challenge involved more basic cooking techniques (e.g. knife skills) and the winner would be decided by a blind judging from both Anne and Rachael. The winning recruit stayed in the competition while the losing recruit was eliminated.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|[[JWoww|Jenni "JWoww" Farley]]
| 29
| Reality Television Star
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner October 28</span>
|-
|[[Kendra Wilkinson]]
| 30
| Former [[Playboy]] Model & Television Personality
|Rachel/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up October 28))
|-
|[[Ellen Cleghorne]]
| 49
|[[Saturday Night Live]] Actress
|Rachel/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated October 21
|-
|[[Barry Williams (actor)|Barry Williams]]
| 60
|[[The Brady Bunch]] Actor
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated October 14
|-
|[[Chris Soules]]
| 33
| [[The Bachelor (U.S. TV series)|The Bachelor]] Star
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated October 7
|-
|[[Jaleel White]]
| 38
| Actor, Television Host
|Rachel/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated September 30
|-
|[[Dean Cain]]
| 48
| Television Actor
|Eliminated/White
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated September 23
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Rachael
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px; width:400px;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Rank
! rowspan=2 width=20%|Contestant !!colspan=6|Episode
|-
! width=11.43%| 1
! width=11.43%| 2
! width=11.43%| 3
! width=11.43%| 4
! width=11.43%| 5
! width=22.86%| 6
|-
!1
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jenni'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN''' ||style="background:turquoise;"| '''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kendra'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightblue;"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ellen'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Barry'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Chris'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!6
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jaleel'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!7
|style="background:white"|<span style="color:black;">'''Dean'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

==Season 8: 2016==
[[Tyler Florence]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 8.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Nick Slater
| 24
|[[Rancho Cucamonga, California]]
| Construction Worker
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner February 14</span>
|-
|Lawrence Crawford
| 26
|[[Deptford Township, New Jersey]]
| Army Combat Medic
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"| ((nowrap|Runner-up February 14))
|-
|Ginny Meerman
| 50
|[[Millersville, Maryland]]
| Project Supervisor
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"| Eliminated February 7
|-
|Taylor Hooper
| 24
|[[Boston ma|Boston, Massachusetts]]
| Marine Veteran
|Anne/Red
|-
|Holgie Forrester
|66
|[[Twentynine Palms, California]]
| Retired/Actress
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"| Eliminated January 31
|-
|Chanda Havard
| 36
|Chicago, Illinois
| Real Estate Agent
|Anne/Red
|-
|Rachel Thomas
| 27
|[[Tampa, Florida]]
| Stay-at-Home Wife
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"| Eliminated January 24
|-
|Donna Koen
| 60
|[[Newburyport, Massachusetts]]
| Lunch Lady & Hairdresser
|Anne/Red
|-
|Ernie Adkins
| 44
|[[Mardela Springs, Maryland]]
|[[Truck driver]]
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"| Eliminated January 17
|-
|Glenda Galeano
| 40
|Miami, Florida
| Event Coordinator/Actress
|Anne/Red
|-
|Cindy Nguyen
| 28
|[[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
| Bartender
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"| Eliminated January 10
|-
|Ty Snow
| 39
|[[Pasadena, California]]
| Special Education Teacher
|Anne/Red
|-
|David Fouts
| 42
|[[Wales, Wisconsin]]
| Senior Project Manager
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"| Eliminated January 3
|-
|Jeni Erdman
| 51
|[[Dousman, Wisconsin]]
| Group Tour Coordinator
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Tyler
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Rank
! rowspan=2|Contestant !!colspan=12|Episode
|-
!1 !!  colspan=2|2 !! colspan=2|3 !! colspan=2|4 !! colspan=2|5 !! 6 !! 7
|-
!1
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Nick'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN || IN || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:turquoise;"| '''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Lawrence'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightblue;"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ginny'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Taylor'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN''' ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Holgie'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!6
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Chanda'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!7
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Rachel'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!8
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Donna'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!9
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ernie'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!10
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Glenda'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!11
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Cindy'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!12
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ty'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!13
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''David'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!14
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jeni'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (TIE) The contestant tied with another contestant as the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

==Season 9: Celebrity Edition 2==
[[Rachael Ray]] returns with [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 2 of the Celebrity Edition. The winner earns a $50,000 donation for their chosen charity. The season premiered on September 14, 2016, to 1,185,000 viewers.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-9-14-2016.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917212050/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-9-14-2016.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2016|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.14.2016|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|access-date=September 17, 2016|work=ShowBuzzDaily|date=September 15, 2016))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Age
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|[[Loni Love]]
| 44
|''[[The Real (talk show)|The Real]]'' Co-Host & Comedian
|Rachel/Blue
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner November 2</span>
|-
|[[Nicole Sullivan]]
| 46
| Former ''[[MadTV]]'' Star, comedian, & Actress
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up November 2))
|-
|[[John Henson (comedian)|John Henson]]
| 49
|Former ''[[Talk Soup]]'' & ''[[Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show)|Wipeout]]'' host
|Rachel/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated October 26
|-
|[[Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino]]
| 34
| Reality Television Personality
|Anne/Red
|-
|[[Matt Dallas]]
| 33
| Television Actor & YouTube Personality
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated October 19
|-
|[[Mindy Cohn]]
| 50
| [[The Facts of Life (TV series)|''The Facts of Life'']] & ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' Actress
|Rachel/Blue
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated October 12
|-
|[[Tommy Davidson]]
| 52
|Comedian & Actor
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated September 28
|-
|[[Barbara Eden]]
| 85
| Film & Television Actress (''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' & [[Harper Valley PTA (film)|''Harper Valley P.T.A.'']])
|Rachel/Blue
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated September 21
|-
|[[Kenya Moore]]
| 45
| [[Miss USA 1993]] & ''[[The Real Housewives of Atlanta]]'' Star
|Eliminated/White
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated September 14
|-
|}

== Season 10: 2017 ==
[[Rachael Ray]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 10. The season premiered on January 1, 2017.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://blog.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/2016/11/season-10-worst-cooks-in-america/|title=Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray Kick Off the New Year with Season 10 of Worst Cooks in America ((!)) FN Dish – Food Network Blog|date=November 23, 2016|newspaper=FN Dish – Food Network Blog|access-date=7 December 2016))</ref>

Starting this season onward, the skill drill and main dish challenge happen on the same day rather one day and the day after.

===Recruits===

{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
! Contestant
! Age
! Hometown
! Occupation
!Team
! Status
|-
|Daniel Mar
|35
|[[Burbank, California]]
|Photographer
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner March 5</span>
|-
|Ann Odogwu
|34
|[[Houston]], Texas
|[[Flight Attendant]]
|Rachel/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Runner-up March 5
|-
|Laura Docker
|36
|[[Fort Worth, Texas]]
|Lawyer
|Rachel/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 26
|-
|Mandy Thornton
|24
|[[Hanover, Massachusetts]]
|[[Medical Assistant]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Adam Cooke
|32
|[[Rancho Cucamonga, California]]
|Auto Mechanic
|Rachel/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 19
|-
|Brittany Lenore
|27
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|Spiritual Speaker
|Anne/Red
|-
|Jeff West
|36
|[[Douglassville, Pennsylvania]]
|[[Vending Machine]] President
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 12
|-
|Kayla Kurtz
|27
|[[Kent, Ohio]]
|Stay-at-Home Mom
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 29
|-
|Maria Marcello
|40
|[[Torrance, California]]
|Stay-at-Home Mom
|Rachel/Blue
|-
|Matt Josephs
|35
|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
|Sports Radio Producer
|Rachel/Blue
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 22
|-
|Jake Michaels
|21
|[[Manteno, Illinois]]
|Model & Singer
|Rachel/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 15
|-
|Jetta Linda Ostrofsky
|66
|[[Sacramento, California]]
|Retired
|Anne/Red
|-
|Stephen Hawkins
|67
|[[Temecula, California]]
|Retired
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 8
|-
|Buffy Mykkanen
|29
|[[Portland, Oregon]]
|[[Tech Support]]
|Rachel/Blue
|-
|Cedrick Miller
|22
|[[El Paso, Texas]]
|[[Cashier]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 1
|-
|Lester Turchin
|65
|[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]
|Retired
|Rachel/Blue
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Rachael
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Rank
! rowspan=2| Contestant !! colspan=13| Episode
|-
!1 !! colspan=2| 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! colspan=2| 6 !! colspan=2| 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10
|-
!1
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Daniel'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:turquoise;"| '''WINNER'''
|-
!2
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Ann'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:violet;"| '''SAVE''' || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightblue;"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
!3
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Laura'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!4
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Mandy'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN || style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!5
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Adam'''</span>
|IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"| 
|-
!6
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Brittany'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"| 
|- 
!7
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Jeff'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|- 
!8
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Kayla'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' ||style="background:violet;"| '''SAVE''' ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"| 
|-
!9
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Maria'''</span>
| IN || IN || style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"| 
|-
!10
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Matt'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!11
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Jake'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"| 
|-
!12
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Jetta'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"| 
|-
!13
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Stephen'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!14
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Buffy'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!15
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Cedrick'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
!16
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Lester'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (TIE) The contestant tied with another contestant as the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:((Color box|violet|border=silver)) (SAVE) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge but was saved by their respective team mentor.

