The Taste
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Taste |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | since 2013 |
| Production company |
Redseven Entertainment GmbH |
| length | 120-180 minutes |
| Episodes | 46+ (+3 specials) in 7 seasons |
| Broadcasting cycle |
weekly |
| genre | Cooking casting show |
| Moderation |
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| First broadcast | November 13, 2013 on Sat.1 |
The Taste (Engl. For "The Taste") is a cooking casting show on the German television station Sat.1 . The first in the United States by ABC broadcast television format on which to ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is part of Red Arrow Entertainment Group owns the rights, was first broadcast in Germany on November 13, 2013. Sat.1 extended the show by a fourth season, which aired from October 12, 2016. On November 22, 2016, Sat.1 announced that it would produce a 5th season, which will be broadcast in autumn 2017. Furthermore, a spin-off with celebrities as participants was broadcast for the first time in 2017 . From October 2, 2019 to November 27, 2019, the 7th season will be broadcast on Sat.1 on Wednesdays.
Overview
| Season | premiere | final | winner | place 2 | Other finalists | "Winning Coach" | moderator | Coaches (series) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||||||||
| 1 | November 13, 2013 | 18th December 2013 | Felicitas | Dennis | Gabriel , Christa , / | Tim Mälzer | Christine Henning | Tim Mälzer | Léa Linster | Alexander Herrmann | Frank Rosin |
| 2 | October 8, 2014 | 19th November 2014 | Jan | Ole | Timo , Rosina , Malte , / | Alexander Herrmann | |||||
| 3 | 2nd September 2015 | October 14, 2015 | Kristof | Tobias | Helena , Jan Thorben , Susanne , Daniela | Tim Mälzer | Cornelia Poletto | ||||
| 4th | October 12, 2016 | 23rd November 2016 | Marco | Frank | Jörg , Boris , Viviana , Tilo | Alexander Herrmann | Frank Rosin | Roland Trettl | Alexander Herrmann | ||
| 5 | October 11, 2017 | December 6, 2017 | Lisa | Joel | Christian , Hansjörg , Luisa , Michi | ||||||
| 6th | October 10, 2018 | 5th December 2018 | Gary | Semi | Christoph , Melanie , Eva , Jörg , / | Roland Trettl | Alexander Herrmann | Cornelia Poletto | Roland Trettl | ||
| 7th | 2nd October 2019 | November 27, 2019 | Marko | Susanne | Michi , Tobias , Bassim , Maximilian | Alexander Herrmann | Tim Raue | Maria Gross | Alexander Herrmann | ||
| 8th | September 2, 2020 | October 28, 2020 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Angelina Kirsch | Alexander Kumptner | Tim Raue | ||
concept
The aim of the program is to determine the best chef through an elimination competition. This one can win a prize. In the first season, the finalists also received a voucher for kitchen appliances worth 10,000 euros and the winners a car. Both professional and hobby cooks appear as participants. Product placement takes place on the show ; the first season was fully recorded before the first episode aired.
At the beginning, each candidate is given an hour to cook a dish of their choice. The dish may only be served on tasting spoons . The judges are served the dish without knowing who the chef is. Then they decide whether the respective candidate was so good that they should join their team for the further course of the program. If the candidate has convinced several jurors, he can decide whose team he would like to join. Up to and including the fourth season there were four chefs in each team, since season 5 there have been five.
In the further course of the program, the candidates are coached by their mentor and have to choose to cook dishes on predetermined topics, sometimes under the supervision of the mentor, sometimes without them. After each cooking round, either the jurors or guest jurors decide again in a blind tasting who was the worst cook. This must be eliminated, whereby there is still a relegation chance through elimination boiling between the cooks of the worst rated dishes of a sequence. Through the blind tasting, it is possible for a juror to speak out against a chef from his own team.
Sequence of events
The first and last episodes of a season are different.
Regular sequence
First, the moderator introduces a guest juror who will evaluate the results of the first cooking session. Then the culinary topic of the episode is named and since season 2 the coaches have to blindly choose from four subdivisions of the actual topic, according to which their dish must then be based.
