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NARRATOR: This year, 14 of the worst cooks in America
have been drafted into culinary boot camp.
♪ Come on, red teeeeeeeeeeeeam! ♪
Let's do it!
NARRATOR: It's cook or be cooked...
My spaghetti just turned brown.
...as they face their food fears.
Aah!
And if they can't handle the heat,
their dreams of learning to cook will go up in smoke.
Can Anne Burrell...
Do not ever taste off your fingers in this kitchen again!
...and Bobby Flay...
Would the blue team stop burning everything in the kitchen?
...teach these kitchen klutzes...
[ Squeaks ]
...while pushing them to their limits?
You better be glad they're holding me back!
No pain...
Ow! Mother!
We are officially cooking.
What do I do?
NARRATOR: The two that fight till the end
will cook a restaurant-quality meal
for three of the nation's top culinary experts...
No more plates!
...for a chance to win $25,000.
It's Anne vs. Bobby
as they take on the worst cooks in America.
-- Captions by VITAC --
Closed Captions provided by Scripps Networks, LLC.
[ Cheers and applause ]
BURRELL: Last year was the first year
I've been beaten by anybody in this competition.
I'm coming back with a vengeance.
FLAY: So, I'm back at boot camp for the third time
because Anne asked me for a rematch.
So, you know,
I'm gonna be a good sporting champion of "Worst Cooks"
and give her a shot.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Each year, we do a nationwide search
to find this country's worst cooks.
People show up from all over the country.
They're there to nominate their friends...
I wish you could smell it through the camera.
Look. Look.
Disgusting.
...their family...
And I baked a fork in it on accident.
I think it's over there.
And even themselves.
Please help me!
It's not my favorite day of the year.
[ Chuckles ]
WOMAN: This is all like olive oil and mint.
Makes a really great moisturizer.
It tastes like a sock.
Not that I know what socks taste like.
Ew.
It's not bad to me.
You call it dog loaf. I call it meat loaf.
I wouldn't give that to my dog.
[ Laughter ]
I need your words of wisdom.
I know.
What's the best thing you've ever made?
You can make breakfast?
No, I said a pancake.
This is my mother, Eileen.
So, you didn't teach him how to cook?
Thank you, mom.
[ Laughter ]
Hi.
Hi. Who are you?
I'm Amber Brauner from Redlands, California.
What do you got there?
Slop.
Oh, good.
And what's the story with the nails?
The bottoms, I paint them,
so it'll be more sanitary during cooking.
Oh.
[ Laughs ]
Hi.
Hello. I'm Jamie Thomas.
This is what I call my "ghetto, beat-down chili."
Jamie, I would like you to feed it to Paco.
Ooh, gladly.
[ Guffaws ]
I mean, really -- is it really necessary?
Sorry. You brought him here.
Just open. Come on. Eat it.
♪ Oooooooo-o-o-o-ooh ♪
[ Laughs ]
Ha-ha! Fantastic.
This is petrified, like, really?
Yum.
Can't tell if that's like meat loaf or a doorstop.
Yum!
I truly do want to learn and think I can learn
because I'm learnable.
"I'm learnable."
And I can also hang seven spoons
What?
which is very important in the kitchen.
I have served people tuna that's three years old.
It smells like death, like dead chicken.
I'm from the South, so I know home cooking.
This ain't it.
I made Hamburger Helper.
FLAY: What is that?
It's a callous remover.
BURRELL: Have you used that thing on your feet?
If you put it in hot water, it's okay.
She can be on your team.
My name's Lance Green.
Ta-da!
It's spaghetti and meatballs sometimes.
He thinks he knows how to cook.
I do!
You got your ketchup. That's tomato sauce.
You got your ketchup, 'cause, you know, why do a tomato sauce
when you got a good tomato sauce already flavored up?
[ Laughs ]
Like, a lot of people,
they think you just have to use ground beef.
You use corned beef -- corned beef for spaghetti.
He thinks corned beef is better
because it's a vegetable and a meat.
He thinks it's corn!
Corned...beef.
If it looks good, it tastes good. That's the way it works.
I did it the same way I seen it on the show, so I don't understand how that happened.
This is a Bobby Flay show, yeah?
[ Laughing ] Of course.
I'm the black Bobby Flay!
All right! I found you!
Yeah, that's just what I need in my life, another Bobby Flay.
