BEAT THE CHEF: MYSTERY BOX COOKING CHALLENGE | Sorted Food
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- We’ve not made it easy for chef Ben as we’ve teamed up our normals, Jamie AND Barry, to face off against him in a MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE!! Do they have what it takes to Beat the Chef?!
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I love that even Ben didn’t instantly know all the ingredients. That makes it a true mystery box.
Definitely! It's not like we can ask him if he knows what it is or not beforehand.... it would kind of give the game away 😂
@@SortedFood true! That would definitely spoil the broth. 😉
@@SortedFood start randomly asking Ebbers subtly if he's ever tried/used X or Y ingredient and try to remember the list! 😄
That's making it even better episode
Simple fix: ask Ebbers to list every ingredient he's ever used or heard of, and then don't use those.
Going to head off the grumps and nay-sayers right away: I said simple, but I never said easy.
give them all the ingredients for a burger (bun, beef, lettuce, tomato, cheese etc), but then tell them that they can't make a burger with it
That's cruel😂
I would crumb the buns and toast add cheese cook the beef with the tomato, use the lettuce as a wrap spoon the beef mix in and sprinkle the breadcrumbs on top.
Crumb the buns, reserve a bit for garnish, and mix in with the beef with seasoning to make a meatball. Use the tomatos to make a marinara sauce. Cook meatballs in the marinara sauce, top with cheese and remaining crumbs and gratinate. Serve and enjoy.
I'd make a salad with dainty little meat balls and topped with crouton from the bun. Salads don't usually win a Sorted competition though
that might actually make Jamie cry
I spent about half the video just yelling "BARRY!" every time he did something ridiculous
I think we can move away from "Spaffed it" and towards "Bazzed it"
What a treat seeing Jamie and Pass-it-on Jamie work together in the kitchen at the same time.
😂😂😂
Yes! That's it!!! They both do things like that in pass it on. Now Jamie experienced it firsthand what it means when he does it!
@@Tala_Masca nah jamie is never as bad as barry at throwing twists the stuff he does may force them down a path but he's never done a cloud egg or a fish pie like some of the others
The betrayal in this episode was beautifully unexpected.
I think my favourite part was Jamie holding back Barry on the togarashi. Shows he's not just blindly Mr Big Flavours, but understands the spices too and knows how much is too much
The character development from tha whisky gravy.. hahah
I felt so much pain for Jamie in this - I can feel the agony he was experiencing when Barry added the greens to the pickle, and then the egg to the pan.
You're definitely american
Is Barry high on puntarelle?!😮 He’s either getting off on sabotaging everything Jamie is doing, or is just plain nuts. There is nothing ‘normal’ about Barry…
I would have loved to see "what the food team came up with" for these ingredients like they did last time with mystery ingredients. Let us see what it COULD have been with more planning and less panic.
The "root" of the puntarelle is typically used in a dish called Puntarelle alla romana. The puntarelle are cut, put in an ice bath for an hour to get rid of a lot of the bitterness and to curl them. Then you combine them with a simple emulsion of Extra Virgin olive oil and anchovies. It's usually served as a side dish, but sometimes I've seen them as a starter aswell and they are very good!
This is the comment I was looking for! 👌
Great! I was wondering how people usually use the ingredient
thats just in italy ... food doesnt revolve around italy and france
@@myname-mz3lo Sure, but having even one example of how it's made traditionally is great to see.
@@myname-mz3lo I know, but Ben was asking himself how an italian variety of chicory was traditionally used and I just commented with the most traditional recipe from here. I didn't say anything about this use being the only rightful way of cooking this type of vegetable 😃
The strange thing is when I saw the ingredients I thought of an extremely experimental poke bowl. The chicory would replace the seaweed. Super fine rubarb salsa, fried banana blossom, and the tuna steaks being the protein. Add a few other items
Was my thought exactly. This Box could have made an interesting Poke Bowl.
I like it! I've been making a lot of bowls lately, mostly because they're easy to make, tasty, provide good nutrition and you can throw in whatever is in the fridge. So they're my "leftover ingredients" go to dish these days. Got too many beans from that mexican dish? toss them in. Got leftover bamboo shoots from that stir fry? Toss them in. I love bowls...
