I think it would be interesting to have each normal cook their "signature" dish or one they come up with on their own, without knowing what badge(s) they may receive. Ben and James could award as many badges as they see fit depending on the dish.
I think Baz had a vast improvement in his pastry, but if Ben didn’t give constant critiques and assistant the whole pastry making, then it probably would’ve failed
@Angelous Mortis on my skewed scale of deservedness, mike's participation award >>> barry's participation award just for the fact that mike didn't have ben fixing his mistakes
What more could Barry have really messed up there? Not actually fully cooking it? There really wasn't anything else he could have failed at and didn't lol other than maybe the initial pastry making where he just got outright lucky that the quantities Ben eyeballed worked.
I kinda don't feel like Barry would have had good pastry though without Ebbers saying a few times about the egg wash. I get that his dish seemed to have more parts than Mike's but Mike didn't get any help from the peanut gallery.
Ben did not help out every step of the way, dude. Watch it again. Most of the time he was commenting on something Baz was already doing! He made, like, 2 suggestions. 🙃
Still waiting for Mike to receive his Unusual Ingredient badge. 46k people voted and 74% of them agreed that Mike should have received it. He would be tied for most badges if they would. #JUSTICEFORMIKE
JUSTICEFORJAMIE! He would be in the lead if it wasn't for Ben helping Baz with the pastry(at every fecking step), and Baz getting a Meringue badge for basically not touching the damn thing and ruining it.
@@libbymiss It was the Mystery Food battle against Ben from about a month ago. They had to use the Szechuan buds. It was before they decided you don’t have to win the battle in order to receive the badge.
@@Reinforce_Zwei That was a problem with the format, though. Only one person can actually make a meringue, & because Jaime went first, he's the one who got to do it, whereas the rest of them couldn't do anything but check it.
Ben judges and critiques Mike way harder than the other two. Look at the meringue watch back - he says Mike doesn't do much but doesn;t to Barry, for example.
Yep very true. The Badge system was to determine how close they are to Chef tier not how the end result is after being hand holdy and making multiple attempts.
Agreed. He only got as far as he did because Ben reminded him a few times and Ben has a good eye for quantities. Barry just tossed in everything he was given rather than doing any sort of measuring of his own.
What have we all learned in this series? MIKE, GIVE YOURSELF MORE CREDIT. You do know what you're doing, you are very creative with recipes and you have the skills to back it up. Pass it on is just a monster to everyone. Great series as a whole, fun to watch and awesome to see how far you all have come
Yeah, people used to say Mike is the weakest 'normal' and he won 3 for 3 here, while Barry was handheld by Ben... Barry shouldn't have won the meringue badge. He didn't do anything to the meringue itself, unlike Jamie - who started it properly and Mike - who checked it and finished it.
@@deprofundis3293 to my mind, they aren't normals anymore: they've been on the show for so long, they should be more than average Joe's. For example, Jamie have been multitasking for quite some time unlike Barry. Sure Mike panics all the time but he did manage a thousand layers of pasta. Barry still give undercooked food. I thing we're realistic even if we do like Barry on the show.
Mike definitely seems the most improved (and seemingly consistently better than the other two recently), but it does feel like he gets judged a lot harsher
@@rebekahglen279 To be honest, i think Jamie improved the most, but started out way lower than Mike did. I'd still say that Mike is the best of the three, although Jamie is closing in. With Barry.. i kinda get the feel that he isn't really enjoying this anymore.
They're all friends before they're anything else. I wouldn't want to treat my friends the way some people on here are describing. Taking these competitions too seriously would be a great way to build up serious resentment in a group, let's not try to do that to them.
@@madock345 I could tell my friends they did not do a good job with a pastry and I had to help, so they do not get a badge at work for it. They would not be mad.
I honestly dont feel like Barry shouldve gotten the badge tbh. Ben had to help him so many times and Barry would have forgotten some steps like the eggwash on top. Otherwise awesome Video!
Ben did not help out every step of the way, dude. Watch it again. Most of the time he was commenting on something Baz was already doing! He made, like, 2 suggestions. 🙃
@@deprofundis3293 - Love how you're literally copy-pasting this exact same comment underneath anyone criticizing Barry. Pretty sure the man's already married, stop trying so hard. If Ben hadn't correctly eye-balled the ingredients he'd put out for Barry then there wouldn't have been pastry to begin with. If Ben hadn't corrected him on the big ball for resting the dough wouldn't have rested in time to be used. And if Ben hadn't called it out, Barry wouldn't have egg-washed it. And with all that help; the bottom still puffed up, the edges had to be repaired, the top had to be repaired, he didn't have time to crunch his chicken skin over the top, and the bottom wasn't baked enough. Not to mention this was a second attempt at the dish, he _knew_ he was going for the pastry badge,.. overall just a poor performance. Compare that to Mike who went in for the seasoning badge, actually displayed his knowledge on the topic by talking about the triangle. Correcting all by himself the salty jus with a bit of sugar, and then correctly balancing it all out with the rest of the burger. To the point where it was the winning dish. Displayed knowledge and skill and independence, no chef help, and won the challenge too.
