Amazing that Chef Blandy produces food for a small army of carb monsters from that small kitchen on wheels for 21 days. He should go in the yellow jersey when Richard does too.
Question for Chef Owen!!! Do the staff members, like yourself and other members eat the same food for riders and cooked by you? Or do the hotels you stay in cater for you?? Big up EF!
As a logistics junkie, I'm loving the kitchen truck behind the scenes content. I'm curious. Does Owen have an assistant or sou chef or even a dish washer to assist him, or is it a one man show?
Great video, super informative and well presented. Food as always for the EF team looks amazing. ... and yes, congratulations Mark Cavendish on this historic 35th TdF stage win!!!
Where do you do your grocery shopping? Especially for the fresh stuff? How many people are you cooking for each day? Thanks, was cool to see your Van - such a nice video! :)
So cool! Chef Owen said that the stage determines what he prepares, whether it's a TT, flat spring, mountain stage, etc. Does that mean the following stage (what the athletes will be doing the next day, after dinner), or the stage that just happened (what they did that day, prior to eating dinner)? Also, so curious what the athletes eat for breakfast and when!
Felicitaciones al Chef, puede ser un trabajo estresante por el tema logistico, pero es apasionante y se nota que lo hace asi... Saludos desde Chile, exito EF
Really loved this video! What would Owen’s top tips be for young junior cyclists making sure they fuel right for races? What the reason for red meat more on rest days?
Nice to watch! Great stuff! What if you (chef) gets ill, say a massive migraine or cold, how do you plan around such a situation? Has to happen occasionally.
Questions for chef Owen: 1) Is there a hack you have to make the "fuel-only rice" nicer for the riders or is it the other meals and sides to spice things up? 2) I know you have to stick to the nutritionist's data but do you manage to sneak in a treat here and there for the guys? To give a boost of simple joy.. I imagine coming back to a freshly cooked and hot meal is a bliss after a TdF day in itself, but still I wonder how much (creative) freedom do you have. Or like if possible going the extra mile for one of the team knowing he loves a certain thing or dish. 3) what is your personal favourite full menu (salad, soup, main, desert..) put together off all of the dishes of the meal plan for the TdF list! 4) what is the most useful hack/pro tip you use cooking on tour? Thanks to you and the whole team!
Take care! You guys EF are causing lots of trouble to the master of sprint Biniam Girmay in the Tour de France! Enough with your tricks! We saw it yesterday! Your trick was visible! No matter what you do he is the winner!
Thanks for the great video! It's been really fascinating to see the mobile kitchen in details! We have a question though... You've explained the menu and cooking, it'd be great to learn about how you folks do groceries shopping as well. Cheers!
Brilliant video, love cooking so this video needs to be longer! Seriously though, does each rider have a different weight for their meals or can they just pile it on?
Chef Owen, I noticed a thermomix and moccamaster in the truck kitchen. What kinds of things are you preparing in the thermie (I imagine soups), and how many of the team riders enjoy coffee from the moccamaster? Cheers for the overview, very cool!
Is the chef the nutritionist as well or is it a different person and they design the menu together? Also I guess it’s not the chef who prepares the rice cakes they have as riding snacks?
Just going to jump in, during the tour, it's unlikely. Quinoa is a filling, slow-digesting carb. These guys need to eat a lot of carbs, you cant stomach that quantity with quinoa. Also, it's not really a "comfort" food. The house (truck?) made bread must be such a comfort to the riders. love it.
We asked this for an upcoming video, but it's likely to get cut due to length, so we'll reply here. He does serve it sometimes, but it's not a favorite of this lineup of riders, and the high fiber content makes it harder to fit into their nutrition plan. So, he may include it for a rest day, but not for a normal race day.
Chef Owen, do new riders to the team need to conform to the dietary guidelines of EFE or if they are vegetarian or vegan (I assume Keto wouldn’t work in this carb heavy sport) do you tailor a diet to their preferences? I LOVE Behind-the-Scenes content. Thanks. That was fascinating to watch.
Avoid foods that cause gastrointestinal distress during riding. I read Rafas book about tennis and the night before a tournament he ate only plain pasta with nothing. I imagine pro cyclists do suffer from that.
