$628 vs $12 Omelet: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

Professional chef Yuji Haraguchi of Okonomi and Yuji Ramen and home cook Emily are trading ingredients and hitting the kitchen to make each other’s omelet recipe. We set Emily up with an eye-popping $628 worth of ingredients and Yuji’s recipe, sending a much more typical $12 worth of goods back the other way. Can Emily keep up with Yuji’s expert level recipe and unexpected omelet ingredients? Will Yuji take the components of Emily’s recipe and make something unexpected and gourmet?

Director: Chris Principe
Director of Photography: Francis Bernal
Editor: Michael Imhoff
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Producer: Isabel Alcantara
Culinary Producer: Mallary Santucci
Culinary Associate Producer: Leslie Raney
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Amanda Broll
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Audio Engineer: Spencer Ward
Production Assistant: Justine Ramirez
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Talent: Yuji Haraguchi, Emily Duncan



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[maymadisson]

You can't at all fault Emily for not being able to do that omelet because it takes an insane amount of practice to do that.

[thestig]

I like how the chef finds a way to use all of the ingredients without throwing any away.

[nollypolly]

Yuji is such a joy to watch! He's very professional, yet kind and humble (as all the chefs here are). And, of course, Emily is dear to me as a fellow Canadian. Great episode!

[nemofphillius]

Chef Yuji really just gave Emily a really premium set of ingredients with one of the hardest ways to cook omurice. The one where Motokichi even has a pan specfic for making it, the kind that is way beyond the simplest omurice, what a madlad.

Chef Yuji saying it's difficult to make himself at he end is really a testament to how ridiculous that style of omelette is. Been trying to make that myself for years and there's so much technique that goes into it that I'll probably make perfect french omelettes first before that thing.

[musicboy]

You guys should have a challenge where the Pro and the beginner have the same ingredients to make a dish and study both of their techniques.

[ROMANTIKILLER]

The fancy dish with all the premium Japanese ingredients was of course impressive, but even more for me was the fantastic looking dish that chef Yuji was able to make out of just a couple of random cheap ingredients.

Dashi. "I've got some of this in my freezer, so this I actually know." Emily has come a very very long way ❤

[farronroboff]

This was a REALLY INTERESTING video - Lots of ingredients and techniques I did not know about before. Thank you Emily and Yuji!

[ExplosiveBrohoof]

Seeing the price breakdown for the expensive omelet is crazy. The uni alone was $200, and that one abalone was $120.

[Najahfreeman]

"Ketchup? I know this one!" yeah we know Emily haha. I really enjoy Emily, she's very cool.

[D-man-online]

The fact that chef Yuji doesn't like bell peppers like a stereotypical Japanese kid is funny.

[FantomMind]

Lmao, Emily asking Uncle Roger for daikon is funny.

[TheFierywaters]

Nice to see Chef Yuji's humourous side!

[naufalfahmi]

this is soo enjoyable to watch, watching emily going through a lot of ingredients which is probably why she's leveling up everytime and having to process hundreds of dollars worth of ingredients is just very entertaining

[VectoredPromise]

The inside of the omelet is meant to still be wet when you split it but Yuji reacted so kindly to it

[Steveofthejungle]

“Oh ketchup! This one I know!” That’s our ketchup queen!

[harlswillow]

can we have a pro vs pro challenge where they make something with each other’s ingredients

[markbradakis]

This might be the episode that finally gets me to buy a tamagoyaki pan, which I have sort of kinda wanted for years, but couldn't really justify it.

[PandaAchievement]

Yuji is just precious. He must be protected at all cost

[larainneestell]

Emily about the Uni, "hey look it's my rent in a box" 😂😂