• Air date: 22 Jan '13 8 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (8)
    • 1. Auditions Part 1

      22 Jan '13
      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.
    • 2. Auditions Part 2

      29 Jan '13
      The auditions continue as the four mentors choose more contestants to join their teams based only on a spoonful of their food.
    • 3. Comfort Food

      05 Feb '13
      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.
    • 4. Daring Pairings

      12 Feb '13
      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.
    • 5. The Art of the Sandwich

      19 Feb '13
      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.
    • 6. Nose to Tail

      26 Feb '13
      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.
    • 7. Seduction

      05 Mar '13
      The seven semi-finalists must seduce the judges with a single, sumptuous spoonful of their latest dish; three cooks are eliminated.
    • 8. Finale: Triple Threat

      12 Mar '13
      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.