Worst Cooks in America

- Season 16

(2019)

Eight of the worst celebrity cooks in America arrive at culinary boot camp, and chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence ask them each to cook their favorite restaurant dish to see how they measure up to the original. Then, the chefs teach the celebrities how to make a classic steakhouse meal, and it's clear that some of these celebs just don't have the chops. Finally, Anne and Tyler pick their teams in an award show-inspired ceremony.

The teams of celebrity cooks go head-to-head for food games and trivia, and then they're tasked with replicating Anne Burrell's and Tyler Florence's movie-inspired dishes. A blind elimination challenge determines who goes home.

Chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence plunge the celebrities into the deep end of the kitchen by introducing them to fish. They assemble sushi rolls from a conveyor belt and then learn to make fish tacos with homemade tortillas.

The celebrity recruits learn how to make Thai ice cream rolls and create their own flavor profile. Then chef mentors Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence teach them how to make paella.

Boot camp is transformed into an elegant cocktail party; mentors Anne and Tyler announce that the recruits each have to make their own champagne cocktail and a tray of blinis from scratch; celebrities must cater lunch for the entire crew.

The celebrity recruits work in teams to recreate a dish from taste alone, and chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence secretly watch their every move. Then the celebs face off in a Chopped-style showdown for a spot in the finale.

For the final challenge, the two remaining celebrities create a three-course meal for culinary experts Leah Cohen, Zac Posen and Melba Wilson, who decide which celebrity takes home $25,000 for the charity of their choice.