NEW YORK, July 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Food icons
Anne Burrell and
Rachael Ray return to lead a
star-studded culinary boot camp for cooking-challenged celebrities
this summer with a brand-new season of Worst Cooks in
America: Celebrity Edition, premiering Wednesday, August 23rd at 9pm ET/PT on Food Network. Anne and Rachael
each lead a team of recruits through the intense kitchen
challenges, but only the most improved star wins a $25,000 grand prize for the charity of their
choice and bragging rights for their team master. The new
celebrity recruits are: Nora
Dunn, Carmen Electra, Erik
Estrada, Vivica A. Fox,
Perez Hilton, Carson Kressley, Sean
Lowe and Melissa
Peterman.
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"Anne and Rachael have their culinary work cut out for them with
this batch of celebrity recruits – and the results are high-energy
and hilarious," said Courtney White,
Senior Vice President, Programming Scripps Networks Interactive.
"These stars enter boot camp with less-than-impressive cooking
skills and watching them gain confidence in the kitchen is
remarkable."
In the first episode, Anne and Rachael kick things off with a
social media-inspired challenge. The celebrities must make a dish
inspired by their tastiest food snaps on social media and judging
from their pages online, these stars love a good meal but clearly
do not know how to cook one. The mentors follow with a
lobster lesson, which proves to be a disaster for some of these
clueless cooks. Anne and Rachael then choose their teams, and
the culinary training begins. Upcoming episodes feature
international flavors, dessert-themed milkshake and cupcake
challenges and the return of trivia game Family Food, this time
with a "freaky food" twist. The most-improved celebrity cook
is awarded a $25,000 grand prize for
the charity of their choice in the season finale on Wednesday, October 11th at
9pm ET/PT.
Viewers can learn more about the famous faces competing for
kitchen glory at FoodNetwork.com/WorstCooks and watch video
highlights, see photos from the challenges and take quizzes to
improve their own cooking. Tell us who your favorite celeb is
on social media using the hashtag #WorstCooks.
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