So happy to see Mike clean sweep this series. He always has great ideas and knows his stuff, but he is always, always too hard on himself, gets in his own head with self-doubt (and I can 100% relate to that) and that can affect him. So, well done Mike!
Barry: Screws up every step of the way, Ben corrects him, gets a badge for his vast knowledge he did not use at all. Therefore he is on top of the leaderboard, completely deserved. Or so it seems.
Agreed. I think the badge videos where everyone did the same thing for badges is perfect but these random badges aren't that great. When everyone gets the meringue badge when only one person actually made meringue it kinda defeats the purpose of the badges to begin with. Likewise, Berry being instructed on how to make his pastry and then receiving a badge for it really undermines the whole premise behind the badge system/game. The badges are meant to see who is more "chef-y", as in who can cook the best without assistance from chefs.
@@sarahbonpierre8898 Elton John composed the music for the song "The Circle of Life" from Disney's "The Lion King." I had to google it myself, so it might have been a bit of a niche joke.
Yeah I was scrolling down into the comments to say the same exact thing lol. Barry's great, but that was a total pity badge. I think if they are really going to test the normals for badges the chefs have to be out of the room, otherwise they really wanna help out.
I think the problem was that Barry probably thought the pastry issue last time was an accident that happens to everyone sometimes so he didn't practice with pastry leading up to the battle
@@Yukiwodashite As a chef myself, I know how Barry's pie would have turned out without Ebbers helping him out. It would have been less than great, and we likely would have had a repeat of what happened in the original battle. I think Barry almost earned it, but not quite all the way there.
@@aggronio353 They certainly are all capable, but if they are going to do this whole badge challenge this year I think it would be nice if the chefs stopped going so easy on them. Especially since they can always try again later in the year. Like you suggested with him being almost there, I think he could have learned from this and done something with it in the months to come.
Mike was all, "I'm gradually taking my clothes off." Then immediately after he said that, the "If you like this, give it a Like" graphic was displayed. Really curious if that was intentionally edited that way. 😆
Ben held Barry's hand the entire time, on everything from telling him how to rest it, how to patch it, how to fix the puffing. The badges were interesting at first but now they pretty much get every badge every time, regardless of whether they show any actual skill. Touch the meringue bowl? Badge for you!
@@joshandcilla Mike finished the Meringue smoothly and arguably perfcetably so I'd argue he earned it. Barry gets it off of team effort. But this time it was a complete sham.
@@joshandcilla Meringue badge was poorly designed. It was impossible for all 3 of them to make a significant contribution, worthy of a badge making only one meringue.
I agree. I feel like to deserve a badge, you have to show that you did research to understand the techniques. It just seemed like Barry was flying by the seat of his pants and hoping that experience would carry him through. And it didn’t, he needed so much help. He didn’t deserve the meringue badge or the pastry badge, if you ask me.
@@TheNotoriousRS I think that if Barry would've actually tested the bowl like Mike did and said, "ok, the bowl is cold, that means the meringue is ready" then he would've shown that he knows how to make a meringue and would've deserved the badge as there wasn't much more to do, but he didn't even do that
"Mike: 200 what? Baz: degrees celsius Mike: that's why they call him Mr. Fahrenheit" 13:51 that really cracked me up for some reason, shame it didn't land 😂😂
Please do more pass it on reaction videos starting from the beginning. Would be great to see you go back and look at the first season and see how far you've (not) come!
Pps Barry getting that badge proves this isn't about distinguishing chefs from normals like they said. That's a joke. If he had a pastry badge going in to this video, he should've LOST IT for that performance.
Mike: "That hurt even me." - the way that I cackled! Also, I absolutely think that Mike deserved the win. As much as I love all of them, Mike has consistently shown improvement in the kitchen and he was very confident and even when the reducing went bad he didn't flaff around, but knew what to do. Well deserved, congrats!
I really wish ben wouldn't measure stuff out for the guys, defeats the purpose of going for a pastry badge when the measures are already done for them. I also wish they only got to look at the recipe before the battle and not during to add more chaos.
This one is going to Mike. Barry struggled so much when the goal is to show both mastery and skill. That includes, fixing mistakes without outside input. Mike adjusted things on his own. Barry had so much from the sideline that he didn't have to rely on or live up to his mistakes in this one.
