Worst Cooks in America 29, also known as Talented & Terrible, is the twenty-ninth season of the American competitive reality television series Worst Cooks in America. It premiered on Food Network on July 28, 2025 and concluded on September 1, 2025. Todd Zimmerman was the winner of this season, with Cari Westerman as the runner-up.
Worst Cooks in America is an American reality television series in which contestants (referred to as "recruits") with poor cooking skills undergo a culinary boot camp for the chance to win $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. Each episode features two core challenges: the Skills Drill, which tests their grasp of basic techniques demonstrated by the chef mentors, and the Main Dish Challenge, where they must apply those skills to recreate or invent a more complex dish under specific guidelines. The weakest performers from each team are eliminated at the end of each episode. The final two contestants prepare a restaurant-quality, three-course meal for a panel of food critics, who evaluate the dishes based on taste, presentation, and overall improvement.
Gabriele Bertaccini joins Anne Burrell to host Talented & Terrible. This season was recorded in early 2025, but broadcast after Burrell's suicide in June 2025.