$145 vs $10 Mac & Cheese: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

Professional chef Bill Clark and home cook Emily are swapping materials and hoping for the best! We set Emily up with an eye-popping $145 worth of ingredients from chef Bill’s kitchen along with his luxurious lobster mac and cheese recipe. To lend a helping hand, food scientist Rose dialed in to offer some of her trademark wisdom and encouragement. Over with Bill, a more reasonable $10 recipe from Emily was being accentuated on the fly in a quest to make it something gourmet. Grab a bottle of ketchup and tune in to find out who came out on top under these mixed up circumstances!

Chef Bill is on Instagram at @billclarkmakes
Follow Emily at @emilyslamduncan
Keep up with Rose at @rosemarytrout_foodscience


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[anthognome]

I don't even know Emily, but I'm so proud of her. She went from being a level 1 chef to a homecook in the course of this series. That's character development!

[gibberishname]

I like how Bill isn't sh*tting on the low budget everyday mac & cheese, but treating Emily's version as the approachable comfort food it is.

[oryza_]

I love how her first reaction to those ingredients was "Theres a CREATURE-" immediately followed up with a slightly calmer "well I guess I'm making lobster mac n cheese" lmao

[JamesGoldblood]

This episode was so refreshing! Usually the chef talks down on the cheaper recipe, the chef wasn't even phased and Emily made me so proud this episode. I remember when she put ketchup on her steak now sis is a home cook. I cook almost everyday and I would be terrified to cook the lobster.

[noemirios]

We need more episodes like this! No adding extra stuff on the pro chef's side, just changing the technique! This is a perfect episode, now we can do it at home since the "cheap" recipe is something almost all of us can afford.

[Brettington]

Chef Bill is one of the few chefs who stuck to the spirit of the series and utilized the ingredients he was provided instead of just rummaging around in the cabinets to make a version closer to their swapped dish. Definitely one of the best in the series for that reason alone.

[neilsant]

After months of not watching Emily, i could say that she improving like a pro... improving her cooking skills...
Im looking forward to her promotion as level 2 chef in coming months or year/s!

We love to see level 1 grows from love & lessons taught by seasoned Professional Chefs.

[cookingandlivingwithchefali]

The salt difference at 17:57 😁 was fun. I love this series in all!

[moses]

Love that the chef isn’t snobby about the velveeta.

[pepperbird]

I really love how he didn't add much to the dish at all, he mostly just changed the execution of ingredients to enhance it

[aduckwithayoutubechannel]

The fact that Bill doesn’t add anything but just uses his skill and experience to improve the dish is just... (cue chefs kiss) _Mwah!_

[sarahsami]

Absolutely love the fact that the pro chef isn’t changing the ingredients but instead using the ingredients in a different, fun, creative way.

[nikhilverma]

This challenge was legit .
Pro chef not adding any extra stuff .

[shimarin]

Chef Bill : "don't worry Emily I didn't forget the ketchup'
Damn it's so sweet

[zepwolfx]

I'm proud of Emily. These recipe changes episodes usually use pro v lvl2 chefs. It shows she's getting better. I raise my ketchup bottle to her.

[rianaconklin]

I just had to say that it was so sweet seeing how kind and respectful they were to each other, you could genuinely feel the respect from each other. Great video, thank you so much for sharing 😊❤

[gearholder]

"Looks like they'll let me back into Nova Scotia"
did... did they exile Emily for her ketchup crimes?

[rourou]

"tHerE'S a CreAtUrE" LMAO I LOVE HER

[AJSagar]

i love all the homecooks and chefs on this damn show. i am addicted and i have come up with so many amazing ideas because of it

[leafy]

I would cry and walk away if I had to cook and break down a lobster. I've never even eaten it.