Anthony Bourdain has died
The star of CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and Travel Channel’s No Reservations also judged ABC’s The Taste and Bravo’s Top Chef.
ABC cancels The Taste, renews Shark Tank spin-off
After three seasons, ABC has cancelled the Anthony Bourdain-hosted food competition series The Taste. After just one episode, ABC has renewed its Shark Tank spin-off Beyond the Tank. The network has also renewed The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, and Shark Tank, as was to be expected. The renewal for Beyond the Tank is perhaps …
The Taste season 3 ends in the best way possible
Another season of The Taste has concluded, and like certain wines or Anderson Cooper, it keeps getting better with age. The finale featured a live studio audience of the contestants’ friends and family who could witness Ludo’s abuse in person, and came down to three men, the final two of whom were also in a separate competition to see whose …
The Anthony Bourdain In-N-Out “burger slut” video
The Anthony Bourdain In-N-Out experience video: watch a culinary icon—and judge on ABC’s The Taste—eat and discuss fast food.
The Taste and its spoons return with a new twist, same mentors
When I reviewed the first season of ABC’s The Taste, I suggested it would not last beyond one season. Thankfully, ABC thought otherwise and gave the show a shot to redeem itself, and in its second season, it really improved. It excised things that weren’t working, including former “Top Chef” Brian Malarkey. He was replaced with Marcus …
The Taste’s second season: so much better than the first
Along with the silly spoons, most of the annoying parts of The Taste have all but disappeared, improving the ABC competition in its second season. The first season just didn’t work, but there was a lot of potential that has been realized now, and that’s both surprising and great: rarely does a show get time …
Marcus Samuelsson replaces Brian Malarkey on The Taste
ABC’s The Taste, which is returning for an improbable second season, has replaced its winning judge/mentors, former Top Chef contestant Brian Malarkey, with Chopped judge Marcus Samuelsson. Malarkey’s contract wasn’t renewed; he said in a very nice statement earlier this summer that “Being a part of ABC’s The Taste was a great experience, especially mentoring …
