$178 vs $12 Sundae: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

Professional chef instructor Frank Proto and experienced home cook Daniel are trading recipes and whipping up some ice cream sundaes. We set Daniel up with an over-the-top $178 worth of ingredients and Frank's recipe while sending just 12 bucks worth of goods back to our esteemed expert. As is customary, food scientist Rose dialed in to assist Daniel in achieving Frank’s vision. How did his skills stack up against Frank's decadent banana split recipe? What tricks can Frank break out to improvise a sundae up to his standards?

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Director: Cory Cavin
Director of Photography: Joel Kingsbury
Editor: Eric Bigman
Talent: Frank Proto
Talent: Daniel Victor

Sr. Culinary Director: Kelly Janke
Producer: Isabel Alcantara
Culinary Producer: Kat Botysova
Culinary Associate Producer: Jessica Do
Line Producer: Jennifer McGinity
Associate Producer: Alicia Aswat
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes

Camera Operator: Lucas Young
Audio: Rachel Suffian
Production Assistant: Tim Colao

Post Production Supervisor: Stephanie Cardone, Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
Graphics, Animation, VFX: Léa Kichler


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[bubbasgotback]

This has got to be Frank’s favorite series. You just know he loves to figure out just how absurd and expensive he can make even the simplest of recipes

[jrmiasmg]

We need Pro Chef & Pro Chef Swap Ingredients... and when I say pro chef, I mean Frank and Saul...

[melissamarshall]

Frank: For me to make my sundae, I first have to get milk from my personal herd of cows, my organic fruits grown in my specially built greenhouse, and eggs from my immense chicken coop.

Daniel: To make my sundae, I just go to my local 7-11 and get whatever I can find.
🤣🤣

[winklenator]

I love this series for two reasons
1) it teaches you that even a novice home chef can make a fairly complex recipe
2) it gives you some great ideas to try in your simple at home recipes

[lindafreeman]

I love that Frank is Mr. High End Organic Single Origin Heritage Ingredients, but also shamelessly squirts the canned whipped topping directly into his mouth, and admits to eating the bright red cherries from the jar.

[Angrymonkey]

Daniel is like a human Golden Retriever. 🎉

[syedmubasheer]

When Frank said "I am Wizard Harry"😂😁😁

[haileyhowson]

frank is slowly becoming more unhinged and i love it

[israyasmin]

i can tell frank has so much fun making his recipes as expensive as possible hahaha

[melbell]

You can tell that Frank just *loves* to troll the other chefs with his ingredients.

[SamGiles]

This show is just marvellous. Like 4 Levels, it's a fantastic blend of entertainment and education, in addition to being a great source of inspiration. Thank you!

[tyelork]

I'm really glad they got to start meeting and trying each other's versions of their dish. Was definitely a great addition to this show, Daniel finally got to meet Frank on camera!

[littlelaisa]

for someone who's been watching this for a longggg time, daniel's really grown into his style. you're looking very *chef's kiss* good!

[suko]

To be honest i would'nt be suprised if Frank sailed out to Tahiti just for those vanilla beans

[alexisgeiser]

i was so apprehensive because i was like wtf can frank even do here? Frank always shocks me with his ingenuity

[kamarpreet]

It's like the chef wins on both the sides! His personal recipe is incredible and then he developed a whole new recipe to elevate the other one too!

[Mapuia]

Do a new series where the pro chef actually makes his own recipes

[VerhoevenSimon]

I love this series, and it's always interesting to see how the pros reutlize the ingredients they're given. I do hope to see a dual series one day where they each make their original planned, and then the swapped version.

[CarrieArt]

I love it when they call Rose, she is awesome

[Michelle]

Oh my! I was just blown away by Daniel saying Maraschino "Original". As a French person, I've never been more impressed. I mean that's a hard word to say right in French and oh man did he nail it. 10/10!!