This is why chefs sometimes have a dozen knives or more that they use... and this is also why they have a sharpening guy. Having the right geometry and a sharp and durable blade makes all the difference. When your knife cuts through anything like butter, and it has the right bevels in the right places... that's when you are able to use finnesse and get everything off the bone.
Every single person saying this is easy would mess this up in so many ways (unless you’ve done it and are used to it a lot which means you wouldn’t be on master chef bc it’s for beginners
Exactly correct I personally find it easy to fillet fish however I have done round and flat fish so many times. However it can be really easy to mess up. Masterchef is for Home cooks which is kinda gray area there are clear contestants that have had some formal training.
Yeah no offence I’m taking the word of a Michelin star chef with decades of experience in preparing food over someone whose credentials are unsupported and unproven and not in the business of cooking.
@@TheAwesome45 Your comment is pointless. You don't know what his credentials are, so factually, you can't say one way or the other which one is more likely to be right. If you don't believe him, then so be it, but so what? I'm sure he doesn't need some random guy on the internet with "unsupported and unproven" credentials to believe him.
@@anyaw340anyone can be anything on the internet. He's right coz we don't know what the commenter does, but we do know what the chef does... further more, what's easy for him doesn't mean it's easy for the rest of us
I used to fillet halibut in dutch Harbor Alaska processing plant for 18 hours every day. That's not how we fillet halibut, but that's fine and perfect.
I remember this episode. Each piece was supposed to be 5oz. He said he did not need to weigh it because he knew what 5oz looked like. Fair enough but someone should of checked it. Never take anything for granted.
he did not. fileting knives come in different sizes. slicing/carving knives are not flexible and also longer. what you are thinking of is probably a flexible boning knife with a different shape. you can use those for smaller fish but they are too short for things like this.
@@JPK1337 so if you go to Henkel knives none of them look like that. I do have a Henkel knife that looks like that and it’s a slicer. I’ve personally never seen a fillet knife that looks like that but hey I could be mistaken. Either way he did a good job filleting that fish. Fun fact halibut are born like any other fish then their eyes move to the side of their bodies and their skin changes color at the same time.
Unless this video has been flipped, the flatfish that Gordon is filleting is a left-handed flatfish. The flatfish species that are commonly referred to as "Halibut" are all right-handed flatfish.
Are you saying that the fish Gordon filleted was not Halibut? I don’t know much about flatfish but I am sure that the video hasn’t been flipped as the names on the aprons and background are not flipped.
I believe it has been. Masterchef sequences like this at the end station tend to be filmed from stage right, so Gordon would've been on the right. Unless for some reason he's filmed this on a back bench.
This isn't true, halibut aren't all right handed flatfish. I've caught both left handed and right handed halibut, in fact I have a picture of two halibut caught within an hour of each other within 500 feet of each other and one is left handed one is right handed. Halibut can grow either way when they are extremely young so I dont know what your on about
I love to catch Flounder where i live in CT. my keepers are 19-20"....that was a frikkin monster !!!! would love to catch a big daddy like that one. Wow!
Oh my gooosh.. oh my god! Oh my gosh! Oh my god.. they where just as surprised , or pretended to be, each time a filet came of that fish.. I mean, what did they expect??
He commented on expensive the meat is but he leftmatbe the best part alone was going to saycheek as well but he snuck it in.the collar not only on skeleton but he left it there!!I wouldn't tell him how to cook even if he's overly dramatic.but as far as cutting a fish I'd say he's a bit more than capable just not thorough!and collars truly are some of the best taste on these fish...
Never in my life felt like I could beat Mr Ram, but on a charter boat. This would be viewed as a hack job. Those who know, know... those who don't go awww... 😂
Always white side first there is more meat on the dark side and that was not like the halibut we catch in Canada it looks more like a Californian or Mexican halibut Just saying
One mistake he made is putting a fillet skin down on top of another fillet , fish skin has a bacteria and should not come in contact with the fillet as it will reduce freezer life if you plan on freezing.
Gordon doesn't always do masterchef for money. Some times he does it for the halibut.
😂🫤
ffs lmao
LMAO 😂😂😂
BOOOOOOOOO!
An old but well placed gold 😂😂😂😂
Gordon: cracks an egg
Contestants: oh my gosh, wow
I had the same feeling lol.
He does it better than you. Grow up
Ikr 😅😅😅
I think filleting a halibut takes a bit more skill than cracking an egg.
I wish I knew how to crack an egg.
Gordon’s knife has done so much work over the years, I’m surprised it hasn’t unionized
German steel from my hometown Solingen 👍🏻
very good thank you
those knife cost like 10k each man
There's a scene in one of his shows where he's showing how bendy his knife is and it snaps.
Un what
My guy, if Gordon was in your class he wouldn't be able to have an A+ because he'd be the freaking teacher
Love watching people who are masters at their craft at work
@Mr.Bones1983 Gordon
This is why chefs sometimes have a dozen knives or more that they use... and this is also why they have a sharpening guy.
Having the right geometry and a sharp and durable blade makes all the difference. When your knife cuts through anything like butter, and it has the right bevels in the right places... that's when you are able to use finnesse and get everything off the bone.
