4 Levels of Spaghetti & Meatballs: 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 spaghetti & meatballs. And then we brought in a food scientist to review their work. Which one was the best?


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[Plutario]

When Lorenzo and Frank are in the same video:
**Happiness noise**

[Ghost]

Level 1: *cracks pasta in half*


Italy: Is that a threat?

[nnex]

Level 1: I add oil
Level 2: Don't do that
Level 3: *_I made my own oil and sold half of it to the US military_*

[keerthiav]

"She can't be level 1, she's making her own meatballs."
*Breaks pasta in half*
"Just ignore what I said earlier."

[radioban]

I like this level 3 chef. He has this weird dead pan quality that is just hilarious and doesn't come off too arrogant. "Now we scoop".

[Advyth]

Lorenzo might be a Lvl 2 Chef but his personality is Lvl 100

[parisdalton]

Level 1: I bought this knife from Walmart
Level 2: My mother cooked with this knife
Level 3: I specifically like to go to Pluto and get this special silver rock and sharpen it down into a knife

[khadijamuneeb]

I’m surprise Frank used canned tomatoes and not fresh ones from his “farm in Scotland”

[austinhance]

*”aLrIgHt MeAtBaLlS sWiM”*

The words of a legend

[zhasssv]

level 1 - amateur
level 2 - experienced
level 3 - expert
level mom - perfection

[woozynutz]

Level 3: "I personally like to make my own oxygen, it really helps me live"

[danaloewen]

I love the way Rose never says, "This way is best." Or, "That way is wrong. "
She knows that each method brings something different to the table. And gives each Chef the freedom to be their best.

[taint]

Lorenzo is basically a level three chef who didn’t go to culinary school

[manchesterunitedno]

Level 1: Breaks Pasta

The entire Italians: Heart Attack

[ninjaswifon]

Level 1: Parm Cheese
Level 2:
Level 3: I milked myself for this cheese

[CrystalDiamondxX]

*Frank is a decent and a simple man, literally husband material*

*Lorenzo is the happy vibe guy that every kid wants as the father*

*and Elina is my mom at the last days of school year*

[adhdcatalyst]

if Emily was here she would probably use ketchup instead of the sauce

[amandadugas]

Can we just give Lorenzo his own cooking show?

[Tommi]

“If you really love people, you make your own pasta”
-Frank, Honorary Italian

[abeerfatima]

The perfect video:
Level 1: Emily
Level 2: Lorenzo
Level 3: Frank
Level 4: Rose