In the first cooking session, the candidates cook a dish under the supervision of their coach, which they have 60 minutes to prepare. Immediately before this preparation time, you will have the opportunity to talk to the team for five minutes and plan your tasting spoons. Since only one of all the spoons prepared in the team can be sent to the guest judge for evaluation, the team discusses in the last minutes of the cooking time which candidate will prepare his spoon for the judge. The coach has the last word. The guest juror does not know which team is presenting which tasting spoon, but sees the topic to be implemented. He judges the four spoons as “best spoon” and “worst spoon”. The team that has cooked the best spoon receives the guest jurors as support in the second round. In addition, the cook of this spoon is immune - so cannot be eliminated in the course of the further program and will definitely take part in the next episode. The team which, in the opinion of the guest judge, prepared the worst spoon immediately loses a team member. The team coach alone decides which candidate has to leave the show. This is not necessarily the candidate who cooked the worst-rated dish. Since the 7th season, a coach from another team has been allowed to steal an outgoing candidate into his team at this point, provided that he has not yet taken this option in the season after a previous team or decision-making boil.
Before the second cooking round, the guest judge gives three “secret ingredients”, at least one of which must be used in the next dish of the candidate's choice. For the second phase, the candidates are given another hour of cooking time and the coaches withdraw because they are supposed to evaluate the dishes of the second round without the cook's knowledge. After trying all the spoons, each juror awards a gold star ("best spoon") and a red star ("worst spoon"). Candidates whose spoons were not rated in this way by the judges will automatically advance. Chefs who have received a star can only progress safely if they have not received a red star. All candidates who have received a red star must still participate in a decision cooking in the same sequence. This also applies if the person has received gold stars anyway.
In the decision-making process, the candidates are given a culinary topic and have to implement it without the support of the coaches. Only their teammates are allowed to cheer and advise them from a grandstand above the cooking area. After the third cooking session, the four coaches assess the results blindly again as in the second session and only award one gold star (“best spoon”). Only the candidate whose court receives this rating most often will participate in the next episode. Since season 2, every candidate can advance in the decision-making process if they receive at least one gold star. In theory, all participants in the decision-making process have the opportunity to start again in the next episode. Since the 5th season, the coaches have been able to provide advice during the decision-making process (only 30–45 instead of 60 minutes). The guest juror then decides on the candidates' progress. Here, too, since the 7th season, another coach has been allowed to steal an outgoing candidate from his team, provided that he has not already taken this option after a team cooking or decision cooking in this season.
If a team loses its last team member due to the departure of a chef from the show before the finals, the team is deemed to be dissolved. The team coach continues to participate in all assessments. If candidates have to leave the show for health reasons, other chefs who may have previously retired will move up and thus receive a second chance.
final
For the first cooking round of the final, a guest judge gives the remaining four candidates three ingredients, of which at least one must be used. The opponents have one hour to cook, they are advised by the coaches while cooking. The guest judge evaluates the four prepared dishes, the chef of what he considers to be the worst dish is eliminated.
For the second cooking run of the final episode, the candidates in the first season were presented with four wines by another guest juror, with which they, with the advice of their coaches, should cook a corresponding dish. The guest judge of the second final round also lets the cook out of what he considers to be the worst dish.
In the final round of season 1, the two remaining cooks were asked to prepare a three-course menu within 90 minutes , again only served on tasting spoons, without the assistance of the coaches . The coaches choose what they think is the best menu, as explained on the show, without knowing who cooked the respective menu. The candidate who got the most good ratings won the show and won a prize of € 100,000.
In the final round of the second season, the two remaining cooks, unaccompanied by the coaches, but accompanied by a candidate who had already left, were asked to prepare any dish on 44 spoons within 90 minutes (40 spoons for the audience, 4 for the jury). The candidate who received the most good ratings had won the show and won a prize of € 50,000 and a cookbook with the winner's cover, which was available in all bookshops from the day after the final.
In the final round of season 3, the two remaining cooks were supposed to prepare a three-course menu within 90 minutes without the assistance of the coaches, again only served on tasting spoons. Before the program was broadcast, the coaches were asked about their favorite ingredients. The two remaining candidates were allowed to choose a face-down card that contained a combination of the ingredients of a coach. The candidate who got the most good reviews won the show and won a prize of € 50,000 and a cookbook with the picture of the winner on the cover, which appeared the day after the final.