I feel like the double clink of the egg in the intro makes the chefs feel vaguely pleased with themselves for only needing to clink an egg once to crack it
Scratching my head a bit because Barry is on the top of badge numbers, but I'm not sure if he really earned the pastry or meringue badges since Ben helped him correct the pastry and he didn't do much with the meringue at all. On the other hand Mike is still missing his unusual ingredients badge that he definitely earned. By my count it should be Jamie and Mike tied at the top and Barry one badge behind, or maybe a 3 way tie if you insist on giving Barry the pastry badge because he DID successfully fix it even though he was helped a bit
Aww Mike ! I’m glad the Boa came off, If you think having a hair in your food is bad ! Imagine tiny lil pink feathers !! I can feel them in my mouth !!
Badge criteria has dropped right off. At the start it was like nope some of the carrots arev2mm longer than the others no badge for you. Now it is like we will prevent you from making any mistakes by pointing every error out to you and as long as you don't totally mess is up you get a badge, you get a badge, everyone gets a badge!!!! Why didn't Jamie get a badge? Sure he did nothing but the other two got a badge last time for doing nothing too!
“I’m gradually taking my clothes off.” - Michael Brian Huttlestone, Sir Elton John Cosplayer, 2021. What Barry couldn’t do with his Snape Costume, Mike will do it with his lol
If only we could see Ben, Jamie and James in costumes as well.. Imagine Elton John, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Prince and George Michael all together 😍
Everyone's talking about Barry not deserving the badge, but can we talk about how impressive it is that Mike remembered the seasoning triangle from a couple of years ago?
Mike' dishes are always so creative and somehow he rarely gets to be the winner so I'm so glad of the outcome. That sandwich looked really good. By the way, this cook book really excites me, I consider getting one even if some of the ingredients used are not available in my country.
I can't help but feel like they are being way too generous with the badges now. Its far more rare for them to not get them getting them at this point. With the amount Ben had to tell baz to do added with how it still did not turn out perfect, the fact he still got it is saying they have really lowered the bar for the badges.
I can't even IMAGINE what Barry's pastry would have turned out like if Ben hadn't been helping every step of the way. Can we get a redo please without any external chef help?!
@@deprofundis3293 it is enough that he measured the ingredients for him. How do u get a pastry badge when u couldn't sort out your ingredients. Besides everyone seems to agree he was hand held except you!
@@jemmaj2919 Actually he didn't measure the ingredients. He had portions set out for him, but they weren't measured. That's why he was like "You were supposed to measure the amount of salt you needed from that container, not put the whole thing in" Pure luck the proportions were close enough.
@@madock345 you are obviously undermining Ben's years of baking experience. You can easily guess portion sizes without a recipe just from experience. If this was done by someone without experience, they'll get it most likely wrong. So it isn't really luck.
I'm so proud of Mike! 3 incredible dishes and he should 100% get a badge for all 3 wins! Still cannot believe Barry managed to get a pastry badge for pastry that Ben had to help step by step through 🤣🤣
While Barrys pastry were alot better than last time, i feel like he got a fair amount of help! What if he had put his pastry in the fridge, as a ball instead of first being told to flatten it, where would he have ended then? If we look to Mike, he realised his Jus were too salted because of over reducing it and corrected it by using some sugar. While we don't see if it's actually Ben or someone else pointing it out to Mike, it gets showed as if he figured it out himself, while Barry got fair help with his Pastry. I just get the feeling that the Badges would mean more, if they were earned "alone". Of course if they are going really off track, hint to them instead of just telling them what to do! :D
Sorted videos always make me hungry. I love the battles, both the original and the take 2 ones. I knew what the costumes were but I still loved them. Also, I see someone's got a hair cut, it looks swag
Mike: "I feel bad. Not for you, but because I really want to eat this pie."
The most selfish and true statement.
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@@rianath8363 Well, aren't you special. :P
@@christopherkarr1872 lol yeah
selfish comment toward a selfish person. nothing wrong with that
I think it would be interesting to have each normal cook their "signature" dish or one they come up with on their own, without knowing what badge(s) they may receive. Ben and James could award as many badges as they see fit depending on the dish.
Definitely agree with this idea. I like them just getting badges out of the blue occasionally and not always working for a specific one
I could see that as the ‘big finish’ at the end, to see how many extra they can get right at the wire.
Yesss i like the idea of secret badges because then the normals arent hyperaware about whatever actions they do
I think Baz had a vast improvement in his pastry, but if Ben didn’t give constant critiques and assistant the whole pastry making, then it probably would’ve failed
Agree!
Completely agree, and therefore I was actually surprised he got the badge
Agreed! Without Bens help he would have failed.
He still technically failed after all that help.
Completely agree
Can we just give Mike credit for the fact he went 3-for-3 in his head-to-heads this past month?
He should get a competition badge for the hat trick since barry got a participation award for the pastry
@Angelous Mortis agreed
@Angelous Mortis on my skewed scale of deservedness, mike's participation award >>> barry's participation award just for the fact that mike didn't have ben fixing his mistakes
Pink is such a good colour on Mike, couldn't take my eyes off him. (Gonna miss James' wild curls though!)
its like when Barry cut his ..
