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ingredient, I knew that would get me eliminated. My heart sunk while I was standing there from that point on because I knew it would take a miracle for me to not be eliminated. To this day I stress over that simple but stupid mistake. I had cooked the sauce and was just waiting until the last minute to pour it over the food so the food wouldn’t be too cold. I should have prepared the meal sooner and maybe I would have caught my mistake, and I should have had a check-off list. I’d also spend some time trying to use the knife the way Anne showed us. And I’ll watch more of the other Food Network shows to see if I can pick up anything. Once you are in that kitchen and the pressure is on it’s pretty scary, but I really do want another chance and am hoping Food Network gives me that chance.

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Mike t. · 6 weeks ago

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I love the food network and I usually watch another network in this time slot. I found my new favorite Sunday night show. I really feel bad for how clueless these folks are. But it's it in good fun. I hope they give DD a shot at season 5.

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Mike just wanted to say thanks for the vote to give me another shot. Sorry I wasn't very entertaining with my cooking but I am a trier and I'd really like a chance to at least do better than being the first one to be eliminated.

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Dishing Out · 6 weeks ago

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I do hope that Diana gets another chance. I also hope that she doesn't feel that she's hopeless in the kitchen. Maybe she can take baby steps like practice cutting her fruit and vegetables using the knife skills that Chef Anne taught them. Also, maybe she can use photography and food artistry to spark something and inspire her to be more involved in the kitchen. I wish her the best.

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Thank you for all these kind words. I truly have to learn how to use a knife. It's one thing to be shown and another to use it.

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Diana · 5 weeks ago

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Hi This is Diana, I was quite sad not to make it more than one week. My hope is that I do get a shot in Season 5 and I appreciate that all of you are taking the time to comment on the show - good or bad. I know it seems weird that we don't know how to cook, but trust me we have talents as writers, photographers, dancers, parents and so much more, but we truly fail in the kitchen. I was hoping to learn a bit more because Anne was a great teacher. As short as it was, I had a great time on this show and appreciate everyone who is taking the time to follow us. I'll be watching all of the episodes and seeing how my new friends faired.

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Nothing weird about not knowing how to cook any more than not knowing how to do a lot of things. If no one shows you, learning is hard. Cooking is a combination of skills. It is very visual as you need to be able to see what something should look like. You also need to understand how your palate works and what something should taste like. It is also knowing what measurements are, the differences between liquid and solid measures, how to use gadgets, how to read recipes and understanding perhaps a bit of science to learn the "whys" of food. It's freaking hard...take it from someone who is self taught and did not have any formal instruction until much, much later in life.

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Diana · 3 weeks ago

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Great comment as this is exactly what was making it so difficult for me. Understanding just the basics made it very difficult for me to pull it all together. Loved your comment. Thanks for taking the time to add your thoughts.

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I would love to compete in a show like that because I can cook Reply

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Dawnskye · 3 weeks ago

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If you are a good cook, you'd not want to compete in this show. Maybe Bobby Flay's Dinner Battle. Bobby Flay comes to three different houses for dinner and the cooks are armatures and he gives them a them to follow, then a "gift" that has to be used creatively in the meal. Now THAT is a show I'd love to go on. It would be SO much fun to try and impress Bobby and perhaps learn from others by what they do. It is not like Iron Chef, where pro's go against the best of the best, nor is it like Worst Cooks in America, where the contestants get sick from their own food or habitually set the kitchen on fire. Now you got me thinking . .

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Katie · 6 weeks ago

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I am still laughing my tail off at how clueless these people are in the kitchen. Have you not read a recipe?! Seriously, how hard is it to follow directions?! I learned to cook on my own with NOBODY TEACHING ME! Cooking is not a difficult thing to do. You can check out my cooking blog and see for yourself. http://www.katieinthekitchenherethere.blogspot.com 4 replies · active 3 weeks ago

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I think my cuss word made someone delete the second part of my post. Sorry...well here is the rest...I made mistakes and Mom, even though she could not cook, she knew how things should taste and would critique me and, eventually, we both learned how to cook. Turned out I was the better cook so, over the years and even the last years of her life, we would cook together, her being my Sous Chef and me creating the recipes and directing. We had some of our best times in the kitchen or going shopping, trying to figure out what to use Fennel for and why ginger looked wrong to us! Makes me still smile.

