The Taste

5.7(9)|2013-01-22|3 seasons, 23 episodes

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.

Episodes

Season 1(8)Season 2(8)Season 3(7)

S1E1 · 2013-01-22 · 42m

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.

S1E2 · 2013-01-29 · 42m

Auditions (2)

The auditions continue as the four mentors choose more contestants to join their teams based only on a spoonful of their food.

S1E3 · 2013-02-05 · 42m

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.

S1E4 · 2013-02-12 · 42m

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.

S1E5 · 2013-02-19 · 42m

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.

S1E6 · 2013-02-26 · 42m

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.

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Anthony Bourdain

Self - Host

Nigella Lawson

Self - Host

Ludo Lefebvre

Self - Host

Marcus Samuelsson

Self - Host