4 Levels of French Toast: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different levels - an amateur, a home cook and a professional chef - to make their versions of French toast. And then we brought in a food scientist to review their work. Which French toast was the best?


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4 Levels of French Toast: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

[tanyaoxendine-hidalgo]

Emily - "I eat it with ketchup, because I'm a monster"
Everyone else - as long as you know.

[siyaneliswashozi]

"I like to eat this with ketchup because I am a monster"
"I would eat this alone in the dark somewhere"

Emily is everything okay at home?

[wonder]

"I like to put ketchup on it, because I'm a monster."

_As Lorenzo once said, _*_oh lord have mercy_*

[jennajedden]

i feel like Penny would hug and comfort you while you cry, but also be the one to make you cry

[natg.]

level 1: white bread
level 2: french brioche
level 3: *-vodka-* babka

[galaxylatte]

Level 1: K E T C H U P
Level 2: Cooking show host in training
Level 3: _so we are just going to make our own bread_

[zeinaa]

Penny “we don’t really want this to be eggy”
Emily eggy”

[sarahquino]

Emily's french toast is the representation of 2020.

[KING-tvci]

"Im lvl 1"
"Im lvl 2"
"Since the dawn of time, i have perfected my ability to prepare meals in order to construct the perfect dinner once master, Gordon the Gorgon, awakens from his slumber."

[Anderino]

"I use a fork because I don't have a dishwasher and I don't want to wash a whisk."

That's so relateable.

[Biilbs]

When I saw the ketchup bottle my entire life flashed before my eyes

[karadavis]

Emily: I'm going to let that soak in for about 1 minute
Penny: I'm just going to dip my bread into the egg batter because I don't like it eggy
Emily: Mmm, nice and eggy
Penny: *Passes out*

[joce]

Everybody gangsta till Emily puts ketchup on her French toast

[oly]

Level 1 chef: I bought my eggs from the store!
Level 2 chef: I bought my eggs from a nearby farm!
Level 3 chef: *So as a chef I like to lay my own eggs*

[chickenjail]

Satan: I've come to take your soul.
Emily: Imma put ketchup on my French Toast.
Satan: I see I've arrived too late. Carry On.

[potatodog]

0:21, wow, Emily is mean! She doesn’t let others eat her French toast!

3:42, ohh, I see why!

[Ms.Erin_]

L3: I'm a dipper. I don't want it too egg-y.
L1: Oooh egg-y.

[rowanb-g]

i hate what emily does to food, but i respect her for living her truth

[microwaveee]

I am a level 4 chef. I taught the bread to cut itself and I mix the mixture with my mind.

[danieloray]

Frank wasn’t there cause he is still building the farm where he will grow the wheat for his bread and raise chickens for his eggs