In Episode 6, Both Chef Anne and Chef Rachael decided not to send anyone from their teams home.

==Season 11: Celebrity Edition 3==
[[Rachael Ray]] returns with [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 3 of the Celebrity Edition. The season premiered on August 23, 2017.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/episodes/social-media-food-failures|title=Social Media Food Failures|website=Food Network))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/photos/worst-cooks-in-america-season-11-meet-the-celebrity-recruits|title=Worst Cooks in America, Season 11: Meet the Celebrity Recruits|website=Food Com))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Age
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|[[Perez Hilton]]
| 39
| Gossip Blogger
|Rachel/Blue
| style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner October 11</span>
|-
|[[Melissa Peterman]]
| 46
| Actress & Comedian
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up October 11))
|-
|[[Nora Dunn]]
| 65
| Actress & Comedian
|Anne/Red
| rowspan="2" style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" |((nowrap|Eliminated October 4))
|-
|[[Vivica A. Fox]]*
| 53
| Actress
|Rachel/Blue
|-
|[[Sean Lowe (television personality)|Sean Lowe*]]
| 33
| Reality Star
|Rachel/Blue
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Eliminated September 27))
|-
| [[Carmen Electra]]
| 45
| Model & Actress
|Rachel/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Withdrew September 13))
|-
|[[Carson Kressley]]
| 47
| TV Personality
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated September 6
|-
| [[Erik Estrada]]
| 68
|Star of ''[[CHiPs]]''
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated August 30
|-
|}

*Note: Vivica was originally eliminated on September 20. In Episode 7, airing on October 4, both Vivica and Sean returned to the competition for a redemption skill drill. Vivica won the drill, re-entered the competition and was then eliminated for the second time following the main challenge.

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Rachael
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Contestant
! colspan="14"| Episode
|-
| 1
| colspan="2"| 2
| colspan="2"| 3
| colspan="2"| 4
| colspan="2"| 5
| colspan="2"| 6
| colspan="2"| 7
|8

|-
| 1
| style="background:blue; color:white;"| '''Perez'''
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
| 2
| style="background:red; color:white;| '''Melissa'''
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
| 3
| style="background:red; color:white;| '''Nora'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| IN
| style="background:red;"|'''OUT'''
| colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 4
| style="background:blue; color:white;"| '''Vivica'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| IN
| style="background:red;"|'''OUT'''
| colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
| style="background:coral;"|'''RTN'''
| style="background:red;"|'''OUT'''
| colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 5
| style="background:blue; color:white;"| '''Sean'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:red;"| '''OUT'''
| colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 6
| style="background:blue; color:white;"| '''Carmen'''
| style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
| style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:goldenrod;"| '''WDR'''
|colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 7
| style="background:red; color:white;| '''Carson'''
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| style="background:red;"| '''OUT'''
| colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|8
| style="background:red; color:white;| '''Erik'''
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:red;"| '''OUT'''
| colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated 
:((Color box|red|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:((Color box|goldenrod|border=silver)) (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness or injury.
:((Color box|coral|border=silver)) (RTN) The contestant won the redemption Skill Drill and returned to the competition.

==Season 12: 2018==
[[Tyler Florence]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 12.

Three contestants from this season—runner-up Steven Crowley, Sharon Shvarzman, and Kevin Pettice—would compete in, and win, season 9 of ''[[The Great Food Truck Race]].''

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Hazell Mckenzie
|36
|[[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]]
|Graduate Student
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner March 11</span>
|-
|Steven Crowley
|31
|[[New York City]]
|[[Real estate broker]]
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Runner-up March 11
|-
|Asaf Goren
|25
|Los Angeles, California
|Dancer
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated March 4
|-
|Sharon Shvarzman
|32
|[[Staten Island|Staten Island, New York]]
|Drag Performer
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|Lacey Stout
|28
|[[Collinsville, Oklahoma]]
|Stay-at-Home Mom
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 25
|-
|Shatima Ruffin
|34
|[[Hampton Roads|Hampton Roads, Virginia]]
|[[Receptionist]]
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|Robyn Hayden
|31
|[[Charleston, South Carolina]]
|Balloon Artist
|Anne/Red
|style= "background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 18
|-
|Brandon Arroyo
|27
|[[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]]
|[[Sports journalism|Sports Reporter]]
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 11
|-
|Spencer Nick
|25
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|Graduate Student
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|Sylvia Jefferies
|47
|[[Charleston, South Carolina]]
|Stay-at-Home Mom
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Quit January 28
|-
|Lily Frey
|63
|[[Anaheim, California]]
|Retired
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 28
|-
|Skyler Nick
|25
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|Graduate Student
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 21
|-
|Kevin Pettice
|24
|[[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
|Administrative Assistant
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 14
|-
|Priscilla Nguyen
|26
|[[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
|[[Receptionist]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Jonathan Farhat
|37
|[[Livermore, California]]
|Safety Professional
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 7
|-
|Kayrene Curtis
|44
|[[Rocky River, Ohio]]
|Stay-at-Home Mom
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Tyler
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Contestant
! colspan="10"|Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Hazell'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN || IN || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:turquoise;"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Steven'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM|| IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightblue;"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Asaf'''</span>
|IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Sharon'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:tan;"| '''TIE''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Lacey*'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM/SWAP || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="2"style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Shatima'''</span>
| IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Robyn'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Brandon'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Spencer*'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN||style="background:pink;"| BTM/SWAP ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Sylvia'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:crimson;"| '''QUIT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Lily'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Skyler'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="9" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''13'''
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Kevin'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''14'''
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Priscilla'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''15'''
|style="background:red"| <span style="color:white;">'''Jonathan'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''16'''
|style="background:blue"| <span style="color:white;">'''Kayrene'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (TIE) The contestant tied with another contestant as the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:((Color box|crimson|border=silver)) (QUIT) The contestant volunteered to leave the competition.

In episode 5, contestants Lacey and Spencer switch teams instead of being eliminated, Lacey on Chef Anne's Team and Spencer on Chef Tyler's team.

