The Taste

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2013-01-22

Last Air Date: 2015-01-22

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 23

Networks: ABC

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Top Cast

Anthony Bourdain as Self - Host
Nigella Lawson as Self - Host
Ludo Lefebvre as Self - Host
Marcus Samuelsson as Self - Host
Brian Malarkey as Self - Host
Naomi Pomeroy as Herself

Seasons

Season 1 (2013) - (8 Episodes)

Season 2 (2014) - (8 Episodes)

Season 3 (2014) - (7 Episodes)

Season 1 (2013)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Auditions (1) (2013-01-22)

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.
Ep. 2: Auditions (2) (2013-01-29)

The auditions continue as the four mentors choose more contestants to join their teams based only on a spoonful of their food.
Ep. 3: Comfort Food (2013-02-05)

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.
Ep. 4: Daring Pairings (2013-02-12)

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.
Ep. 5: The Art of the Sandwich (2013-02-19)

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.
Ep. 6: Nose to Tail (2013-02-26)

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.
Ep. 7: Seduction (2013-03-05)

The seven semi-finalists must seduce the judges with a single, sumptuous spoonful of their latest dish; three cooks are eliminated.
Ep. 8: Finale: Triple Threat (2013-03-12)

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.