The series of events involved in the perception of taste in which a gustatory chemical stimulus is received and converted into a molecular signal.

GO:0050912

sensory transduction of taste

perception of taste, sensory detection of chemical stimulus

sensory detection of taste

perception of taste, detection of chemical stimulus

sensory detection of chemical stimulus during perception of taste

perception of taste, sensory transduction of chemical stimulus

sensory transduction of chemical stimulus during perception of taste

taste perception

biological_process

GO:0050912

detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of taste