==Season 13: Celebrity Edition 4==
[[Tyler Florence]] returns with [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 4 of the Celebrity Edition. This is the first Celebrity Edition to not feature [[Rachael Ray]] as a judge. The season premiered on April 15, 2018.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/shows/2018/3/a-fresh-batch-of-cooking-challenged-celebrities-enter-boot-camp|title=A Fresh Batch of Cooking-Challenged Celebrities Enter Boot Camp))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Age
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|[[La Toya Jackson]]
| 61
| Singer-songwriter
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner May 20</span>
|-
|[[Ian Ziering]]
| 53
| [[Beverly Hills, 90210]] star
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Runner-up May 20
|-
|[[Oscar Nunez]]
| 59
| [[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]] Star
|Tyler/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 13
|-
|[[Catherine Bach]]
| 64
| [[The Dukes of Hazzard]] Star
|Anne/Red
|-
|[[Maria Bamford]]
| 48
| Comedian
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 6
|-
| [[Nolan Gould]]
| 19
| [[Modern Family]] Star
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated April 29
|-
| [[Bronson Pinchot]]
| 58
| [[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]] star
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated April 22
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Tyler
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan='2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Contestant
! colspan="10"|Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''La Toya'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ian'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Oscar'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Catherine'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' || colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Maria'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' || colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Nolan'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM 
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' || colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Bronson'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' || colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray| border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

==Season 14: 2018==
[[Robert Irvine]] rejoined [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 14.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Bradley Garcia
|22
|Miami, Florida
|Model
|Robert/Blue
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner September 24</span>
|-
|Sarah Harris
|23
|[[Porum, Oklahoma]]
|Equine Therapist
|Anne/Red
|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|Runner-up September 24
|-
|Timmy Thok
|29
|New York City
|Underwear Model, Bartender
|Robert/Blue
|style="background:#f4c73d; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Finalist September 24
|-
|Janese Henry
|30
|[[Spring Lake, North Carolina]]
|Stay-at-Home Mom
|Anne/Red
|-
|Carla Waddell
|46
|[[Alexandria, Virginia]]
|[[Human Resources]]
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated September 10
|-
|Frank Scuderi
|40
|[[Maple Shade, New Jersey]]
|Operations Manager
|Robert/Blue
|-
|Rudy Rehburg
|30
|Chicago, Illinois
|Property Preservation Specialist
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated September 3
|-
|Jessica Paulson
|26
|[[Oakley, California]]
|[[Emergency medical technician|EMT]]
|Robert/Blue
|-
|Kimberly D. Worthy((efn|group=upper-alpha|Kimberly D. Worthy previously competed on the first season of ''[[Worst Bakers in America]]''.))
|33
|[[Atlanta]], Georgia
|Writer
|Robert/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated August 26
|-
|Copan Combs
|30
|[[Stillwater, Oklahoma]]
|Academic [[Recruiter]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Linda Martin
|60
|[[Somerville, Massachusetts]]
|Retired
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated August 19
|-
|Marcus Ellis
|51
|[[Queens]], New York
|[[Mental Health Counselor]]
|Robert/Blue
|-
|Maryann Rapisarda
|67
|[[Valdosta, Georgia]]
|Retired
|Robert/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated August 12
|-
|Robbie DeRaffele
|30
|[[Hackensack, New Jersey]]
|[[Superman]] Impersonator
|Anne/Red
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Robert
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Contestant
! colspan="10"|Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Bradley'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sarah'''</span>
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| IN
| style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Timmy'''</span>
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| IN
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| IN
| rowspan="2" style="background:lightgray;" |'''FINALIST'''
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Janese'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| style="background:pink;"|BTM
| IN
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Carla'''</span>
|| IN || IN ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN ||style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Frank'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' || IN || IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Rudy'''</span>
|| IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN ||style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jessica'''</span>
| IN || IN || IN ||style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kimberly'''</span>
| IN ||style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Copan'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM || IN
|style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Linda'''</span>
|| IN
|style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Marcus'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''13'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Maryann'''</span> 
|style="background:lightgray;| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''14'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Robbie'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

==Season 15: 2019==
[[Tyler Florence]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 15. Since the number of contestants is odd, one of them is eliminated before getting into the teams.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Allison Wolfe
|31
|[[Richmond, Texas]]
|Stay-at-home Mom
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner March 3</span>
|-
|Brittany Carel
|23
|[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]
|Model
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up March 3))
|-
|Travele Judon
|32
|[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|Insurance Sales
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 24
|-
|Brett Azar
|31
|[[Rahway, New Jersey]]
|[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] [[Body double|Body Double]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Carmelle Bull
|66
|[[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|Server
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 17
|-
|Mickey Wentz†
|50
|[[Denver, Colorado]]
|Math Teacher
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|Katherine "Kat" Schuessler<ref name="cleveland">((cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/01/kat-schuessler-of-kent-adds-skills-on-food-networks-worst-cooks-in-america.html|title=Kat Schuessler of Kent adds skills on Food Network's 'Worst Cooks in America' - cleveland.com|work=[[The Plain Dealer|Cleveland.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|last=Snook|first=Debbi|date=January 9, 2019|accessdate=December 9, 2022))</ref>
|27
|[[Kent, Ohio]]
|Fast Food Employee
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 3
|-
|Cameron Pennington
|19
|[[Grayson, Kentucky]]
|Sandwich Artist
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|Antoinette Wills
|49
|[[Washington D.C.]]
|Secretary
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 27
|-
|Terry Yu
|52
|[[Stockton, California]]
|Prison Pharmacist
|Anne/Red
|-
|Alten Poblete
|27
|[[San Diego, California]] 
|Dog Walker
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 20
|-
|Sponjetta Parrish
|40
|[[Athens, Georgia]]
|Online Saleswoman
|Anne/Red
|-
|Cody Medler
|24
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Service Car Driver
|Tyler/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 13
|-
|Caitlin Rose
|32
|[[Brick, New Jersey]]
|Salon Receptionist
|Anne/Red
|-
|Chaz Oakley
|53
|[[Ninilchik, Alaska]]
|Artist
|Eliminiated/White
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 6
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Tyler
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Contestant
! colspan="10"|Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Allison'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise;"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Brittany'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue;"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Travele'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:RED"|<span style="color:white;">'''Brett'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Carmelle'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Mickey'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kat'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Cameron'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Antoinette'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Terry'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Alten'''</span>
|style="background:white;"| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sponjetta'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:white;"| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''13'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Cody'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''14'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Caitlin'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="11" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''15'''
|'''Chaz'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

: Contestant died after filming.

* Chaz was eliminated after the baseline challenge because his dish was the worst.

==Season 16: Celebrity Edition 5==
[[Tyler Florence]] returns with [[Anne Burrell]] to host the fifth run of the Celebrity Edition. The season premiered on April 21, 2019.<ref>((cite web|url=https://premieredate.news/tv-series/3621-worst-cooks-in-america.html|title=Season 16 of Worst Cooks in America Gets Premiere Date from Food Network – April 21, 2019))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Age
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|[[Tonya Harding]]
| 48
| Retired Figure Skater/Reality TV Personality
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner June 2</span>
|-
|[[Alec Mapa]]
| 53
| Actor/Comedian/Writer
|Tyler/Blue
| style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up June 2))
|-
|[[Jim J. Bullock]]
| 64
| Actor/Comedian
|Anne/Red
| rowspan="2" style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" |Eliminated May 26
|-
|[[Kym Whitley]]
| 57
| Comedian/Actress
|Tyler/Blue
|-
|[[Jonathan Lipnicki]]
| 28
| Actor/Producer
|Anne/Red
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 12
|-
|[[Morgan Fairchild]]
| 69
| Actress
|Tyler/Blue
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 5
|-
|[[Taryn Manning]]
| 40
| Actress/Singer
|Anne/Red
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Walked off show April 28
|-
|[[Jimmie Walker]]
| 71
| Actor/Comedian
|Eliminated/White
| rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated April 21
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Tyler
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Contestant
! colspan="7"| Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7
|-
| 1
|style="background:red; color:white;| '''Tonya'''
| IN
| IN
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
|bgcolor="turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
| 2
|style="background:blue; color:white;"| '''Alec'''
| IN
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
|bgcolor="lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
| 3
|style="background:red; color:white;"| '''Jim'''
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT'''
|colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 4
|style="background:blue; color:white;| '''Kym'''
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|bgcolor="limegreen"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT'''
|colspan="7" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 5
|style="background:red; color:white;| '''Jonathan'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT'''
|colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 6
|style="background:blue; color:white;"| '''Morgan'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT'''
|colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 7
| style="background:red; color:white;"| '''Taryn'''
| IN
|bgcolor="crimson"| <span style="color:white;">'''QUIT'''</span>
|colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
| 8
|style="background:white; color:black;| '''Jimmie'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT'''
|colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated 
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:((Color box|crimson|border=silver)) (QUIT) The contestant volunteered to leave the competition.

