The Taste(2013)

5.7

3 Seasons

Reality

Overview

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.

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Ep 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.

22/01/201342 min

Ep 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.

29/01/201342 min

Ep 3

Comfort Food

The teams take on their first challenge alongside their mentors as they are set a comfort food themed challenge before two of them are eliminated.

05/02/201342 min

Ep 4

Daring Pairings

Each 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.

12/02/201342 min

Ep 5

The Art of the Sandwich

As the contestants are tasked with creating the perfect sandwich, tensions rise among the judges; chefs Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone serve as guest judges.

19/02/201342 min

Ep 6

Nose to Tail

The 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.

26/02/201342 min

Ep 7

Seduction

The seven semi-finalists must seduce the judges with a single, sumptuous spoonful of their latest dish; three cooks are eliminated.

05/03/201342 min

Ep 8

Finale: Triple Threat

The 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.

12/03/201342 min