TLC presents a blazing battle of flavors in the Taste

TLC presents a culinary battle between multi award-winning food writer and television presenter Nigella Lawson, chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain and critically acclaimed chef Ludo Lefebvre in the new series THE TASTE. Watch teams of professional and amateur cooks battle it out to impress these tough-to-please judges.

THE TASTE premieres March 2, 2015 and will air every Monday and Tuesday at 9PM on TLC.

The trio is in search to find out UK’s first winner of THE TASTE. Twelve competitors, from varied backgrounds, cook dishes in an attempt to impress three of the world's most famous chefs. Three teams of four aspiring chefs are mentored by the trio, where they take on each other to survive the extreme fight to be the first winner of THE TASTE.

Rahul Johri, Executive Vice President and General Manager – South Asia & South East Asia, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said, “As the pioneer of lifestyle entertainment in India, TLC has been an incubator of new and unique formats on cuisine, travel, makeover, relationships etc. With THE TASTE, TLC brings three of the world’s most renowned chefs together to mentor and judge cooks from all over the UK and select one who will be crowned the champion.”

All the dishes will be judged in a blind taste test. Each episode will witness the collision of fiery challenges, blind-taste eliminations and simmering egos which are cooked up as the contestants’ battle it out to please the palates of the mentors.

One blind spoonful can change everything on THE TASTE. Enjoy the intense battle between the three world famous chefs only on TLC!