These EF videos make the Tour so much more enjoyable! Thanks to everybody envolved, the riders, management and especially those behind the scenes!
Amazing that Chef Blandy produces food for a small army of carb monsters from that small kitchen on wheels for 21 days. He should go in the yellow jersey when Richard does too.
Could you do a day in the life as a mechanic as well?
Yes please 🙏🏼
Absolutely! It's on the list.
Thanks guys. Now, work on race strategy.
Such a nice a tribute a to Marko Cavendish at the enda ciao ❤
yesss. more of this!
Question for Chef Owen!!! Do the staff members, like yourself and other members eat the same food for riders and cooked by you? Or do the hotels you stay in cater for you?? Big up EF!
So great to see content of the whole team. We gotta see a day in the life of the camera EF team next
BTS of the BTS?!
Very interesting to see how it goes behind the scenes! Chef Owen has a daily race to run as well, great job and very well explained!
As a logistics junkie, I'm loving the kitchen truck behind the scenes content. I'm curious. Does Owen have an assistant or sou chef or even a dish washer to assist him, or is it a one man show?
Great video, super informative and well presented. Food as always for the EF team looks amazing.
... and yes, congratulations Mark Cavendish on this historic 35th TdF stage win!!!
Another great insight to the tour. Thank you.
thank you for the video. do more behind the scenes videos!
How great for the team to have an amazing mobile food truck and chef! wow! That's the big league
Where do you do your grocery shopping? Especially for the fresh stuff? How many people are you cooking for each day? Thanks, was cool to see your Van - such a nice video! :)
There's a bit about this in the stage one episode, and we will cover it again later.
Ah, the gas bottles are different per country. Need to think of everything. Great vid.
Absolutely Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!
That location looks like a good spot for a hotel review like you did last year!
Check the stage six video for a review of this chateau room from Sean Quinn.
Love this
Love this. Interesting to see the difference depending on the stage
So cool! Chef Owen said that the stage determines what he prepares, whether it's a TT, flat spring, mountain stage, etc. Does that mean the following stage (what the athletes will be doing the next day, after dinner), or the stage that just happened (what they did that day, prior to eating dinner)? Also, so curious what the athletes eat for breakfast and when!
Wonderful tributes to Cav👑
Thank you for that...great dog !
That is such a cool job! 🤩
Great stuff 👌
Favorite Team!💖
so cool 😍
You said that you adapt what you cook to the type of each stage (sprint, climbing, flat stages). How it affects your menu then?
Those Ben Healy shots are incredible
Felicitaciones al Chef, puede ser un trabajo estresante por el tema logistico, pero es apasionante y se nota que lo hace asi... Saludos desde Chile, exito EF
As a chef this is such an amazing experience.
9:10 what a flowwww :)))
Vichy Catalan! Yum
The Grand Cru of sparkling waters...TRUTH. Love Vichy Catalan.
We need that sourdough recipe, they were raving about it last year's video too! 😍🥖
WHERE oh where can I get that black EF crew sweatshirt?!? :)
Excellent video. Where do you source your ingredients when you are on the move?
Love this! Does chef want a sous chef? I'm working on my own bred making confidence 😂
Really loved this video! What would Owen’s top tips be for young junior cyclists making sure they fuel right for races? What the reason for red meat more on rest days?
dream job !
Nice to watch! Great stuff!
What if you (chef) gets ill, say a massive migraine or cold, how do you plan around such a situation? Has to happen occasionally.
Questions for chef Owen:
1) Is there a hack you have to make the "fuel-only rice" nicer for the riders or is it the other meals and sides to spice things up?
2) I know you have to stick to the nutritionist's data but do you manage to sneak in a treat here and there for the guys? To give a boost of simple joy.. I imagine coming back to a freshly cooked and hot meal is a bliss after a TdF day in itself, but still I wonder how much (creative) freedom do you have.
Or like if possible going the extra mile for one of the team knowing he loves a certain thing or dish.
3) what is your personal favourite full menu (salad, soup, main, desert..) put together off all of the dishes of the meal plan for the TdF list!
4) what is the most useful hack/pro tip you use cooking on tour?
Thanks to you and the whole team!
Take care!
You guys EF are causing lots of trouble to the master of sprint Biniam Girmay in the Tour de France! Enough with your tricks! We saw it yesterday! Your trick was visible! No matter what you do he is the winner!
