The Taste

53
Metascore
2013-2015
3 seasons
Game Show

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

53
Metascore
2013-2015
3 seasons
Game Show

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

Ratings: Leno Draws Biggest Audience Since Seinfeld Finale; Olympics Opens Big

Jay Leno went out (again) on a high note.The host's final Tonight Show Thursday drew 14.6 million viewers and a 3.8 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, making it the show's biggest audience since Jerry Seinfeld visited the night of the sitcom's ...

Fri, Feb 7, 2014

Ratings: Leno Draws Biggest Audience Since Seinfeld Finale; Olympics Opens Big

Ratings: Rake Opens Soft, Vampire Diaries Up for 100th Episode

Rake failed to hook viewers Thursday.The Greg Kinnear drama premiered to a modest 7.1 million viewers and a 1.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, losing ...

Fri, Jan 24, 2014

Ratings: Rake Opens Soft, Vampire Diaries Up for 100th Episode

Ratings: Big Bang Draws Biggest Audience Ever; Parks and Rec Hits Season Highs

The Big Bang Theory dominated Thursday with its biggest audience ever.The comedy drew 20.1 million viewers and a 5.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic to post its largest viewership for a regularly scheduled episode and an 11-month high in ...

Fri, Jan 10, 2014

Ratings: Big Bang Draws Biggest Audience Ever; Parks and Rec Hits Season Highs

The Taste Season 2: Chef Ludo Says New Mentor Marcus Is "Competitive"

Let the second annual Tasting Games begin! May the odds be ever in your flavor.

Wed, Jan 1, 2014

The Taste Season 2: Chef Ludo Says New Mentor Marcus Is "Competitive"

Nigella Lawson Accused of Substantial Drug Use in Court by Former Assistants

Nigella Lawson has been accused of being a habitual drug user by her former personal assistants, according to the UK newspaper, The Telegraph The allegations were made Wednesday in a pre-trial hearing in London by her former employees, Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo. The Grillo sisters have been...

Wed, Nov 27, 2013

Nigella Lawson Accused of Substantial Drug Use in Court by Former Assistants

Who Won The Taste?

Although this season of The Taste began with a single spoonful of food from each contestant, on Tuesday's finale, the remaining cooks served the judges three spoons in an effort to take home the top prize. So, which cook won? Let's break it down:

Wed, Mar 13, 2013

Who Will Win The Taste? Chef Ludo Sizes Up the Final 4

The competition started with one tasting spoon, and ultimately there can be only one winner. On the season finale of ABC's The Taste (Tuesday at 9/8c), special guest chef/restauranteur Jose Andres will drop by to help determine the series' first-ever champ. Nigella Lawson is the odd lady out since none of her team members advanced to the finals, which means the remaining judges' contestants will go head-to-head to win a grand prize of $100,000, a new car and a nifty Taste trophy. Who will win? Chef Ludo Lefebvre talked to TVGuide.com to size up the Final 4:

Mon, Mar 11, 2013

Who Will Win The Taste? Chef Ludo Sizes Up the Final 4

Ratings: Golden Boy Premieres OK, Celebrity Wife Swap Hits Highs

Golden Boy's premiere wasn't exactly golden, but the CBS drama easily topped its hour.Debuting on Tuesday before moving to its regular Friday slot, Golden Boy drew 10.5 million viewers and a 1.8 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. That's up three-tenths from Vegas' performance last week, but below the 14.9 million and 2.5 Vegas pulled for ...

Wed, Feb 27, 2013

Ratings: Golden Boy Premieres OK, Celebrity Wife Swap Hits Highs

Ratings: Smash Drops Again; Body of Proof and Cult Premiere Low

Smash hit another low note Tuesday.Two weeks after its feeble premiere, the musical drama drew 3.3 million viewers and a 0.9 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, plummeting 25 percent to a series low. Lead-ins Go On (3.3 million, 1.1) and The New Normal (3.5 million, 1.0) also ...