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Dawnskye · 3 weeks ago

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I learned to cook out of necessity. Mom was pretty clueless in the kitchen and my Dad was a butcher and a great cook.. When he died, Grandmother came to live with us to help Mom take care of me and, yes to cook. When she died when I was 13 or so, well SOMEONE had to do more than make sandwiches and boil eggs. I was always an excellent reader, far more advanced than all the other kids my age. Made me a bit of a geek but I digress. As I read recipes, I started to cook.

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Stacy · 5 weeks ago

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I learned how to cook at an early age. Some people have that innate talent in some things. But it's easy for someone that knows how to cook to tell these people to read the recipe. Recipes are simple to me but to them, it might as well be written in Greek. One guy is a CPA. I don't know much about doing taxes. He would think I was clueless not to know how to do his job as well. It's different for everybody. It's not difficult to us but it is to them. Not everyone is born to cook. Just because you know how to cook doesn't mean everyone else should know as well.

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Diana · 5 weeks ago

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Stacy, Your words really hit home. I'm an equine journalist and put a camera in my hand and I'm totally comfortable. I worked for the late Christopher Reeve when he was in a wheelchair and as me all the in and outs of dealing with mobility and wheelchair issues and I can share things you wouldn't think about. But put me in the kitchen and I feel overwhelmed. I think it's hard for some people to realize that but if you think of a profession you are not comfortable in and you might understand.

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queensx3 · 5 weeks ago

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hum, alex was on the "the glass house" reality show last year, now he is a bad cook???? sounds fixed to me.

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Lady Thunder · 5 weeks ago

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I love chef Anne go girl powwer! but I HEART Bobby Flay and I know if Bobby gets to touch his team just lay a hand on them they will be winners, just look into his eyes and all is well.

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visitor · 5 weeks ago

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I have to admit, this show is one of my guilty pleasures. Couldn't hardly wait for the new season. I thought I would bust a gut when the lady lost her fingernail. Love her - hillarious!

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Kate Lewis · 5 weeks ago

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GO #TeamCrystal thats my little tattooed friend! She's the best. I hope they show her more!

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FANofANN · 6 weeks ago

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Don't you just LOVE Anne..... I wish I was the one sweeping her off her feet!!... She is just simply Adorable and cute and sexy even when she is showing her "tough-love". She has an amazing smile m she's a fantastic cook and wonderful teacher...besides..she kicks A$$...she beat Bobby before and she will do it again!

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Jackie · 6 weeks ago

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this show is hilarious..love anne and bobby!!

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Abigail · 6 weeks ago

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I agree with the comment regarding Anne, her "tough love" on this show and on Chef Wanted is really embarrassing and totally unecessary. I like the concept of the shows but at times she is just difficult to watch!

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Mountain girl · 6 weeks ago

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Go, Anne! I'm cheering for your team! You are a wonderful teacher!

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Karen Crowe · 6 weeks ago

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I have always enjoyed Anne Burrell until now - she is unnecessarily curt and rude to contestants, is she attempting to replicate other bully-chefs on other shows? I hope not, let's see the real side of her again please.

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Anne is merely exercising "tough love," and if you've ever seen a drill sergeant in action, you'd know that that is sometimes the only way to impart intensive learning over a limited period.

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Penelope · 6 weeks ago

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Funny show.

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A brand-new season of Worst Cooks in America premieres in a few weeks — on Sunday, February 17 at 9pm/8c — and you may be wondering just how disastrous this year’s crop of culinary recruits really is in the kitchen. Do they know how to deglaze a pan, or are they such beginners that they’ve never seen a skillet? Are they familiar with basic kitchen utensils like the mandolin? What’s their understanding of spices?

