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| The Mentors/Judges (Photo ABC.GO.COM) |
You will be
deliciously satisfied with “The
Taste”, a high-energy, fast-paced cooking competition show that stands out
with its unique blind tasting rounds. Comprised of four teams of diverse contestants
and four mentors/judges, the show began with audition rounds. The mentors, renowned
celebrity chefs Anthony
Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre, and Brian Malarkey, each selected four
members for their teams. The competitor’s cooking backgrounds range from self-trained
to those with a more formal training background. The mentors also serve as
judges on the show.
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| The Team Taste Round (Photo ABC.GO.COM) |
As with most
competition shows there are eliminations each week. “The Taste” is no different. Each
week a contestant has the opportunity to win immunity. The mentors work with
their teams sharing opinions and feedback during the Team Taste Test round. After
the dishes are prepared each mentor selects the best of the four to compete for
immunity. The dishes are blindly sampled by guest judges. When their decision
is made the winning plate is turned over to reveal the winning team name on the
bottom. The contestant who prepared that dish wins immunity.
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| The Blind Taste Round (Photo ABC.GO.COM) |
The next round on “The Taste” vies all
contestants to select the dish they want to create that must meet a specific
criteria. As an example, it must pair well with a certain wine. When time is
up, the contestants place a bite of their creation onto an over-sized spoon.
The mentors/judges are served the spoons but without the knowledge of which
contestant prepared each. In this Blind Tasting round, the mentors/judges
ultimately select what they consider the best and worst tasting spoons.
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| The Eliminations (Photo ABC.GO.COM) |
What makes
the Blind Tasting round exciting is the mentors/judges may wind up selecting
one of their own teams members as worst! Two contestants are eliminated each
week from those who placed as worst.
“The Taste” has several great
things going for it. The mentors/judges have a good camaraderie between. They can
be vocal in their opinions which are fun to watch. The blind tastings are
different and are entertaining to watch too. You never know what the
mentors/judges reactions are going to be. The hour goes by so fast and it
leaves you looking forward to seeing the next tasty episode!
Check out the latest
episode “The Taste” here, and to find out more
about the show visit ABC.GO.
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