The doggie knows what's up... hang out where the food is...
EF riders eat the best
Food looks so delicious 😊 by the way my questions for you, What did you do before as tour chef, cook chef in general ? Thanks
fry cook on jeff epstein's island
Thanks for the great video! It's been really fascinating to see the mobile kitchen in details! We have a question though... You've explained the menu and cooking, it'd be great to learn about how you folks do groceries shopping as well. Cheers!
We have a bit in our stage one episode, and will feature more as we go.
Just one question: where do you do the washing up of the pots, pan, plates etc?
Brilliant video, love cooking so this video needs to be longer! Seriously though, does each rider have a different weight for their meals or can they just pile it on?
More food ones plz 🎉
How do you become a chef for a pro cycling team?
another day another race tv
Chef Owen, I noticed a thermomix and moccamaster in the truck kitchen. What kinds of things are you preparing in the thermie (I imagine soups), and how many of the team riders enjoy coffee from the moccamaster? Cheers for the overview, very cool!
3:00 How's the rider going into the barricade then the one behind had to bunny hop over him. Crazy!
Mark Cavendish doppelganger post cycling career
But how about breakfast, do you also make it? and what do they eat? great video
Dream job
Yo for real
3:43 Honestly thought for a sec the IYKYK was him showing us his emergency pee bottle, which he decants and drinks out of a sport bottle...
Rui Costa is still racing? World Champ ELEVEN years ago! Wow.
@@nayr497 this is his 12th Tour de France start!
Is it possible to buy the hoodie Ben Healy is wearing anywhere?
As a chef and rider myself this is my dream job, where do I apply for team EF sous chef??
'If you know, you know'....fully thought it was a piss bottle!
My dream job! Need a Sous chef?? ;P
Looks like a dream job 🥖🚲🍕
I would cook vegan though
This is the dream job.
How do you become a chef for a pro cycling team or athletes in general?
@1:40 is Ben wearing a Turtle Beach?
Is the team able to accomodate for riders dietary choices - for example a vegan or a vegetarian?
Chef... Is every dinner different?
Is the chef the nutritionist as well or is it a different person and they design the menu together?
Also I guess it’s not the chef who prepares the rice cakes they have as riding snacks?
Chef Owen - Do you ever serve Quinoa? I hardly ever see it mentioned in cycling nutrition despite it being a superfood
Just going to jump in, during the tour, it's unlikely. Quinoa is a filling, slow-digesting carb. These guys need to eat a lot of carbs, you cant stomach that quantity with quinoa. Also, it's not really a "comfort" food. The house (truck?) made bread must be such a comfort to the riders. love it.
@@CyclingChefDiane thank you!
We asked this for an upcoming video, but it's likely to get cut due to length, so we'll reply here. He does serve it sometimes, but it's not a favorite of this lineup of riders, and the high fiber content makes it harder to fit into their nutrition plan. So, he may include it for a rest day, but not for a normal race day.
@@EFProCycling ❤ Thank you - Long time hard weather supporter here - allez allez allez!
Chef Owen, do new riders to the team need to conform to the dietary guidelines of EFE or if they are vegetarian or vegan (I assume Keto wouldn’t work in this carb heavy sport) do you tailor a diet to their preferences? I LOVE Behind-the-Scenes content. Thanks. That was fascinating to watch.
James Shaw is vegetarian, and was in the TdF team last year - Owen prepared extra food for him, e.g. th-cam.com/video/jXhk8l4TPFs/w-d-xo.html
Thanks! That video link was great. Appreciate the time you took to help me.🤗
#asksean
What is in the foil packets they are given?
dishwasher?
You do have a dishwasher, don't you?
At 9:15 they cut from showing the fridge 💉💉
Does a dietitian travel with you or help design the menu??
surprising that he bakes bread in a country like France, but I guess the riders eat nothing outside of the team "bubble" for safety reasons??
More malinois
Not barilla 💀😭🤌
Avoid foods that cause gastrointestinal distress during riding. I read Rafas book about tennis and the night before a tournament he ate only plain pasta with nothing. I imagine pro cyclists do suffer from that.
Oof that chef is so attractive wtf