I thought you'd meant the intro and his lacoste... I was not prepared.
Yes, yet how many feathers were eaten in the making of this episode?
Ya thirsty
I agree, the pink really works for him
I like it better when the badges are something to be proud of. Not just something everyone gets unless they really really really mess up.
100% this.
My taught exactly
YES. The last two episodes were just mercy and I am not ok with that!
What more could Barry have really messed up there? Not actually fully cooking it? There really wasn't anything else he could have failed at and didn't lol other than maybe the initial pastry making where he just got outright lucky that the quantities Ben eyeballed worked.
I like how Barry is actually winning because of his "name every spice I know" tactic in the seasoning badge challenge 🤦♀️
I want to bake free
We will cook you
Under pressure cooker
Flat bottom grills
Another one bites the crust
I'm in love with my char
Bready Mercury
Seven breads of rye
Who wants to eat forever
Bennuendo
How does this not have more likes???
I've been rooting for the Huttlestorm to have his day since he carried the team over lockdown. The threepeat was well earned.
Mikes Missy Elliot joke is so underrated, that needed more laughs 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Glad you liked it 😂
@@SortedFood got a reply from Sortedfood, big W
Absolutely this! Sensational gag and still laughing!
I thought the same about his "that's why they call him Mr. Fahrenheit" comment
Someone should take the reaction, flip it and reverse it.
I kinda don't feel like Barry would have had good pastry though without Ebbers saying a few times about the egg wash. I get that his dish seemed to have more parts than Mike's but Mike didn't get any help from the peanut gallery.
Also, Ben told him to flatten the pastry when Barry was chilling/resting it
And those were just the hints left in the final edit
Ben did not help out every step of the way, dude. Watch it again. Most of the time he was commenting on something Baz was already doing! He made, like, 2 suggestions. 🙃
Ben: "Did he just say he's gonna chew on his piano?"
Mike: "It would still taste better than Barry's pastry."
Salty Mike is what I come here for.
it's that over-reduced jus
He did win the seasoning badge 🤷🏼♀️
It was such a great little cutaway
The costumes and the CONTINOUS music jokes was incredible! I will miss the costumes so so much...
Also Mike was on FIRE with the puns and references!
Yeah that was great :)
“MAAYO!” Was definitely a highlight 😂
I enjoyed it too
He used may-ay-ay-ayo!
14:48
But then he turned into Barry Belafonte (arguably just as entertaining as “maayo”)
MIKE NATION RISE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP! I'm so proud of him, honestly, like he is BACK
Still waiting for Mike to receive his Unusual Ingredient badge. 46k people voted and 74% of them agreed that Mike should have received it. He would be tied for most badges if they would. #JUSTICEFORMIKE
JUSTICEFORJAMIE!
He would be in the lead if it wasn't for Ben helping Baz with the pastry(at every fecking step), and Baz getting a Meringue badge for basically not touching the damn thing and ruining it.
What video was the unusual ingredient in?
@@libbymiss It was the Mystery Food battle against Ben from about a month ago. They had to use the Szechuan buds. It was before they decided you don’t have to win the battle in order to receive the badge.
@@Reinforce_Zwei That was a problem with the format, though. Only one person can actually make a meringue, & because Jaime went first, he's the one who got to do it, whereas the rest of them couldn't do anything but check it.
Ben judges and critiques Mike way harder than the other two. Look at the meringue watch back - he says Mike doesn't do much but doesn;t to Barry, for example.
Barry is so jammy. Meringue badge for meringue he didn't touch, and a pastry badge when Ben had to correct him multiple times.
Interesting isn't it!?!
To be fair Barry and Ben ARE the best of friends
I don't think you can blame Barry for a poorly designed badge challenge like the meringue one. The pastry badge though he didn't deserve at all.
@@cftyftyufyfuyfty they live together in a country cottage
Barry got meringue badge for kiwi ice cream obviously.
The relief I felt when Mike took off his feather boa 😅😂 an outfit waiting to go wrong
Yeh, what were "they" thinking? Feather boa in kitchen -> feathers in food, no brained.
@@marymaryquitecontrary not only that they are quite flammable. it would melt on mike his skin.
There's way more badges that Mike should have won in previous shows if Ben's going to hold Barry's hand to a pastry badge! :P
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Ben did not help out every step of the way, dude. Watch it again. Most of the time he was commenting on something Baz was already doing!
I am giving Mike the credit he deserves for his queen pun. It landed. 5/5 stars.
Honestly, I don't think Barry deserves that pastry badge. Sure it was better than before but he messed up multiple times on the pastry alone.
Yep very true. The Badge system was to determine how close they are to Chef tier not how the end result is after being hand holdy and making multiple attempts.