==Season 17: 2019==
[[Bobby Flay]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 17. The season, featuring 14 recruits, debuted on August 4, 2019.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/episodes/nowhere-to-go-but-up|title=Season 17 Episode 1 - Nowhere to Go But Up))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Adrian Read
|29 
|[[Bronx, New York]]
|[[Zumba]] Instructor for Seniors 
|Bobby/Blue
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner September 22</span>
|-
|Juliann Sheldon
|28
|[[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
|Professional Cheerleader
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up September 22))
|-
|Kayla Longstreth
|23
|[[Firestone, Colorado]]
|Dance Instructor
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated September 15
|-
|Father Adam Young
|34
|[[Cranston, Rhode Island]]
|Priest
|Anne/Red
|-
|Gina Lam
|28
|[[San Diego, California]]
|Banker 
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated September 8
|-
|Peter Smerlas
|36
|[[Waltham, Massachusetts]]
|Construction Worker & [[Rapper]] 
|Anne/Red
|-
|[[Laith Wallschleger]]
|26
|[[Tampa, Florida]]
|Former Professional Football Player
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated September 1
|-
|Sharon Grant
|53
|[[Dallas, Texas]]
|[[Minister (Christianity)|Minister]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Mercedes "Sadie" Manda
|20
|[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
|College Student 
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated August 25
|-
|Karma Ann Moody 
|47
|[[Hayesville, North Carolina]]
|Bridal Shop Owner 
|Anne/Red
|-
|Jonathan Beyer
|37
|[[New York, New York]]
|[[Opera singer]]
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated August 11
|-
|Terry Grawey
|62
|[[Peoria, Illinois]]
|Hypnotist
|Anne/Red
|-
|Idriss Allison
|30
|[[Bronx, New York]]
|Transformational Coach
|Bobby/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated August 4
|-
|Nina Kharoufeh
|25
|[[Cliffside Park, New Jersey]]
|News Curator
|Anne/Red
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Bobby
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Contestant
! colspan="9" |Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! colspan=2|3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Adrian*'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN/SWAP
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Juliann'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kayla'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">''' Adam'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Gina'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Peter'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Laith'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sharon*'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN/SWAP
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sadie'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Karma'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jonathan'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Terry'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''13'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Idriss'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|'''14'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Nina'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' || colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
|}

*Since the Red Team won the Ice Cream Skill Drill game in Week 3, Chef Anne had the choice of taking one of the Blue recruits and swapping with one of her own. She chose Adrian from her own team and Sharon from the Blue Team to swap.

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

==Season 18: 2020==
[[Alton Brown]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 18. The season, featuring 16 recruits, premiered on January 5, 2020.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/episodes/bottoms-up|title=Bottom's up ))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Shannon Akins
|24
|[[Tempe, Arizona]]
|Aspiring Cosmetologist 
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner March 8</span>
|-
|Leo Lech
|58
|[[Washington, West Virginia]]
|[[Chemist]]
|Alton/Blue
|style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up March 8))
|-
|Leslie Rivera-Silva
|35
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|Hairstylist
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated March 1
|-
|Kelly Ngoc Mac
|55
|[[Pasadena, California]]
|Fitness Instructor
|Alton/Blue
|-
|Michael "Mike" Jones-Better
|24
|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|[[Emergency medical technician|EMT]]
|Alton/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 23
|-
|Bridget Praytor
|41
|[[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
|Volleyball Coach
|Anne/Red
|-
|Monica Colwell
|25
|[[Hazard, Kentucky]]
|ER Records Coordinator
|Alton/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 9
|-
|Dr. Lulu Boykin
|67
|[[Pittsboro, North Carolina]]
|Teaching Artist
|Anne/Red
|-
|Jefferson Goldie
|36
|[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|Concierge 
|Alton/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 2
|-
|Ryan Grovey
|30
|[[Phoenix, Arizona]]
|[[Mortician]]/Fitness Instructor
|Anne/Red
|-
|Jolynn Singh
|52
|[[Allen, Texas]]
|[[Nurse]]
|Alton/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 26
|-
|Curtis Long
|38
|[[Seneca, South Carolina]]
|[[Plumber]]
|Anne/Red
|-
|Kevin So
|24
|[[Brooklyn, New York]]
|Online Marketing
|Alton/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 12
|-
|Alexandra "Alex" Tiso
|23
|[[Eastchester, New York]]
|Radio Promotions Assistant
|Anne/Red
|-
|Joe Deese
|30
|[[Fultondale, Alabama]]
|Inventory Clerk
|Alton/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 5
|-
|Dakota Klaes
|30 
|[[New York, New York]]
|Account Executive
|Anne/Red
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Alton
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Contestant
! colspan="10"|Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Shannon'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Leo'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Leslie'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kelly'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Mike'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Bridget'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Monica'''</span>
| IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Lulu'''</span>
| IN
| style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jefferson'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ryan'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jolynn'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Curtis'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''13'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kevin'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''14'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Alex'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''15'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Joe'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''16'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Dakota'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

In episode 4, Chef Alton deemed the recruits' performances in the Main Dish challenge are too flawed to declare a winner in his team.

==Season 19: Celebrity Edition 6==
[[Tyler Florence]] returns with [[Anne Burrell]] to host the sixth run of the Celebrity Edition. The season premiered on May 10, 2020.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Age
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Wells Adams
| 35
|''[[Bachelor in Paradise (American TV series)|Bachelor in Paradise]]'' Star
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner June 14 </span>
|-
|[[Johnny Devenanzio|Johnny Bananas]]
| 37
|''[[The Challenge (TV series)|The Challenge]]'' Star
|Tyler/Blue
| style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up June 14))
|-
|[[Dave Coulier]]
| 60
|''[[Full House]]'' Star
|Tyler/Blue
| rowspan="2" style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" |Eliminated June 7
|-
|[[Bridget Everett]]
| 47
|Comedian & Actress
|Anne/Red
|-
|[[Robin Givens]]
| 55
|Actress
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 31
|-
|[[Sonja Morgan]]
| 56
|''[[The Real Housewives of New York City]]'' Star
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 24
|-
|[[Brian Posehn]]
| 53
|Comedian and Actor
|Tyler/Blue
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 17
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Contestant
! colspan="6"| Episode
|- 
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Wells''' </span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Johnny'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Dave'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT'''
|colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Bridget'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT'''
|colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Robin'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN 
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT'''
|colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sonja'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' 
|colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Brian'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' 
|colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

==Season 20: 2020==
[[Alex Guarnaschelli]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 20. The season debuted on June 21, 2020.<ref>((cite web |title=Meet the Recruits |url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/photos/worst-cooks-season-20-meet-the-recruits |access-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614193845/https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/photos/worst-cooks-season-20-meet-the-recruits |archive-date=June 14, 2020))</ref>