FLAY: There are so many terrible cooks
urgently in need of our help.
We chose 14 of the worst of the worst,
and we brought them to New York City.
Holy cow.
Place is amazing.
CAROL: Oh, my God.
Refrigerators, food,
paraphernalia that I know nothing about.
[ Cheers and applause ]
We're back.
I am ecstatic.
I love Anne Burrell in a very non-creepy way.
You 14 are currently the very worst cooks in America.
So, it's our job to make any kitchen your friend
rather than an enemy.
You.
You've lied to every man you've ever dated,
taking credit for takeout.
You.
Yes?
You ruined your sister's birthday party
by serving a cake that tasted like toothpaste?
You.
Yeah.
You think you can cook the danger out of expired foods?
If you just cook it till it's --
That's wrong.
You are all dangerous.
Over the next seven weeks,
Chef Anne and I are gonna put you through
an extreme culinary boot camp.
Only two of you will make it to the end of this competition.
And the two recruits that do make it to the end
will cook a multi-course meal in a professional kitchen
for a panel of culinary experts.
CASEY: Culinary experts.
Oh, my gosh!
And the most improved of all of you stands to win $25,000.
AMBER: I'm a single mom.
That 25 grand would really change our lives.
If I won $25,000, I would propose to my girlfriend.
I don't know. I'd go to a strip club and pay everybody's rent.
[ Laughs ]
This is a competition for us, as well.
I have won this competition three times,
and somehow I let him sneak in and get one over on me.
Whoever's on my team, we're taking this again.
Lance, are you on my team already?
Okay.
[ Laughter ]
Now we want to see what we're working with
so we can actually pick teams.
We want you to prepare a dish that tells us who you are.
It can be your favorite meal,
or it can be the dish that got you thrown into boot camp.
You ready to show us what you got?
Yes.
BURRELL: Grab your aprons.
Your time starts now!
I don't even know how to put the thing on. Man.
There's no canned green beans.
I've been looking hard for this corned-beef hash.
I can't find it.
Doing a little dance with the knife in my hand.
I got knives. I got knives.
My name is Danny.
I'm from Long Island, New York.
I'm a radiologist.
Don't cut my fingers.
Don't cut the fingers.
In medical school,
I used a scalpel to cut open a cadaver.
But when I'm in the kitchen,
I just don't have the same skill set.
[ Chuckling ] I'm shaking. That's not good.
Okay, chicken, chicken.
If I keep repeating these, I likely won't forget.
I need one more pot to make chicken,
and I need one more pot to make chicken.
I need one more pot or pan or whatever this is called.
Let's do this.
My name is Amber Brauner. I'm 36.
I'm a crazy lady, tattoo artist.
I know. I'm, like, totally trembling.
You just say that I'm gonna cook, and I'm already like,
"Pbht!" Ready to freak out.
FLAY: So, it's beef and peppers and rice?
Right.
What kind of cuisine is that?
Amber cuisine.
FLAY: You know, I don't know what to expect from Amber.
Those nails, I mean, whoa.
Are you gonna keep those nails all through boot camp?
Absolutely.
All right, that's good to know.
My nails have not failed me yet. [ Chuckles ]
Oh, my God.
I don't even know how long rice cooks.
My name is Casey.
I'm 26 years old, and I'm from North Hollywood, California.
As a nurse,
I can hold a baby that just came out of a mom's womb
with my bare hands -- Doesn't bother me.
But when I'm in the kitchen, I'm freaking out!
So, for the rice, how do we drain it?
You don't drain water out of rice.
No.
Oh, no.
[ Sighs ]
Well, honey, all I can say is good luck to that one, then.
JAMIE: This meat is still pink, and it's making me crazy.
She needs to get it together.
My name is Jamie.
I live in New York City, and I'm a flight attendant.
Oh, my God. This is tiresome.
My job only requires me to put food in the oven
and set it to 20 minutes.
And I can't even do that.
Hi.
Heeeeey.
Hey, what do you got going on here?
This is my Ghetto Sweetest Hangover Chili, boo.
[ Record scratches ]
Call me boo again, and you're gonna be saying boohoo.
Check the attitude.
I'm being very sweet.
Sorry, Chef.
Anne is getting the wrong impression of me.
[ Food sizzling ]
My name is Muneerah. I'm an abstinence advocate.
