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Season 1 – The Taste UK

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The high-stakes cooking competition where flavor is the only thing that matters.
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The Taste UK — Season 1

The Taste UK — Season 1

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Nigella Lawson

Judge

Anthony Bourdain

Judge

Ludo Lefebvre

Judge

Claire Nosworthy

Executive Producer

Danielle Lux

Executive Producer

Murray Boland

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 7, 2014 Hosts Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre and Anthony Bourdain sample the cooking of 25 hopefuls; each of them must deliver just one spoonful of food that will showcase their talent and earn them a spot on the show. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 14, 2014 Nigella, Ludo and Anthony see their hand-picked contestants in action for the first time; guest chef Richard Corrigan sets and judges a challenge where the mentors must coach their cooks to create the best prawn cocktail. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 21, 2014 Only 11 cooks remain and this time the challenge is all about comfort food; dishes range from ginger and black pepper rice pudding to posh cheese on toast; the contestants must make a pie fit for Michelin-starred guest chef Michael Caines. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 28, 2014 Things get hot in the kitchen as the cooks prepare some spiced sweet dishes for guest chef Yotam Ottolenghi; they serve up the spiciest spoonfuls they can muster to Nigella, Anthony and Ludo with some eye-watering results. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 4, 2014 The cooks take recipes passed down through the generations and turn them into food fit for Anthony, Ludo and Nigella. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 11, 2014 The cooks are challenged to produce sensational sweet and savory spoonfuls that must contain chocolate; acclaimed sweet chef Eric Lanlard is on hand, as they create dishes ranging from chocolate cupcakes to chocolate and Stilton tarts. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 17, 2014 Simon Rogan of L'enclume, one of Britain's best restaurants, challenges the chefs to cook fantastic food using leftovers; using ingredients from fish heads to wine dregs, they must make sensational spoonfuls out of scraps. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 25, 2014 Six cooks remain, all hoping to prove that they can produce the best tasting food in Britain; this episode is all about meat and features the master of `nose to tail' cooking, Fergus Henderson, as guest chef. Details Episode 9 Aired Mar 4, 2014 The competition reaches the semifinal stage, but only four cooks can progress to the final; the theme is `simplicity' and the queen of simply sublime food, Angela Hartnett, is the guest chef everyone's desperate to impress. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 11, 2014 The challenge for the four finalists is all about champagne, as the contestants must create the perfect canapé to accompany a glass of bubbly; the guest chef is Pierre Koffman. Details
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Season Info

Director
Andy Devonshire
Executive Producer
Claire Nosworthy, Danielle Lux, Murray Boland
Network
Channel 4
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Reality, Special Interest
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 7, 2014
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