Worst Cooks in America season 28
| Worst Cooks in America | |
|---|---|
| Season 28 | |
| Judges | |
| No. of contestants | 10 |
| Winner | Corinne Olympios |
| Runner-up | Adam Rippon |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Food Network |
| Original release | January 5 – February 2, 2025 |
| Season chronology | |
Worst Cooks in America 28, also known as Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains, is the twenty-eighth season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. The season features a celebrity cast of Heroes vs. Villains. It premiered on Food Network on January 5, 2025 and concluded on February 2, 2025. Corinne Olympios was the winner of this season, with Adam Rippon as the runner-up.
Format
[edit]Worst Cooks in America is an American reality television series in which celebrities (referred to as "recruits") with poor cooking skills undergo a culinary boot camp for the chance to win a $50,000 prize to donate to the charity of their choice.[1][2] 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.[3]
Judges
[edit]Antonia Lofaso and Jeff Mauro will be the leaders for Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains, which consists of celebrities and reality TV stars, and dividing them into teams of Heroes and Villains.[4] This is the first season to not feature Anne Burrell. The season premiered on January 5, 2025.[5]
Recruits
[edit]| Contestant | Age | Occupation | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinne Olympios | 32 | The Bachelor star | Villains | Winner on February 2, 2025 |
| Adam Rippon | 35 | Retired Olympic figure skater | Heroes | Runner-up on February 2, 2025 |
| Frankie Grande | 42 | Big Brother star | Heroes | Eliminated on February 2, 2025 |
| Wes Bergmann | 40 | The Challenge star | Villains | |
| Tiffany Pollard | 43 | Flavor of Love and Celebrity Big Brother UK star | Villains | |
| Bartise Bowden | 29 | Love Is Blind star | Villains | Eliminated on January 26, 2025 |
| Trinity the Tuck | 39 | RuPaul's Drag Race star | Heroes | |
| Rachel Reilly | 40 | Big Brother and The Amazing Race star | Villains | |
| Sebastian Bach | 56 | Former lead singer of Skid Row | Heroes | Eliminated on January 19, 2025 |
| Cheryl Burke | 40 | Dancing with the Stars dancer | Heroes | Eliminated on January 12, 2025 |
Contestant progress
[edit]| Rank | Contestant | Episode | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 1 | Corinne | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | WINNER |
| 2 | Adam | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| 3 | Frankie | WIN | IN | IN | BTM | BTM | BTM | OUT | |
| 4 | Wes | IN | WIN | BTM | WIN | BTM | IN | OUT | |
| 5 | Tiffany | IN | BTM | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | ||
| 6 | Bartise | IN | IN | WIN | IN | OUT | |||
| 7 | Trinity | IN | IN | WIN | IN | OUT | |||
| 8 | Rachel | BTM | IN | IN | OUT | ||||
| 9 | Sebastian | IN | IN | OUT | |||||
| 10 | Cheryl | BTM | 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 [6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 206 | 1 | "Celeb Heroes vs Villains: Real Worst Cooks of Boot Camp" | January 5, 2025 |
| 207 | 2 | "Culinary Avengers" | January 12, 2025 |
| 208 | 3 | "Celeb Heroes vs Villains: The Great Boot Camp Cook-Off" | January 19, 2025 |
| 209 | 4 | "Celeb Heroes vs Villains: Taste Your Tale" | January 26, 2025 |
| 210 | 5 | "Celeb Heroes vs Villains: Games of Scones" | January 26, 2025 |
| 211 | 6 | "Celeb Heroes vs Villains: Reality Stars on Mars" | February 2, 2025 |
| 212 | 7 | "Celeb Heroes vs Villains: America's New Top Cook" | February 2, 2025 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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 Celebrity Heroes and Villains Battling it Out on Season 28 of 'Worst Cooks in America'". Food Network. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ Palinkas, Lorianne (December 24, 2024). "Worst Cooks In America Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains: Latest News, Mentors, Cast, Release Date, & Everything We Know". ScreenRant. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- ^ "Shows A-Z - worst cooks in america on foodnetwork". The Futon Critic. Retrieved July 27, 2025.