John William G Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 There is a new, and different, cooking show starting tonight on ABC: “The Taste.” The New York Times thinks it might be worth watching. I have my doubts, but we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I'll watch it but I'm not so sure that Brian Malarkey is a culinary master. He was on Top Chef and didn't win. I'm not a big fan of Ludo either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I'm going to watch because I can't resist any sort of cooking show, and because I think Bourdain is entertaining, but yeah, I agree a couple of the judges are potentially questionable choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We found it unwatchable. Great idea. Terrible execution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Pretty pitiful, I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Pretty pitiful, I agree. Fortunately, I had to switch to PBS after the first hour. I thought the whole thing was just confused and the judges' votes seemed to have nothing to do with their initial comments about the food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I only caught the second hour but kind of liked it. I like the concept, and found the show itself no worse than Master Chef. Mostly I like the idea that moving forward it's possible for the judges to be voting off people from their own team. I think it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Not committed to watching the entire show, but I'm going to at least give it another episode or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The only positive aspect of the show, for me, was that home cooks and professionals were treated the same way. It was interesting to hear the judges trying to guess whether the taste was prepared by a professional. Otherwise, it was a slapdash production that often left the viewer confused. There were some fairly nasty (bleeped out) comments about the cooks. Bourdain censored just looks like a real jerk - the context of his own shows with their back alley grit and sometimes trying conditions makes his profanity and his directness just part of the experience. But in a posh studio with all amenities, he seems more coarse than necessary. I don't care that he's selling out to network TV and the big dollars, but I hope he spends less time trashing others who do, or who have done, the same. When network prime time succeeds with a "reality" cooking show, we are are all going to be shoved down the very slippery slope of spin-offs and one-ups (American Idol, The Voice, etc.) which means that anyone who has successfully executed a lasagna or a lemon pie is going to believe he or she can be the Next! Big! Thing! Watch for short-lived restaurant openings near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John William G Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Maybe my expectations were very low, but I liked it more than I thought I would. It was interesting to see what people would cook when the judges had to evaluate it after only one bite. I’ll watch it at least another time or two. Who knows, it may grow on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacrilicious Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I like the idea of blind tasting but it was unnecessarily long and drawn out, repeatedly showing a disembodied hand deciding between the two buttons, Nigella waffling about whether to hit yes or no, etc. At least The Voice has a song that the audience can listen to and enjoy or not during the judge's deliberations. Here there didn't seem to be much to say about one bite of food. Plus the repeated cycle of sob/inspiring story - swallow bite - meet the cheftestant - rejection started to feel tedious after a while. I made it through about 45 minutes before getting bored. I haven't deleted it from the DVR yet, but maybe I'll just wait until they start the actual cooking competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Bourdain's participation in this show is proof that he is officially a sellout. The only thing left is to wait for his cookware line to be sold on QVC. Then we will know the apocalypse has finally arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiveturk21 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I will watch another episode or two, but it was pretty much a train wreck. I don't know if it was bad editing or the producers had too heavy of a hand in the decisions, but there were several tastes that they really liked, but then no one picked that chef to move on!? I almost felt as though they were so hell bent on taking as many home cooks to the next round as pros that they didn't pick the best. I have never really like Bourdain, but this took the cake for me, he is not good on the show. Nigella is looking better than ever (at 53!). Malarkey is a fucking tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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