Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook

Professional chef Lorraine Pascale is looking to help amateurs improve their kitchen skills. In each episode, she takes an inexperienced cook and helps build their confidence so the rookie can make impressive meals for friends and family. The tasks Pascale tackles include teaching a 52-year-old builder - who has never cooked a meal before - to prepare a Mediterranean-inspired menu and helping a 26-year-old woman, who passes store-bought food off as her own, host a dinner party that features small plates. Pascale's recipes are intended to be easy, but the lack of confidence her students have in the kitchen may make the simple dishes more difficult than they would otherwise be.