"The baseline of who you are": Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check's Tiffany Derry on contestants' cooking skills and flavor awareness

Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check Season 30 premiered on January 4, 2026. The latest season features Jeff Lauro and Tiffany Derry as the judges. Fans must remember the late Anne Burrell, who used to host the show until the previous season.

The show features celebrity participants from sports, entertainment, reality, and music fields. For the latest season, fans would witness contestants, including Ryan Lochte, Reza Farahan, Beverley Mitchell, "Downtown" Julie Brown, Manila Luzon, Romeo "Lil Romeo" Miller, AMara, La Negra, C.T. Tamburello, Lisa Barlow, Val Chmerkovskiy, and more.

Sharing about the participants and their potential skills, Tiffany Derry shared that it was a chance for the participants to showcase their skills. Apart from their ability to "not cook," it would be exciting to witness their understanding of flavors and other skills.

"The baseline cook, it's the first time you get a chance to see the recruits cook. Obviously, none of them can cook. But, like, can they hold a knife right? Do they understand flavors? Are they doing something good along the way? I think it's a great way to show the baseline of who you are," confessed Tiffany Derry.

Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check Season 30: Tiffany Derry opens up about the contestants and their skills

With the Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check Season 30 Episode 1 release, fans witnessed exciting promos. One of them featured Tiffany Derry, sharing about the participants and their unique skills.

She noted that none of the contestants could cook. However, it would be interesting to see whether they could hold a knife or understand the flavors. One of the promos, shared via Instagram on December 29, 2025, shared hilarious moments.

As Tiffany talked about participants' ability to "hold the knife," one of them noted that she was afraid of knives and fire. While sharing that, she cut potatoes and also ignited the burner. Soon, Tiffany talked about the contestants' ability to understand the flavor.

One of the female participants on Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check asked what smoked paprika was. The one with the fear of fire started melting butter in a pot. Tiffany noted that they were to see whether participants were able to do "something good" along the way. She thought that it was a great way to show the "baseline" of who they were.

Another promo, shared on December 27, 2025, showed the narrator revealing the contestants for the current season of Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check.

This included:

• Lisa Barlow: Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,
• Downtown Julie Brown: Television personality,
• Val Chmerkovskiy: Dancing With The Stars pro dancer,
• Reza Farahan: Shahs of Sunset alum,
• Amara La Negra: Love & Hip Hop: Miami,
• Ryan Lochte: Olympic swimmer,
• Manila Luzon: RuPaul's Drag Race,
• Romeo Miller: Actor and Rapper,
• Beverley Mitchell: 7th Heaven,
• CT Tamburello: The Challenge.

The first episode featured exciting incidents involving newly introduced celebrity participants. Witnessing their unique chopping, cooking, and other skills, situations are often turned into hilarious moments.

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To know more, fans can head to Food Network and stream Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check Season 30 Episode 1.

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