On Worst Cooks in America, 14 recruits have the opportunity of a lifetime: to be mentored by two renowned chefs, Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay. They arrive at Boot Camp with some of the worst skills imaginable in the kitchen, but if they're able to last seven weeks of competition without getting cut, they get the chance to be named the best of the worst and win $25,000 in prize money. Plus their mentor gets bragging rights — and this year Anne is fighting to win her title back after losing it to Bobby last season. Unfortunately, every week two recruits, one from each team, must be eliminated.

Every Monday night, FN Dish has the exclusive interviews with the eliminated recruits.

During the first challenge, a baseline Skill Drill that had each recruit make his or her best dish, Muneerah cooked a spaghetti sauce that both Anne and Bobby wouldn't taste — because it looked like a cow pie. In the end Muneerah was named the Worst Cook among the bunch, and her award was choosing her team mentor. Once on Bobby's team, Muneerah had to make a pizza, but unfortunately she didn't take the best notes and ended up turning out a pizza with what Bobby called "a reverse tomato sauce" because she cooked the onions in the tomatoes, instead of the other way around. Her dough also turned out more like a giant cracker than a pizza. At elimination time, Bobby felt she just wasn't "getting it" and sent her home, leaving the Blue Team with one less teammate.

Do you think Anne was a little rough on you when you presented your spaghetti casserole dish and she compared it to a cow pie?

No, not at all.

You won the worst dish after the first challenge and got to pick your team. Why did you choose Bobby's team?

I picked Bobby's team because I thought he would be the best chef to teach me.

Do you think you should have taken more notes during Bobby's pizza demo? During the challenge it looked as though you were confused by your own notes. Do you regret not paying more attention?

I did pay attention and took plenty of notes. But I also thought it was wise to pay attention to technique and not have my head buried in my notebook.

When making your pizza, you made your sauce in reverse and Bobby thought your dough tasted like a saltine cracker. You seemed like you didn't care about the results. Do you think you gave up?

I did care. I didn't give up.

I learned how to use a blender.

Looking ahead, is there someone on your team you think has the potential to make it all the way to the finale?