Top chefs John Burton Race and Angela Hartnett have scoured the country to find the nation’s worst cooks and now must try and turn them into Kitchen Heroes. The contestants' first task is to cook duck breast with honey and spices unsupervised, but John is disappointed when one of his best hopes well and truly messes up. John and Angela then demonstrate the main courses they expect their chosen protege to cook for the food critics at the end of the week. Angela’s team try to master a herb-crusted rack of lamb with fennel, courgettes and confit tomatoes, whilst John makes chicken with morels, leeks and new potatoes.