What's the correct way to rewrite the following sentence?

The chef tasted the soup taking a tiny sip.

A. Taking a tiny sip, the chef tasted the soup.

B. The soup was tasted by the chef in a tiny sip.

C. The chef tasted the soup and taking a tiny sip.

D. Tasting the soup, a tiny sip was taken by the chef.

The answer is A. Use the gerund at the beginning to show action, complete the sentence with subject and verb that show why the action was completed. This concise method is widely used and generally understood by readers at first glance. Other arrangements may technically work but will likely cause confusion.