We were asking ourselves these questions and others, and decided to put the recruits’ kitchen knowledge to the test. Watch the video below to find out how the contestants fared in our exclusive culinary quiz and see them answer — often with hilariously shocking responses —some of the most seemingly basic cooking questions. Click the play button to hear what they had to say, then tell us in the comments: Are you rooting for Team Anne or Team Bobby this season?

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February 13, 2013 By: Brittany Bevis The Food Network’s next season of their hit reality show, Worst Cooks in America, will premiere Sunday, February 17th at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Among the 14 cooking-challenged contestants that will be vying for the winner’s title, a $25,000 grand prize, and a full set of kitchen products from Kohl’s, will be an equestrian, more specifically, an equine journalist named Diana De Rosa.

Even if you’re not familiar with De Rosa personally, you’ve probably seen a few of her photos or read one of her stories without having realized it. By taking a look at De Rosa’s profile with the Society of Professional Journalists, it’s plain to see this veteran reporter has the credentials to back up her 30 years of experience within the field.

De Rosa is not only an accomplished equestrian, she also once ran a riding school. She was the editor of an equine magazine for 13 years and has had over 1,000 stories and photos published in local, regional, and national media.

She received her press credentials for the past six Olympic Games, attended every World Equestrian Games, and worked on assignment for USA Today at the 1992 Olympics. (SPJ) Caption: Celebrity chefs, Bobby Flay and Anne Burrell, on the set of the Food But despite her vast media experience and talents within Network's show, Worst Cooks in America. All images provided by the Food the realms of the equestrian world, there is one area that Network, Worst Cooks in America.

De Rosa is admittedly lacking, and that’s in the kitchen.

According to her competitor biography from the Food Network, De Rosa is described as “a health fanatic that currently survives on nuts, dried fruit, Greek yogurt, protein shakes, and leftovers from friends. When she does attempt the kitchen basics, she burns food and can’t even work a blender without spilling the contents all over the kitchen. She’s been a successful equine journalist covering events around the globe, but cooking is the one thing she still needs to master.”

Caption: Diana De Rosa works with ingredients from her home shopping list to prepare a meal for the chefs that she would make for herself at home, as seen on the Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America, Season 4. Image provided by the Food Network.

More than likely, we, as fellow equestrians, can all relate to De Rosa’s culinary quandary. When it comes to jet-setting around the country for horse shows, living out of hotels for an extended period of time, and working those late, sleepless nights, having a well-balanced meal is often the last thing on your mind. However, De Rosa hopes to change all of that by competing in the Food Network competition that promises to “turn kitchen zeroes into kitchen heroes.”

“With what I do, there are often events you go to where you are fed,” De Rosa says. “When my parents were alive, they would always give me leftovers. I’m also okay with just eating things like cheese, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, nuts, carrots, and fruit, stuff you can just buy and eat that doesn’t need to be cooked.” “[My kitchen skills] are non-existent. I can make oatmeal, but I do it in a slow cooker. I can cook eggs, but they always end up burnt on the bottom.”

Celebrity chefs, Bobby Flay and Ann Burrell, will guide their respective teams of seven cooking-challenged contestants through the seven episode competition. The season 14 premiere will begin by introducing the 14 contestants that have been nominated by their family and friends. The team selection process will take place following a brief competition where contestants will be asked to cook their best dish from a grocery bag of preserved and canned foods that have been found in their homes.

For the first team challenge, contestants must create a classic meat and potatoes dish without using a microwave. Anne Burrell’s team will attempt a seared pork chop with bacon and grape port wine sauce. Bobby Flay’s team will try to create a beef tenderloin in mushroom, mustard, and red wine sauce. At the conclusion of each episode, the contestant with the least successful dish will be eliminated from the competition. Other future episodes feature fresh fish, gelato, and a role reversal where the recruits must try to teach Ann and Bobby how to cook a dish.

“Worst Cooks is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these hapless cooks to learn from the best of the best – Anne and Bobby. Their natural competitive nature and sense of humor dealing with their team’s mishaps and blunders have made the show an audience favorite,” says Bob Tuschman, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Food Network. “The culinary transformations are heartwarming and hilarious – viewers will be amazed at just how far the contestants come.”

