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Status
Returning Series
Release
2010 - Present
Seasons / Eps
30 / 226
Streaming availability by country
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.
89 Cast Members
Anne Burrell
Self - Host
226 Episodes
Tyler Florence
Self - Host
36 Episodes
Bobby Flay
Self - Chef
30 Episodes
Alton Brown
Self - Host
10 Episodes
Robert Irvine
Self - Host
8 Episodes
Alex Guarnaschelli
Self - Host
8 Episodes
Darnell Ferguson
Self - Co Host
8 Episodes
Jeff Mauro
Self - Co Host
7 Episodes
Gabriele Bertaccini
Self - Host
7 Episodes
Tonya Harding
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Wes Bergmann
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Frankie Grande
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Adam Rippon
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Corinne Olympios
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Matthew Lawrence
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Elisa Donovan
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Jodie Sweetin
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Tracey Gold
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Alec Mapa
Self - Contestant
7 Episodes
Beau MacMillan
Himself - Host
6 Episodes
