4 Levels of Deep Dish Pizza: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different skill levels–amateur Joe, home cook Beth, and professional chef Ann Ziata from the Institute of Culinary Education–to make us their take on Chicago-style deep dish pizza. We then asked expert food scientist Rose to explain each chef's choices along the way. Which deep dish pizza do you think makes Chicago proud?

00:00 Intro
00:43 Dough
02:09 Sauce
04:09 Cheese
05:48 Toppings
08:20 Cooking & Assembly
12:19 Plating
13:38 Level 4 - Food Scientist



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[Beach_Boomer]

Ngl, Beths pizza would make me the happiest if it appeared in front of me at a restaurant.. 《insert chefs kiss here》

[TragoudistrosMPH]

Beth's shade against deep dish pizza, while making a mouthwatering one was iconic and endearing 😂

[ratcliffjones]

Meanwhile Chef Frank is building his own Italian creamery to make the cheese for his pizza

[blue_tetris]

My dearest sound editor, pizza does not make that noise.

[Kirbstomp]

Beth is proof that grandmas always make the best food, especially Italian grandmas

[jl]

Oh Beth's pizza looked simply divine. Scrumptious!
I appreciate the simplicity of the first one and creativity of flavour combinations in the final one, but Beth's pizza screams comfort food. Warm, cozy, filling and hits the pizza craving brief 100%. Nicely done!

[SilverDSlite]

Beth is roasting that pizza more than the oven.

[forget]

I love Beth because I feel like she's the grandma who would spoil you but also smack you (lightly) if you cut corners. Joe if fun because it's like he unapologetically gave up before he started. He's like "eh. It's edible."

[mattheology]

Anna Kendrick could literally play Chef Ann in a movie lmao

[WhimsicalPictures]

I love Joe, he has such an easy humor. And so happy to see Beth!

[ghostofyou]

Beth's shade against deep dish pizza then proceeding to make a classic Chicago deep dish is glorious. I love her. I started laughing when she brought the sweet italian sausage. It is a crime to use other sauces for your deep dish. Also that sauce beth made I would love to eat by itself.

[daultonvenglar]

I’m not convinced that the level 1 chef has ever seen deep dish pizza. Beth did incredible, as always.

[jefffarley]

I'm here for Beth's sauce! That looked amazing!

[kellymaps]

Grandma Beth is the strongest contender every time she appears : no fuss, hearty cooking that puts weight on your hips and a smile on your face 😊

[aprilcossairt]

Beth's deep dish pizza is the only one I would eat. It was like the ann was making something other than pizza.

[forceofwillgaming]

Welcome back Beth you are a queen in the kitchen. All three of these chefs made amazing pizzas. They truly looked amazing

[savorymarshmallows]

I kind of dig Joe's bucket-hat pizza tbh. Usually a deep-dish pizza is a pizza that fills a deep dish, he made a pizza that is itself a deeper dish than the contents, but that manages to be both insane and kind of appealing, at least visually, with the big crispy edges. Not sure if it's nice to eat but there's something to it.

[maymadisson]

Beth taking shots at deep dish pizza made my day

[silentwight]

Lvl 3 version looks depressing. I'd even settle to lvl 1 and be happy😂

[YoonriFluffy]

I really love energy of level 1. "I chose 2 cheeses coz why not?" 😂❤