Taste of Art (2026 - 2026)

Its the Luma Enchanted Challenge where teams must create dishes that express New Zealands myths and landscapes. The winning team will be safe from the next elimination challenge.

In the first elimination challenge, it's a chocolates lovers dream as teams face off in a Whittakers chocolate challenge.

Each team must craft three distinct fine dining snacks that hero Best Foods Mayonnaise using kia moana.

Each team must create two dishes where the hero ingredient in each is preserved using traditional methods, and one team will be eliminated.

The penultimate challenge where the 3 remaining teams vie for a place in the final. They must create two dishes inspired by a table setting.

In the grand final, the top two teams battle it out in the most creative challenge yet. Teams are told to go wild and celebrate what is so great about Aotearoa and its produce.