I'm sweating.
My love life is a lot like my food life.
It's nonexistent.
So I need to learn how to cook,
and I need a husband immediately.
Hi, Anne.
You come to help me?
Stand up.
What's wrong with you?
[ Whining ] It's hot!
Talk like a big girl. Why are you whining?
'Cause I'm tired.
You've been cooking for exactly 29 minutes.
That's a long time.
Bobby, this one's for your team.
[ Stove ticking ]
Why is it ticking?
Hi, my name is Carie.
I am from Chester, Virginia.
What's that?
The kitchen terrifies me.
Carie, now, what are you doing to that steak, exactly?
I don't want it to be cold when you eat it.
Cold?
Oh, my God.
That steak died twice already.
The question is, is the steak or the pan gonna be more tender?
Whoa!
Oh, Christmas.
My name is Carol Holder.
I live in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.
How do you do this?
Whenever I'm in the kitchen, everyone leaves, they pray,
and then we order in.
I'm just trying to chop this up.
I think Carol -- She's really good at going to lunch,
but can she make it?
Yes.
What are you making?
I am making a grilled ham and cheese.
A couple slices of bread...
My name is Benji. I'm 29, and I'm from Nashville, Tennessee.
Uh...
I'm an incredibly picky eater.
[ Groans ]
It's got to be plain --
hot dogs that have nothing on them. Pizza -- pepperoni only.
Hamburgers -- cheese, nothing else.
That's really all I eat.
But right now, I'm here to win this competition.
Okay.
[ Intense music playing ]
Okay.
I can't even open the package of cheese. Okay.
Poor Benji is sweating up a storm, honey.
Yeah.
Took me 5 minutes to get the cheese open.
10 minutes to go.
Come on, guys. Let's see a little hustle here.
I'm Stephanie, a.k.a. Chocolate Barbie.
I'm 26 and work in Washington, D.C.
Do we have any chocolate?
I've never really learned how to cook.
That's why I get those frozen packages
with the chicken in it already,
so I don't have to worry about seasoning.
At least, I don't think I do.
Do you have to season stuff like that?
Maybe this will make chocolate.
There's no chocolate available,
so I think I'm gonna get creative and make my own.
Vanilla extract and brown sugar.
Pretty sure I just made some chocolate.
[ Chuckles ]
Chili is not looking thick to me.
I put some peanut butter in there
to give it a sweet [pops lips] pop, right?
You would eat this now, right?
Yeah. Yeah, I would.
Okay.
Just like Mama made it, boo.
It smells awful.
This tastes exactly like nothing.
Someone from each team has to be the first to go home.
I'm gonna have to ask you for your apron back.
Coming through. Hot.
7 minutes to go.
Yeah, plenty of time. No sweat.
My name is Mike. I'm 30 years old, and I'm from Chicago.
Yeah.
I love having fun in the kitchen,
and just, you know [vocalizing]
Like, "Oh, some of this and some of that,
and I'll throw it in here."
And, like, ranch, Sriracha, some pepper.
Uh, we got some chicken
and some salad stuff over here.
That's your salad?
It will be. I'll roll it around.
I hope you like it.
Is it, like, a salad sandwich?
Oh, that ain't a bad idea.
My mouth loves my food, but it's not made the right way.
DANIELLE: This is gonna be the bomb, guys!
Everyone's gonna be jelly of my skills in the kitchen.
My name is Danielle.
I'm from Staten Island, and I'm 25 years old.
FLAY: What's that?
My catty quesadilla.
Catty. Rowr!
Like a cat.
I like cats.
One minute! Let's finish up strong, everybody!
LANCE: Presentation is everything.
I spent half of my time cleaning my plate.
That's looking good!
Oh, my God. I'm sweating!
[ Exhales sharply ]
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Time's up, everybody. Hands up.
It might be funny to watch these guys cook.
Eating the food -- yeah, not so funny.
It's time for the tasting!
Muneerah, come on over.
MUNEERAH: This is Spaghetti Black Bean Casserole.
I can't.
This looks like a cow patty.
What is that?
[ Stifled laughter ]
A cow patty?
What is it?
Yeah.
The name of my dish is Meatball Surprise.
It's like a breakfast version of spaghetti and meatballs.
It's like glue.
It's like sweet glue.
What do you do, Joe?
I'm a dancer.
