Reality Stars Trade Red Carpets for Kitchens in New Season of Worst Cooks in โAmerica
Food Network’s Worst โคCooks in America is back for its 30th season,โฃ dubbed Realityโข Check,โ with a cast of ten celebrities hoping โฃto trade their familiar spotlights for culinary skills. Teh new season โpremieres Sunday, January 4 at 8 โฃp.m. โขET/PT.
This year’s recruits include The Real Housewives of Salt Lakeโฃ City‘s Lisa โBarlow, MTV VJ โฃDowntown Julie Brown, Dancing with theโฃ Stars‘ Val Chmerkovskiy, shahs of Sunset andโค The Valley: Persian Style‘s Rezaโ Farahan, love & Hip Hop:โ Miami and Univision’s Unequal star Amara La Negra, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, RuPaul’s Drag Race‘s Manila Luzon, rapper/actor Romeo Miller, 7th Heaven‘s Beverleyโค Mitchell, and Theโค Challenge and The Traitors USA‘s CT Tambourine.
Chefs Jeff Mauro and tiffany derry will โขleadโ the teams, beginning with a โฃbaseline challenge where the โcelebrities showcase โขtheir current cooking abilities – or lackโข thereof. Subsequent challenges will focusโ on specific dishes,โ like a Piri Piri chicken, with weekly blind elimination cook-offs determining whoโ continues.
“The kitchen is not where this season’s celebrity recruits shine – but Jeff โฃand Tiffany are โฃpersistent โขtoโข changeโ that,” said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. “Worst Cooks is where comedy and cooking โคchaos collide, but in theโ end there are some impressive culinary transformations that will blow our audience away.”
Theโค season culminates in a finale on Sunday, โคFebruaryโ 1st,โข where the โfinal two contestants โคwill prepare a three-course restaurant-quality mealโ for guest judges. The winner will receive $25,000 for their chosen charity and bragging rights โขfor their team’s chef.