Barry's spontaneity are both frustrating and exceedingly hilarious I don't know that the right reaction to that is to scream or to laugh; I did both. 😂
Edit: I honestly don't think this would get so many likes and responses. I'd like to make myself clear though; I LOVE Barry, and watching Jamie's and Mike's frustration genuinely cracked me up! 😂
Facepalm is the correct reaction.
it makes me cringe so much .as a chef ive seen people get fired for doing what he does
dude could use some more lesons in teamwork and communication, methinks
I would hate working with him
Yup. Just Yup
actually, Baz was nearly on the money with the banana blossom. Here in Thailand they often make a fritter out of it. Its generally chopped up, mixed with some chilli paste, msg and whatever and then doused in a batter made of "crispy flour" and water then deep fried. Delicious. But strangely, over here they believe it helps breastfeeding mums make more milk! Whatever....!
It's true, banana blossom is helpful for lactating mothers. In South India, banana blossoms are believed to be good for overall women's health. It is also used in some ayurveda medicine I believe.
Interesting! In Malaysia I do believe we most often use it as the replacement for proteins in vegetable curries.
@@Janani_Kannan do you have a study to back that claim? Or did you mean it's believed to, but not scientifically proved out? Only asking because it would be a fascinating study to read
Small correction: the 7-spice mix that they use is actually called shichimi (七味). Togarashi (唐辛子) is just the Japanese name for a chilli pepper. Red chilli powder made from togarashi (唐辛子) is one of the spices in the shichimi (七味) spice blend.
I think Ben won. The thing the normals are still missing seems to be plating skills. I would love an episode about different techniques to teach us normals - maybe bring in James for an episode as he was always really great at it
Yup, the Tuna looked amazing (but could use a bit more), the plating on the rest was pretty sloppy.
I love how Ben's "Don't know, Micheal!" reaction is just "Look I'm making this up as I go."
Not sure if Barry even had it, but if he has a teamwork badge that DESERVES to be revoked.. lol!
How would you even work with someone like that?
honestly i would be fully in favor of revoking it
Jamie is a saint for not storming out of the kitchen and letting Barry finish the cooking alone, i would've been fuming
If there’s a badge for it, It’s safe to assume Barry didn’t get it
@@TorpidN1ghtmare there already was a teamwork badge that the three all got from a teamwork challenge
Honestly, imo Barry is the weakest link. Dude can plate up, but other than that his pretty big ego often goes "my way, or the high way"
“Cuddles and Bum Slaps” would be a good sub-title for this video. 😂
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I love how Barry was just... all over the place XD Jamie actually had a pretty good idea in mind, then the Wheel of Baz seemingly spun and completely threw it off XD
Would say though, this does show the differences in a chef and a normal - Ben's dishes actually looked to be one dish intended to be together, where Jamie and Barry's looked more like a mixture of dishes which happened to be together.
I feel like a lot of that was just plating, though. The normals could have put the tuna on top of the rice & had the blossoms on the side on the same plate or on top with a drizzle of (actually good) sauce, & just the pickles separate. There was no reason to use that many plates, it made things look far less coherent.
Well it also helps that Ben was one person with one brain and there were two normals that didn't always tell eachother what their plans were haha
I mean JAIME! His growth in food knowledge is incredible to watch. He had a plan for flavors and was confident in what he was using. 👏
Barry really bringing that Pass It On energy.
You misspelled chaos :-)
Yesss lol 😂
Had I been in Jamie's position, I think I might have walked over and joined Mike on the side after Barry messed with the pickle despite being told/asked not to.
I respect Jamie's resolve to at least see those gorgeous tuna steaks through, though.
Really loved what Jamie did with those; the black seeds were so vibrant and probably added great texture. Might see if I'm brave enough to try that.
@@WesDuplantier203 Same, Jamie's tuna looked amazing and the colour was popping! Will definitely be trying this.
@@WesDuplantier203 they have done this dish before that is why he went straight for it
Question for the team! When the meals are prepared one at a time, as opposed to simultaneously, how do you keep the first meal at its appropriate temperature(s) and tasting fresh while the second is being prepared?