Gordon: *Breathes
Contestants: "oh my gooooood", "woooow"
I agree the emotions shown were just a** licky fake compliments.. but this man really does talk & walk. ❤
Also, Water is wet.
Every single person saying this is easy would mess this up in so many ways (unless you’ve done it and are used to it a lot which means you wouldn’t be on master chef bc it’s for beginners
Exactly correct I personally find it easy to fillet fish however I have done round and flat fish so many times. However it can be really easy to mess up. Masterchef is for Home cooks which is kinda gray area there are clear contestants that have had some formal training.
*gordon ramsay steps*
contestants : I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE 😱😲
Slams halibut on the table
Everyone else: *confused screaming
Damn that cuts was perfectly done...
Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my God. Dude, just filleting fish ain't building rockets
You obviously have no appreciation for the technique and skill it takes to fillet a fish. Turn in your jacket and GET OUT
I’m a fisherman and I can tell you from my experience flat fish are easier to fillet than regular fish.
You are wrong.
Yeah no offence I’m taking the word of a Michelin star chef with decades of experience in preparing food over someone whose credentials are unsupported and unproven and not in the business of cooking.
@@TheAwesome45 Your comment is pointless. You don't know what his credentials are, so factually, you can't say one way or the other which one is more likely to be right. If you don't believe him, then so be it, but so what? I'm sure he doesn't need some random guy on the internet with "unsupported and unproven" credentials to believe him.
@@anyaw340anyone can be anything on the internet. He's right coz we don't know what the commenter does, but we do know what the chef does... further more, what's easy for him doesn't mean it's easy for the rest of us
No, youre not. And no, theyre not.
Gordon’s knife drop is equivalent to a pro singer mike drop
I used to fillet halibut in dutch Harbor Alaska processing plant for 18 hours every day. That's not how we fillet halibut, but that's fine and perfect.
I'll trust a world renowned chef before I trust a random TH-cam comment about filleting a fish
I'm certain that's not how you did it, but then, you're not a master chef, so...
Different region and lands have different style of cooking the same ingredient. It's not THAT hard to believe what this guy is saying.
@@matthewseaux7391 Ever considered that it's just a DIFFERENT way of filleting fish and that Gordon's just isn't the only way?
Next on the show...halibut chowder💛
@1:41 the fish was already cut!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Imagine doing Monty Python’s fish slapping dance with that 😂
These doughnuts look like they would be mesmerized by a coin behind the ear trick.
Lol. So cringy eh
well not everyone can filet a fish you know
Ah the hollow arrogance of the faceless rando commentator. A classic TH-cam dish. 🤓
“Hundreds of dollars worth of delicious, incredible, fresh halibut …”
* instantly bruises bottom filet with enthusiasm *
Just one problem,
"THAT FISH IS STILL RAWWWWWW"
OH MY GOD!! AMAZING! *CLAPS*
It's better to do whiteside first because the green side is thicker and therefore easier to do when it's the second side.
Gordan hold the knife
Contestant : om my gosh🥺
The people in this comment section are probably REALLY fun at parties
Like really you must have never seen a single episode of “reality” cooking in your life if those reactions are surprising you
Sounded like the girls were gonna start strumming theirselves 😂
Amazing!
Beautiful halibut
There are two cheeks, one on each side. Gordon missed one. By far the best part of a halibut.
Best part of any fish :)
He didn’t keep watching he took them out.
Damn I threw away the cheek. Just got back from catchn two this weekend. Fucked up
I’ve never seen a halibut that looked like that. It looks like a flounder
I remember this episode. Each piece was supposed to be 5oz. He said he did not need to weigh it because he knew what 5oz looked like. Fair enough but someone should of checked it. Never take anything for granted.
I love that he used a slicing knife instead of a filleting knife.
he did not. fileting knives come in different sizes. slicing/carving knives are not flexible and also longer. what you are thinking of is probably a flexible boning knife with a different shape. you can use those for smaller fish but they are too short for things like this.
@@JPK1337 what knife brand do you think he used in that video? Henkel?
@@blaynemacpherson8519 yeah the logo on the side looks like that
Who skinned the fellets. That was magic. Lol
@@JPK1337 so if you go to Henkel knives none of them look like that. I do have a Henkel knife that looks like that and it’s a slicer. I’ve personally never seen a fillet knife that looks like that but hey I could be mistaken. Either way he did a good job filleting that fish.
Fun fact halibut are born like any other fish then their eyes move to the side of their bodies and their skin changes color at the same time.
if they saw this done in a fish market with 4x the speed and percision, they wont bat an eye.
When he said done and didn't cut the cheeks out, I was about to say, "He knows nothing!"
what do you learned is this video ?
Me : " Oh my Gooosh , amaziiing , woooow , ooh my gooood " ...
2:40 - and that's how you damage the tip of your knife and chopping board!
Where do they employ the actors for this show
Would be more of a challenge to take it off in two fillets. Cant really go far wrong
The only individual who seemed unimpressed throughout that process was Joe B'ich
My mom does this all days. Just a somebody Vietnamese auntie 😅
Im surprised ppl were like oh my god like its a tough job , halibut is one of the easiest fish to fillet
Unless this video has been flipped, the flatfish that Gordon is filleting is a left-handed flatfish. The flatfish species that are commonly referred to as "Halibut" are all right-handed flatfish.