The entire run of this season, along with text summaries of it, was pulled from all Discovery platforms on January 23, 2021, after the season's champion, Ariel Robinson, was charged with homicide by child abuse with her husband for the murder of her three-year-old adopted daughter.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/worst-cooks-in-america-winner-among-2-charged-in-3-year-old-girls-homicide/article_d6c3a3ec-5aa1-11eb-8ec9-97a25b2490c8.html|title='Worst Cooks in America' winner and former teacher charged in 3-year-old girl's homicide along with husband|last=Gore|first=Thomas|date=20 January 2021|publisher=[[WHNS]]|access-date=24 January 2021))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=https://tvline.com/2021/01/23/worst-cooks-in-america-season-pulled-ariel-robinson-murder-charge-food-network/|title=Worst Cooks in America Season Pulled After Winner's Arrest for Child Murder|last=Caruso|first=Nick|date=23 January 2021|publisher=[[TVLine]]|access-date=24 January 2021))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Ariel "Ari" Robinson
|28
|Simpsonville, South Carolina
|Teacher
|Alex/Blue
| style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner August 2</span>
|-
|Zack Ignoffo
|26
|Chicago, Illinois
|Model
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up August 2))
|-
|Dolores Aguilar-Fernandez
|45
|Cypress, Texas
|Recruiter
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated July 26
|-
|[[Darian Barnes]]
|40
|Rahway, New Jersey
|Teacher/Ex-Football Player
|Alex/Blue
|-
|[[Domaine Javier]]((efn|group=upper-alpha|Domaine Javier is the first-ever openly [[trans woman|transgender woman]] featured in the history of ''[[Food Network]]''.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.realitytitbit.com/worst-cooks-in-america/worst-cooks-in-america-domaine-javier|title=Worst Cooks in America: Domaine Javier makes history on Food Network |date=July 6, 2020 ))</ref>))
|28
|San Gabriel, California
|Nursing Supervisor/Trans Actress-Writer
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated July 19
|-
|Eric Smart
|59
|Los Angeles, California
|Special Investigator
|Alex/Blue
|-
|Louisa Sharamatyan((efn|group=upper-alpha|Louisa Sharamatyan previously competed on the second season of ''[[Worst Bakers in America]]'' and placed last.))
|30
|Glendale, California
|Social Media Manager
|Alex/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated July 12
|-
|Evan Baker
|35
|Bismarck, North Dakota
|Professional Fundraiser
|Anne/Red
|-
|Denise Schroder 
|47
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|Real Estate Agent
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated July 5
|-
|Johannes "Yo" Phelps
|46
|Davenport, Iowa
|Realtor
|Alex/Blue
|-
|Erin Sullivan
|38
|Mayfield, Kentucky
|Federal Employee
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated June 28
|-
|Brianna Weidenbach
|24
|Martin, Tennessee
|Caregiver
|Alex/Blue
|-
|Holly Brooks
|66
|Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|Intuitive Psychic Counselor
|Alex/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated June 21
|-
|Julie "Jewels" McIlroy
|50
|Syracuse, New York
|Community Habilitation Specialist
|Anne/Red
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Alex
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Contestant
! colspan="11"|Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! colspan=2|4 !! colspan=2|5 !! 6 !! 7
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ari'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Zack'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Dolores'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Darian'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Domaine'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Eric'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Louisa'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Evan'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Denise'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Yo'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Erin'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Brianna'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''13'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Holly'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''14'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jewels'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="12" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.

==Season 21: 2021==
[[Carla Hall]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host season 21. The season debut on January 3, 2021, with a 90-minute premiere. Immediately following, spin-off companion series ''[[Worst Cooks in America: Dirty Dishes]]'' begins its first-ever run.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america|title=Worst Cooks in America ))</ref> The show sees former boot camp contestants and comedians commenting on past episodes.<ref>((Cite web|date=2020-11-30|title=Worst Cooks in America, Dirty Dishes: Food Network Reveals Premiere Dates|url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/worst-cooks-in-america-dirty-dishes-food-network-reveals-premiere-dates/|access-date=2020-12-26|website=canceled + renewed my TV shows - TV Series Finale|language=en-US))</ref>

An additional twist added this season is the "Danger Zone," in which the worst recruit on each team in the Skill Drill must cook their Main Dish at the stations used by Burrell and Hall in demonstrating the recipe, giving the mentors the ability to keep a close eye on them as they cook.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Amber Leverette
|37
|Banner Elk, North Carolina
|Bartender 
|Carla/Blue
| style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner February 28</span>
|-
|Cameron Bartlett
|20
|Norman, Oklahoma
|Student 
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up February 28))
|-
|Jonathan "JJ" Hurt<ref name="jj">((cite web|url=https://instagram.com/whosaiddat?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y|title=Instagram|accessdate=June 24, 2022))</ref>
|35
|Atlanta, Georgia
|Tech Support Supervisor 
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c73d; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Finalist February 28
|-
|Chandali Gullick
|29
|Wichita, Kansas
|Customer Service 
|Carla/Blue
|-
|McKayla Carter
|21
|Blackshear, Georgia
|Model 
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 14
|-
|Tiffany Billingsly
|35
|Greenwood, Indiana
|Music Teacher 
|Carla/Blue
|-
|Ayesha Dwyer
|43
|Wadsworth, Illinois
|Children's Book Author 
|Carla/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 31
|-
|Laura Marie Moore
|23
|Los Angeles, California
|[[NHL]] Cheerleader 
|Anne/Red
|-
|Joey Kinsley
|26
|Rocky River, Ohio
|Digital Marketing Specialist 
|Carla/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 17
|-
|Mo Nooreldin
|
|Kirkland, Washington
|Dental Assistant
|Anne/Red
|-
|Stephanie James
|40
|Chicago, Illinois
|Postal Clerk 
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 10
|-
|Watik Aleem
|
|Aurora, Colorado
|Army Veteran 
|Carla/Blue
|-
|Jonathan Hanna
|
|New York, New York
|Hand Model
|Carla/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 3
|-
|Joy Blessing
|65
|Jacksonville, Florida
|Wedding Officiant 
|Anne/Red
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Carla
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Contestant
! colspan="8"|Episode
|-
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Amber'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:yellow;"| IMM
| IN
|style="background:turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Cameron'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''JJ'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
| rowspan="2" style="background:lightgray;" | '''FINALIST'''
|-
|'''4'''
| style="background:blue" |<span style="color:white;">'''Chandali*'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| style="background:pink;" | BTM
| style="background:pink;"| BTM/SWAP 
| IN
| style="background:limegreen;" | '''WIN'''
| IN
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''McKayla*'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|  style="background:pink;"| BTM/SWAP 
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Tiffany'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
| IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Ayesha'''</span>
| IN
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Laura'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Joey'''</span>
| IN
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Mo'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Stephanie'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Watik'''</span>
| IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''13'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jonathan'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''14'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Joy'''</span>
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
:((Color box|yellow|border=silver)) (IMM) The contestant won immunity and was safe from elimination in the week's Main Dish Challenge.
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:<nowiki>* Initially a member of the other team but switched instead of being eliminated.</nowiki>

==Season 22: Best of the Worst==
[[Michael Symon]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] for the first time to host a new Best of the Worst season where fan-favorite recruits from past seasons return for another chance at redemption. The season premiered on April 25, 2021.<ref>((Cite web|date=2021-03-18|title= Michael Symon Joins Anne Burrell to Mentor Fan-Favorite Recruits Toward A Chance to Redemption Worst Cooks in America: Best of the Worst|url=https://press.discovery.com/us/food/press-releases/2021/michael-symon-joins-anne-burrell-mentor-fan-f-5391/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Discovery LLC Press Release|language=en-US))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Original Season
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Mercedes “Sadie” Manda
|style="text-align:center;"|Season 17
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|Non-Profit Associate
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner May 30</span>
|-
|[[Domaine Javier]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Season 20
|San Gabriel, California
|Trans Actress, Writer, Nurse
|Michael/Blue
| style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up May 30))
|-
|Stephanie James
|style="text-align:center;"|Season 21
|Chicago, Illinois
|Postal Clerk
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c73d; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Finalist May 30
|-
|Dr. Lulu Boykin
|style="text-align:center;"|Season 18
|Pittsboro, North Carolina
|Teaching Artist
|Michael/Blue
|-
|Jefferson Goldie
|style="text-align:center;"|Season 18
|Chicago, Illinois
|Musician
|Michael/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center"|Eliminated May 23
|-
|Jonathan Beyer
|style="text-align:center;"|Season 17
|New York, New York
|Opera Singer
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 16
|-
|Eric Smart
|style="text-align:center;"|Season 20
|Los Angeles, California
|Special Investigator
|Michael/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 9
|-
|Joey Kinsley
|style="text-align:center;"|Season 21
|Cleveland, Ohio
|Digital Marketing Specialist
|Anne/Red
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 2
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Michael
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Contestant
! colspan="6"| Episode
|- 
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sadie'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN''' 
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN''' 
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Domaine'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''  
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Stephanie'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN''' 
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
| rowspan="2" style="background:lightgray;" | '''FINALIST'''
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Lulu'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN''' 
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jefferson'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jonathan'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM  
|IN
|style="background:yellow;"|'''IMM'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Eric'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Joey'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|yellow|border=silver)) (IMM) The contestant won immunity and was safe from elimination in the week's Main Dish Challenge.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill and was considered the winner.
<!-- :((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (TIE) The contestant tied with another contestant as the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill. -->
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
<!-- :((Color box|goldenrod|border=silver)) (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness or injury.
:((Color box|coral|border=silver)) (RTN) The contestant won the redemption Skill Drill and returned to the competition.
:((Color box|violet|border=silver)) (SAVE) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge but was saved by their respective team mentor.
:((Color box|crimson|border=silver)) (QUIT) The contestant volunteered to leave the competition. -->

