100 Cooks - Season 1

In the supersized season premiere, host Terry Crews welcomes 100 of the best home cooks in America to the food world's most unpredictable cooking competition. In this episode, over 50 cooks compete in five different challenges to impress judges Nick DiGiovanni and Alex Guarnaschelli. The challenges include best noodle dish battle, a rotisserie chicken face-off, an egg challenge, and best party bite competition. More than 20 cooks will be sent home, and the remaining amateur chefs will continue to compete for a life-changing amount of money. 

Host Terry Crews invites the 71 remaining cooks to compete over the course of four challenges: a true/false culinary trivia challenge, a spicy weeknight dinner battle, best sandwich, and a mystery basket challenge. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni will send six cooks home. 

Host Terry Crews selects 18 of the remaining 65 home cooks to compete in three challenges: a bake sale, an at-home takeout battle, and best steak-night dinner. Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni judge which eight cooks will be headed home. 

Host Terry Crews challenges 26 of the remaining 55 cooks to make a Sunday breakfast, a perfect scallop, and the best one-pot dish to impress judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni. After the battles, 14 cooks will be eliminated. 

Terry Crews hosts as 19 of the remaining 41 home cooks take on a best burger battle, an equipment trivia challenge, and a holiday sweets competition to impress judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni. Plus, the stakes go through the roof after the biggest twist of the season is revealed.

Host Terry Crews challenges 31 of the remaining 32 home cooks with a gameday grub competition and a cook's choice battle. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni send 14 cooks home in defeat. 

Fifteen cooks compete, and host Terry Crews starts them off with a team challenge. Then, the competitors face off in a taco night throwdown and make their best cheesy dish for judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni. Four cooks will be headed home.

Host Terry Crews invites all remaining 14 cooks to compete over the course of three challenges: a luxury dinner battle, a pizza faceoff, and a summer potluck team challenge. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni leave only eight cooks standing to compete for a life-changing amount of money!