Are you saying that the fish Gordon filleted was not Halibut? I don’t know much about flatfish but I am sure that the video hasn’t been flipped as the names on the aprons and background are not flipped.
Maybe he just called it that for the halibut….
I believe it has been. Masterchef sequences like this at the end station tend to be filmed from stage right, so Gordon would've been on the right. Unless for some reason he's filmed this on a back bench.
@@vunguyenchannel That is correct. That is not a halibut.
This isn't true, halibut aren't all right handed flatfish. I've caught both left handed and right handed halibut, in fact I have a picture of two halibut caught within an hour of each other within 500 feet of each other and one is left handed one is right handed. Halibut can grow either way when they are extremely young so I dont know what your on about
I love to catch Flounder where i live in CT. my keepers are 19-20"....that was a frikkin monster !!!! would love to catch a big daddy like that one. Wow!
dream trip is going to alaska and catching a 400 pounder 🙏
The contestants remind me of the green aliens from toy story 'oooooo' 'woooooow'
Let the Halibut do the work...
Can't be a masterclass if you didn't take the cheeks! Best part of the fish
Oh my gooosh.. oh my god! Oh my gosh! Oh my god.. they where just as surprised , or pretended to be, each time a filet came of that fish..
I mean, what did they expect??
That piece of halibut is good enough for Jehovah.
The dramatics of these people. "oh my god" every time Gordon farts.
What's up with the lady with the duck face and side eye? 😂
He commented on expensive the meat is but he leftmatbe the best part alone was going to saycheek as well but he snuck it in.the collar not only on skeleton but he left it there!!I wouldn't tell him how to cook even if he's overly dramatic.but as far as cutting a fish I'd say he's a bit more than capable just not thorough!and collars truly are some of the best taste on these fish...
Why do they act like a fish is some alien species?
Because it's bullshit television and they're instructed to act the best way they can.
You forgot one word out of this title, the word is "Baby" halibut !!
Never in my life felt like I could beat Mr Ram, but on a charter boat. This would be viewed as a hack job. Those who know, know... those who don't go awww... 😂
And always finishing with a knife drop. Sort of a chef's version of the mic drop. LOL
1st 'cooking' video?
Hell Gordon do a deer backstrap next
Where I come from that was four portions not sixteen. It's no wonder people who go to restaurants have their arse ripped out.
So thats how you fillet a Halibut.
Like a surgeon
god in haven is like oh myself ! oh myself
oh my GOSH
Beautiful lesson.
Aunties in Asians markets doing this in 60 seconds, without looking 😂😂
Gordo does not dissapoint.
There is some fisherman who runs a charter who does this all day with one hand with a cigarette in his mouth.
Bro I would not be applauding and going wow, I’d be shitting myself in the face of this task.
He hacked the shit out of that fish
Fun fact: In Norway you have to release a halibut of that size because it's too small.
So you catch a record size but,, you don't get your fresh meal ?? Thats,,, not fun at all. 😂
@@netweed09 that's not record size, at least for halibuts. those motherfuckers can grow up to 3 meters.😃
@@PH1LZ Wow. Now I'm dreaming of catching one ,, 🎣🤔😋😎
The brunette on the right is pretty cute 😅
That’s so delicious Tampal Puke
Delicious fish
Gordon sprinkles salt on fish. Crowd: OMG
Ask any seasoned mate on a party fishing boat how easy it is to filet a flat fish and they’ll laugh at this video.
There is a video of Marco Pierre using this same technique to fillet a fish, he must have taught it to Gordon.
"Watching Gordon Ramsay fi-LAY this fish is A-MAY-zing!"
Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!
In my country those fish cost like 2bucks, maybe 3 maximum
Whenever you need your ego stroked…fillet a fish.
I never realized how big a halibut was
That’s a baby…. They get hundreds of lb’s in Alaska
@@Call_MeDaddy hmm, learn something new everyday
That doesn't look like a filleting knife to me. Or am I wrong?
Would love to see the unedited version of this horrible Fillet job 😂 Gordon is bad to the bone so hopefully it was just stage pressure.
Now… turn it over..
Contestants: oh my god….
Ask Jamie to this
Golf clap?
Always white side first there is more meat on the dark side and that was not like the halibut we catch in Canada it looks more like a Californian or Mexican halibut Just saying
That’s insane 😮
Gordon has the knife skills of a Mexican........ROFL
I think this video needs more angles to cut to.
First off, add metal shards on fish
Hey Gordon, how are you doing? I'm fine thanks. Wow, oh my god!!
i m a fishing guide not bad job
Halle's boot
is that the tampal pepe?
One mistake he made is putting a fillet skin down on top of another fillet , fish skin has a bacteria and should not come in contact with the fillet as it will reduce freezer life if you plan on freezing.
El que sabe sabe
❤
Not sure - looks a bit fishy to me.
Kbhi hamare yahan aajao machli ki haddi b nai milegi 😂