4 Levels of Deviled Eggs: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur Desi, home cook Emily, and professional chef Joshua Resnick from the Institute of Culinary Education - to make us their take on deviled eggs. Once each level of chef had presented their creations, we asked expert food scientist Rose to explain the choices each made along the way. Which deviled eggs would you swipe from the appetizer tray first?


Produced by Epicurious with Eggland's Best

Director: Lisa Paradise
Director of Photography: Jeremy Harris
Editor: Manolo Moreno
Talent: L1: Desi Johnson; L2: Emily Duncan; L3: Chef Joshua Resnick
Expert: Rosemary Trout (Food Scientist)
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Producer: Tyre Nobles
Culinary Producer: Mallary Sanctucci
Culinary Associate Producer: Leslie Raney
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Sahara Pagan
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Assistant Camera: Lucas Young
Sound Mixer: Brett van Deusen
Culinary Assistant: Jami Samuelson-Kopek
Researcher: Vivian Jao
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell; Justin Symonds



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[Fidozo]

"I barely make my own bed, so I'm not gonna make my own Creole"

- Desi, level one chef, 2023 - 4:07

[ceanicify]

Emily, those shocking puns were re-volt-ing, I hope you didn’t charge for them.

[samuelnaibaho]

A whole week? If I'm not wrong, that should be the longest cooking process on this show!

[CaraStrong]

I do a traditional filling but top it with bacon and candied jalapeños 😋

[BIG-qned]

I’ve never cured eggs, but they look really nice

[chrisshoemaker]

Desi is more of a level -1. Emily had such a character arch, those look great!

[hisayumi]

Wanna try emily's and chef joshua's eggs.. Love emily's jokes 😊 Also a new pro chef to love, first time to see him, chef joshua looks so stern but he actually seems to be adventurous 🙂 desi seems to be mumbling sometimes though

[swole_al]

this is the first level 4 video where i would probably make the level 3’s recipe

[lynnlazenby-faulkner]

Lots of great ideas. I will be trying Desi's addition of air fried bacon the next time I make these for my husband.

[richienagy]

I love how Emily got to do the sponsoring of the eggs

[denomdemon]

I can't wait to have deviled eggs in 3 weeks!

[MarthaMcCrum]

That second guy who cured his yokes-no!!! I want to eat my deviled eggs in my lifetime dude!

[VECORlt]

Level 3 chef - I'll make eggs, with eggs, with eggs.

[beckac]

Am I seeing things, or was Daniel Victor (one of the other cooks on this channel), in one of the Eggland's Best commercials???

[EK-xzig]

Emily, you're awesome, but that was about 1/2cup of mayo, not a couple tablespoons, lol!

[RedRoseSeptember]

Meh I don't want spicy eggs. I'm quite simple and prefer regular deviled eggs lol.

[ToxicSpork]

Desi has that "I'm gonna be a level one chef for the rest of my life, and I don't care" vibe to him, and I love it...

[Stormthepolterwolf]

it makes me so happy to see that emily's leveled up, you go ketchup girl!

[minarossi]

YOU'RE A LEVEL 2 CHEFF CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[Zathren]

I still think it would be cooler if all three of them tried eachothers food so we get different perspectives on everyone's tastes.