The Taste Finale: Triple Threat [HD]

As someone else said, The Voice meets cooking
The premise of the show is great. The blind taste tests remove the likely hood of bias judging which is great. Love Anthony and Ludo the most since I'm familiar with them from previous things they've done. As someone mentioned, Malarkey is full off douchebaggery. And all I could think of the whole show was "did the term 'you're full of a bunch of malarkey' derive from this guy?" cuz it most definitely seemed like it. Lol. Wouldn't mind him being replaced by someone less annoying but that's just my personal opinion which I'm sure is not shared by all. But I was very happy about who won the show and think it was well deserved. She was my favorite contestant and totally adored her. All in all, my only complaint (other than Malarkey fitting the saying perfectly) was the show was incredibly short. I'd like to see this come back for a second season and be much longer. Either have more contestants or only vote off 1 person a show. I felt like the show was over way too quickly and I was still...

Good Show
There's more going on in Hell's Kitchen but I really enjoyed this show too, especially since the chefs didn't know what rating they were giving the contestants from their own kitchens. If you like cooking contests, I think you'll like this too.

good first try at a great concept...
one of my pet peaves with contest shows is the question of blindness and bias. This show has a lot of promise if it sticks with that idea. Unfortunately where the concept breaks down is the final judging; where all pretense of impartiality breaks down. Early on, through blind tasting one of the judges was nearly marginalized and the results proved that the concept could easily be discarded if it meant unfortunate results for a judge. Something Anthony Bourdaine himself would ridicule if done by someone else.

The personalities make for good tv, with the exception of the douchebaggery of Malarkey, his utter lack of grace and charm stand in sharp contrast to the other three judges who--although not without their own strong personalities--at least have some gravitas. Lose him and also go back to blind judging the final outcome and the show might have a a chance.

Oh yeah, the spoon delivery women are a jarring distraction and seem to be dressed by someone who has been...

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