Christine Cushing transforms self-admitted culinary disasters into competent cooks.
Ann does not have a clue about flavor and the only seasonings she ever uses are soy sauce and salt. Christine tries to spice up Ann's life to create a flavorful sensation that will cause her family to offer her a standing ovation.
The mere mention of the word cooking is enough to send Lisa into a downward spiral. Christine will have to work 24/7 if she wants to help Lisa make Sunday dinner a new tradition that her family will always want to observe.
A working mother of two feels insecure in the kitchen and hopes to create a Thai feast.
Television host Zain is too busy to eat more than two meals a day and rarely has time to put a proper meal together. Christine is pushed to her culinary limits as she tries to help Zain take his cuisine from drab to fab.
Carlie, an executive assistant, is in dire need of assistance in the kitchen, and wants to learn how to properly prepare meat for a dinner party.
36-year-old Aaron fears if he doesn't learn to cook soon, he may be single forever.
Melissa would love to get over her cooking frustration, and learn to make hearty family meals from scratch.
An adventurous 29-year-old, Anna, may have traveled the world but she doesn't know her way around the kitchen.
After years of struggling in the kitchen, Olena wants to expand beyond her key ingredient; water.
Frank wants to learn how to cook so that he can provide hearty meals for his kids and also to inspire them to learn how to cook so they can someday provide for their own families.
Christine has to fight against Ania's culinary trepidation in order to make her fearless in the kitchen.
Party boy Todd wants to find other foods in his diet other than whatever he finds in the fridge.
Peter and his son Dave are both awful cooks, and for years, their respective wife and mother, Vicki, has kept them well fed with gourmet meals. Now it's time for them to start doing more in the kitchen and to give back to Vicki.
Patricia's cooking is so bad, she sets off the fire alarm nearly every time she cooks. She really wants to provide great healthy meals for her family and would love Christine to teach her how to make some fabulous Indian food.
Vince is a landscaper from a traditional Italian family. He's such an awful cook, his wife has banned him from the kitchen. He really wants Christine to help him show his wife and family that he can be 'King of the Kitchen'.
Originally from Ireland, 25-year-old Rachel has been in Canada for one year, works two jobs and wants to add preparing her own meals to her routine. With Christine's help, Rachel feels her time to learn could not be more perfect.
Darren's a reckless cook in the kitchen, with a huge affinity for garlic. Christine will have to apply the brakes to Darren's 'full throttle' culinary approach if she ever hopes to help him impress his family.
Katherine is an independent 34-year-old professional who feels so overwhelmed in the kitchen that she relies on spoonfuls of salsa for sustenance. Christine attempts to take this non-cook from inept to enthralled in the kitchen.
Amy's doesn't want her work colleagues to know that she's a horrible cook because she works at a chef's school. She's really hoping that Christine can teach her how to end her culinary shame.
Nadine and Natalie, 24 year-old twins, are double trouble in the kitchen. They still rely on their mother to deliver pre-made meals. Christine will have to work twice as hard to help these gals move through their culinary growing pains.
Mike's typical routine in the kitchen is burning the food and then ordering take-out. He really wants to cook a meal to impress his daughter and his friends. Christine tries to turn this challenged cook into a kitchen rock-star.
Mark has no culinary skill and he hates to grocery shop. His masterpiece meal is a cheese wrap – cheddar cheese on a cold tortilla. Christine has her work cut out for her if she's going to turn Mark into a fearless cook.
Jacqueline is a successful woman who can't cook. Christine helps add that in her résumé.
Andrew can fix engines but can't make dinner.
Sandi longs to be invited to join the neighborhood Gourmet Supper Club, but she’s a horrid cook.