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Worst Cooks in America, Season 26: Meet the Recruits

Meet the 16 amateur chefs competing for the chance to score $25,000 and a shot at love.

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Meet this Season's Culinary Boot Camp Crew

Chefs Anne Burrell and Jeff Mauro welcome 16 fun and flirty singles to the boot camp kitchen.

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Terri Arcelia — Atlanta

Terri is a fun-loving server with a silly sense of humor – she has great people skills, but terrible cooking skills. She is easily distracted and is known to perform entire music videos in her kitchen rather than cook a meal. She wants to eventually be a wife and mom and believes when she improves her culinary skills, the men will be lining up at her door.

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James Bates — Hammond, Louisiana

James is a larger-than-life hilarious divorced dad of two with a big social media following and zero cooking ability. He has confidence in the kitchen, but the results are disastrous. He once tried to impress a date by making a whole fish, but it did not go well, and she left. He is ready to stop joking, take boot camp seriously and hopefully improve his dating life.

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Michael Kazakov — Staten Island

A fitness junkie and demolition man, Michael’s best work in the kitchen is when he demos the whole thing. He lives with his family and always helps out – but they are not afraid to tell him how bad his cooking is. Michael’s food is bland, burned, and boring. He hopes boot camp can whip him into culinary shape and lead him to independence and a brand-new romance.

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