==Season 23: 2022==
[[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===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Peachez Iman-Cummings
|[[New York City]]
|Drag performer
|Cliff/Blue
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner February 23 </span>
|-
|Marti Cummings
|[[New York City]]
|Drag Artist
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up February 23))
|-
|Kara Anderson
|[[Leitchfield, Kentucky]]
|English Teacher
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c73d; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Finalist February 23
|-
|Cheyenne Loomis
|[[London, Kentucky]]
|Case Worker
|Cliff/Blue
|-
|Eddie Anderson
|[[Leitchfield, Kentucky]]
|Art Teacher
|Cliff/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 16
|-
|Hilda Ike
|[[Poinciana, Florida]]
|Fitness Instructor
|Anne/Red
|-
|Bianca Bencosme
|[[York, Pennsylvania]]
|Stay-At-Home Mom
|Cliff/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated February 9
|-
|Al Kingswriter
|[[Tony, Wisconsin]]
|Truck Driver
|Anne/Red
|-
|Angie Hartford-Padilla
|[[San Jose, California]]
|Executive Assistant
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated February 2
|-
|Melody Moore
|[[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|Beauty Bar Owner
|Cliff/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Quit January 26
|-
|Hector Peralta
|[[York, Pennsylvania]]
|Data Analyst
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 19
|-
|Deneise White
|[[Poinciana, Florida]]
|IT Manager
|Cliff/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 12
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Cliff
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Contestant
! colspan="8"| Episode
|- 
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Peachez'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Marti'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kara'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:lightgray;" | '''FINALIST'''
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Cheyenne'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM*
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Eddie'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Hilda'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Bianca'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Al'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Angie'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Melody'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:crimson;"|'''QUIT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Hector'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Deneise'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
<!-- :((Color box|yellow|border=silver)) (IMM) The contestant won immunity and was safe from elimination in the week's Main Dish Challenge. -->
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish Challenge and was considered the winner.
<!-- :((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (TIE) The contestant tied with another contestant as the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill. -->
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
<!-- :((Color box|goldenrod|border=silver)) (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness or injury.
:((Color box|coral|border=silver)) (RTN) The contestant won the redemption Skill Drill and returned to the competition.
:((Color box|violet|border=silver)) (SAVE) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge but was saved by their respective team mentor. -->
:((Color box|crimson|border=silver)) (QUIT) The contestant volunteered to leave the competition.
In Episode 4, Cheyenne was originally eliminated. Melody, feeling Cheyenne deserved to stay, voluntarily left the competition and gave Cheyenne her spot.

==Season 24: Celebrity Edition ''That's So 90's'' ==
[[Jeff Mauro]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host the seventh run of the Celebrity Edition. The season premiered on April 24, 2022.<ref>((cite web |last1=Knolle |first1=Sharon |last2=Lash |first2=Jolie |title=Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: That's So 90s Cast |url=https://www.thewrap.com/worst-cooks-in-america-90s-cast-jodie-sweetin/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=March 17, 2022 |date=March 16, 2022))</ref>

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Age
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|[[Tracey Gold]]
| 52
|''[[Growing Pains]]'' star
|Anne/Red
| style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner May 29</span>
|-
|[[Jodie Sweetin]]
| 40
|''[[Full House]] and [[Fuller House (TV series)|Fuller House]]'' star
|Jeff/Blue
| style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up May 29))
|-
|[[Elisa Donovan]]
| 51
|''[[Clueless (TV series)|Clueless]]'' star
|Anne/Red
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c73d; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Finalist May 29
|-
|[[Matthew Lawrence]]
| 42
|''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' star 
|Jeff/Blue
|-
|[[Mark Long]]
| 50
|''[[Road Rules: USA – The First Adventure|Road Rules]]'' star
|Anne/Red
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 22
|-
|[[Jennie Kwan]]
| 48
|''[[California Dreams]]'' star
|Jeff/Blue
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 15
|-
|[[Lori Beth Denberg]]
| 46
|''[[All That]]'' star
|Jeff/Blue
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 15
|-
|[[Nicholle Tom]]
| 43
|''[[The Nanny]]'' star
|Anne/Red
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 8
|-
|Curtis Williams
| 34
|''[[The Parent 'Hood]]'' star
|Jeff/Blue
| rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated May 1
|-
|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Jeff
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Contestant
! colspan="7"| Episode
|- 
!1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Tracey'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:yellow;"|'''IMM'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jodie'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Elisa'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:lightgray;"|'''FINALIST'''
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Matthew'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Mark'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jennie'''</span>
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Lori Beth'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="3" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Nicholle'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Curtis'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"|BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"|'''OUT''' ||colspan="5" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|yellow|border=silver)) (IMM) The contestant won immunity and was safe from elimination in the week's Main Dish Challenge.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish Challenge and was considered the winner.
<!-- :((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (TIE) The contestant tied with another contestant as the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill. -->
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
<!-- :((Color box|goldenrod|border=silver)) (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness or injury.
:((Color box|coral|border=silver)) (RTN) The contestant won the redemption Skill Drill and returned to the competition.
:((Color box|violet|border=silver)) (SAVE) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge but was saved by their respective team mentor.
:((Color box|crimson|border=silver)) (QUIT) The contestant volunteered to leave the competition. -->

== Season 25: ''Viral Sensations'' ==
[[Darnell Ferguson]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host the first run of Viral Sensations. The season premiered on January 1, 2023.<ref>((cite web |last1=Knolle |first1=Sharon |last2=Lash |first2=Jolie |title=Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: That's So 90s Cast |url=https://www.thewrap.com/worst-cooks-in-america-90s-cast-jodie-sweetin/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=March 17, 2022 |date=March 16, 2022))</ref>