The banana blossom gave me a (hopefully) fun video idea for you guys: "Ingredient mastery". Take an ingredient you like but are not too familiar with, like banana blossom, and make many different dishes with it (sometimes with it being the star of the dish, sometimes as a support for a different ingredient) until you are familiar with it and can integrate it into future dishes.
Because I think this is like the third or fourth time you guys had banana blossom in a video in the last couple of years, and even Ben panicked at the idea of using it today.
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thank you for the constant stream of entertainment and fantastic culinary ideas, boys! we always appreciate it
Thanks for watching Lainey :)
It's Monday mornings for me.
"I'm a sideman without the views or the money" 😂😂😂 I'm dead 😝
Jamie beat the chef,
The fact that everyone kept eating jamies tuna even after Ben's food means he won
My thoughts exactly
And the tempurah banana blossom probably worked better as well.
I was thinking the same thing. By using the seeds to insulate the tuna steak from the heat, he also avoided the "dreaded" grey line.
Compare Ebers' result (13:04) to Jamie's (13:15) and you can see what a massive difference it makes in the appearance.
I don't like tuna, so I wouldn't eat either, but Jamie's certainly looks a lot better to my eyes.
You mean that Jamie kept eating his own Tuna every second.
I love raw tuna so would likely enjoy Jamie's method for cooking the tuna, I also really like sesame seeds.
Let's see Ben take on some guest professional chefs in a challenge
This has to happen!
@@SortedFood yes! Make this happen!
Have a Chefs Challenge for Ben. You could even award him badges. 😉
@@SortedFood Technically James is a pro chef ;) Time for him to drop in for an episode with some of his co-workers?
would love to see Ebbers vs Poppy ^^
@@SortedFood Ben versus Eric Lanlard in a pastry battle!
I love puntarelle. The leaves can be sautéed with garlic while the puntarelle, the stems and 'buds' can be thinly sliced placed in an ice bath to curl and served, Roman-style, with an emulsion of lemon juice, anchovies and, for those who like it, garlic.
When Ben used the sieve for the rice, I could only think about how uncle roger will react
Let's hope he isn't watching 👀
Poor Jamie, Barry is an absolute hurricane in the kitchen.
Barry should get an "Anti-Teamwork" badge for this one 😂
If Barry got minus ten out of ten does that mean Jamie got plus 36/10 to make team average of 13?
Agreed
You say that, but I didn´t exactly hear Jamie throw out ideas for that green leafy thing.
I love barrys absolutely inspired chaos. Terrible teamwork but i just love the creative energy
You could see where Jaime's mind was going, a delicate sesame crusted Tuna, pickled rhubarb, he was thinking of something subtle, and along comes Barry driving with his clown shoes on.
The sesame tuna steaks were gorgeous and would have a nice crunch too. The banana fritters were spot on. Both did fine with the green stuff, and that herb oil took it over the top - yum.
And then Barry cracked an egg and the episode turned Pass It On cloud egg. 😂
I ordered a cloud egg off a menu once, just to honor Barry. Wasn't my cup of tea but I had to try it just once.
Chicoree Salad can be excellent if you have the right sauce for it. Cook 3 eggs, seperate the egg yolk, chop the eggwhite down and toss it into the salad. Then crush the yokes with salt, pepper, mustard and honey, add a bit of vinegar for it to properly dissolve, then slowly add oil to emulsify the mixture into a thick creamy sauce. Goes very well with the bitter Chicoree.
Mike: “What’s the plan with the Banana Blossom?”
Ben: “DON’T KNOW, MICHAEL!”
I think it’s safe to say that the EF5 Ebbersnado has arrived.
Tornados use the Fujita scale. Hurricane uses the category system.... EF5 Ebbernado
@@faatman42 I’ll edit it although I was just kidding.
That needs to be a new clip
You know it's bad when they use your full name
I like watching Ben in the kitchen, he is so good, he does everything with such a purpose.
I love this, let's all witness Barry pass it on. More of these.
I DON'T KNOW, MICHAEL! 🤣 got a glimpse at how ben speaks to tyrone
Watching Ben flustered feels like in the middle of a suspense thriller movie!
And here is a Tip.
