# New Reality show - The Taste **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117 "2013-01-23T16:36:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/21 "2013-01-25T05:07:43Z")
So, someone someone just needs to make a lovin spoonful? I’ll watch Feb 5. Don’t want to see any more auditions. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/22 "2013-02-06T01:35:23Z")
Tony Bourdain - “This is supposed to be comfort food. This dish doesn’t make me comfortable, it makes me want to order a very expensive bottle of wine and crash a Ferrari.” StG ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/23 "2013-02-06T01:41:30Z")
The French guy Ludo is completely unintelligible. I can’t understand anything he’s saying. I can’t imagine the producers aren’t going to talk to him before the next episode about enunciation and slowing down his speech. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/24 "2013-02-06T05:02:50Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Tony Bourdain - “This is supposed to be comfort food. This dish doesn’t make me comfortable, it makes me want to order a very expensive bottle of wine and crash a Ferrari.” > > StG Was that for the dish by Charlie Sheen’s chef? Because that would’ve been pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/25 "2013-02-06T05:03:29Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > The French guy Ludo is completely unintelligible. I can’t understand anything he’s saying. I can’t imagine the producers aren’t going to talk to him before the next episode about enunciation and slowing down his speech. Yeah, I was thinking it would really suck to be on his team and have no idea what he was telling you. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/26 "2013-02-06T05:43:56Z")
Anthony Bourdain did an episode of ‘No Reservations’ where he was hosted by Ludo in Ludo’s hometown in Burgundy. After watching that, I can follow what Ludo is saying most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/27 "2013-02-06T12:45:01Z")
I have the closed captioning on, so ludo is deciphered. StG ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/28 "2013-02-15T01:40:15Z")
I just watched this week’s episode, and was glad to see Ludo’s guy go after he started acting like a petulant child. Is anyone else mildly irritated by Malarkey constantly needling Ludo? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/29 "2013-02-15T01:53:47Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > I love the idea of a food competition being judged on taste alone, but when I imagined it there weren’t buzzers and buttons and hidden doors. Well, I missed the audition round, but caught a couple of episodes at the gym, and all I have to say is that for a blind selection, they wound up with a suspiciously fine looking set of chefs. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/30 "2013-02-15T16:53:42Z")
I’m sorry, thumbs down on this one. It’s just another food show and I’m getting tired of them. Celebrity chefs are beginning to grate on me, there’s far too many who think they’re entertaining. I couldn’t watch it all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/31 "2013-02-20T04:13:05Z")
Ludo and Malarkey are gonna throw down by season’s end. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/32 "2013-02-20T15:25:37Z")
Tony Bourdain is pretty kind-hearted considering he’s a chef. I really think he hates to see his contestants go, more than any of the other celebrichefs. StG ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/33 "2013-02-20T17:55:28Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Ludo and Malarkey are gonna throw down by season’s end. We can only hope - I’d love to see one or both of them get punched in the face. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/34 "2013-02-20T20:13:01Z")
Something else that has been pointed out: if it’s truly a blind tasting, then why do they reveal who cooked each of the worst dishes before voting on who to eliminate? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/35 "2013-02-27T06:39:46Z")
The cute girl lost! Nigella shoulda lost her kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/36 "2013-02-27T07:23:37Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Something else that has been pointed out: if it’s truly a blind tasting, then why do they reveal who cooked each of the worst dishes before voting on who to eliminate? I think it’s so the judges can have an out if it turns out that one of the best chefs had a crappy night. Similar to how they do it in _So You Think You Can Dance_, which has the audience vote for the bottom three couples and then the judges pick two to eliminate. I like that The Taste is doing blind tastings for all of the episodes, and not just the initial tryouts. It does make it seem more fair. And I don’t mind so much if the judges know who made the worst dishes before they pick who to eliminate. So if a contestant who has been stellar throughout has one off night, then they probably won’t get eliminated. However, it’s possible that even with this format the judges might end up having to send someone home that they really didn’t want to. For example, what if the four judges each name the dish they think is the worst, and they all agree on one or two dishes? Then those contestants are definitely going home. Or if the four judges end up choosing three dishes as the worst and one of them has immunity, then the other two are automatically going home. I think this is good for upping the tension and pressure because the contestants know that even if they’re in the worst dishes the judges _might_ be able to/choose to save them, but it’s by no means guaranteed. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/37 "2013-03-13T16:30:10Z")
This just ended last night. It was an okay show. Like the similar “MasterChef” show on FOX, the audition part really dragged. And I think it needs a format tweak in that the “team challenge” seems to be heavily skewed in favor of the best chef among the team leaders/judges, in this case Ludo (whose team IIRC won all of the team challenges except the final), considering that the judges are basically just telling the “contestants” what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/38 "2013-03-13T16:58:47Z")
I didn’t really care for him, but Ludo totally hosed the guy who won all the challenges for his team. Too bad he wasn’t blonde and boobed, hey? Happy with the winner - she seemed excellent, and had a great attitude. ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/39 "2013-03-14T13:49:54Z")
Just read somewhere (TwoP?) that the winner, Kristianne, will soon be on an episode of Millionaire Matchmaker. Apparently, she’s considered a millionaire. I don’t know if she taped The Taste before or after the Millionaire Matchmaker. It’s confusing because her girlfriend was cheering her on at the Taste finale, and on Millionaire, she’s looking for a girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117/40 "2013-03-14T14:00:57Z")
> [@JuliaSqueezer](#): > > Just read somewhere (TwoP?) that the winner, Kristianne, will soon be on an episode of Millionaire Matchmaker. Apparently, she’s considered a millionaire. The prize for The Taste was what, a car and $100K, IIRC. She had to have been rich already if she’s genuinely a millionaire, but I don’t know what kind of standards the Millionaire Matchmaker upholds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-reality-show-the-taste/648117.md?page=3)