Can you give us a little sample?
Maybe, you know, that might turn me around.
Much better.
Great.
Okay, Amber.
I have for you Amber Rice.
Is there any way we can get more rice?
I know.
[ Chuckles ]
No.
Jamie.
What's the sweetest part?
The sweet part is 'cause I add peanut butter to the chili.
I don't get paid enough to eat this.
Oh, no.
Casey.
Picadillo and Rice.
Mmm. Takes exactly like nothing.
That's my best dish, too! [ Chuckles ]
Danielle, come on over. Cat lady's in the house.
This is my catty quesadilla.
[ Cat meows ]
How old are you -- 6?
All right, Lance.
My dish, I call it the CEO $urf and Turf.
With habaneros?
Yeah, really hot. [ Chuckles ]
Uh, those are, uh...
Here. Give this a little try.
[ Laughing ]
Wow.
[ Laughing ]
I love spicy food.
That was my favorite moment in history!
Stephanie.
My dish is Curlapia Stew and some chocolate.
This is chocolate?
I tried to make it.
It's, like, vanilla extract, brown sugar.
Wait a minute. Do you know what chocolate is?
No.
So, how are you gonna make it?
I'm just gonna have a grape. These grapes are awesome.
Maybe you should try to dip it in the chocolate and see --
Give me some chocolate, and I'll do it.
Benji.
My dish for you is the super cheesy Grilled Ham and Cheese.
I'm just a really picky person,
so that's three out of the eight items
that I actually eat, period.
Ick. That's all I can say.
Can I -- Can I touch your hair?
No!
[ Chanting ] Benji and Anne sitting in a tree.
That's creepy.
Okay. Don't call security.
You guys are truly as bad
as your loved ones claim that you are.
You all cooked some pretty bad food,
but there was definitely two of you
who stood out as the worst of the worst.
And those two people are...
...Muneerah
and Jamie.
My heart is out of my chest.
There can only be one worst of the worst,
and that person is...
...Muneerah.
Yikes!
Muneerah, that means you get the "prize"
of choosing which one of us you would like to be your coach.
I love...
Bobby Flay.
I want Bobby Flay.
Okay.
Thank you.
Jamie, that means you're with me!
Welcome to the red team.
So slow. [ Chuckles ]
Are you not happy about this?
I am ecstatic.
Anne Burrell seems a little...intense.
I just don't see us gelling.
So, we're gonna take turns picking one for our team,
and then assigning somebody to the other team.
So, Anne, since I won the last season,
do you mind if I, uh, go first?
No, really, please. Welcome to my house.
You can go first.
The first person I'd like on my team is...
Lance.
[ Chuckles ]
It feels good to be the number-one draft pick.
I'm the MVP! Swish!
Now, I'm gonna pick for Anne --
Mike.
My first pick is...
Carol.
[ Laughs ] How cute are you?!
All right, Bobby. I'm going to give you...
Danielle.
Yes! I'm spicy and nice.
I'm thinking blue.
Amber.
Yes!
And the person I'm gonna send over to you, Anne --
Whoo!
Stephanie.
And for the blue team,
Danny.
Yes!
Benji wanted to touch your hair, so I think I'm gonna let him.
Only if he wins.
These hands right here are going to touch that hair.
Ken. Welcome to the red team.
Carie, head on over to team Bobby.
All right, blue team. We need to go two in a row here.
We got to keep this red team down.
Red team, we are not at all worried about team "bleh."
[ Laughter ]
Winners.
Only two of you will make it to the end
and represent us in front of those culinary experts
and get a shot at that $25,000.
Yay!
Boot camp is going to start
bright and early tomorrow morning.
Good night, everybody.
Yeah! Right here!
DANIELLE: Oh!
Oh, wow!
CASEY: Boot camp is just beginning,
and I'm feeling so overwhelmed already.
I am not ready for the next seven weeks.
Call dibs on this one!
[ Chuckles ]
This is a huge, huge, scary situation from beginning to end.
I don't know what's coming next.
I am too fat for a top bunk. Are you kidding me?
BURRELL: Benji, use your fingers!
Tablespoon and teaspoon? I can't figure anything out.
Time for a twist!
JAMIE: It's the second day of boot camp. I'm nervous.
I'm scared...
because I am not trying to go home first.
Capital letters -- Not Trying To Go Home.
Morning, Anne.
