Season 23 will premiere on January 5th, and Burrell will join the new co-host chef Cliff Crooks

TheWrap is exclusively informed that Anne Burrell's beloved "Worst Chef in America" ​​competition has been renewed for two seasons on Food Network as part of a new multi-year exclusive agreement signed between celebrity chefs and Discovery-owned cable channels.

According to the new agreement, Food Network will produce "at least two cycles" of the "Worst Chef in America", and the next one is the 23rd season. This episode will include longtime hosts Burrell and Cliff Crooks (intervening as her) following the new co-hosts of Michael Symon (Michael Symon's 22nd season). It will premiere on Wednesday, January 5th at 9/8c 90-minute episode. However, Discovery subscribers will be able to watch the premiere of the "Worst Chef" season one week in advance on December 29.

Per Food Network, "For the first time in the upcoming season, Anne will lead the latest batch of twelve culinary nightmares with chef Cliff Crooks, despite their rigorous boot camp as they seek to become kitchen masters. Although some The recruits are completely unfamiliar, but this time there are married couples, long-lost cousins ​​and a pair of drag artists’ best friends, who are trying to improve their terrible cooking skills. The red team is led by Anne and the blue team is led by Cliff. This season begins in Twilight, where the food is overcooked, the knife is bad, and the taste is bad-but as soon as the recruits enter the door, the successful journey to the kitchen begins. The challenge is bigger and bolder than ever before. Heinous cooking warrior games to beach-themed cooking relay races to dessert wonderland treasure hunts. In the end, only the most improved newcomers can win the $25,000 prize and brag for their instructors."

"America's Worst Chef" Season 23 recruits include: married couple Eddie and Kara Anderson (Letchfield, Kentucky); married couple Bianca Bencosme and Hector Peralta (York, Pennsylvania); drag artist and best friend Marti Cummings and Peachez Iman-Cummings (New York, New York); best friends Hilda Ike (Kissimme, FL) and Deneise White (Poinciana, FL); Al Kingswriter (Tony, Wisconsin); Melody Moore (Atlanta, Georgia) ; And long-lost cousins ​​Angie Padilla (San Jose, California) and Cheyenne Loomis (London, Kentucky).

In 2021, "Worst Chef" has an audience rating of more than 7 million for audiences aged 2 years and above. The show currently ranks among the top five in the Food Network's annual festival.

"Anne has been an integral part of the success of the'worst chef' from the beginning. She is an outstanding talent-in the kitchen and on the screen-and we are very happy to continue working together," Explore the company's food network and streaming food Said Courtney White, content president. "And we know that pairing Annie with newcomer Cliff Crookes will be one of the freshest and most interesting seasons to date."

Burrell added: "I am very excited to announce my multi-year agreement with Food Network. This company has been my extended family for nearly 20 years. I had the best time during my hosting of "The Worst Chef in America" , And look forward to teaching our contestants and audiences how to cook like rock stars in this show and other series. There is so much incredible content in the work-stay tuned!"

In the premiere of "America's Worst Chef" season 23, "Anne and Cliff prepared work for them because they welcomed the kitchen chaos, food chaos, and cooking chaos of the 12 boot camp recruits. Although some participated They know each other, but they are unfamiliar with the art of cooking. In order to start the competition, recruits must cook their loved ones’ favorite dishes in the kitchen to show their skills, or they lack skills. For the main course challenge, they must copy Annie and Cliff’s surf and turf dinner-the instructors were shocked by the catastrophic results, but still had to pick their team."

According to Food.com.cn, the upcoming episode of the 23rd season of "Worst Chef" will include "Gladiator-style arena challenges, Mad Hatter-style tea parties, and the return of fans' favorite game Remote Chef". 

The final will be broadcast on Wednesday, February 23rd on 9/8c, when the two most improved recruits will test their cooking skills and provide a three-course restaurant-quality meal to the food expert panel. After a blind tasting test, judges Matt Abdoo, Kwame Onwuachi, and Millie Peartree decided who won $25,000 and brag for their team leader.

Do you need something to help you through the difficulties before the premiere of the new season? Readers can view Anne and Cliff’s boot camp demo on FoodNetwork.com/WorstCooks.

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