4 Levels of Meatballs: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur Emily, home cook Daniel, and professional chef Yuji Haraguchi - to make us their best meatballs. Once each level of chef had finished and tasted their final product, we asked food scientist Rose to explain their choices from an expert's perspective. Which meatballs are you rolling with?

Keep up with Emily at @emilyslamduncan
Follow Daniel at @iamdanielvictor
Chef Yuji is on Instagram at @yujiramen_bk
Follow Rose at @rosemarytrout_foodscience


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4 Levels of Meatballs: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

[philippwiedmann]

i love how Level 3 makes sure he catches his fish as sustainable as possible and doesn't waste any part of the tuna

[puddlemini]

Emily talking about how she could cook better “but just doesnt want to” is such a mood

[amandac]

I like Yuji’s approach to cooking. You can tell every ingredient he used was so thought out. Everything he did was intentional. I’m the total opposite and I will definitely try to be more thoughtful with my approach in the future because his dish seems like it would be amazing.

[euCelsoX]

For me, Daniel will always be the "hot guy who puts berries in his grilled cheese"

[ceanicify]

Emily may be a level 1 Chef, but she's a level 3 Presenter.

[nathanarnaud]

Emily’s just that one person that doesn’t mind taking one for the team, and although they aren’t considered the best because of their sacrifices, everyone loves them

[arietty]

"little meat hats for all my ball friends"
-Emily

DID NOT know meatballs could have so many levels?? Y'all are constantly raising the bar

[BurningSearcher]

I did not expect a Japanese chef for this episode. I like that the Japanese chef adds a very unique spin to regular meatballs.

Edit: Thank you guys all for so many likes. Please make sure you like all the other amazing comments in this comment section.

Edit #2: People may seem to be confused about this comment. I know that there are many different types of meatballs in the world, I am just telling this view on what the other commenters may think, and it is not really expected to have this type of meatball in this episode.

[aperson]

Fun fact: Every level three chef is actually Frank from an alternate universe

[puddlemini]

Yuji is so precious haha. When he started laughing at his own jokes

[bread]

When level three pulled out that giant.. carcass(?) at the start, I was really fascinated.

[MasterFhyl]

That's some harsh editing on Emily, haha.
Emily: Should I use a spoon for this?
-cuts to Yuji using a spoon-
Emily: I'm sure that there are more sanitary ways to do this...
-cuts to Daniel using gloves-

[lenfatterrible]

im looking forward to see emily in 10 years still doing her thing, ignoring cosmic laws and representing level 1s. emily you're good youtube, never change

[mfullcircle]

I loved that Yuji's version of meatballs was not conventional! Would not have thought of Tuna to be meatball as the standard is the well known Italian version. It'd be great to see his take on different dishes sometime in the future. :]

[flywithnithya]

The way he says "its just fermented for HALF YEAR"😂😂😂

[FoxDenProductions]

One day we'll see Emily under the "Professional Chef" category and it'll be the glow-up of the century.

[kayleeshacklock]

If Emily EVER becomes a level 2 chef there should be an episode dedicated to her and attempting to present her favorite dish in the 3 levels

[ed_halley]

More Yuji! After watching Uncle Roger's expose on how british chefs don't understand asian foods, we got to get some experts in here.

[adityaprabhu]

6:52 I love it when Yuji, who maintains a serious face throughout most of the video, laughs all of a sudden... he seems like a really great guy