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Because of her equestrian background, De Rosa is very competitive. “[My horse friends] think it’s a hoot,” she says. “I’m glad they think making a fool of myself is a hoot, but if you can’t laugh at yourself what fun is life? I’m extremely competitive, but the bottom line is I have no clue what to do in the kitchen, and it’s hard to be competitive when you’re that lost. It’s like playing a tennis match when you’ve never held a tennis racket in your hand. That’s how I feel when I get in the kitchen.”

The series finale has been scheduled for March 31st at 9 p.m. ET/PT. During the finale, the last two contestants will prepare a three course meal for judges and food experts, Andrew Carmellini, Anita Lo, and Floyd Cardoz.

If De Rosa were to win the $25,000 grand prize she would put that money towards the mortgage on the property where both she and her sister live. “[The property] is where we grew up, and having us keep that property in the family was what both of our parents were hoping for,” she says. “It’s pretty tough keeping up with the bills, but we have coined ourselves ‘two sisters on a mission.’ We both work hours that no one should have to work just to make ends meet, but we are two very determined and independent females.”

Will our fellow equestrian, Diana De Rosa, be one of the final two competitors standing? You’ll have to stay tuned to see… Be sure to watch the premiere of Worst Cooks in America on Sunday, February 17th at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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Tune in. Tack up.® with Diana De Rosa 17 February 2013 / See All → Tune in. Tack up.® Professional equestrian photographer & journalist, Diana De Rosa has stepped out of the arena and in to the frying pan so to speak. Diana is a contestant on the Food Networks popular reality series, Worst Cooks in America. Worst Cooks in America, turns kitchen zeroes into kitchen heroes, returns for a fourth season with a rematch between undefeated series champion Anne Burrell and culinary master Bobby Flay. It premiers today at 9pm ET/PT, with this season’s fourteen cooking-challenged contestants are [...]

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If you were going to cook something what would it be?

Either oatmeal or eggs. My sister has chickens and I love the chicken eggs but I still can’t seem to master the art of cooking an egg. I have this gadget where you put the egg in it, add water, put the top on, press a button and voila your egg gets cooked. It’s simple and fast. The oatmeal I put in a slow cooker which I’ve been told is a no no. But it works for me. And that is the end of my cooking. Well maybe not. I do make custard with my sister’s eggs. The consistency never works out but it still tastes good (well at least to me it does). No one seemed to like it when I made it for Christmas one year.

Are there any similarities between your career and cooking?

Organization – I just wish I was better organized in the kitchen. To me combining a couple ingredients is about as much as I can do. Start adding cooking multiple things and I start stressing.

What would you tell the 10 year old version of you, knowing all that you know now?

When you go to college take courses in business. As a youngster take gymnastics and keep stretching for the rest of your life. Start out when you are young eating healthy and understanding what that means.

Why did you do this?

I recently lost my dad but in the last few weeks of his life he asked me to cook some things and I had no clue. I was devastated about it then and still am now. It was a wakeup call for me but hopefully my mom and dad are having a good laugh about this from heaven (she passed away in September of 2008). My mom was a great cook but we sometimes learn too late what things we shouldn’t have taken for granted when our parents were alive. If they cook in heaven I’m sure my dad’s back eating my mom’s great food.

What human has been the most profound influence in your life and why?

My parents. They were my rocks and losing them was the most traumatic thing I have ever had to face. They were always there for me. After them it would be my sister Donna and my brother David, because those are the two siblings I’ve spent the most time with and who have always been there for me. More recently my brothers Peter and Vincent have been great fun to be with. Outside of the family it would be Christopher Reeve for the 8 years I worked with him and the amazing man he was while paralyzed in a wheelchair.

Clip from Worst Cooks in America.

What did you think of the top chefs and team captains of Worst Cooks in America, Anne and Bobby?

Amazing, truly amazing. So relaxed in the kitchen whipping through their dishes and explaining how to cook things. I hope one day I feel that comfortable in the kitchen. And recently I learned that Bobby is involved with racehorses. Now how cool is that. So maybe there is a connection with horses and cooking.

Would you do it again?

In a heartbeat!

