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On ‘Best Cook,’ chefs can look, but they can’t touch

Ted Allen adores eggs, ham, cheese and mustard. When they come up, as they tend to in conversation with him, he’s nearly reverential.

Allen, host of “Chopped,” also hosts Food Network’s “America’s Best Cook,” premiering Sunday, April 13.

“When this was announced, the natural and cranky impulse from some of my friends on social media was, ‘Just what we needed – another cooking competition show,’ ” Allen says. ‘This is different. It has a Thunderdome vibe, a crazy-shaped catwalk.”

Professional chefs Cat Cora, Tyler Florence, Alex Guarnaschelli and Michael Symon will each a head a team of four home cooks.

The pros encourage and direct the cooks but cannot do the work for them. And that’s tough for them to do, Allen says.

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