CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Just-Being-Me I sometimes watch The Taste when there is nothing else good on TV and i do think it is an alright show, i think there are worse, but it is FAR from the best also. I would prefer if there were new judges, i don't mind the one with the silver/grey hair but the other two i am not so keen on, i guess i could put up with Nigella even though i am not a fan of hers.I think sometimes, well most of the time though they do go very overboard when the cook does the slightest thing wrong, it's a cooking show, not a matter of life and death *rolls eyes*. I think Ludo (i think that's his name, never heard of him before this show) needs to have some respect for other people, he is rude and always shouts at the people cooking for doing what they feel is best and not listening to him all the time. I thought this was a cooking comp, i would have thought the cooks had to do what they thought is right to show off what they can do etc but no it seems to be more about the "professionals".Ludo is meant to be a "professional" yet even he gets it wrong... for example... a few eps back the cooks cooked something and she said "ok, i've done", Ludo told her to put icing sugar on, she said "but it will be too sweet", Ludo shouted at her and told her to put icing sugar on.... she then failed when the "higher professional" came to taste the food as he said it was too sweet. Ludo needs to go and be replaced with someone who has respect and knows what should be and what shouldn't.4 out of 10 from me, probably would be more if they got a better judge to join Nigella and that other guy.

mssdm43 Now that we have almost suffered through a second season of The Taste, I do hope they will find new judges for next year. I have had all of Ludo's arrogant attitude I can stand. In two seasons I have yet to understand a word he has said. He is a pompous, arrogant jerk. Nigella is a witch. She hovers over the contestant's shoulder and will not allow them to be the cook she expected they would be when she chose them. I would have walked out just like her last contestant did. The only one I think is worth keeping is Anthony. Another problem: They have never explained just how they can somehow push a button and a contestant's name pops up on the screen. If they don't know who made which dish, how can they select which one they are voting for? I have never felt a judge should be both mentor and judge. That is kind of like playing both sides of the fence. Like a conflict of interests. Just not believable.

paint9698 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.

mssmapp I like the idea of the show, however, the production was terrible. There was too much yelling/trash talk between the mentors. A good part of the show was taken up with that. There was very little talk about the food! I didn't know much about what the contestants were preparing a lot of the time or about the contestants themselves. Way too much non-food talk, overall. I didn't see much mentoring, either. The mentors did not seem to be teaching the contestants anything; either the mentors yelled at them to do something besides what the contestants wanted to do (which was undermining, most of the time) or went over to other kitchens to hassle people. I was disappointed that the final decision for the four finalists was not made based on "The Taste". The judges even stated they were not going to go with the "stars" given out and were going to choose how they wanted things to go. So much for blind tasting. Also, the scantily-clad servers were a distraction and a turn-off. Nigella's outfits were terrific...that was my favorite part of the show.