Where in the world would you like to visit most that you haven’t been yet?

I think Thailand or Egypt. I’ve already been to over 30 other countries and so I’d like to get to the countries I haven’t yet been to.

If you wrote your autobiography, what would be the title?

My life is/was a hurricane – fast and furious!

What’s your favorite HorseGirlTV episode?

I would have to say The Path To The Olympics With Heather Blitz & Paragon. I’ve covered 7 Olympics and loved every one of them. Nothing like being right outside the arena taking pictures. I liked the personal story that Heather saw her horse born and she helped him to stand.

What’s your website? dianaderosa.com

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If you were going to cook something what would it be?

Either oatmeal or eggs. My sister has chickens and I love the chicken eggs but I still can’t seem to master the art of cooking an egg. I have this gadget where you put the egg in it, add water, put the top on, press a button and voila your egg gets cooked. It’s simple and fast. The oatmeal I put in a slow cooker which I’ve been told is a no no. But it works for me. And that is the end of my cooking. Well maybe not. I do make custard with my sister’s eggs. The consistency never works out but it still tastes good (well at least to me it does). No one seemed to like it when I made it for Christmas one year.

Are there any similarities between your career and cooking?

Organization – I just wish I was better organized in the kitchen. To me combining a couple ingredients is about as much as I can do. Start adding cooking multiple things and I start stressing.

What would you tell the 10 year old version of you, knowing all that you know now?

When you go to college take courses in business. As a youngster take gymnastics and keep stretching for the rest of your life. Start out when you are young eating healthy and understanding what that means.

Why did you do this?

I recently lost my dad but in the last few weeks of his life he asked me to cook some things and I had no clue. I was devastated about it then and still am now. It was a wakeup call for me but hopefully my mom and dad are having a good laugh about this from heaven (she passed away in September of 2008). My mom was a great cook but we sometimes learn too late what things we shouldn’t have taken for granted when our parents were alive. If they cook in heaven I’m sure my dad’s back eating my mom’s great food.

What human has been the most profound influence in your life and why?

My parents. They were my rocks and losing them was the most traumatic thing I have ever had to face. They were always there for me. After them it would be my sister Donna and my brother David, because those are the two siblings I’ve spent the most time with and who have always been there for me. More recently my brothers Peter and Vincent have been great fun to be with. Outside of the family it would be Christopher Reeve for the 8 years I worked with him and the amazing man he was while paralyzed in a wheelchair.

Clip from Worst Cooks in America.

What did you think of the top chefs and team captains of Worst Cooks in America, Anne and Bobby?

Amazing, truly amazing. So relaxed in the kitchen whipping through their dishes and explaining how to cook things. I hope one day I feel that comfortable in the kitchen. And recently I learned that Bobby is involved with racehorses. Now how cool is that. So maybe there is a connection with horses and cooking.

Would you do it again?

In a heartbeat!

Where in the world would you like to visit most that you haven’t been yet?

I think Thailand or Egypt. I’ve already been to over 30 other countries and so I’d like to get to the countries I haven’t yet been to.

If you wrote your autobiography, what would be the title?

My life is/was a hurricane – fast and furious!

What’s your favorite HorseGirlTV episode?

I would have to say The Path To The Olympics With Heather Blitz & Paragon. I’ve covered 7 Olympics and loved every one of them. Nothing like being right outside the arena taking pictures. I liked the personal story that Heather saw her horse born and she helped him to stand.

What’s your website? dianaderosa.com

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Bio of Diana De Rosa (Huntington, NY): Diana’s late parents wished their daughter would learn how to cook, and she is ready for culinary boot camp. She grew up in a family where dinner was waiting on the table when she got home, but she is now on her own and needs to take care of herself. Diana, a photographer and health fanatic, currently survives on nuts, dried fruit, Greek yogurt, protein shakes and leftovers from friends. When she does attempt the kitchen basics, she burns food and can’t even work a blender without spilling the contents all over the kitchen. She’s been a successful equine journalist covering events around the globe, but cooking is the one thing she still needs to master.