Contributors
Jury & coaches
| Season / special | Jury & coaches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Rosin | Alexander Herrmann | Léa Linster | Tim Mälzer | 2013 |
| 2 | 2014 | ||||
| 3 | Cornelia Poletto | 2015 | |||
| 4th | Roland Trettl | 2016 | |||
| Celebrity Special 1 | 2017 | ||||
| Celebrity Special 2 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6th | 2018 | ||||
| Christmas special | |||||
| 7th | Tim Raue | Maria Gross | 2019 | ||
| 8th | Alexander Kumptner | 2020 | |||
Moderation
| Season / special | Moderation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Christine Henning |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4th | |
| Celebrity Special 1 | |
| Celebrity Special 2 | |
| 5 | |
| 6th | |
| Christmas special | |
| 7th | |
| 8th | Angelina Kirsch |
Guest jurors
First season (2013)
Second season (2014)
Third season (2015)
Fourth season (2016)
Celebrity Special 1
On September 10, 2017, a celebrity special from The Taste was broadcast for the first time under the name The Taste - Promis am Spoon . As in the fourth season, the coaches were Alexander Herrmann , Frank Rosin , Cornelia Poletto and Roland Trettl . Each coach got two celebrities on his team. Then there were two team challenges, where after each challenge two celebrities were eliminated by the guest judge Christian Lohse . The last four candidates were each given a resigned candidate for the final as an assistant. The winner was Patrick Lindner from Cornelia Poletto's team.
The teams:
- Team Frank Rosin: Oliver Pocher , Elena Uhlig
- Team Cornelia Poletto: Désirée Nick , Patrick Lindner
- Team Roland Trettl: Panagiota Petridou , Jeannine Michaelsen
- Team Alexander Herrmann: Maddin Schneider , Christine Theiss
History of the celebrity special 1
| space | Celebrity | Team cooking 1 | Team cooking 2 | final | Main topic of the phase in which the celebrity left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Patrick Lindner | Further | best spoon | Winner (4 gold stars) | - |
| 2nd / 3rd / 4th | Christine Theiss | Further | Further | Eliminated | 2-course menu |
| Panagiota Petridou | best spoon | Further | Eliminated | ||
| Jeannine Michaelsen | Further | best spoon | Eliminated | ||
| 5th / 6th | Elena Uhlig | Further | Eliminated | Problems of a host | |
| Maddin Schneider | best spoon | Eliminated | |||
| 7th / 8th | Désirée Nick | Eliminated | childhood memories | ||
| Oliver Pocher | Eliminated | ||||
Celebrity Special 2
The second celebrity special was broadcast on September 17, 2017 with the same concept, the same coaches and under the same name as the first celebrity special. The winner was Evi Sachsenbacher from Roland Trettl's team.
The teams:
- Team Frank Rosin: Mousse T. , Claudia Effenberg
- Team Cornelia Poletto: Hans Sarpei , Lilly Becker
- Team Roland Trettl: Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle , Matthias Killing
- Team Alexander Herrmann: Mimi Fiedler , Julius Brink
History of the celebrity special 2
| space | Celebrity | Team cooking 1 | Team cooking 2 | final | Main topic of the phase in which the celebrity left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle | Further | best spoon | Winner (3 gold stars) | - |
| 2. | Claudia Effenberg | best spoon | best spoon | 2nd place | 2-course menu |
| 3rd / 4th | Mousse T. | Further | Further | Eliminated | |
| Matthias Killing | best spoon | Further | Eliminated | ||
| 5th / 6th | Mimi Fiedler | Further | Eliminated | Colours | |
| Lilly Becker | Further | Eliminated | |||
| 7th / 8th | Julius Brink | Eliminated | Vacation destinations | ||
| Hans Sarpei | Eliminated | ||||
Fifth season (2017)
Sixth season (2018)
Christmas special
A Christmas special was broadcast by The Taste on December 12, 2018, a week after the sixth season finale. As in the previous seasons, the coaches were Alexander Herrmann , Frank Rosin , Cornelia Poletto and Roland Trettl . For this, each coach selected two candidates from their previous teams.
