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The Taste is an American cooking-themed reality competition series on ABC. It aired from January 22, 2013, to January 22, 2015. On May 7, 2015, ABC canceled The Taste after three seasons.
The four then meet the contestant and press a button to reveal their votes. If exactly one judge votes yes, that contestant automatically joins that judge's four-member team. If more than one judge votes yes, the contestant chooses among them.
Once the 16 contestants are chosen, each episode consists of team and individual challenges on a weekly theme.
In the team challenge, the contestants work for one hour with coaching from their mentors. Each mentor selects one dish to represent his or her team, which is tasted by a guest judge. The team with the best taste is rewarded with a private session with the guest judge, while the mentor of team who places last in the challenge must eliminate one of their contestants.
In the individual challenge, the contestants work without assistance for one hour. Each episode ends with the mentors tasting all the competitors' dishes without knowing what it is, how it was prepared, who created it, or whom they will be eliminating, awarding a gold star to the dish they liked the most and a red star to the dish they liked the least. The contestant or contestants with the worst bite of food is eliminated from the competition in the first two seasons.
Starting in the third season, the two contestants who receive the highest number of red stars in the individual challenge compete in a 40 minute, sudden-death taste-off. The mentors are not allowed to touch the contestants' food in this challenge. The competitor who has the best bite of food in the taste-off advances to the next stage of the competition, while the other competitor is eliminated.
Other aspects of the team and individual challenges vary by season. See season breakdowns for details.
Michelin Guide chef David Kinch was a guest judge on episode 4 of season one, titled "Daring Pairings". Chef José Andrés was a guest judge on the season one finale, " The Taste Finale: Triple Threat".
In the individual challenge, the creators of the worst two, sometimes three dishes are eliminated from the competition.
In the individual challenge, the contestant who created the worst dish is eliminated.
Renee Maynard was a contestant on season 18 of The Bachelor, and Joe Arvin was a contestant on season 14 of Big Brother.
Other versions of this program has been aired in Canada (CTV Television Network), Australia (Nine Network) and Indonesia (IBC).
Judges
The judges/mentors are Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre, and Marcus Samuelsson. Brian Malarkey served on the panel for the first season. Bourdain and Lawson also serve as executive producers.
Episodes
1 8 2 8 3 7
Season 1 (2013)
Format
In the team challenge, the creator of the best dish receives immunity from elimination for that episode.
Finalists
Cooks are organized into four "Kitchen" groups, each with a mentor.
Contestant progress
Episodes
Season 2 (2014)
Format
In the team challenge, the mentor of the team which created the worst dish must eliminate a member of his team.
Finalists
Cooks are organized into four "Kitchen" groups, each with a mentor.
Contestant progress
Episodes
Season 3 (2014–15)
Season 3 of The Taste premiered on December 4, 2014 with Ludo, Nigella, Marcus, and Anthony as the judges. The first episode received 3.33 million viewers.
Contestants
Contestant progress
Episodes
International versions
The international rights are distributed by Red Arrow International.
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Al-Nahar TV? Alaa Sharbini
Aniseh Helou
Betni Kaadi
Mona MousilyDecember 26, 2014 The Taste Brasil none GNT Brazilian real100,000 Claude Troisgros (1-)
Felipe Bronze (1-)
André Mifano (1-5)
Helena Rizzo (3-5)
Manu Buffara (6-)
Manu Ferraz (6-)2014 味觉大战 ? CCTV-2 ? Sun Zhaoguo
Bowie Tsang
Craig AuyeungNovember 2013 La Prueba Guillermo Vives Caracol Televisión Colombian peso300,000,000 Catalina Vélez
Leonor Espinosa
Juan Manuel BarrientosNovember 26, 2014 The Taste Christine Henning (1–7)
Angelina Kirsch (8–)Sat.1 Euro100,000 Frank Rosin (1–)
Alexander Herrmann (1–)
Léa Linster (1–2)
Tim Mälzer (1–3)
Cornelia Polletto (3–6)
Roland Trettl (4–6)
Maria Gross (7)
Tim Raue (7–)
Alexander Kumptner (8–)November 13, 2013 Christine Henning ? Frank Rosin
Alexander Herrmann
Cornelia Polletto
Roland TrettlSeptember 10, 2017 ? December 12, 2018 Skonis Andrius Butkus LNK 10,000 Lt Liutauras Čeprackas
Romas Zakarevičius
Agnė Jagelavičiūtė
Kristina BrazauskienėOctober 13, 2013
(Flanders)The Taste ? RTL4
VTM? Robert Kranenborg
Wout Bru
Herman den Blijker
Gert de MangeleerOctober 29, 2013 The Taste none Channel 4 ? Anthony Bourdain
Nigella Lawson
Ludo LefebvreJanuary 7, 2014
External links
Categories: The-taste Official Website, 2010s American Cooking Television Series, 2010s American Reality Television Series, 2013 American Television Series Debuts, 2015 American Television Series Endings, American Broadcasting Company Reality Television Shows, American English-language Television Shows, Reality Cooking Competition Television Series, Cooking Competitions In The United States
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