Chef Boot Camp

Chef Cliff Crooks works with a businessman who became a chef and owner of his own food truck and a caterer desperate to draw in more clients. He also helps a restaurant owner whose two brothers and co-owners don't take him seriously because he can't cook.

Chef Cliff Crooks works with a former executive chef who started over as a line cook at age 53 and can't find his confidence. He also helps a messy food truck owner and a forgetful chef whose shortcomings are hurting their business success.

Chef Cliff Crooks steps in to help a psychologist who became a chef to help at his in-laws' restaurant and a food truck owner who hasn't paid herself in three months. He also works with a Jamaican caterer who doesn't take criticism well.

Chef Cliff Crooks mentors a chef who overcame drug addiction but lacks cooking skills and a caterer who struggles to cook meats to temperature. He also works with a chef who thinks she knows it all.

Chef Cliff Crooks helps a special events caterer who is struggling to make ends meet and a former food truck owner who discovered that running a restaurant is harder than she thought. Plus, a line cook has high hopes for becoming an executive chef.

Chef Cliff Crooks works with a second-time restaurant owner who needs to know more than just chicken. He also mentors a caterer with brick-and-mortar dreams and the owner of four restaurants who wants to be in multiple cities.

Chef Cliff Crooks helps three chefs pump the brakes and re-evaluate their career goals, including an experienced executive chef struggling to gain command of her kitchen and a young private chef who needs a lesson in humility.

Chef Cliff Crooks offers guidance to three chefs, including a restaurant manager learning to cook on the line again, a new food truck owner who lacks experience and a chef who recently changed careers.