The Taste (2013)

Name: The Taste
Genre: Game-Show
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre, Marcus Samuelsson

Game-Show

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.

IMDb rating: 6.3 (739 votes)
Episode average: 7.1 +0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

7.12 avg 5 episodes 6.4 → 7.6 52 min avg

Slow burn

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Auditions Part 1	6.4	20
2	Auditions Part 2	6.8	10
3	Comfort Food	7.6	6
4	Dairing Pairings	7.2	6
8	The Taste Finale: Triple Threat	7.6	7