Review of The Taste

The Taste (I) (2013–2015)
2/10
Just Bad
29 December 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Did not like (only one episode in). The show is just a gimmick where supposedly formidable cooking talents sit around humiliating people i.e. bullying for (what are bound to be) "low" ratings! And also mugging painfully to the cameras. The 'awesome' foursome Ludo, Malarkey, Nigella and Anthony spend a lot of time speaking to the camera telling how wonderful and noble there fellow judges are (filler?) And then there's the question of "blind tasting" which has become standard since Masterchef and presumably a sign of fairness. Except in this show the votes are not actually locked in until after the contestants appear and there does appear to be low levels at least of homophobia given the responses to some of the contestants. No this show is ugly (not fun) and bound to get worse. Everything feels contrived, but may have been improved if the conversation surrounding the bite size portion of dishes had have been extended for a few minutes rather than the standard 10 seconds. Hopefully this will have a low shelf life. This show is Malarkey (no pun intended) i.e rubbish indeed. Opium for the masses.
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