Mmm!
We're just enjoying a little taste
of one of your favorite foods.
Pizza!
New York pizza hits the spot, always.
This is perfect.
You look like you're really enjoying that.
Can I -- Can I have a piece?
I don't like a whole lot of foods, but pizza --
That is the one thing I definitely like.
All right, Benji. Come on over.
Are you serious?
All right.
Yes, absolu--
Clearly, Benji never saw "Pretty Woman."
[ Distorted ] Absolu--
It's a classic move, and he fell for it.
You think we're just gonna give you pizza?
You go to cook your meals. That's the whole point.
Our first Main Dish Challenge
will be tossing aside the pizza boxes
and tossing your own pizza pies yourself.
JAMIE: Eat pizza? Yes.
Make pizza? Hell no!
We're gonna start off with the foundation of a pizza, which is what?
Um...
[ Crickets chirping ]
The dough.
Ohh.
The first thing that we do with pizza dough
is we activate our yeast.
We're gonna put it in some warm water.
What yeast likes to eat is sugar.
Now all-purpose flour.
Scoop and sweep.
Then we just start mixing up.
We're really just gonna start to knead it.
It's kind of like you're kneading --
You know, like, when kitties knead on you...
They're making pizzas!
[ Laughs ]
Then we'll let it hang out and rise.
All right. What comes next on a pizza?
Tomato sauce.
I'm gonna start with an onion.
We're gonna make slices through.
Now I have a nice fine dice of onion.
Now fresh garlic.
What I like to do with my garlic, everybody,
take your half a garlic clove...
and smash it.
What that does is break the cells of the garlic,
so it really allows all the flavors to come out.
So, now we're gonna add the garlic and tomatoes
right on top of it.
This is fantastic to put on pizza.
So, today I am gonna go a little bit out of the box
and not use any sauce at all [gasps] on my pizza.
I'm going to be making a Grilled Pizzetta
with a ricotta and Parmigiano spread,
browned sausage, arugula, and chili oil.
I'm gonna make a white pizza with wild mushrooms
and some pesto made out of parsley and basil.
So, I'm gonna make my mushroom mixture first.
A little canola oil. We're gonna let these cook.
But now I'm gonna make my pesto sauce.
So, I'm gonna put the cloves of garlic in there,
and then I'm gonna put a whole bunch of herbs.
Some pine nuts.
Slowly add the oil.
It's done.
I feel like there's a thousand steps to make this pizza,
when I thought, just order it and it shows up.
For my pizza, I'm going to brown some sausage,
and then I'm gonna let it cool.
I'm gonna take a cup of ricotta,
1/2 cup of grated Parmesan,
and this is gonna go underneath my browned sausage.
I'm a lost kitten in a forest.
There's a lot of ingredients,
none of which I know anything about.
So, we're gonna take a piece of dough,
and you can use your fingertips to form it.
It's a nice, even layer. And then right on the grill.
So, look at that. I'd say this one's done.
So, I'm gonna start to put a pizza together now.
I'm gonna take a little bit of Fontina cheese.
Fontina? [ Chuckles ] Sounds like a girl I used to date.
I'm gonna sprinkle some mushrooms right on
with a little bit of goat cheese.
I put a very thin layer of my ricotta-Parmigiano mixture
on there. The big meat -- sausage.
And we're gonna toss this in the oven.
MIKE: My idea of making pizza -- You take a knife,
you cut the cellophane, you slide it off the cardboard,
375, done.
I'm screwed.
Then I'm gonna take a little bit of our pesto,
just kind of dot it around.
BURRELL: I'm finishing these guys
with just a little arugula on the top.
Have a slice.
Mmm.
MIKE: Oh, my goodness.
It was amazing!! Are you kidding me?!
Each team will be replicating their chef's pizza exactly.
You guys are gonna have an hour and a half,
and unfortunately, two of you will be going home
if you don't deliver.
Your time starts now!
CASEY: I'm running around this kitchen
trying to figure out what I got to do.
But I can't figure anything out.
These are the same -- tablespoon and teaspoon?
One tablespoon --
Is that a teaspoon or tablespoon? What's one cup?
Teaspoon, teaspoon.
Muneerah, what are you doing there?
I don't know.
Three ingredients, babe.
It's water, yeast, sugar.
Common-sense cooking.
If it's a little wet, add some dry.