The teams:
- Team Frank Rosin: Helena (season 3), Michi (season 5)
- Team Alexander Herrmann: Rosina (Season 2), Marco (Winner Season 4)
- Team Cornelia Poletto: Tobias (season 3), Hansjörg (season 5)
- Team Roland Trettl: Luisa (Season 5), Gary (Winner Season 6)
Course of the Christmas special
| space | cook | Team cooking 1 | Team cooking 2 | Team Cooking 3 (Final) | Main topic of the phase in which the candidate was eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hansjörg | Further | best spoon | winner | - |
| 2nd / 3rd / 4th | Michi | best spoon | Further | Eliminated | Christmas desserts |
| Marco | Further | Further | Eliminated | ||
| Luisa | Further | best spoon | Eliminated | ||
| 5th / 6th | Helena | Further | Eliminated | Christmas main courses | |
| Rosina | best spoon | Eliminated | |||
| 7th / 8th | Tobias | Eliminated | Christmas starters | ||
| Gary | Eliminated | ||||
Seventh season (2019)
Eighth season (2020)
Sat.1 has announced another season for 2020. Frank Rosin will be one of the four coaches again. From this season onwards, it will no longer be hosted by Christine Henning, but by Angelina Kirsch . In addition to the previous coaches, Frank Rosin, Alexander Herrmann and Tim Raue, Alexander Kumptner will take part as a coach for the first time , replacing Maria Groß. For the first time in the show's history, there is a jury without a female member.
Audience ratings
| Season | consequences | Channel | Time slot | Season premiere | Season finale | spectator | Market share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | 14 to 49 years | total | 14 to 49 years | ||||||
| 1 | 6th | Sat 1 | Wednesday, 8:15 p.m. | Nov 13, 2013 | Dec 18, 2013 | 1.98 million | 1.20 million | 6.7% | 10.5% |
| 2 | 7th | Oct 8, 2014 | Nov 19, 2014 | 1.80 million | - | 6.4% | 9.7% | ||
| 3 | 7th | Sep 2 2015 | Oct 14, 2015 | 1.64 million | 0.90 million | 6.1% | 9.3% | ||
| 4th | 7th | Oct 12, 2016 | 23 Nov 2016 | 1.68 million | - | - | 9.4% | ||
| 5 | 9 | Oct 11, 2017 | Dec 6, 2017 | 1.47 million | 0.84 million | 5.5% | 9.3% | ||
| 6th | 9 | Oct 10, 2018 | 5th Dec 2018 | 1.40 million | 0.74 million | 5.4% | 8.9% | ||
| 7th | 9 | Oct 2, 2019 | Nov 27, 2019 | ||||||
criticism
Jürgen Dollase criticized in the FAZ that, since the applicants were not recruited from the circles of recognized top chefs, not the best chef, but "probably only the best chef of the rest" was determined. Focussing the way of serving on a test spoon is overwhelming for both candidates and the jury anyway, because not every dish can be served sensibly on just one spoon. The candidate preselection (10,000 people applied for the first season) was apparently based on dramaturgical considerations. In general, the cooking programs on television would allow the philistine bourgeoisie to grow up; the program The Taste is so far removed from cooking that “cooking could also be replaced by masonry work or flower care”.
The journalist Klaus Dahlbeck criticized in his food blog that candidates who had already left could intervene through a back door, but fundamentally contradicted Dollase's assessment that he judged an entertainment TV program according to the standards of gastronomy criticism, which in view of the fact that odorous and taste television has not yet been invented, the program The Taste does not do justice.
Awards
The Taste was nominated for the German Television Award in 2018 .
In the category of best creative performance Entertainment (director, writer, editor) were Ralf fireplace (Head editor) and Christian Bender nominated (average producer) for the best cut.
Other nominees in this category were Micky Beisenherz , Jens Oliver Haas and Jörg Uebber (book), as well as Mark Achterberg (director). The latter won the prize for directing Let's Dance and Germany's Next Top Model - Das Finale .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Lückerath in the media magazine dwdl.de from June 25, 2013: Sat.1 gets Tim Mälzer for “The Taste”. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ↑ The Taste 2017: Sat.1 confirms season 5 of the cooking show .
- ↑ DWDL.de GmbH: So Sat.1 wants to return to a growth path - DWDL.de .
- ↑ https://m.dwdl.de/a/77827
- ↑ Jürgen Dollase in the FAZ from November 15, 2013: The TV chefs should put the spoon aside. Retrieved online December 6, 2013.
- ↑ Website rewirpower.de The Revierportal dated December 5, 2013: The departed return: Big dizziness at The Taste or just a completely normal process? Retrieved December 12, 2013
- ↑ Website rewirpower.de The Revierportal from December 19, 2013: The Taste: A program for culinary philistines? Retrieved December 19, 2013
- ↑ German TV Prize 2018: The winners have been announced. DEUTSCHER FERNSEHPREIS GmbH, January 26, 2019, accessed on November 2, 2019 .