Smak (TV program)

Smak (Russian: Смак) is a Russian culinary entertainment television program that airs on Channel One Russia.^[1] It debuted on 20 November 1993.

Smak
Country of origin	Russia
Original release
Network	Channel One Russia
Release	20 November 1993 (1993-11-20) – 2022 (2022)

Ivan Urgant hosting Smak in 2008 with politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky as a guest

The first guest on the program was the actor Aleksandr Abdulov.^[2] In 1996, the guest on Smak was Chuck Norris,^[3] and in 2015 the show was attended by Til Schweiger.^[4] The kitchen studio has been visited many times by TV presenter Valdis Pelšs.

Hosts

• 1993–2005: Andrey Makarevich^[5]
• 2006–2018: Ivan Urgant^[6][7]
• 2018–2022: Andrey Makarevich (on YouTube)