When in doubt with anything, make a chutney out of it ;)
For puntarelle they are typical of north abulia. You want to boil to get rid of bitterness (the bitter water drunk in the morning is good to the body specially liver), then you use it in the simplest way possible because it has a very delicate taste that disappears with other food added
Just finished binging on old videos…then this pops into my subs! Perfect timing!
BRILLIANT content - Thank you!
Jamie has the patience of a saint, I would've lost my shit with Barry. The way he goes off the rails with no consideration, is such an anti-team player and cannot take the criticism he rightfully deserves for it must be exhausting. How he hasnt lost his teamwork badge is beyond me. 😆
I love puntarelle! Little bit of lemon, anchovy, maybe some creamy mild cheese. Delicious.
could listen to Ben all day lol, his passion for food is amazing.
Absolutely love this format! All three cooking did great with ideas on ingredients I certainly didn't know. The scoring was also nicely done.
Ben’s tip about using leaves to make an herb oil is a good one, but has to come with a caveat. If you’re adding garlic, either use it quickly or add in an acid. Oil and lack of oxygen are the perfect environment for botulinum, and more than one case of poisoning had happened in the past from homemade pesto. Safe cooking friends!
Great format. Love to see again.
Love mystery box challenges! Also, enjoyed the new scoring format.
Thank you for being consistent quality content creators! Funny, wholesome, delicious every time!
What a combo of ingredients. Would love to see a beat the chef with Ant Eggs as an ingredient, they are hard to get in this part of the world (they come in cans) but was pleasantly surprised when first served them.
I actually thought it would be closer on the scores.
For odd ingredients Talegio cheese. Its deceptive as it smells strong but its quite mild in taste. Makes for a great cheese pull too.
Whilst I love the pretentious ingredients & gadget episodes, my heart still belongs to the cooking vids. Esp the Normals’ collaborations vs the chef, so we can see how they level up ingredients at the same time. I did have every sympathy with Jamie in this one., though! I spent years working with a colleague who’d throw a ‘spontaneous spanner’ into works at the last minute. We created great ideas together but that plaintive, ‘what are you doing?!!!’ sounded v familiar ;)
I absolutely love mystery box videos, to see the innovative dishes Ben comes up with is insanely impressive !
I live for the range on this Channel -
Ben: (carefully analyses something in a tin like he’s in a lab)
Barry: (starts screaming and holding his head because it’s not Tinned Sticky Toffee Pudding)
My husband, our kids, our grandkids, and I really enjoy Mexican white rice with a cut up banana on top. Delish.
So proud of myself for going "Oh, puntarelle?" the second they pulled it out of the box 😎
Winner 👏
Love the addition of scoring!
It’s high time that Mike deserved a break. I mean, how many times do we have to be treated by the Huttlestorm? I’m here to screengrabs of his reaction 😂
I really love this channel, been a subscriber for a while now. Always look forward to going to bed so I can watch your vids and just forget about everything else in life and enjoy some peace before I fall asleep.
Really hope this channel never ends. Keep up your amazing work guys ❤️
I am loving the fresh look guys!
Meal packs app also looks great and is awesome to use 😁
Great video, guys! It actually helped me because I get this weekly veggie box and often I get puntarelle and did not know what to do with it! This brings me to my suggestion, I often also get black salsify and topinambur. Would be cool to see you use those :) Lots of love!
The normals have become such good cooks, even though they didn't beat the chef, you did an amazing job, it all looked so good!
Thanks so much Grete :)
Love the video! Wish you guys would do a video on homemade sauces! Chipotle, garlic aioli, onion relish etc! Or recreating brand dips, like dominos garlic dip, nandos perinaise 😍
YES!! I'd love a recipe for a good dupe for the domino's garlic dip
I need o e for good old White House dressing. Nothing quite like it out there anymore and fish sticks have never been the same.
Hearts of palm could be a good ingredient for a mystery box, I normal use them to make vegan calamari and crab/tuna for sandwiches
5:45 "Remember, cuddles and bum-slaps" - Mike
Jamie hit a bullseye this episode. Barry missed the board entirely. Therefore, it was really interesting to see an empty kitchen making a beautiful tuna, then a disastrous mayo and tahini combo to go along with it. They canceled each other out so much it was like watching John Cena cook. Let’s just revoke the Teamwork badge from Baz and go next, boys.