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Superstar Chefs Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay Return in Quest to Transform Kitchen Disasters into Food Masters in Fourth Season of Worst Cooks in America Flay's Rematch against Undefeated Series Champ Burrell Premieres Sunday, February 17th at 9pm ET/PT on Food Network

NEW YORK - January 10, 2012 - Worst Cooks in America, the primetime Food Network hit that turns kitchen zeroes into kitchen heroes, returns for a fourth season with a rematch between undefeated series champion Anne Burrell and culinary master Bobby Flay. Premiering on Sunday, February 17th at 9pm ET/PT, this season's fourteen cooking-challenged contestants are split into two teams, one led by Anne and one by Calendar of Events Bobby, for a grueling seven-episode competition designed to turn them into competent cooks. A $25,000 grand prize will be awarded to the winning contestant who has achieved the most successful culinary transformation, along with a victory for their team leader.

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In the season premiere, the fourteen recruits, each nominated by family and friends for their awful cooking skills, are greeted at culinary boot camp by Anne, Bobby and grocery bags of food found in the contestants' homes. Using their processed, packaged and canned foods to cook their 'best dish,' each contestant faces a brutal first tasting and teams are selected. For their first challenge, the teams must create a classic meat and potatoes meal, without using a microwave. Anne's team attempts Seared Pork Chop with Bacon and Grape Port Wine Sauce, while Bobby's team tries Beef Tenderloin in Mushroom, Mustard and Red Wine Sauce. The contestant with the least successful dish on each team is sent home, while the remaining twelve competitors survive to cook another day. Upcoming episodes feature a fresh fish challenge, a gelato laboratory road trip and a role reversal where the recruits must teach Anne and Bobby. The series culminates in the finale on Sunday, March 31st at 9pm ET/PT, where the two remaining contestants prepare a three-course meal for a panel of culinary titans - Andrew Carmellini, Anita Lo and Floyd Cardoz, who will determine which chef has mentored their recruit to winning status.

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Diana De Rosa dreams of cooking the perfect eggplant rollatini one day.

Unfortunately, the Huntington resident bit off more than she could chew during the first episode of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks In America.” She was eliminated on the Feb. 17 season four premiere.

However, Northport native Suzanne Mangogna, also a contestant on the show, hopes to bring home the bacon—a grand prize of $25,000.

The series aims to teach contestants who lack a basic knowledge of cooking the tools to become successful in the kitchen. Both De Rosa and Mangogna were chosen to be on Chef Anne Burrell’s team for the seven-week long “Boot Camp” filmed in New York City. Other contestants on the show are trained under the wing of Chef Bobby Flay, who lost in a meatball contest to Maroni’s Cuisine owner Michael Maroni several years ago.

Huntington resident Diana De Rosa peels a banana on the set of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America.” De Rosa was eliminated on the first episode of the fourth season.

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De Rosa, who moved to Huntington as an 8-year-old, said she has an easy palate to please. • Could She Be The 'Worst Cook?'

As most of her choice meals can be easily prepared, such as yogurt, oatmeal and eggs, De Rosa, a single woman, has had little reason to cook.

• PetCo Eyes Big 'H' Store During the first episode of “Worst Cooks,” De Rosa became flustered when host chefs Flay and Burrell gave contestants their first assignment. Not only was it difficult for her to prepare a cut of pork—she’d never cooked meat before—but it was also a challenge for her to figure out what pans, utensils and cutlery to use.

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Her ultimate downfall, however, was that she forgot to dress her cut of pork with the sauce • she prepared. The real killer, she said, was that Burrell was willing to try her sauce, but amid all the commotion De Rosa forgot to turn off the heat, and the sauce burned.

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Her worst cooking experience, on top of failed attempts to make a simple shake, she said, was when she tried to prepare chicken soup for a friend—the same friend who nominated her for the show—and she forgot to take the paper off of the chicken.

Meanwhile, Mangogna, 42, is a single mom who has resided in Northport and Fort Salonga her whole life. A graduate of Kings Park High School, Mangogna was nominated by her older sister, Donna DiGiacomo, to be a contestant on the show.