Agreed. He only got as far as he did because Ben reminded him a few times and Ben has a good eye for quantities. Barry just tossed in everything he was given rather than doing any sort of measuring of his own.
Agreed. He couldn't have saved it without Ebber's help.
What have we all learned in this series?
MIKE, GIVE YOURSELF MORE CREDIT. You do know what you're doing, you are very creative with recipes and you have the skills to back it up. Pass it on is just a monster to everyone.
Great series as a whole, fun to watch and awesome to see how far you all have come
Barry doesn't deserve the two last badges. I think Jamie shows more cooking knowledge than the other two.
He should be first 🥇🥇🥇
Yeah, people used to say Mike is the weakest 'normal' and he won 3 for 3 here, while Barry was handheld by Ben...
Barry shouldn't have won the meringue badge. He didn't do anything to the meringue itself, unlike Jamie - who started it properly and Mike - who checked it and finished it.
I think all of you are being too harsh. All of the normals are awesome and super skilled at this point, with their own unique weaknesses. Sheesh.
@@deprofundis3293 to my mind, they aren't normals anymore: they've been on the show for so long, they should be more than average Joe's. For example, Jamie have been multitasking for quite some time unlike Barry. Sure Mike panics all the time but he did manage a thousand layers of pasta. Barry still give undercooked food. I thing we're realistic even if we do like Barry on the show.
One of these days Mike should really go for a pun badge, because they were absolutely on point today!
Honestly I'm so happy mike won, somehow he ended up the underdog, when I've always think of him as the most 'advanced'
Mike definitely seems the most improved (and seemingly consistently better than the other two recently), but it does feel like he gets judged a lot harsher
I saw this comment 7 seconds before they announced the winner of the battle. I spoiled it for myself. 😂
@@rebekahglen279 To be honest, i think Jamie improved the most, but started out way lower than Mike did.
I'd still say that Mike is the best of the three, although Jamie is closing in.
With Barry.. i kinda get the feel that he isn't really enjoying this anymore.
I wish the Chefs were a bit harder on the normals when it comes to badges. Also it does feel like Barry is always graded on a curve.
They're all friends before they're anything else. I wouldn't want to treat my friends the way some people on here are describing. Taking these competitions too seriously would be a great way to build up serious resentment in a group, let's not try to do that to them.
@@madock345 I could tell my friends they did not do a good job with a pastry and I had to help, so they do not get a badge at work for it. They would not be mad.
I honestly dont feel like Barry shouldve gotten the badge tbh. Ben had to help him so many times and Barry would have forgotten some steps like the eggwash on top. Otherwise awesome Video!
You can also argue the fact that mike was having to modify his recipe and cooking processes to fix his seasoning mistakes.
@@malcolmlake2450 He did seem to be doing that by himself though, not needing the extra big hints from Ben.
Ben did not help out every step of the way, dude. Watch it again. Most of the time he was commenting on something Baz was already doing! He made, like, 2 suggestions. 🙃
@@deprofundis3293 - Love how you're literally copy-pasting this exact same comment underneath anyone criticizing Barry. Pretty sure the man's already married, stop trying so hard.
If Ben hadn't correctly eye-balled the ingredients he'd put out for Barry then there wouldn't have been pastry to begin with.
If Ben hadn't corrected him on the big ball for resting the dough wouldn't have rested in time to be used.
And if Ben hadn't called it out, Barry wouldn't have egg-washed it.
And with all that help; the bottom still puffed up, the edges had to be repaired, the top had to be repaired, he didn't have time to crunch his chicken skin over the top, and the bottom wasn't baked enough.
Not to mention this was a second attempt at the dish, he _knew_ he was going for the pastry badge,.. overall just a poor performance.
Compare that to Mike who went in for the seasoning badge, actually displayed his knowledge on the topic by talking about the triangle. Correcting all by himself the salty jus with a bit of sugar, and then correctly balancing it all out with the rest of the burger. To the point where it was the winning dish.
Displayed knowledge and skill and independence, no chef help, and won the challenge too.
So happy to see Mike clean sweep this series. He always has great ideas and knows his stuff, but he is always, always too hard on himself, gets in his own head with self-doubt (and I can 100% relate to that) and that can affect him. So, well done Mike!
Are you guys considering an Ultimate Battle Cookbook: Chef vs Chef Edition in the future?
Never say never!
I'd love to see them really really flex their skills in the kitchen.
Mike, Barry and Jamie V Ben & James. 3 hrs to provide 3 course meal, blind taste tested by guest judge??
Yeah, and maybe see who can get the most badges in one battle too
For them to really flex their skills I think they should each work on three meals where each meal is aimed at a different normal.
Mike for me is always put down, I think he has improved more than anyone and should get more credit.
The raw pastry did result in the most wholesome moment of the boys just hugging and crying though.
It was bittersweet.
@@SortedFood the pastry orrr?
