The Taste
In this exhilarating cooking competition series, The Taste puts 16 culinary competitors -- who range from home cooks and professional chefs to everything in between -- in the kitchen, where four of the world’s most notable masters of the food world judge their creations based on a blind taste. In this pressure-packed contest, a single spoonful can catapult a contender to the top or send them packing.
Cast: Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre
8 episodes
1. Auditions (1)Brian Malarkey, Ludovic Lefebvre, Anthony Bourdain and Nigella Lawson audition 29 professional and home cooks through a series of blind taste tests were a single spoonful will decide whether they make it past the audition round of the competition.TV-14CC42minJan 22, 2013
2. Auditions (2)The auditions continue as the four mentors choose more contestants to join their teams based only on a spoonful of their food.TV-14CC42minJan 29, 2013
3. Comfort FoodThe teams take on their first challenge alongside their mentors as they are set a comfort food themed challenge before two of them are eliminated.TV-14CC42minFeb 5, 2013
4. Daring PairingsEach team must use five unique ingredients as it tries to create the best dish; each contestant has to prepare a dish that pairs best with a selected wine.TV-14CC42minFeb 12, 2013
5. The Art of the SandwichAs the contestants are tasked with creating the perfect sandwich, tensions rise among the judges; chefs Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone serve as guest judges.TV-14CC42minFeb 19, 2013
6. Nose to TailThe contestants are pushed out of their culinary comfort zones when asked to not waste any parts of an animal; Greg Morin and David McMillan serve as guest judges.TV-14CC42minFeb 26, 2013
7. SeductionThe seven semi-finalists must seduce the judges with a single, sumptuous spoonful of their latest dish; three cooks are eliminated.TV-14CC42minMar 5, 2013
8. Finale: Triple ThreatThe final four contestants each present three dishes to the judges; after an elimination, the remaining contestants must prepare their most decadent dish in hope of wowing the judges and claiming the grand prize.TV-14CC42minMar 12, 2013
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The Taste
In this exhilarating cooking competition series, The Taste puts 16 culinary competitors -- who range from home cooks and professional chefs to everything in between -- in the kitchen, where four of the world’s most notable masters of the food world judge their creations based on a blind taste. In this pressure-packed contest, a single spoonful can catapult a contender to the top or send them packing.
