The Taste

Season 1 2013
TV-14

  • 2013-01-23T01:00:00Z on ABC
  • 42m
  • 5h 36m (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Reality
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.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2013-01-23T01:00:00Z

1x01 Auditions (1)

Series Premiere

1x01 Auditions (1)

  • 2013-01-23T01:00:00Z42m

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.

2013-01-30T01:00:00Z

1x02 Auditions (2)

1x02 Auditions (2)

  • 2013-01-30T01:00:00Z42m

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

2013-02-06T01:00:00Z

1x03 Comfort Food

1x03 Comfort Food

  • 2013-02-06T01:00:00Z42m

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.

2013-02-13T01:00:00Z

1x04 Daring Pairings

1x04 Daring Pairings

  • 2013-02-13T01:00:00Z42m

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.

2013-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x05 The Art of the Sandwich

1x05 The Art of the Sandwich

  • 2013-02-20T01:00:00Z42m

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.

2013-02-27T01:00:00Z

1x06 Nose to Tail

1x06 Nose to Tail

  • 2013-02-27T01:00:00Z42m

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.

2013-03-06T01:00:00Z

1x07 Seduction

1x07 Seduction

  • 2013-03-06T01:00:00Z42m

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

Season Finale

2013-03-13T00:00:00Z

1x08 Finale: Triple Threat

Season Finale

1x08 Finale: Triple Threat

  • 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z42m

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.

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