4 Levels of Roast Chicken: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different skill levels - an amateur, a home cook, and a professional - to make us a roast chicken. After each of them had presented their creation, we asked a food scientist to review their work. Who can boast the best roast? Whose bird is the word? A-well, a bird, bird, bird...



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4 Levels of Roast Chicken: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

[ladykaya]

i feel like jay has some sort of deep-rooted, personal vendetta against dishes

[sumsumsumin]

*Legends say that no one hates doing dishes more than Jay*

[bellacwir]

honestly surprised that jay didn't pull out any plastic plates

[adameccles]

This man was attacked by a rack of dirty dishes as a child.

[illmaticfiend]

Beth and Lorenzo are some of my favorite chefs on here. Seeing them together just melted my heart

[sarahlin]

I love how Lorenzo tasted Beth's chicken, they should do that more

[elmow_]

The level 1 chef is a level 2 chef that just doesn’t like prep and hates cleanup

[EoinMeenaghan]

You just know that Jay eats his chicken straight off the roasting dish at home so he doesn't dirty a plate

[mathfincoding]

Honestly, the food expert really explained a lot on this one. I was confused when the level 3 chef didn't put anything in the cavity of the chicken while the level 2 chef did. The expert then explained that doing so won't actually affect the flavor much but only enhances the aroma.

Ugh i love this series so much.

[DinoGoodley]

Emily: Ketchup Girl
Steven: Cheesecake Guy
Jay: *No Dishes Guy*

[ciscoortega]

This is legitimately the most competent Level 1 Chef we've had.

[hitwxndxr]

Ada: “Brownie Queen•
Emily: Ketchup God
Stephen: Cheap guy
Jay: No dishes guy
Bianca: Dancing Queen
Shane: doughnut baking guy
Brad: Egg Guy
John: adding extra things to food guy
Keith:Extra name guy

Lorenzo: Happy Man that everyone loves!
Beth: Buttermilk Lady
Anthony: Pink shirt guy
Daniel : Fruit guy
Gabi: Nana’s baby
Julie: Travel Flexing Grandma 😂😂
Khadijha: spicy girl

Frank: Saltmaster
Penny: booze god
Tracy: Bread Lady
Chris: Bird guy
Barbra: bREad SaLAd
Saul: Mama’s boy
Remy: French Guy from the grilled cheese video
Sim: italian guy
Palak: Pretty Spicy Baby
Hideyo: Asian Grandma
Guy: someone who smoked potatoes with hay
Adriana: French girl

Rose: The best food scientist
comment anyone i missed

[genahenderson]

Honestly lvl 1 isn’t even lvl 1 anymore. I miss lvl 1 people like Stephen and his half cheesecake.

[hernandeza]

I was so confused with everyone talking about Lorenzo & Beth.. glad I stuck till the very end. So wholesome

[melsyoutube]

"the more area you can cover with the butter, the better."

her accent made that sentence so pleasing to hear!

[theunholysmirk]

"they're just the right size to not have to cut"
I live for this mans philosophy

[bleutropicz]

Beth needs her own show. Could watch her for hours!

[ZayanGL]

Bruh... that ain’t a level 1 he knows everything

[dymmalowitz]

Level 3 — gourmet
Level 2 — cozy and comfy
Level 1 — simply genius

[jaydnjc]

If Frank was on this:
“So basically I take the chicken egg and sit on it”