chef anne burrell looked high and low for america's worst chef.: los angeles public schools shut down today and sent half a million students home after officials received a bomb threat. new york stiff officials said they received a similar threat but determined it was a hoax. is new york playing it fast and loose or is los angeles paranoid. i had kids in lurks sd for five years until this last spring. now we are in new york city public schools. did l.a. overreact? >> no one is going to complain and say you are being too cautious with my kids. and a 17-year-old was killed in a crosswalk leaving his school today in highland park. but i do want to know what the bar is. there is such a thing as an overabundance of caution. but keep in mind -- supreme to consume this in new york, l.a. and everywhere in between. there is still a dynamic between bill bratton and los angeles. he dislikes l.a. for not falling in love with his rough east coast rough cop way and that entire persona. there was not one tear when he left lapd. so he will always take every oppor

answering the call to lead these recruits is worst cooking champion anne burrell.'s a clip from "worst cooks in america." it transformed cooks. joining me is chef anne burrell. she is also the author of "own your kitchen." i like your higher. how important is your hair to your cooking vibe. >> my hair is my spirit animal. it allows me to have chef super powers. kennedy: you have tyler florence's number. >> he's fun to pick at. kennedy: is he going down this season? >> i hope so. kennedy: you have a group of cooks. explain to people who haven't seen the show. are these hobos and naredowells you block off the street? >> they are regular home cooks that have never gotten into cook or learned it. usually it's their family or husbands or kids or something, sometimes themselves mom name themselves to go into kitchen boot camp it many a super intense culinary school. my opponent is tyler florence. and we get a group of what i like to call loveable losers. i say that with the most amount of tough love possible. we put them through a series of challenges. one person from ea

and then anne burrel. they're both the masters. >> did you have a favorite? >> they're both my favorite. >> both your favorite? >> and here's a picture of you. >> yes. >> and what are you learning to cook there? >> that's my signature dish, which i chose shepherds pie cause it has multiple -- >> i love shepherd's pie. >> yeah, it's so good. >> so how do you make yours? >> mashed potatoes and then green beans, canned corn, just a bunch of canned vegetables poured in. >> now, tell us about your competition. who was the scariest one that you had to take out? >> well, lawrence. he's the one in the middle with the striped shirt because he was very focused and ready. i was like, i don't know, i was just having fun. >> and the prize is $25,000; is that right? >> yes. >> now, if you were to win because we can't reveal, what would you do with the money? >> buy a house. >> yeah? >> yeah, i'm ready to buy a house. i'm tired of renting. >> so you gonna stick around here and stay in vegas? >> yes. cooking, can you give us a couple tips for people who are just kind of in t