Mangogna said she decided it was no longer acceptable to feed her 7-year-old son, Christopher Liam, frozen burritos and precooked meals for dinner.

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had incredible conversations during dinner time. Some of the fondest memories of family [were had there] and I want to instill that into my son’s family values, too,” Mangogna said.

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Diana DeRosa Eliminated from WORST COOKS IN AMERICA!

So, I was very excited to promo the fact that our friend and PhelpsSports.com reporter Diana DeRosa was going to be one of the contestants on the new season of Worst Chefs in America.

Well, she WAS a contestant.

Unfortunately, SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE ELIMINATED! Can you believe it, she burned her sauce was booted out after episode number 1!

Worst Cooks in America, the primetime Food Network hit that turns kitchen zeroes into kitchen heroes, returns for a fourth season with a rematch between undefeated series champion Anne Burrell and culinary master Bobby Flay. Premiering on Sunday, February 17th at 9pm ET/PT, this season's fourteen cookingchallenged contestants are split into two teams, one led by Anne and one by Bobby, for a grueling seven-episode competition designed to turn them into competent cooks. A $25,000 grand prize will be awarded to the winning contestant who has achieved

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the most successful culinary transformation, along with a victory for their team leader.

Diana DeRosa on Worst Cooks on Food Network We talked with Diana about her experience: Give us an overview, what is Worst Cooks of America.

It is a show that airs on Sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. on the Food Network and started with 14 recruits that truly either don’t know how to cook or are terrible cooks. They are split into two teams; one headed by Bobby Flay and the other by Anne Burrell. While the recruits are going head-to-head – so are the chefs who are doing their best to make one person become the cook that wins in the very end. Each week the worst cook is voted off the team. Sadly I was the first to go. So sad……

What inspired you to try out for Worst Cooks in America?

I guess the fact that I am not a cook. It’s not that I am a bad cook but rather that I don’t know how to cook because there never was a need. I recently lost my dad after losing my mom in 2008. I travel a lot and so eat on the road quite a bit at functions I cover. When home I often would have a freezer full of leftovers from my parents. Now that no longer exists and although I’m okay with eating very simply (nuts, cheese, eggs, yogurt, shakes, salad, oatmeal, fruit, veggies, cereal, etc.) I am starting to wish I could whip up a delicious and quick meal. I also wish I had taken the time to learn from my mom who was a great cook.

What’s the best memory you have from the show?

Meeting all the nice people – the recruits, the team interviewing, filming, editing and overseeing us and most of all getting to learn from Anne (rather brief but I learned a little).

Diana eliminated from Worst Cooks What is your least favorite memory?

Forgetting to put the sauce on my meat and then forgetting to turn the stove off and then having my burnt sauce shown over and over again on TV. Yikes, what a reminder of why I was the first on my team to be eliminated.

What is your hope?

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THE BUZZ - February 26, 2013 To try again in Season 5. After truly proving I am the Worst Cook in America, I’d like a chance to redeem myself.

Tell us a bit about what went on?

I keep wanting to sing the Beatles song – Yellow Submarine but substitute the words – “We all lived in a cute brownstone? Being all in one home was good because it gave us the freedom to meet each other. Yep, it’s true we are all very different but we all had one common bond – we were clueless in the kitchen. Each day we’d go to the set and a little at a time we’d be told what was happening next and we never had much time to prepare. I’d often think of it as a fire – suddenly the room burns into flames and you have to make some quick decisions because you don’t have much time. My goal was to try and stay organized but wow that was tough. I had difficulty remembering which pots to use, utensils, herbs, etc. But I tried taking good notes. I couldn’t quite figure out properly cutting with the knife. I also remember washing my hands a ton of times because I didn’t want to ever get yelled at for not being sanitary. So, my answer here is also like a fire – I’m just tossing out things as they come into my mind.

How did you feel when you first entered the kitchen?

Overwhelmed. All this food, things to cook with, refrigerators and no “pop it in the microwave” opportunity. I often felt like I was about to jump into an ocean and I didn’t know how strong the current was and whether I’d end up sinking or be able to swim.

