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The Taste

Teams of professional and amateur cooks try to create the best dish.

Season 3 Episode Guide

7 Episodes 2014 - 2015

Episode 1

Auditions and Childhood

Thu, Dec 4, 2014 86 mins

In the two-hour series premiere, home cooks and professional chefs from across the country will battle it out in "The Taste" kitchen by creating their most delicious dishes for culinary superstars Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre and Marcus Samuelsson to taste. Every dish is always judged blind. At the end of the night, 16 cooks will be given a place on the mentors' teams.

The Taste Season 3 Auditions and Childhood

Episode 2

Under the Sea

Thu, Dec 11, 2014 86 mins

Seafood takes center stage next week when the 15 remaining hopefuls face off in "The Taste" kitchen and put their personal spin on the mentors' favorite seafood dishes. With a menu featuring steamed fish, seafood stew and shellfish in miso broth, in the end, two more competitors will eliminated.

The Taste Season 3 Under the Sea

Episode 3

Happy Holidays

Thu, Dec 18, 2014 86 mins

Tis the season for all things delicious on ABC's "The Taste" with 13 remaining cooks competing in holiday-themed challenges. Tasked with creating dishes based on fowl, duck and spiced chocolate desserts, the cooks take to the kitchen to see who will make the best bite. In the end, two more competitors will be sent home.

The Taste Season 3 Happy Holidays
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Episode 4

Happy New Year

Thu, Jan 1, 2015 86 mins

It'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. In the end, two more competitors will be sent home.

The Taste Season 3 Happy New Year

Episode 5

Latin

Thu, Jan 8, 2015 86 mins

Bold, bright - and most of all - flavorful and spicy! It's Latin week on ABC's "The Taste" with the remaining competitors tasked with creating dishes like ceviche and tacos. With both a group and solo challenge ahead, in the end, two more cooks will be sent home.

The Taste Season 3 Latin

Episode 6

Semi-Final: Bring the Heat

Thu, Jan 15, 2015 86 mins

The competition is getting even hotter when the remaining contestants fight to cook another day in a hot and spicy "bring the heat" themed challenge using ingredients like Szechuan pepper and pork. With solo and group challenges ahead, two more cooks will be sent home, and the remaining competitors will head to the finale where only one will be named "The Taste" champion.

The Taste Season 3 Semi-Final: Bring the Heat

Episode 7

The Finale

Thu, Jan 22, 2015 86 mins

It's all come down to this. The search for America's Best Undiscovered Cook sees only five cooks remaining in "The Taste" kitchen, and the mentors give their final group challenge - creating Saints and Sinners-inspired dishes representing two very opposite ideas and culinary concepts.

The Taste Season 3 The Finale
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