by Oge Okonkwo
Every week on the Knorr Taste Quest, contestants have to pit their culinary skills against each other to determine who would be crowned Nigeria’s best. Prizes to be won are ; N2 million cash, a Ford Eco Sport SUV and Kenwood kitchen equipment for the first prize, N1 million cash and Kenwood kitchen equipment for the second place winner and N500,000 cash and Kenwood kitchen equipment for the third place winner.
Last week was a roller coaster ride as the 12 remaining contestants were grouped into two teams for their task and at the end Adetola Kehinde was evicted.
This week, contestants were tasked to “amuse” the judges palate, by preparing 5 separate tasters that can be eaten in one bite in 50 minutes using these five pieces of meat; Minute Steak, Rump Steak, Prime Piece of Pork, Lamb and Goat meat, with the following ingredients; Cashew nuts, Beet, Aubergines, Zucchini ,Carrots, Pumpkin and Ginger of which at least two of them must be featured in each taster.
After a really intense cooking time, the contestants finally presented their tasters to the judges. The judges mostly complained of either too much salt or too much pepper in the contestants’ dishes, however, Doom got fairly good reviews while Chineze on the other hand was evicted.
Nwando, Victor and Moses were all put on probation and if either of them should fall in the bottom 3 in the next task, they will be evicted!
The battle rages on, who will stand, and who will fall under the heat? You can watch past episodes of the Knorr Taste Quest on www.youtube.com/KnorrNigeria, and CH 155 on DSTV Africa Magic World. Details of TV showing times can be found on www.facebook.com/KnorrNigeria.
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