Cacio e Pepe | Botched by Babish (ft. Italia Squisita)

This week, the great (if somewhat particular) folks over at @italiasquisita are weighing in on my misguided interpretation of the OG Roman mac n' cheese, Cacio e Pepe. Celebrated Italian chef Luciano Monosilio tells me exactly what it takes to make this supposedly simple dish: can I manage to further screw it up? Turns out yes, I can, and while sparing no expense. Join me in my descent into cheesy madness.

Directed & Edited by the immensely talented Brad Cash.
Produced by the incomparable Kendall Beach and the irreplaceable, irresistible Jessica Opon.

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[italiasquisita]

That's insane! Andrew Rea is at the top of the game, his videos are almost rocket science, but he keeps putting himself on the line! Great respect from Italy, man. Still, we may have something else to say about this "botched" case...

[gabe]

This video should actually be called “Andrew’s almost immediate descent into madness”

[jokerproduction]

Buy a few more of those cheese wheels and we will be getting a new series... _Bankrupt by Babish_

[thakillman]

Italians: "that's not real italian".
Babish: "then how do you make it?"
Italians: "literally nobody agrees"

[kurlykayla]

I love how the main series would have us believe Andrew is a super suave dude with a smooth sense of humor, but then we cut to videos like this, and we see he's really just unhinged.

[missmoode]

This entire video is full of the chaotic, desperate energy of somebody starting out hopeful for redemption and eventually just racing against time to complete a video before he’s murdered by an army of vengeful Italians.

[Groovebotk]

Babish: loses his mind

Italians: "We secretly taught him incorrectly as a joke"

[the_brave_kitty]

The sad part is, the cheese wheel wasn't even the most expensive part of this video. It was, in fact, the phone call.

[FKProds]

When Babish said "It's not the cheese... There's something wrong with me as a person." I felt that.

[whyleft]

single handedly the most chaotic binging with babish show ever.

[singerofsongss]

“If it explodes, it’s a molotov” I don’t care if Andrew hated that; that’s a hilarious joke and I’m unashamed to say I laughed out loud at it

[talkingzack]

The fact that Andrew spent $1000 on cheese, just to immediately spend around $4000 on car repairs. I thought he was just going to tell the woman on the phone to keep the car at that point

[zerofox]

The blood curdling scream after Brad says Andrew got engaged and the fast pan to a scared Jess 🤣 the chaos of this episode is everything

[oberlin]

I don't know about everyone else, but I LOVE these more 'behind the scenes' feeling episodes, especially with Jess, Kendall, and Brad's inputs. And Andrew losing his mind.

[singerofsongss]

Babish going “that’s parmesan cheese” after spending $1000 and all that time and effort to get and open a giant wheel of cheese is the start of his villain arc

[rise]

Alternate Title: Bearded Man Has Existential Crisis Because of Cheese for 23 Minutes

[jackreid]

When Jess said, “nothing is Andrew’s fault”, and Brad pans back to look and Andrew, the absolute gleeful expression was everything!

[Dr_Monitor]

The fact that Kendall and Jess were actually getting emotional and holding hands added to the realism that Andrew really has been traumatized by this.

[OriginalEric]

"Use anything you want"
"Is brandy OK?"
"No no no"

[Haitch_Kay]

It's really refreshing to see that Andrew is just as insane and unhinged as every professional chef I've ever known.