Sixteen of the worst cooks in America enter boot camp with dreams of putting their kitchen nightmares behind them. Chef Anne Burrell and food brainiac Alton Brown want to see what they're dealing with, so they ask the recruits to make a baseline dish, and the results are truly disastrous. After being sorted into teams, the recruits try to make their chef's chicken soup and sandwich dish, and the recruits with the worst dishes are sent home.