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Knorr Taste Quest | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Created by | Unilever Nigeria |
Directed by | Gregory Odutayo |
Starring | Dr Robert & Chef Fregz |
Opening theme | “Toss it” by Yemi Alade |
Country of origin | Nigeria |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | November 2013 – present |
Knorr Taste Quest is a Unilever Nigeria-sponsored TV reality show that started airing in 2013. The show was created to reinforce Knorr's culinary expertise. During the show, the brand's panel of expert judges give various tasks to the contestants to test their culinary prowess and also their creativity. [1]
Two well-known Nigerian celebrity chefs, Dr Robert and Chef Fregz, have been the judges from the start of the show to Season 4. In the competition, the judges select the best 12 contestants to compete for 13 weeks, with one of them emerging as the winner and ultimately crowned as Nigeria's culinary best.
At the start of each season, there is a ‘call to entry’ into the competition and afterwards an audition process where qualified candidates are selected to enter into the final competition which can involve delivering different tasks as allocated by the judges. The grand finale usually involves 3 top contestants battling it out for the chance to emerge the winner.
The 5th season is broadcast on;
Saturday: NTA- 6-7PM, AIT-7-8PM Sunday: DSTV/African Magic Family- 7-8PM, gotv/ African Magic Family- 7-8PM
SEASONS | First Winner | Second Winner | Third Winner |
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Knorr Taste Quest Season 1 | Lalu Surdiham | Patricia Allison | Saratu Mamman |
Knorr Taste Quest Season 2 | Dixon Olakunbi | Nwando Onuigbo | Olabode Akinyoola |
Knorr Taste Quest Season 3 | Davies obiekea | Dapo Lambo | Onisaratu Olatunji |
Knorr Taste Quest Season 4 | Nahvi Ifode | Emmanuel Ehimen | Oluwaseun Akomolafe |
Knorr Taste Quest Season 5 | Gbolabo Adebakin | Busuyi Komolafe | Dasola Abaniwonda |
Knorr Taste Quest Season 6 | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
Contestant | Hometown | Age | Occupation | Status |
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Lalu Surdiham | Alimosho, Lagos | 37 | IT analyst | Winner |
Patricia Allison | Apapa, Lagos | 39 | Housewife | Duelist (2nd place) |
Saratu Mamman | Onicha, Ebonyi | 20 | Law student | 3rd place 7th evicted |
Precious Mangane | Jos, Plateau | 23 | Art student | 4th place |
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