This time, the Taste Test Restaurant is transformed into the Taste Test Trattoria. Tom Read Wilson serves up la dolce vita when he invites diners to sample foods from one of the nation's favourite cuisines - Italian. Our taste testers tuck...See moreThis time, the Taste Test Restaurant is transformed into the Taste Test Trattoria. Tom Read Wilson serves up la dolce vita when he invites diners to sample foods from one of the nation's favourite cuisines - Italian. Our taste testers tuck into everything from spaghetti carbonara to tiramisu; arancini to garlic bread, to see which deliver on taste and texture. The diners are a discerning bunch: a trio of Italian nonnas (grandmothers) searching for an authentic taste of home, an engaged couple passionate about this cuisine, Neapolitan brothers who make pizza for a living, best friends who love Italian holidays, veteran footballers who stoke up with pasta before matches and a chorus of opera singers. They're not afraid to tell Tom their feisty opinions and might even sing for their supper. There are surprises in store when premium supermarkets lose out to a mid-market one, and one product receives a less than rapturous response. In the kitchen, super-chef Mike Reid is pulling out the stops to deliver a delicious dining experience to the taste testers. He reveals a not-so-Italian ingredient used to make arancini appeal to Brits, how to make a perfect carbonara at home and the secrets of a good tiramisu. Written by
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