12 to 16 contestants with poor cooking skills are taken through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including: baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. The final challenge is to cook a restaurant quality three-course meal for three food critics.
Starring Anne Burrell, Tyler Florence, Bobby Flay, Alton Brown, Robert Irvine, Alex Guarnaschelli, Darnell Ferguson, Jeff Mauro, Gabriele Bertaccini, Tonya Harding