I think the dough's a little too sticky.
So, then, what happens if it's too sticky?
Then you add water to it.
Yeah.
Okay.
[ Sighs ]
Can you open that for me?
STEPHANIE: Sure.
That's awesome.
That didn't help very much.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Benji, use your fingers!
Benji, clearly -- huge mess.
FLAY: One thing about Amber --
She doesn't need a whisk for the flour and the salt.
We don't want any nails in that dough.
They're all here.
Now I need a little flour for her.
Jamie, start kneading it.
I'm kneading her, honey,
like she stole my pocketbook off the corner.
Whoo.
What are you doing to your dough?
I'm just doing what Bobby Flay do.
LANCE: An hour and a half to make one pizza?
I'm not nervous at all,
especially looking at my competition.
[ Chuckles ]
It's no match for me.
I'm gonna take my time to make a gourmet pizza.
Lance, you've been a little quiet today.
You all right?
That's how I work. I'm thinking.
I'm a thinker.
All right.
BURRELL: 45 minutes.
I feel like I have bear paws.
Okay.
[ Gasps ]
Come on, dough.
I was scared at first to go to Anne's team, but you know what?
I got over that real quick.
Lookit. You're nice and rise-y over there.
How's it going?
I'm going in here focused,
and I'm going to show it off for Chef Anne.
You're looking so much better than you did on your Baseline.
You're making me happy.
Ohh.
Right?
Raise the roof, red team!
I'm happy.
Uh-huh.
CARIE: Hey, Joe.
If I was still up in my grandma's kitchen,
she'd be like [Italian accent] "This dough is the bomb."
CARIE: Don't let this accent fool you.
I am actually Italian and Greek.
Aah.
It's embarrassing to not be able to cook
like the rest of my family.
I'm sucking at this.
And I just cut myself.
I swear I'm adopted.
I suck at cutting. I suck at cutting.
All right, recruits!
Stop what you're doing!
Time for a twist!
No!
BURRELL: This is your first Main Dish Challenge.
You didn't think it was going to be that easy, did you?
Pure evil.
Let's go! Bigger pan! Get a bigger pan!
I can make another one. [Bleep]
One minute!
It's still baking, though!
BURRELL: All right, recruits!
Time for a twist.
Remember that simple red sauce we showed you?
We want you to make another pizza using that red sauce.
That's a second pizza in less than 30 minutes.
CASEY: Two pizzas?!
I could barely make one.
Your time starts now!
Red sauce. Red sauce.
I got onions.
Oh, shoot.
Is it supposed to look like this?
Time's ticking and I need to get a simple, easy pizza out.
Aah!
I'm going to make my second pizza
with bacon and sausage.
Barbie's doing her thing over here.
It's in there.
More? [ Chuckles ]
Don't give me that [Chuckles] Barbie doll, cute.
It doesn't work on me, okay?
You need to take this seriously.
Barbie can be a smart girl, can't she?
Loosen up, Chef Anne.
How you doing, Lance?
Great.
Got to make two doughs. I forgot.
They want me to make another pizza.
That's plenty of time.
I'm gonna finish making this one pizza the right way
and then move on to the second pizza.
Amber, what are you doing?
I'm trying to start the sauce.
Multitasking's not good for me.
I have no time for another pizza,
especially in this brain right now.
Breathe, Amber. Breathe.
For my second pizza, I'm gonna make the classic cheese pizza --
Parmesan, tomato sauce, and olive oil.
I'm hoping Bobby likes this.
All right. Amber to the oven, ladies and gentlemen.
BURRELL: All right. 30 minutes.
How's it going, Jamie?
Oh!
That is for not going out on a date with me in high school.
I'm loving it, honey!
I'm taking it out like an old boyfriend. Boom!
I am going to put Gruyère, um, cheese.
Grererre.
I pray I said that correctly.
I don't know what that is, please.
It's cheese, right?
It's got to be good.
BURRELL: Benji, how do we feel about onion peels?
We don't feel about onion peels, do we?
Let's peel the onion, then.
Ohh!
I thought I got -- Ohh.
I don't understand the math or the science
or whatever that there is behind cooking something in a kitchen.
I know.
Okay.
Benji really needs to pick up the pace.
Let's go! Bigger pan! Get a bigger pan!
If he wants to stay here,
he's gonna have to move a whole lot faster than that.