@@elliothenderson2617 no, the homoeroticism
Barry: Screws up every step of the way, Ben corrects him, gets a badge for his vast knowledge he did not use at all.
Therefore he is on top of the leaderboard, completely deserved. Or so it seems.
Still scratching my head!
Same with the meringue.
@@glockenrein Yep, he didn't do very much at all in that challenge, except throw a huge spanner in the works mid way through.
Agreed. I think the badge videos where everyone did the same thing for badges is perfect but these random badges aren't that great. When everyone gets the meringue badge when only one person actually made meringue it kinda defeats the purpose of the badges to begin with. Likewise, Berry being instructed on how to make his pastry and then receiving a badge for it really undermines the whole premise behind the badge system/game. The badges are meant to see who is more "chef-y", as in who can cook the best without assistance from chefs.
@@fafski1199 yeah he just came in decided to have a mini tantrum and just do whatever he wanted because I dunno screw other peoples idea
They were so proud of Ebbers and his “circle of life” reference. 😂😂
🥺 help! I didn’t get it...
@@sarahbonpierre8898 Elton John composed the music for the song "The Circle of Life" from Disney's "The Lion King." I had to google it myself, so it might have been a bit of a niche joke.
Barry definitely doesn't deserve the pastry badge, Ebbers helped him at every point
Exactly, completely agree
Yeah I was scrolling down into the comments to say the same exact thing lol. Barry's great, but that was a total pity badge. I think if they are really going to test the normals for badges the chefs have to be out of the room, otherwise they really wanna help out.
I think the problem was that Barry probably thought the pastry issue last time was an accident that happens to everyone sometimes so he didn't practice with pastry leading up to the battle
@@Yukiwodashite As a chef myself, I know how Barry's pie would have turned out without Ebbers helping him out. It would have been less than great, and we likely would have had a repeat of what happened in the original battle. I think Barry almost earned it, but not quite all the way there.
@@aggronio353 They certainly are all capable, but if they are going to do this whole badge challenge this year I think it would be nice if the chefs stopped going so easy on them. Especially since they can always try again later in the year. Like you suggested with him being almost there, I think he could have learned from this and done something with it in the months to come.
Mike isn't in a costume. He seems very comfortable with it and he looks amazing!
It's probably because he wears that every time he does the Janice voiceovers.
He always embraces the cosplay.
@@SortedFood link below to his onlyfans.
He didn't even need to go and buy it, he just asked Janice if he could borrow it
Mike was all, "I'm gradually taking my clothes off." Then immediately after he said that, the "If you like this, give it a Like" graphic was displayed. Really curious if that was intentionally edited that way. 😆
I genuinely don't believe Barry deserves the Pastry badge. The Meringue badge was a carry, this one was pure mercy on Ben's part.
Ben held Barry's hand the entire time, on everything from telling him how to rest it, how to patch it, how to fix the puffing. The badges were interesting at first but now they pretty much get every badge every time, regardless of whether they show any actual skill. Touch the meringue bowl? Badge for you!
@@joshandcilla Mike finished the Meringue smoothly and arguably perfcetably so I'd argue he earned it. Barry gets it off of team effort. But this time it was a complete sham.
@@joshandcilla Meringue badge was poorly designed. It was impossible for all 3 of them to make a significant contribution, worthy of a badge making only one meringue.
I agree. I feel like to deserve a badge, you have to show that you did research to understand the techniques. It just seemed like Barry was flying by the seat of his pants and hoping that experience would carry him through. And it didn’t, he needed so much help. He didn’t deserve the meringue badge or the pastry badge, if you ask me.
@@TheNotoriousRS I think that if Barry would've actually tested the bowl like Mike did and said, "ok, the bowl is cold, that means the meringue is ready" then he would've shown that he knows how to make a meringue and would've deserved the badge as there wasn't much more to do, but he didn't even do that
Hmm so Ben corrected Barry at almost every step of his pastry making journey and it still wasn't perfect but he still gets the badge? ....okay
THANK YOU!!!
No matter how good or bad they do they always get the badge
It had to be said
Maybe because his patry tasted good?
Maybe because his patry tasted good?
"Mike: 200 what?
Baz: degrees celsius
Mike: that's why they call him Mr. Fahrenheit"
13:51 that really cracked me up for some reason, shame it didn't land 😂😂
I hooted with delight here at that one! I think from the comments it landed everywhere but in the kitchen.
Please do more pass it on reaction videos starting from the beginning. Would be great to see you go back and look at the first season and see how far you've (not) come!
P.s. Mike's 200 degrees joke KILLED ME and I cannot work out why it didn't land. It was perfect
Pps Barry getting that badge proves this isn't about distinguishing chefs from normals like they said. That's a joke.
If he had a pastry badge going in to this video, he should've LOST IT for that performance.
