Chefs Burrell and Florence aim to help culinarily clueless celebrities

By Andrew Warren TV Media

Keep those fire extinguishers close, chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence are back with a fresh batch of culinary dunces who are eager to learn a thing or two about how to succeed in the kitchen. “Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition” returns to Food Network for a fifth season on Sunday, April 21.

Just like its non-celebrity parent, the premiere features a batch of recruits — in this case, all celebrities — who are the sort of folks who have trouble boiling water. With a little help from chefs Burrell and Florence, they’ll be whipped into shape over the next few weeks and transformed into cooks who are more than capable of preparing a restaurantquality meal for a panel of judges. Wait, did I say “with a little help?” I should probably rephrase that: these people need a lot of it. Luckily, the chefs both have the competition to drive them, and each instructs a team of celebrity kitchen disasters. Every week, both chefs drop the worst-performing member of their team, and when it’s finally time for the finale, the two remaining trainees go head to head in a cookoff, with the one who prepares the better meal earning $25,000 for the charity of his or her choice.

This year’s celebrity lineup is a diverse one. Controversial former Olympian Tonya Harding, actor Jim J. Bullock (“Spaceballs,”

1987) and actress Morgan Fairchild (“Days of Our Lives”) are just a few of the famous folks eager to learn some culinary basics from the two accomplished chefs. In this week’s premiere, the recruits enter boot camp and are immediately handed their first challenge: to recreate their favorite restaurant dishes. After the chefs have had a chance to watch how the recruits perform in the kitchen and taste their food, they stage a ceremony inspired by awards shows in which they reveal who they’ve chosen to be on their teams.

It’s all in good fun, but the celebrities really do learn a lot about how to cook, and in the end, one lucky charity receives a hefty donation. The latest season of “Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition” premieres Sunday, April 21, on Food Network.

Sunday, April 21

Noon (8) WDSE Around the Farm Table

1:00 p.m. (9) KAWE Lidia’s Kitchen

2:00 p.m. (9) KAWE The Great British Baking Show The contestants bake perfectly thin and crispy bread sticks and tricky English muffins.

Monday, April 22

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Tuesday, April 23

11:30 a.m. (9) KAWE Martha Bakes Bake wholesome treats that will encourage everyone never to skip breakfast again.

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Wednesday, April 24

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Thursday, April 25

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

9:00 p.m. (8) WDSE Around the Farm Table

Friday, April 26

12:30 p.m. (9) KAWE Food Over 50 Make a low sodium diet, no salt chicken chili verde, and low sodium orange sesame chicken.

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Saturday, April 27

6:00 a.m. TRAV Food Paradise We crisscross the country to find the ultimate dishes for every meal of the day.

7:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Tabaka chicken with rhubarb tkemali and grilled chicken kebabs with charmoula are served.

TRAV Food Paradise New fusions are bringing noodles to the next level such as spaghetti in a cone.

7:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Lucky Chow An explanation of Filipino cuisine from PJ Quesada of the Filipino Food Movement.

8:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Simply Ming Top Chef alum Fatima Ali joins Ming for some healthy cooking and eating.

TRAV Food Paradise A ghost pepper burger in Texas.

8:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Moveable Feast

With Fine Cooking Trail through the Presidio, a national park at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge.

9:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Martha Bakes

Chocolate mint sandwich cookies and iconic ginger biscuits are made.

TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations From chicken rice to fish head curry, Andrew explores Singapore’s popular foods.

9:30 a.m. (2) KTCA How to Cook Well

With Rory O’Connell Today’s recipes: carrot, coconut and lemongrass soup; slow roast shoulder of lamb.

10:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Mexico: One Plate at a Time Rick prepares a tried-and-true sopa de tortilla and a meal-in-a-bowl lamb-pasilla caldo.

TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Andrew enjoys classics such as bittersballen and haring in Amsterdam.

11:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Jacques Pepin’s Heart & Soul in the Kitchen Chicken livers in mushroom port sauce and beef tongue topped with a sauce are served.

11:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia makes a lasagna with ricotta and fresh mozzarella, and eggplant parmigiana stacks.

Noon (2) KTCA Sara’s Weeknight Meals Recipes include kielbasa sandwiches with kim chi and cheddar and chorizo chicken wings.

(9) KAWE America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated

12:30 p.m. (2) KTCA America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated

1:00 p.m. (2) KTCA Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food Jamie prepares melt in your mouth beef with saffron rice and finishes with a plum tart.

1:30 p.m. (2) KTCA New Scandinavian Cooking

2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE To Dine for With Kate Sullivan Nike Air designer, Jason Mayden, takes us to Giordano’s Deep Dish pizza.

3:00 p.m. (8) WDSE America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated

4:00 p.m. (8) WDSE Confucius Was a Foodie Chef Christine looks for the culinary roots of foods such as ice cream and more.

Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Food Apr 21, 2019 to Apr 27, 2019

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