Worst Cooks in America season 4
| Worst Cooks in America | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
| Judges | |
| No. of contestants | 14 |
| Winner | Alina Bolshakova |
| Runner-up | Rasheeda Brown |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Food Network |
| Original release | February 17 – March 31, 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
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.[1] Alina Bolshakova was the winner of this season, with Rasheeda Brown as the runner-up.[2]
Format
[edit]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.[3][4] 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.[5]
Judges
[edit]Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay returned as Mentors for season 4.
Recruits
[edit]| Contestant[6] | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alina Bolshakova | 28 | Riga, Latvia | Caretaker/Actress | Bobby | Winner on March 31, 2013 |
| Rasheeda Brown | 30 | Germantown, Maryland | Correctional Officer | Anne | Runner-up on March 31, 2013 |
| Chet Pourciau | 40 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Interior designer | Bobby | Eliminated on March 24, 2013 |
| Suzanne "Sue" Mangogna | 42 | Northport, New York | Salon manager | Anne | |
| Carla Johnson | 47 | Long Beach, California | Alcohol & Drug Counselor | Bobby | Eliminated on March 17, 2013 |
| Michael Haydin | 25 | Rye Brook, New York | Accountant | Anne | |
| Carrie Lee Riggins | 32 | Carmel, New York | Ballerina/Actress | Bobby | Eliminated on March 10, 2013 |
| Crystal Lonneberg | 30 | Weehawken, New Jersey | Actress/Artist | Anne | |
| Aadip Desai | 36 | Sacramento, California | Writer/Musician | Anne | Eliminated on March 3, 2013 |
| Alex Stein | 26 | Dallas, Texas | Bail Bondsman | Bobby | |
| Michael "Big Mike" Paul | 24 | Thomson, Georgia | Woodworker | Bobby | Eliminated on February 24, 2013 |
| Robert "Dr. Bob" Schaefer | 58 | Pleasant Hill, California | Chiropractor | Anne | |
| Tim Burger | 42 | Novi, Michigan | Former Marine | Bobby | Eliminated on February 17, 2013 |
| Diana De Rosa | 62 | Huntington, New York | Photographer | Anne |
Elimination Chart
[edit]| Rank | Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||
| 1 | Alina | BTM | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | WINNER |
| 2 | Rasheeda | IN | IN | BTM | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | BTM | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| 3 | Chet | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | BTM | IN | OUT | |
| 4 | Sue | IN | IN | WIN | BTM | BTM | IN | BTM | IN | WIN | WIN | OUT | |
| 5 | Carla | IN | IN | BTM | WIN | IN | BTM | BTM | WIN | OUT | |||
| 6 | Michael | WIN | IN | IN | BTM | WIN | IN | BTM | IN | OUT | |||
| 7 | Carrie Lee | IN | IN | IN | IN | BTM | IN | OUT | |||||
| 8 | Crystal | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | BTM | OUT | |||||
| 9 | Aadip | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||
| 10 | Alex | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||
| 11 | Mike | IN | BTM | OUT | |||||||||
| 12 | Bob | BTM | BTM | OUT | |||||||||
| 13 | Tim | OUT | |||||||||||
| 14 | Diana | OUT | |||||||||||
- 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.
Episodes
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date [7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "The Worst of the Worst" | February 17, 2013 |
| 24 | 2 | "Straight Edge Skills" | February 24, 2013 |
| 25 | 3 | "Fire and Ice" | March 3, 2013 |
| 26 | 4 | "Do It Yourself Cooking" | March 10, 2013 |
| 27 | 5 | "Face Your Fears of Feeding Others" | March 17, 2013 |
| 28 | 6 | "Revisit Your Past Before the Last" | March 24, 2013 |
| 29 | 7 | "So Close I Can Almost Taste It" | March 31, 2013 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Worst Cooks in America, Season 4: Top Moments of the Premiere". Food Network. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ "Worst Cooks in America, Season 4: Top Moments of the Finale". Food Network. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ Lynch, Rene (January 2, 2010). "'Worst Cooks in America' isn't just a title: They're horrible". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (January 4, 2010). "'Worst Cooks in America': Worst thing I watched most of last night". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- ^ Worst Cooks in America (Comedy, Game-Show, Reality-TV), Anne Burrell, Tyler Florence, Bobby Flay, Optomen Productions, January 3, 2010, retrieved July 24, 2025
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Meet the Worst Cooks in America Season 4 Recruits". Food Network. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ "Shows A-Z - worst cooks in america on foodnetwork". The Futon Critic. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
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