During this season, a new gimmick to the show has been added. It is known as a Chef Like, which is a pin awarded to the winner of the Skill Drill Challenge on both teams and the Main Dish Challenge on both teams. The respective mentor of the team decides the winner. The recruit who accumulates the most will have a game-changing advantage. In episode 5, the recruit with the most Chef Likes on each team was able to choose one team member to switch to the opposite team. Paris, who had the most on the red team, chose Eliza to switch to Blue, whereas Michael, who had the most on the Blue team, chose Rich to switch to red. During this episode, there was no elimination.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Nick Trawick
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Social media influencer
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner February 5</span>
|-
|Michael Judson Berry
|[[Jersey City, New Jersey]]
|Actor
|Darnell/Blue
|style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up February 5))
|-
|Paris Nicholson
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Social media influencer
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c73d; text-align:center;" rowspan=2 |Finalist February 5
|-
|NaJe' Elmore
|[[Texarkana, Texas]]
|Social media influencer
|Darnell/Blue
|-
|David Chen
|[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]
|Flight attendant
|Darnell/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 29
|-
|[[Tessica Brown]]
|[[Violet, Louisiana]]
|Stay at home mom 
|Anne/Red
|-
|Eliza Petersen
|[[West Jordan, Utah]]
|Amateur paleontologist
|Darnell/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 29
|-
|Rich Aronovitch
|[[New York City]]
|Professional comedian
|Anne/Red
|-
|Mitchell Tyler Ralston
|[[Huntington Beach, California]]
|Ghost Hunter
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated January 22
|-
|Sabrina Rios
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Social media influencer 
|Darnell/Blue
|-
|Tina Kim
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Social media influencer
|Darnell/Blue
|rowspan="1" text-align:center;" style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 15
|-
|Adam Kreutinger
|[[Buffalo, New York]]
|Puppeteer
|Anne/Red
|rowspan="1" text-align:center;" style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated January 8
|-

|}

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Darnell
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Contestant
! colspan=8|Episode
|- 
!1 !! 2!!colspan=1|3 !! colspan=1|4 !! 5 !!6!!7!!8
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Nick'''</span>
|IN||IN||IN||IN||style="background:pink;"| BTM||style="background:pink;"| BTM||style="background:pink;"| BTM||style="background:turquoise;"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Michael'''</span> 
|IN||IN||IN||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM||style="background:pink;"| BTM||style="background:lightblue;"|'''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:White;">'''Paris'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM ||IN||IN||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||IN||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''|| rowspan="2" style="background:lightgray;"|'''FINALIST'''
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''NaJe''''</span>
|IN||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||IN||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN'''
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''David'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM||IN||IN||IN||style="background:pink;"| BTM||IN||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT'''||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Tessica'''</span> 
|IN||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||IN||style="background:pink;"| BTM ||style="background:pink;"| BTM||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT'''||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:Blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Eliza*'''</span>
|IN|| style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||style="background:limegreen;"| '''WIN''' ||IN||IN/Swap||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT'''||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:Red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Rich*'''</span>
|IN||IN||IN||IN||style="background:pink;"| BTM/Swap||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT'''||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Mitchell'''</span>
|IN||IN||IN||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sabrina'''</span>
|IN||IN||style="background:pink;"| BTM||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Tina'''</span>
|IN|||IN||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Adam'''</span>
|IN||style="background:lightgrey;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|yellow|border=silver)) (IMM) The contestant won immunity and was safe from elimination in the week's Main Dish Challenge.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish Challenge and was considered the winner.
<!-- :((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (TIE) The contestant tied with another contestant as the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill. -->
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
<!-- :((Color box|goldenrod|border=silver)) (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness or injury.
:((Color box|coral|border=silver)) (RTN) The contestant won the redemption Skill Drill and returned to the competition.
:((Color box|violet|border=silver)) (SAVE) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge but was saved by their respective team mentor.
:((Color box|crimson|border=silver)) (QUIT) The contestant volunteered to leave the competition. -->
:<nowiki>*Denotes that this recruit was originally part of a different team but due to a twist element in episode 5, were swapped.</nowiki>

== Season 26: ''Love at First Bite'' ==
[[Jeff Mauro]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host Love at First Bite. The season premiered on August 6, 2023.<ref>((cite web|title=Love at First Bite: Fiery First Date|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/episodes/love-at-first-bite-fiery-first-date|website=FoodNetwork.com|access-date=August 11, 2023))</ref>

This season features a cast of single recruits eager to learn some cooking skills to impress future dates. As a twist, recruits were selected in pairs to join the Red or Blue Team. Pairs will compete together in all Skill Drills and share a work station for all cooks. The pairs are:

* Allegra & Michael (Blue Team)
* Amy & Etherio (Red Team)
* Jessica & Kermit (Blue Team)
* Lou & Denz (Red Team)
* Sami & James (Red Team)
* Sterling & Matthew (Blue Team)
* Terri & Charles (Red Team)
* Toneata & Zach (Blue Team)

The winner of each team's Skill Drill cook receives the power to "recouple" by staying with their current partner or choosing a different one. In Episode 2, Michael was the first to recouple by choosing Sterling as his new partner, while James chose to stay with Sami. In Episode 3, Terri chose Etherio as her new partner, thus leaving Charles in the "Singles Zone", where only one person will occupy a station, while Jessica chose to stay with Kermit. Sterling was automatically paired with Allegra since Michael withdrew in Episode 3. In Episode 4, Etherio chose to be in the "Singles Zone", thus leaving Terri to pair up with Lou, while Kermit chose Toneata as his new partner, thus leaving Jessica to pair up with Zach. In Episode 5, Terri chose to stay with Lou, while Jessica chose to be in the "Singles Zone", thus leaving Zach to pair up with Kermit. From Episode 6 onwards though, there were no more chances to "recouple" after winning a Skill Drill cook.

Though they'll compete in pairs, only one recruit will win the $25,000 grand prize. Eliminations are based on individual performance. Note that there is no Bottom 2 for the Blue Team in Week 3 since Michael withdrew from the competition that week, so Week 3 is elimination week for the Red Team only. There is also no Bottom 2 for the Red Team in Week 4 since Charles withdrew from the competition that week, so Week 4 is elimination week for the Blue Team only.

===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Jessica Singer
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Comedian/Pet Sitter
|Jeff/Blue
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner September 10</span>
|-
|Samantha "Sami" White<ref name="indystar">((cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2023/07/25/worst-cooks-food-network-competition-watch-fishers-high-samantha-sami-white/70422138007|title=Food Network's 'Worst Cooks in America' to feature Fishers' Sami White|work=[[The Indianapolis Star]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]|date=July 25, 2023|accessdate=October 9, 2023))</ref>
|[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|Drag King
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up September 10))
|-
|Louisa "Lou" Tocquie
|[[Rochester, New York]]
|Home Health Aide
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c73d; text-align:center;" rowspan=2 |Finalist September 10
|-
|Sterling Quinn
|[[New York City]]
|Fashion Designer/Content Creator
|Jeff/Blue
|-
|Etherio Noon
|[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|Model
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated September 10
|-
|Allegra Melton
|[[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]
|Personal Trainer
|Jeff/Blue
|-
|Zach Russell
|[[New York City]]
|Business Development Director
|Jeff/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated September 3
|-
|James Bates
|[[Hammond, Louisiana]]
|Content Creator
|Anne/Red
|-
|Kermit Moss Jr.
|[[Costa Mesa, California]]
|Music Producer
|Jeff/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated August 27
|-
|Terri Arcelia
|[[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|Bartender
|Anne/Red
|-
|Toneata Morgan
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Actress/Model
|Jeff/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated August 27
|-
|Charles Osborne*
|[[New York City]]
|Actor/Comedian/Writer
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Withdrew August 27
|-
|Denz Mooney
|[[Long Island, New York]]
|Content Creator
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated August 20
|-
|Michael Kazakov*
|[[Staten Island, New York]]
|Demolition Man
|Jeff/Blue
|style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Withdrew August 20
|-
|Matthew Militello
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Makeup Artist
|Jeff/Blue
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Eliminated August 13
|-
|Amy Solomon
|[[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
|Professional Organizer
|Anne/Red
|-
|}

*Contestant Michael Kazakov was deemed too ill to continue on August 20
*Contestant Charles Osborne was deemed too ill to continue on August 27

