Worst Cooks in America 4, is the fourth season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. It premiered on Food Network on February 17, 2013 and concluded on March 31, 2013. Alina Bolshakova was the winner of this season, with Rasheeda Brown as the runner-up.
Format Worst Cooks in America is an American reality television series in which contestants (referred to as "recruits") with poor cooking skills undergo a culinary boot camp for the chance to win $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. Each episode features two core challenges: the Skills Drill, which tests their grasp of basic techniques demonstrated by the chef mentors, and the Main Dish Challenge, where they must apply those skills to recreate or invent a more complex dish under specific guidelines. The weakest performer is eliminated at the end of each episode. The final two contestants prepare a restaurant-quality, three-course meal for a panel of food critics, who evaluate the dishes based on taste, presentation, and overall improvement.
Judges Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay returned as Mentors for season 4.
Recruits ContestantAgeHometownOccupationTeamStatusAlina Bolshakova28Riga, LatviaCaretaker/ActressBobbyWinneron March 31, 2013Rasheeda Brown30AnneRunner-upon March 31, 2013Chet Pourciau40New Orleans, LouisianaInterior designerBobbyEliminatedon March 24, 201342Northport, New YorkSalon managerAnneCarla Johnson47Long Beach, CaliforniaAlcohol & Drug CounselorBobbyEliminatedon March 17, 2013Michael Haydin25Rye Brook, New YorkAccountantAnneCarrie Lee Riggins32Carmel, New YorkBallerina/ActressBobbyEliminatedon March 10, 2013Crystal Lonneberg30Weehawken, New JerseyActress/ArtistAnneAadip Desai36Sacramento, CaliforniaWriter/MusicianAnneEliminatedon March 3, 2013Alex Stein26Dallas, TexasBail BondsmanBobby24Thomson, GeorgiaWoodworkerBobbyEliminatedon February 24, 201358Pleasant Hill, CaliforniaChiropractorAnneTim Burger42Novi, MichiganFormer MarineBobbyEliminatedon February 17, 2013Diana De Rosa62Huntington, New YorkPhotographerAnne
Elimination Chart
RankContestant Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 71AlinaBTMWINWININININWINWINWININWINWINNER2RasheedaININBTMININWINWINWINBTMWINWINRUNNER-UP3ChetWININININWINWININWINBTMINOUT 4SueININWINBTMBTMINBTMINWINWINOUT 5CarlaININBTMWININBTMBTMWINOUT 6MichaelWINININBTMWININBTMINOUT 7Carrie LeeININININBTMINOUT 8CrystalINWININININBTMOUT 9AadipININININOUT 10AlexININININOUT 11MikeINBTMOUT 12BobBTMBTMOUT 13TimOUT 14DianaOUT
Key (WINNER) This contestant won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst". (RUNNER-UP) The contestant was the runner-up in the finals of the competition. (WIN) The contestant did the best on their team in the week's Main Dish challenge and was considered the winner. (BTM) The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Main Dish challenge, but was not eliminated. (OUT) The contestant lost that week's Main Dish challenge and was out of the competition.
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