Professional Chef Challenges Amateur to Make Spaghetti & Meatballs With Him | Epicurious

Watch a professional chef attempt to lead an amateur cook in making spaghetti and meatballs using only audio instruction.


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Professional Chef Challenges Amateur to Make Spaghetti & Meatballs With Him | Epicurious

Chef James Briscione, Institute of Culinary Education.

[greekspartanbeauty]

"when life gives you meatballs, you make bolognese" lol

[ericm]

He looks defeated as soon as he says soup, dat posture

[Ceb]

"Like a worm!"

"Or... Or a noodle?"

[rief]

There is such a big difference in the tone and instructions given by James and Carla from BA. Carla is encouraging and he just seemed super impatient the whole time.

[hakugin]

Sadly, I think his failure really lies in the chef's specificity and attention to detail in his instructions. I cook all the time, so I understood what he was going for, but this guy needed it dumbed down just a tad more.

[ohnegative]

This was rather entertaining, putting the eggs into the meat.. then the parsley.. LMAO

[chrissandoval]

i can't think of a single italian household that would consider james' sauce anything better than slightly above a ketchup.

[Sunwell]

I like this chef simply because he is "Considerate" enough, he is lenient. Most chefs would probably sort of scold him while doing this.

[ntnnot]

Don't find this show entertaining. The problem is that they don't seem to really try to get the amateur to succeed, but more so hope to get some cheap laughs. The chef could've e.g. said that putting the eggs in with the meat without premixing them was not a problem (just mix it thoroughly afterwards), but instead he was acting several times like the guy made a big mistake. Like it wouldn't be hard enough to cook something for the first time, but then also have your "instructor" try to make you feel more uncertain. And Mark still managed decently (e.g. made pasta for the first time), but didn't get even one compliment. Way to discourage people.

[millienexu]

This duo is so funny 😂 everyone’s being super tough on the pro chef but I thought he did pretty well considering it’s probably his the norm to teach someone a dish through just audio lol

[Silencedlemon]

I so want to do this with my best friend. the guy can't cook for shit, and I'm a cook lol

[bcaye]

That chef is pretty condescending and rushed the poor guy. Dude admitted he doesn't cook, no need to be rude about it.

[jonathanhernandez]

I would watch this for an entire day. I want more episodes!

[ranielyfire]

Honestly mark's didnt look bad at all

[miahgeorge]

When the chef picked up the knife to nick the garlic, I noticed instantly that it was a wüshtof 😍

[TheDIrtyHobo]

"Exactly like you did your parsley... allegedly..." I'm dying. Now all I want is one of those instructional chef shows where the host just constantly low-key calls their audience incompetent the whole time.

[kylejacobs]

chef not responding to questions and person making "meatballs" clearly doesn't understand the concept of meat balls.

[_Toxicity]

After seeing the "50 people try" on this channel, the fact the amateur can crack eggs gives him a leg up.

[caseyhollis]

So I may not have a fancy culinary degree but I'm a damn good cook. This was painful to get past the first minute!! I haven't bought ANY red, Alfredo, or cheese sauce in years & I'd already have stuff simmering smh Poor guy!! Never be afraid to create awesomeness!!!

[NochSoEinKaddiFan]

These people need to play "Keep talking and nobody explodes"