The Taste (2013)
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.
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Episode 1 - Auditions & Childhood
Release Date: 2014-12-04The home cooks and professional chefs compete in a childhood-inspired challenge; a competitor is sent home; guest judge Stephanie Izard.
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Episode 2 - Under the Sea
Release Date: 2014-12-11Contestants prepare dishes from the sea, including steamed fish, seafood stew and shellfish in miso broth. Eric Ripert is the guest judge.
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Episode 3 - Happy Holidays
Release Date: 2014-12-18The 13 remaining cooks compete in a holiday-theme challenge that features dishes based on fowl and spiced chocolate desserts. Naomi Pomeroy is the guest judge.
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Episode 4 - Happy New Year
Release Date: 2015-01-01It’s a new year and there’s a new battle brewing in the kitchen when the remaining cooks are tasked with making delicious dishes bursting with decadent and elevated flavors with ingredients like champagne, shellfish and caviar. Chef Michael Symon is guest judge.
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Episode 5 - Latin
Release Date: 2015-01-08The remaining contestants are challenged to create dishes that include ceviche and tacos; two contestants are sent home.
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Episode 6 - Bring the Heat
Release Date: 2015-01-15The contestants take part in a hot-and-spicy challenge that includes ingredients like Szechuan pepper; two cooks are eliminated, identifying which contestants will compete in the season finale.
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Episode 7 - The Finale
Release Date: 2015-01-22In the Season 3 finale, a winner is chosen.