Yeah let's all just ignore Barry's contributions and point out the one disastrous thing that he made.
What he made doesn't matter. The teamwork badge is more focused on how you make the dishes in coordination with your teammate. Barry just did things he thought worked without consulting with Jamie for half of the cook.
@@b4history32 was there any team work involved though? let's be real it was more of a "my way or the high way" mentality
Jamie made pickles which he has done a million times before and dipped tuna in seeds. Not exactly mind blowing. Barry definitely missed the mark.
One of the best series you do for sure.
30 seconds in and already a side man joke😂😂😂 Well done lads
This is incredible. Have you ever cooked with bean curd knots? Tofu skin knots? I’ve recently started eating them and they are incredible! Strange to use if you’ve never cooked with them before though.
I love how this shows just how much Jamie has grown and matured with his cooking. I would love to see what Jamie could have done without Barry's "help"
That little "bum" tap made my heart smile. ❤️
I love the mystery box challenges!
Sunday's with you guys are the best times 🙏🏻 thank you so much.
Oh wow, I just saw my partner's face in Jamie's reactions to Barry and I'm realizing how annoying I can be in the kitchen.. Thank you for enlightening me 😅
I loved Jamie's tuna. I think I will try it it. I have all the ingredients except...for the tuna, which I have to buy. Great food !
Watching Jamie faff with the tuna in the pan, I felt it.
Hello from South Africa! love you guys!
Hi from London 🙋♂
In hospital (been in for week+ now) in my own room bored after having a stroke at 33 and I’ve been looking forward to this video dropping all day! Staff have been counting down with me and sharing my excitement and many who hadn’t heard of sorted food will be tuning in tonight when they’re home.
Hope you get better soon!
Hope you get better soon Alex. We hoped the video lived up to your expectations after waiting all day 😅
The moment they shared that sweet hug...I knew it was destined to go straight to shit. 🤣
Could you lads do a northern versus southern African challenge? I’ve never seen you explore southern African dishes
I would love to see what you all come up with if you used dried barberries (zereskh). Also hoping to see more grocery bag challenges, especially since I'm trying out your Sidekick app and seeing how it all plays together for a week's worth of meals.
Seeing those gorgeous puntarelle's heart cooked hurts my heart 😂 They're really at their best in a very simple pinzimonio. I don't know if I love Barry's fried rice or if it terrifies me honestly XD
Explain a bit more about this veggie please?
In South Africa we have waterblommetjies. It translates to water flowers. It gets used much like green beans in casseroles. Goes well with lamb dishes. Its iconic of the wine routes in Western Cape. Please try it!! Its an amazing vegtable!
That hug between Barry and Jamie was exactly what I needed this week and I didn't even know it.
Banana Blossoms are used fairly often as a meat substitute when making Biryani or Pulao where I come from in Southern India! They're absolutely delicious when marinated in spices and slow cooked till they fall apart.
Well Barry earns the jerk award for this episode. I swear it’s like he personally wanted to sabotage the work.
If you guys are doing a dessert themed box, could you look into ruby cacao? I'd love to see what recipes you boys come up with!
Barry was complete chaos, as opposed to Jamie, who was trying to be measured and methodical.
Great episode guys, btw that Japanese spice mix with 7 items is Shichi-mi (shichi meaning 7) of which 1 of the mix items is togarashi which is the Japanese term for capsicum/peppers.
Barry with the “fried rice outta nowhere!!”
Loved Ben's dishes and loved the hug between Barry and Jamie. Banana blossom is so yummy if you shred it finely and saute it with coconut shavings and spices until it dry.
I'd love to see what you boys would do with some of the traditional ingredients of Newfoundland 😁.
They should do one of these where one normal directs someone else (either another normal or Ben/Guest Chef) and they have to do what the person says. I feel like it would be hilarious chaos.
Barry definitely wouldn’t have a earned a teamwork badge off of this one
Always love these. Gotta say though, I think the grocery shop challenge is better.
That hug between Barry and Jamie was so wholesome 🤗
That tuna steak Jamie did looks amazing. I need to try do it myself. 😍 Loved the mystery ingredients, overall just another great episode! 👌