Mike: "That hurt even me." - the way that I cackled! Also, I absolutely think that Mike deserved the win. As much as I love all of them, Mike has consistently shown improvement in the kitchen and he was very confident and even when the reducing went bad he didn't flaff around, but knew what to do. Well deserved, congrats!
I really wish ben wouldn't measure stuff out for the guys, defeats the purpose of going for a pastry badge when the measures are already done for them. I also wish they only got to look at the recipe before the battle and not during to add more chaos.
YES
For someone dressed like Elton John, Mike sure was keeping up with some great Queen puns. Fantastic work guys.
I'm just sitting here wondering how many feathers made it into Mike's dish.
Uh, all of em I think lol
literally saw hundreds of them when he flapped it around... my jaw dropped..
I agree with what most people have said with regards to Barry getting the pastry badge. Probably not entirely deserved
Yellow (Barry) + feathers (Mike) = chicken
Either brilliant coordination or a fabulous coincidence, but excellent either way 😂
This one is going to Mike.
Barry struggled so much when the goal is to show both mastery and skill. That includes, fixing mistakes without outside input. Mike adjusted things on his own.
Barry had so much from the sideline that he didn't have to rely on or live up to his mistakes in this one.
I feel like the double clink of the egg in the intro makes the chefs feel vaguely pleased with themselves for only needing to clink an egg once to crack it
Scratching my head a bit because Barry is on the top of badge numbers, but I'm not sure if he really earned the pastry or meringue badges since Ben helped him correct the pastry and he didn't do much with the meringue at all.
On the other hand Mike is still missing his unusual ingredients badge that he definitely earned.
By my count it should be Jamie and Mike tied at the top and Barry one badge behind, or maybe a 3 way tie if you insist on giving Barry the pastry badge because he DID successfully fix it even though he was helped a bit
Ben's face at 11:07 after Barry days everyone else holds him back is PRICELESS.😂😂😂
Ben's like bro in literally handing you the badge just shut up 😂
I love how they’re sharing a pair of earrings ✝️
Without the boa and the glasses Mike looks like a Ken doll 😂
He does, doesn't he. But the looks suits him very well
Looks more like George Michael
Aww Mike ! I’m glad the Boa came off, If you think having a hair in your food is bad ! Imagine tiny lil pink feathers !! I can feel them in my mouth !!
Those feathers got everywhere!
@@SortedFood you're going to be finding some for weeks, those things are as bad as glitter!
Badge criteria has dropped right off. At the start it was like nope some of the carrots arev2mm longer than the others no badge for you. Now it is like we will prevent you from making any mistakes by pointing every error out to you and as long as you don't totally mess is up you get a badge, you get a badge, everyone gets a badge!!!! Why didn't Jamie get a badge? Sure he did nothing but the other two got a badge last time for doing nothing too!
“I’m gradually taking my clothes off.” - Michael Brian Huttlestone, Sir Elton John Cosplayer, 2021.
What Barry couldn’t do with his Snape Costume, Mike will do it with his lol
5:50 I love how Jamie just had those glasses *ready* in his pocket
Good job! I thought Mike's should win cause Baz had a few tips/reminders from Ebbers throughout
Mike, I know your shoulders must be sore. Because you´ve carried everyone in this episode with those pop references dude
Great line! ha, ha, ha. He was funny.
The joke landed perfectly, Mike. I enjoyed it immensely.
I love that Mike and Barry are each wearing one earring from a pair
If only we could see Ben, Jamie and James in costumes as well.. Imagine Elton John, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Prince and George Michael all together 😍
I'd sub Prince for Mick Jagger, keep them all English but it would have been amazing either way.
We're not sure the internet is ready for this.
@@SortedFood Well, at least ONE guy on the internet isn't.
Yes! Please 😍
@@SortedFood We'd gladly accept you all breaking the internet, if it means seeing James in a costume 😂
Of course he got his pastry badge, he was getting help from Ben 😂😂
Everyone's talking about Barry not deserving the badge, but can we talk about how impressive it is that Mike remembered the seasoning triangle from a couple of years ago?
I mean they use that just about every time they cook, not very hard to remember.
Barry is the type of person who gets full marks for a group presentation, he did nothing on!!🤣🤣
no no he did write down his name on the card.
Mike should get a badge for winning all three battles! 'Competitive Cooking' or 'Cooking under pressure' would absolutely be appropriate!
"pressure cooker" if you will... 😁
As an East Ender myself I love the 'mates for ever', 'down the pub' snippy, quick banter.
The collaboration of Elton John and Freddy Mercury live in your Kitchen! Now theres something off my bucket list!
How on earth did barry win a pastry badge when ben had to remind him of almost every step?
Ben did not help out every step of the way, dude. Watch it again. Most of the time he was commenting on something Baz was already doing!
These might be my favorite costumes in any battle!