Cooking is a lot harder than I expected it to be.
I want to see you run.
The dough still looks kind of rough.
I'm tired of being single.
You think all of this is for nothing?
When I add the food to it, you're gonna faint.
I'm staring at my notebook,
but my notes seem like they're in Chinese.
But I'm trying to make this pizza in Italian.
You're supposed to cook the onions and garlic first,
and then add the tomatoes.
Oh, my God.
I have no idea what is going on.
Reverse tomato sauce, ladies and gentlemen.
JOE: 17 minutes.
I'm gonna cut the cheese. That's funny.
[ Chuckles ]
I'm making an Italian pizza with olives,
roasted peppers, cheese, and red sauce.
I'm burning myself.
And I hope it tastes okay.
I can make another one. [Bleep]
KEN: [ Chuckles ]
I thought I had problems in the kitchen,
but Casey over there, whoa.
Ugh.
Oh, my God. I'm freaking out.
Drawing blood is easier than making a pizza from scratch.
This this on?
I'm just throwing stuff all on it.
My second pizza looks...
Meh.
Oh, you're going in? Okay.
Three minutes, everybody!
Hot.
Lord, please let this pizza turn out to be okay.
Uhh...
Lance, where's your second pizza?
LANCE: I spent a lot of my time making this first pizza,
and now I'm trying to hurry up and make the second pizza.
90 seconds.
I'm feeling nervous because if I can't deliver a gourmet,
I'm just not gonna deliver it.
One minute!
It's -- it's still baking though!
I just put it in!
Where's the pizza pan?
Get on there. Get on there. Get on there.
Where are the plates at? Plates! Plates!
3, 2, 1.
That's it! Hands up, you guys!
You're done!
It's time for a pizza party.
LANCE: I'm not gonna be able to serve Bobby two pizzas,
so I'm hoping this one gourmet pizza
will take me to the next challenge.
FLAY: Reminds me of a thick saltine.
Ah-hoo. That is really spicy!
One of you will definitely be going home tonight.
BURRELL: Hands up, you guys! You're done!
It's time for a pizza party.
FLAY: All right, Lance.
You didn't make me the other pizza.
Basically, I didn't get it out the oven in time.
All right.
LANCE: Right now, I'm basically just hoping
that my pizza tastes so great
that he forgets there was a second pizza in the challenge.
It's actually really good.
The presentation of this,
it's really appetizing looking.
But even if this pizza was perfect,
you only can get a 50%,
which is a huge problem, obviously.
All right, Danny.
You didn't want to put any cheese on here?
Uhh...
I forgot the cheese.
Amber, come on up.
My kids are always dreaming of mom cooking a good meal.
Unfortunately, that dream has never came true.
They're very good-looking pizzas.
Very nicely cooked.
The flavors are really good here.
Why are you getting upset?
I've never heard anybody talk about my food like that.
What do you think your kids would think of this pizza you made here?
I think they'd love it.
All right, Carie.
The dough is the right texture.
It's nicely grilled and also baked.
[ Chuckles ]
Joe, what'd you make?
On the left is a spicy chorizo and tomato sauce pizza.
Okay.
It didn't have the appearance that I'd expect it to have.
Your appearance is very neat,
so I always think that somebody's gonna apply that
to what they're plating, as well.
Okay, Danielle. What'd you make?
It's just a pepperoni pizza.
Are they the shape of cats?
Okay.
How was this experience for you?
I was pretty pumped for, like, the dough,
'cause the kneading.
And I was like, "I'm channeling a cat right now."
Your ratio of mushrooms and pesto and cheese is nice.
There's some good things here.
Muneerah, come on up.
What is that made out of?
Tomatoes, onions, garlic, and, um, Fontanita cheese?
Fontina?
MUNEERAH: Who knows what it is.
[ Pizza crunches ]
Your dough is very tough.
Reminds me of a thick saltine.
The most important thing about a pizza is the dough.
I mean, the sauce doesn't really have a lot of flavor
except it tastes like onions.
At least it doesn't taste like poop.
Casey, come on up.
I'm so nervous.
What is this?
I had the sausage, Canadian bacon, and prosciutto
with a little Parmesan cheese.
I think your ricotta looks really dry.
Your pizza dough is really soggy over here.
I was concerned that you seemed scattered.
I think that you could have done much better.
