Worst Cooks in America season 6

Worst Cooks in America 6, is the sixth season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. It premiered on Food Network on January 4, 2015 and concluded on February 15, 2015. Kristen Redmond was the winner of this season, with Genique Freeman as the runner-up.

Worst Cooks in America
Season 6
Judges	Anne Burrell Tyler Florence
No. of contestants	14
Winner	Kristen Redmond
Runner-up	Genique Freeman
No. of episodes	7
Release
Original network	Food Network
Original release	January 4 (2015-01-04) – February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)
Season chronology

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.^[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

Tyler Florence joined Anne Burrell to host season 6, replacing Bobby Flay after 3 seasons. The season premiered on January 4, 2015, to 2,123,000 viewers.^[4] The second episode was lower at 1,456,000 viewers,^[5] with the third episode rising to 1,732,000 viewers^[6] and the fourth episode reached 1,689,000 viewers.^[7] the 5th episode reached 1,634,000 viewers. The sixth episode received 1.55 million viewers.^[8]

Recruits

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Team	Status
Kristen Redmond	25	Austin, Texas	Singer/Songwriter	Anne	Winner on February 15, 2015
Genique Freeman	33	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Esthetician	Tyler	Runner-up on February 15, 2015
Sarah Bettendorf	33	Los Angeles, California	Art Teacher	Tyler	Eliminated on February 8, 2015
Leopold "Leo" Nunan	36	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Performance Artist	Anne
Norman Wilson	46	Detroit, Michigan	Executive Protection	Anne	Eliminated on February 1, 2015
Sharif Dean	27	Los Angeles, California	Personal Trainer	Tyler
David Eric Rosenberg	51	Las Vegas, Nevada	Theatre Usher	Anne	Eliminated on January 25, 2015
Kortni Montgomery	25	New Orleans, Louisiana	Customer Service Rep	Tyler
Michael "Six" Muldoon	25	Queens, New York	Magician	Anne	Eliminated on January 18, 2015
Mike Kennedy	45	Scottsdale, Arizona	Private Investigator	Tyler
Susie Babin	61	Bush, Louisiana	Retired	Anne	Eliminated on January 11, 2015
Stephanie Streisand	25	Los Angeles, California	Writer	Tyler	Withdrew on January 11, 2015
Jason Dixon	30	Chicago, Illinois	Artist	Tyler	Eliminated on January 4, 2015
Christina Oster	38	Zion, Illinois	Single Mom	Anne

Elimination Chart

  Team Anne

  Team Tyler

Rank	Contestant	Episode
		1	2		3		4		5		6		7
1	Kristen	IN	WIN	WIN	IN	IN	WIN	BTM	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WINNER
2	Genique	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	RUNNER-UP
3	Sarah	WIN	IN	IN	BTM	BTM	IN	WIN	WIN	BTM	WIN	OUT
4	Leo	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	BTM	WIN	OUT
5	Norman	WIN	IN	IN	IN	BTM	IN	IN	WIN	OUT
6	Sharif	IN	WIN	BTM	WIN	IN	IN	BTM	IN	OUT
7	David	BTM	IN	BTM	IN	WIN	BTM	OUT
8	Kortni	BTM	IN	BTM	BTM	WIN	BTM	OUT
9	Six	IN	IN	IN	IN	OUT
10	Mike	IN	BTM	IN	IN	OUT
11	Susie	IN	BTM	OUT
12	Stephanie	IN	IN	WDR
13	Jason	OUT
14	Christina	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 or Skill Drill 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.

  (WDR) The contestant withdrew from the competition due to illness.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [9]
37	1	"It Just Keeps Getting Worse"	January 4, 2015 (2015-01-04)
38	2	"Prepping for Success"	January 11, 2015 (2015-01-11)
39	3	"Spice Up Your Life"	January 18, 2015 (2015-01-18)
40	4	"Scared Straight Into the Kitchen"	January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)
41	5	"Feeding Frenzy"	February 1, 2015 (2015-02-01)
42	6	"Blast from the Past"	February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)
43	7	"Final Food Fight"	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)