Person ingesting food prepared for someone else to ensure it's safe to eat
"Taster" and "Tasters" redirect here. For the genetic trait, see taster (genetics). For the Italian band, see Tasters (band).
A head chef or food taster sampling dishes in Feast of Bartolomeo Colleoni in honor of Christian I of Denmark, attributed to Romanino (1467)
A food taster is a person who ingests food that was prepared for someone else, to confirm it is safe to eat. One who tests drinks in this way is known as a cupbearer. The person to whom the food is to be served is usually an important person, such as a monarch or somebody under threat of assassination or harm.
A foodtaster is a person who ingests food that was prepared for someone else, to confirm it is safe to eat. One who tests drinks in this way is known...
1960s – 18 October 1988) was an Iraqi Assyrian bodyguard, valet, and foodtaster of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He was murdered by Saddam’s son Uday...
was with him". Margot Wölk, who became his unwilling foodtaster in 1942, stated that all the food she tested for Hitler was vegetarian, and she recalled...
appeared in public with Saddam Hussein. Kamel Hana Gegeo, Hussein's valet, foodtaster and friend, introduced Samira to him. Hussein's secret marriage took...
blood products – Health crisis in the late 1970s up to 1985 Foodtaster – Person ingesting food prepared for someone else to ensure it's safe to eat Infection –...
that the taster group could be further divided into medium tasters and supertasters. Research suggests 25% of the population are non-tasters, 50% are...
demonstrate that the boy is a slave. Yassen is put to work as Sharkovsky's foodtaster and general dogsbody to the dacha with no indication that he will ever...
Claudius. This was sprinkled on a mushroom and given to the emperor by his food-taster Halotus; when this poison appeared to be ineffectual, the doctor Gaius...
nephew Akbar Kurtha as Kamel Hana Gegeo, Saddam's personal aide and food-taster Jihed Mejrissi as Mohammad Barzan al-Tikriti, Saddam's nephew to half-brother...
President Hosni Mubarak, Uday murdered his father's personal valet and foodtaster, Kamel Hana Gegeo, possibly at the request of his mother. Before an assemblage...
event is that Britannicus was given a hot drink, which was tested by a foodtaster, and when he asked for it to be cooled, the poison was added to it with...
either surreal or a disaster. Being immortal, Phoenix volunteers as foodtaster and explosively transforms into a chicken version of himself. As compensation...
journalist and writer. She has received recognition as a humorist, essayist, foodtaster, and video presenter. Since 2011, she has written for the Washington...
properties as well as for food. Ancient Romans and Greeks, particularly the upper classes, used mushrooms for culinary purposes. Foodtasters were employed by...
Ittō dies. Abe Tanomo (阿部 頼母, also known as Kaii (怪異))—The shogun's foodtaster and a master of poisons; originally ordered to assist Retsudō in disposing...
dined with a widow, Mrs Ward; her son Samuel Ward (born 1732) acted as foodtaster for the Young Pretender. On the morning of 5 December a council of war...
land allotment Jamkiya جامكية Salary paid to a Mamluk Jashnakir جاشنكير Foodtaster of the sultan (to assure his beer was not poisoned) Jomdar جمدار An official...
inspired by Mack Sennett films. Major Applegate had an assistant and foodtaster named Ali (which was intended to be played by Mischa Auer), but this...
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