===Contestant progress===
*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>: Team Anne
*<span style="color:blue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Team Jeff
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height:20px;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Contestant
! colspan=8|Episode
|- 
!1!! 2!! 3!! 4!! 5!! 6!! 7!! 8
|-
|'''1'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Jessica'''</span> 
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:turquoise"| '''WINNER'''
|-
|'''2'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:White;">'''Sami'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:lightblue"| '''RUNNER-UP'''
|-
|'''3'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Lou'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|rowspan="2" style="background:lightgray;" | '''FINALIST'''
|-
|'''4'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Sterling'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|-
|'''5'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Etherio'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''6'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Allegra'''</span> 
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="1" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''7'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Zach'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''8'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''James'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''9'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Kermit'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|IN
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''10'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Terri'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="4" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''11'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Toneata'''</span>
|IN
|IN
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''12'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Charles'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|IN
|style="background:tan;"|'''WDR''' ||colspan="6" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''13'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Denz'''</span>
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:pink;"| BTM
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''14'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Michael'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:limegreen;"|'''WIN'''
|style="background:tan;"|'''WDR''' ||colspan="8" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''15'''
|style="background:blue"|<span style="color:white;">'''Matthew'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|'''16'''
|style="background:red"|<span style="color:white;">'''Amy'''</span>
|IN
|style="background:lightgray;"| '''OUT''' ||colspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;"|
|-
|}

;Key
:((Color box|turquoise|border=silver))  (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".
:((Color box|lightblue|border=silver)) (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition.
:((Color box|limegreen|border=silver)) (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish Challenge and was considered the winner.
<!-- :((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (TIE) The contestant tied with another contestant as the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge or Skill Drill. -->
:((Color box|pink|border=silver)) (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge but was not eliminated.
:((Color box|lightgray|border=silver)) (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
:((Color box|tan|border=silver)) (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness.

== Season 27: ''Spoiled Rotten'' ==
[[Tiffany Derry]] joins [[Anne Burrell]] to host Spoiled Rotten. The season premiered on January 7, 2024.


===Recruits===
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Contestant
!Hometown
!Occupation
!Team
!Status
|-
|Stacey Loper
|[[Hoover, Alabama]]
|Grief Recovery Counselor
|Tiffany/Blue
|style="background:#093; text-align:center;"|<span style="color:white;">Winner February 4, 2024</span>
|-
|Leona McTaggart-Chapman
|[[Cresaptown, Maryland]]
|Day Program Manager
|Anne/Red
|style="background:#d1e8ef; text-align:center;"|((nowrap|Runner-up February 4, 2024))
|-
|Carrington Gilbert
|[[Houston, Texas]]
|Stay-At-Home Daughter
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=1 style="background:#f4c73d; text-align:center;" rowspan=2 |Finalist February 4, 2024
|-
|Micaela Minner
|[[Akron, Ohio]]
|Pro Softball Player
|Tiffany/Blue
|-
|Erika Coleman
|[[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|Makeup Artist and Stylist
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on February 4, 2024</small>
|-
|Chelsko Thompson
|[[Seattle, Washington]]
|Social Media Manager
|Tiffany/Blue
|-
|Jesse Money
|[[Malibu, California]]
|Singer/Songwriter
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 28, 2024</small>
|-
|Serious Williams
|[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|Psychiatric Assistant
|Tiffany/Blue
|-
|Ebie Wright
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Pop Singer
|Tiffany/Blue
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 28, 2024</small>
|-
|Frankie Cena
|[[Burbank, California]]
|Public Speaking Academy Manager and former Mr. Canada
|Anne/Red

|-
|Avi Boodram
|[[Christiana, Delaware]]
|Investment Banker
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 21, 2024</small>
|-
|Joel Alvarado
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Goober TV Character Impersonator
|Tiffany/Blue
|-
|Steve Crawford
|[[Los Angeles, California]]
|Magician
|Anne/Red
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 14, 2024</small>
|-
|Costa Georgopoulos
|[[San Pablo, California]]
|Maintenance Painter
|Tiffany/Blue
|-
|Elena Catlin
|[[Wesley Chapel, Florida]]
|Teacher, Piano player and Author
|Eliminated/White
|rowspan=2 style="background:#f4c7b8; text-align:center;"|Eliminated<br /><small>on January 7, 2024</small>
|-
|Cathy Jacobson
|[[Vernon Hills, Illinois]]
|Dance Teacher
|Eliminated/White
|-
|}

==Mentor records==
{| class="wikitable"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
!Mentor
!Wins
!Losses
!Win Pct.%
|-
|[[Alex Guarnaschelli]]
|1
|0
|100%
|-
|[[Carla Hall]]
|1
|0
|100%
|-
|[[Cliff Crooks]]
|1
|0
|100%
|-
|[[Tiffany Derry]]
|1
|0
|100%
|-
|[[Bobby Flay]]
| 3
| 1
|75%
|-
|[[Anne Burrell]]
| 15
| 12
|58%
|-
|[[Rachael Ray]]
| 2
| 2
|50%
|-
|[[Jeff Mauro]]
| 1
| 1
|50%
|-
|[[Robert Irvine]]
| 1
| 1
|50%
|-
|[[Tyler Florence]]
| 1
| 6
|14%
|-
|[[Alton Brown]]
| 0
| 1
|0%
|-
|[[Beau MacMillan]]
| 0
| 1
|0%
|-
|[[Darnell Ferguson]]
| 0
| 1
|0%
|-
|[[Michael Symon]]
|0
|1
|0%
|}

==Notes==
((notelist-ua))

== References ==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((Official website|http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america.html))
* ((IMDb title|1570957))

((Food Network series))

((DEFAULTSORT:Worst Cooks In America))
[[Category:2010 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:2010s American cooking television series]]
[[Category:2020s American cooking television series]]
[[Category:Food Network original programming]]
[[Category:Reality cooking competition television series]]
[[Category:Television series by Optomen]]
Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page (help):
Worst Cooks in America (edit)
Template:Abbr (view source) (protected)
Template:Ambox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Citation/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Cite magazine (view source) (protected)
Template:Cite news (view source) (protected)
Template:Cite web (view source) (protected)
Template:Color box (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:DMCA (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dated maintenance category (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dated maintenance category (articles) (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:EditAtWikidata (view source) (protected)
Template:Efn (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:FULLROOTPAGENAME (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Find sources mainspace (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Food Network series (edit)
Template:Greater color contrast ratio (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Has short description (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Hlist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:IMDb title (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:If empty (view source) (protected)
Template:If preview (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox television (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox television/Short description (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox television/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Legend/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:MONTHNAME (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:MONTHNUMBER (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Main other (view source) (protected)
Template:More citations needed (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Navbox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Navbox with collapsible groups (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Nbsp (view source) (protected)
Template:Note (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Notelist (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Notelist-ua (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Nowrap (view source) (protected)
Template:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Template:Official website (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:PAGENAMEBASE (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Template:Plainlist (view source) (protected)
Template:Plainlist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:Pluralize from text (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Ref (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Reflist (view source) (protected)
Template:Reflist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description/lowercasecheck (view source) (protected)
Template:Spaces (view source) (protected)
Template:Start date (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Template other (view source) (protected)
Template:Trim (view source) (protected)
Template:Use mdy dates (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Wikidata (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:WikidataCheck (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Arguments (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/blacklist (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/shared (view source) (protected)
Module:Check for unknown parameters (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1 (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Color contrast (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Color contrast/colors (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Detect singular (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Disambiguation/templates (view source) (protected)
Module:EditAtWikidata (view source) (protected)
Module:Find sources (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/config (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/links (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/templates/Find sources mainspace (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:GetParameters (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:If empty (view source) (protected)
Module:If preview (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:If preview/configuration (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:If preview/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox/dates (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:InfoboxImage (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox television (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox television disambiguation check (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Italic title (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Message box (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/ambox.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/configuration (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox with collapsible groups (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Module:Official website (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/disambiguation (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/setindex (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/softredirect (view source) (protected)
Module:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Module:String (view source) (protected)
Module:String2 (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Television infoboxes disambiguation check (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Text (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:URL (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Unsubst (view source) (protected)
Module:Ustring (view source) (protected)
Module:Wd (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Wd/i18n (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataCheck (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Wikitext Parsing (view source) (protected)
Module:Yesno (view source) (protected)
Return to Worst Cooks in America.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worst_Cooks_in_America"