I request Barry to make another pastry because he had a lot of help from Ebbers with this one ☝️
I did like it when Barry said, “You are the champion, my friend.”
But... the pastry badge, when he was coached through the whole process? Ehhhh...
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Mike should get a badge for winning all three battles!
Also, he is still owed the special ingredient badge in my book.
Mike should get a badge just for winning every challenge so far! And improvement badge or cool under pressure badge lol
Mike' dishes are always so creative and somehow he rarely gets to be the winner so I'm so glad of the outcome. That sandwich looked really good. By the way, this cook book really excites me, I consider getting one even if some of the ingredients used are not available in my country.
I died when Mike fluffed his boa aggressively over Barry's dish haha.
I will never get over them using Ben’s face as a censor bar when people curse 😂😂
I can't help but feel like they are being way too generous with the badges now. Its far more rare for them to not get them getting them at this point. With the amount Ben had to tell baz to do added with how it still did not turn out perfect, the fact he still got it is saying they have really lowered the bar for the badges.
Idk I don't feel like Barry should've gotten the pastry badge or the meringue badge before it lol
Really cool that you guys managed to get Elton John for the final battle
We know right, what a kind man to come and join us.
Wait how did Barry get a badge?? Ben held his hand the whole way through and even with all the direction, Barry still messed it up!
I can't even IMAGINE what Barry's pastry would have turned out like if Ben hadn't been helping every step of the way. Can we get a redo please without any external chef help?!
Ben did not help out every step of the way, dude. Watch it again. Most of the time he was commenting on something Baz was already doing!
@@deprofundis3293 it is enough that he measured the ingredients for him. How do u get a pastry badge when u couldn't sort out your ingredients. Besides everyone seems to agree he was hand held except you!
@@jemmaj2919 Actually he didn't measure the ingredients. He had portions set out for him, but they weren't measured. That's why he was like "You were supposed to measure the amount of salt you needed from that container, not put the whole thing in" Pure luck the proportions were close enough.
@@madock345 you are obviously undermining Ben's years of baking experience. You can easily guess portion sizes without a recipe just from experience. If this was done by someone without experience, they'll get it most likely wrong. So it isn't really luck.
Did you pun Imagine on purpose? ❤😂
I made Barry's pie recipe from the website about 4 years ago and let me say it was one of the tastiest things I've ever cooked! Absolutely awesome
Mike missed out one Jamie's "are you still standing?" question. He should have said "Yeah Yeah Yeah"🎶 lol
That "You are the champion, my friend" at the end was bizarrely heartwarming.
Being very generous with these badges now...
I'm confuzzelled why Mike is even wearing a wig, like that's what his hair looks like always 😂
James:"Do we hold that against him or is that to be expected?"
The sass king is back!!! He has been missed!
I would love longer videos. The more details the better and your interactions are fun to be around, especially while quarantined!
Baz had to be helped so much ahaha no badge for him in my books
Agree
Ben helped Barry to much with the pastry to give him the badge.
I agree
The boys having matching earrings, how cute lol
I love how Mike and Baz are each wearing one of a pair of gold earrings
I'm so proud of Mike! 3 incredible dishes and he should 100% get a badge for all 3 wins! Still cannot believe Barry managed to get a pastry badge for pastry that Ben had to help step by step through 🤣🤣
I agree with who won, and Ben should get the "showing your friend the answers to the test" badge for all the time he told Baz what to do lol
Mike and Barry look fabulous! Props to the Hair and Makeup and Styling.
Video was amazing! Just ordered the book. As a chef myself can't wait till it comes in!
While Barrys pastry were alot better than last time, i feel like he got a fair amount of help! What if he had put his pastry in the fridge, as a ball instead of first being told to flatten it, where would he have ended then? If we look to Mike, he realised his Jus were too salted because of over reducing it and corrected it by using some sugar.
While we don't see if it's actually Ben or someone else pointing it out to Mike, it gets showed as if he figured it out himself, while Barry got fair help with his Pastry.
I just get the feeling that the Badges would mean more, if they were earned "alone". Of course if they are going really off track, hint to them instead of just telling them what to do! :D
Well said!
Mike is on FIRE this episode. With the jokes, the meal, roasting of barry hahaha. Im lovin it!
Giving out “pastry” (participation) trophies now!
Sorted videos always make me hungry. I love the battles, both the original and the take 2 ones.
I knew what the costumes were but I still loved them. Also, I see someone's got a hair cut, it looks swag
Ben getting too generous!! I didn't feel Barry deserved the badge, I wanted him to do well so badly, but I don't think he deserved the badge
Barry Defenitly didn't deserve the badge. Ebberz held his hand all the time. It's unfair to Mike. Really reallu unfair
Its not even four minutes after the update and i'm already looking in the comments to see if anyone has spoiled who the winner is XD
I love that they clearly bought one pair of clip on earrings and just shared them for both costumes hahahaha