All right, Mike.
I made a Skir Skir from scratch.
[ Record scratches ]
I don't need a clever title.
My biggest problem that I have with this
is the whole olives.
To eat nine olives in an individual-sized pizza is a lot.
My balloon goes, "Eeeeeeeeeeee, pbbbbbbht."
All right, Ken.
I made a salami pizza, added red peppers.
Crushed red pepper everywhere.
So, I have a feeling it's going to be very spicy.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Coughs ]
That is really spicy.
Carol, what is this?
Everything is really sloppy.
The flavor is actually not bad.
Thank you!
Jamie.
Yes!
I'm feeling so nervous.
This pizza better be the business!
I think your doughs look great.
Thank you.
I like that they're nice and crunchy and even.
What is this?
Meatballs and Gruyère cheese.
Overall, I think I might see some potential.
Good job.
I feel like I did what I came to do.
Stephanie.
Ooh.
[ Sighs ]
And your sausage, like, try this.
Get out your razor teeth.
Pretty overcooked sausage.
Still stuck in my throat.
Benji.
Benji, you're the biggest guy
that does all of the smallest things.
You've made me the teeny, tiniest little pizzas.
Your dough tastes fairly burned.
There's no salt going on here.
And I just felt like this process was so hard for you.
But even though these are teeny tiny, they're cute.
[ Both laugh ]
I'll take that.
It's better than being tiny and sad.
All right, guys.
So, you've cooked, and I've tasted.
Some of you did better than I expected.
You guys have given me a lot to think about.
But, you know, one of you
will definitely be going home tonight.
BURRELL: Congratulations, recruits.
You survived your first Main Dish Challenge.
It is now time to find out which ones of you
gave us a little slice of something delightful
and which ones of you did not deliver the pizza at all.
We can only have one winner on the blue team.
So, the winner of the first Main Dish Challenge is...
...Amber.
Great job.
Thanks.
Yes!
I don't know how you did it with those nails.
I nailed this one!
Wow!
There can only be one winner on the red team, also.
Jamie.
[ Chuckles ]
Thank you, Chef. Thank you.
I went from second worst of the worst to the best, baby!
Look what happens when you apply yourself.
For the blue team, also safe this week --
Thank you.
Thank you.
Danny.
And...
...Danielle.
Thanks.
So, obviously, that leaves Lance and Muneerah.
Please step forward.
Red team, also moving forward this week are...
...Ken.
Thank you.
Mike.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And the last person who is safe this week is...
Thank you.
I'm sorry to say that the bottom two this week
are Casey and Benji.
Please step forward.
All right, Lance, my number-one draft pick.
You only gave me half the pizzas I asked for.
I expected a lot out of you, and you're letting me down.
And, Muneerah, I'm concerned that you're not getting it.
All I'm looking for right now is a glimmer.
I'm having a hard time seeing it so far.
And the person who's safe today is...
...Lance.
Yes, Lord! Thank you.
You live another day.
Thank you.
I'm sorry, Muneerah.
I'm gonna have to ask you for your apron back.
I really wish I didn't have to go home right now,
because there's so much more that I wanted to learn.
Boot camp was the step in the right direction for me.
But whatever man I meet, maybe he'll be able to cook.
BURRELL: All right.
Benji, you got lost in the process
and were just overwhelmed.
Casey, your pizzas were irregular,
and you also had a very tough time making it to the end.
I feel like one of you is showing a bit more will
and desire to learn.
So, the recruit that is staying in boot camp
for at least one more week is...
...Benji.
Thank you very much.
I feel like you really want to learn.
That's what's keeping you here, not what you made today.
Thank you.
Casey, that means you're leaving me tonight.
I'm so sorry to ask for your apron back.
CASEY: I am never gonna be a chef.
I'll stick to my nursing career.
I think my boyfriend will be more disappointed than I am.
He really wanted me to come home having learned how to cook.
But I have accomplished more in this one week
than I did in my entire life of cooking.
NARRATOR: Next time on "Worst Cooks in America"...
This week is all about cooking from scratch.
O.M.G.
Aah!
BURRELL: What is this crap?
That's no good.
Making grilled cheese is a lot harder than it looks.
[ Groans ]
Holy fish.
Oh, my God.
Stop burning everything in the kitchen.
Whew!
I feel like I'm not reaching you yet.