But I tried my darndest to swim until that sauce became my demise, and I sank…

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I’m an equine journalist (both writer and photographer). I’ve covered 7 Olympic Games, all the World Equestrian Games, and many Pan Am Games and World Cups. I also have a PR firm and work with just a few clients at a time whose goal it is to reach the media. My past includes doing some PR for Fox and DreamWorks for their movies: Dreamer, Spirit and Flicka. I think what I like most about what I do is seeing the finished product. Looking at a story that I’ve written supported by photos I’ve taken and then reliving the memories. I also had the honor of working for the late Christopher Reeve for the last 8 years of his life. That was truly amazing. I was hoping this cooking show would be amazing as well with a happier ending for me.

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Being given 90 minutes to cook a meal I just was taught to cook as someone who never cooked meat in her life. Watching those last few minutes tick away and feeling okay when timeout was called until panic set in when I realized I never put the sauce on my meat. Feeling my heart sink knowing that alone was a good reason for me to be eliminated and waiting for the bomb to drop. But on the positive side it was watching Anne as she showed us how to prepare the pork, make three types of potatoes and explain some of the terminology. She did it with such ease that I hope one day I feel that way. Now I’m looking forward to watching along with everyone else to see who made it to the end.

Any last comments: Well, just in case your readers don’t know – I got eliminated in the first of seven rounds but that show is still being repeated. So, it is possible to see what happened and worth watching. Finally, I’m hoping I get a chance to redeem myself. I remember thinking to myself “Please don’t let me be the first one from my team to be eliminated.” Now I feel like I need to prove that I can learn and go from a kitchen zero to a kitchen hero (or at least a partial hero – further than one round). And I’d love to hear from your readers

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THE BUZZ - February 26, 2013 who watched the show what they thought and any cooking tips they might offer. I think I need a great guy who can cook to take pity on me and teach me. I think it would be fun learning from a guy since I’ve noticed they seem to be into cooking more than we women. But in truth no one could surpass Anne. She is a great teacher.

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Dishing Out · 15 hours ago I do hope that Diana gets another chance. I also hope that she doesn't feel that she's hopeless in the kitchen. Maybe she can take baby steps like practice cutting her fruit and vegetables using the knife skills that Chef Anne taught them. Also, maybe she can use photography and food artistry to spark something and inspire her to be more involved in the kitchen. I wish her the best.

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FANofANN · 18 hours ago Don't you just LOVE Anne..... I wish I was the one sweeping her off her feet!!... She is just simply Adorable and cute and sexy even when she is showing her "tough-love". She has an amazing smile m she's a fantastic cook and wonderful teacher...besides..she kicks A$$...she beat Bobby before and she will do it again!

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Jackie · 23 hours ago this show is hilarious..love anne and bobby!!

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Abigail · 1 day ago I agree with the comment regarding Anne, her "tough love" on this show and on Chef Wanted is really embarrassing and totally unecessary. I like the concept of the shows but at times she is just difficult to watch!

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Mountain girl · 1 day ago Go, Anne! I'm cheering for your team! You are a wonderful teacher!

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Karen Crowe · 1 day ago I have always enjoyed Anne Burrell until now - she is unnecessarily curt and rude to contestants, is she attempting to replicate other bully-chefs on other shows? I hope not, let's see the real side of her again please.

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MoHub · 1 day ago Anne is merely exercising "tough love," and if you've ever seen a drill sergeant in action, you'd know that that is sometimes the only way to impart intensive learning over a limited period.

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Mike t. · 1 day ago I love the food network and I usually watch another network in this time slot. I found my new favorite Sunday night show. I really feel bad for how clueless these folks are. But it's it in good fun. I hope they give DD a shot at season 5.

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Katie · 1 day ago I am still laughing my tail off at how clueless these people are in the kitchen. Have you not read a recipe?! Seriously, how hard is it to follow directions?! I learned to cook on my own with NOBODY TEACHING ME! Cooking is not a difficult thing to do. You can check out my cooking blog and see for yourself. http://www.katieinthekitchenherethere.blogspot.com Report Reply 0 Vote up Vote down

Penelope · 1 day ago Funny show.

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