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Food tasks
Eating, cooking and doing unusual things with food.
Series 1
Eat as much watermelon as possible
In the lab, there is a watermelon. Eat as much watermelon as possible. You have one minute. Your time starts when you open the door to the…
Identify the contents of these pies
Identify the contents of these pies. You may touch the pies, but may not breach their pastry. Your time starts now.
Make the best meal for the Taskmaster using ingredients beginning with every letter of the alphabet
Make the best meal for the Taskmaster using ingredients beginning with every letter of the alphabet. You have a total of 2 hours. Your time…
Series 2
Eat me
Eat me. Fastest wins.
Series 3
Create the best flag meal
Create the best flag meal. You have 10 minutes to choose your flag and plan your meal, then 30 minutes to to prepare your meal. Best flag…
Series 4
Bring Alex his dinner
Stand on one leg then continue reading. Your raised foot must not touch the ground until the task is complete. Bring Alex his dinner. Every…
Make the most exotic sandwich
Make the most exotic sandwich. You have 10 minutes to plan your exotic sandwich, then 10 minutes to construct it. Your time starts now.…
Series 5
Eat one item, throw one item, balance one item
Standing behind this rope, throw one item into the bucket. You may retrieve the item if it misses, but you must be stood behind the rope on…
Make marmite
Make marmite. You have 10 minutes to select your ingredients and then 10 minutes to make your marmite. The best marmite wins. Your time…
COC
Make a mask that tastes delicious and looks great
Make a mask that tastes delicious and looks great. Your mask must be entirely edible and entirely wearable. You have 10 minutes to plan…
Series 6
Work out the flavours of these baby foods
Work out the flavours of these baby foods. Most accurate flavour guesses wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now. Also, there's a…
Tuck as many items from the kitchen inside the sweatband as possible
Wearing this sweatband around your head at all times, tuck as many items from the kitchen inside the sweatband as possible. Then make a…
Series 8
Identify the flavours of these crisps
Choose an outfit that the contestant whose first name comes after yours alphabetically must wear throughout a future task. You have two…
Devise the most delicious dust
Devise the most delicious dust. You have 5 minutes to choose your ingredients, then 10 minutes to make your delicious dust and serve it in…
Series 9
Arrange the lollies in rainbow order on the board in front of you
Arrange the lollies in rainbow order on the board in front of you. You may only take off your goggles if you find the dodo. You may only…
Series 11
Make the best babushka meal
Make the best babushka meal. Each course must be presented inside the previous course. Best babushka meal wins. You have five minutes to…
Series 12
Work out the contents of these bags
Work out the contents of these bags. You may not open the bags. You can either: A. Ask Alex to make one tiny hole in each bag and have 5…
Drink all this drink with your mouth open
Drink all this drink with your mouth open. Your mouth must be visibly open throughout. The fastest wins. Your time starts and your mouth…
NYT 2022
Drink all the vinegar
Drink all the vinegar. Fastest wins. Your time starts now and ends when you shout "I've drunk all the vinegar".
Series 13
Sculpt the most beautiful sculpture
Sculpt the most beautiful sculpture. Your sculpture must weigh exactly 150g and be entirely edible. You have five minutes to order your…
Identify the liquids
Identify the liquids. Most accurately identified liquids wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now. You may only spray the perfume…
Series 14
Identify the ice cream flavours
Identify the ice cream flavours. The most correct ice cream flavours identified wins. You have ten minutes and you must find every flavour…
Series 15
Make a "adjective" "country adjectival" "noun"
Write down a number between 1 and 100, a length of time between 1 minute and 20 minutes, five ingredients, a country, a noun, and an…
Series 16
Make a sausage
Make a sausage. You can only use seven ingredients, each beginning with the letters of the word "SAUSAGE". You have five minutes to order…
Series 21
Work out what food is under the cloche
Work out what food is under the cloche. When you have done that, and only when you have done that, you must remove the cloche and eat the…