Wed, Feb 20, 2013

Ratings: Smash Drops Again; Body of Proof and Cult Premiere Low

ABC Moves Happy Endings to Fridays

ABC is sending Happy Endings to the Friday night graveyard at the end of March, the network announced late Wednesday night. Replacing the sitcom in its current Tuesdays at 9/8c timeslot, will be Anthony Bourdain's new cooking competition show The Taste, which currently airs at 8/7c on Tuesdays. New episodes of Celebrity Wife Swap will take over the 8/7c timeslot.

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

Ratings: State of the Union Address Down from Last Year

President Barack Obama's State of the Union address wasn't a big draw Tuesday with coverage down across the board.President Obama calls for economic, education reform and new gun laws in State of the UnionNBC led the way ...

Wed, Feb 13, 2013

Ratings: State of the Union Address Down from Last Year

The Taste's French Chef Ludo Lefebvre: It's Game On!

"Trust me. It's game on!" Chef Ludo Lefebvre is psyched for viewers to watch Tuesday's episode of The Taste (8/7c, ABC), when the culinary reality series shifts from the audition to competition rounds. Now that he and his fellow mentors -- Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson and Brian Malarkey -- have chosen their four-person teams of home cooks and professional chefs, it's time to pit them against each other. Beyond the increased heat in the kitchen, the possibility of eliminating one of their own team members during the blind taste-test drove the mentors to drink.

Tue, Feb 5, 2013

The Taste's French Chef Ludo Lefebvre: It's Game On!

Ratings: CBS Dominates, NBC Comedies Fall to Series Lows

CBS topped Tuesday with another big NCIS showing, while NBC's sitcoms slid to new lows.NCIS returned to 21.8 million viewers and a 3.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down two-tenths from its last new episode. NCIS: Los Angeles (17.2 million, 3.1) and Vegas (11.1 million, 1.9) were both up.Photos: 16 bad guys we root forA week after ...

Wed, Jan 30, 2013

Ratings: CBS Dominates, NBC Comedies Fall to Series Lows

5 Reasons We Love The Taste's Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson is proof that you can have it all, even if you are a just a home cook. The British TV star, who herself is a home cook, can add ABC's culinary competition show The Taste, which airs Tuesdays at 8/7c, to her string of hit cooking shows. On the new series, she and three other chefs — Anthony Bourdain, Ludo Lefebvre and Brian Malarkey — select contestants to be on their team based on a one-bite, blind taste test. Therefore, professional chefs and home cooks alike have an equal chance to compete, but it's not an easy thing to impress four widely different palates and deal with their mentoring styles.

Tue, Jan 29, 2013

5 Reasons We Love The Taste's Nigella Lawson

Ratings: Private Practice Checks Out on a High Note; The Taste Looks Good

Private Practice closed out its six-year run with its highest numbers since October.The series finale drew 5.2 million viewers and a 1.5 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up 25 percent from last week. Lead-in The Taste averaged 6 million viewers and a 2.2 for its series premiere, helping ABC to a win. The Taste was the night's top-rated program and was a tenth higher than Dancing with the Stars' premiere in the slot last season.Winter TV Preview: Must-see new showsPrivate Practice did lose the 10 p.m. slot to Parenthood, whose season finale earned ...

Wed, Jan 23, 2013

Ratings: Private Practice Checks Out on a High Note; The Taste Looks Good

Anthony Bourdain's The Taste Strategy: "Make Those Jaded Sons of B----es Cry"

What is the secret ingredient that Anthony Bourdain wants his team to use on The Taste? Tears. When ABC's new cooking competition show kicks off Tuesday at 8/7c, Bourdain and three other judges — British TV cook Nigella Lawson, Ludo Bites America's Ludo Lefebvre and former Top Chef competitor Brian Malarkey — will taste-test one bite of food from each of 29 hopefuls competing for one of only 16 spots on the judges' teams. But the tastings will be conducted blind, which means the judges won't know if a professional chef or a self-taught home cook prepared the dish.

Tue, Jan 22, 2013

Anthony Bourdain's The Taste Strategy: "Make Those Jaded Sons of B----es Cry"