4 Levels of Fried Rice: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur Emily, home cook Lorenzo, and professional chef King from the Institute of Culinary Education - to make fried rice. After each of them had presented their creation, we asked a food scientist to review their work. Which rice would you ask for twice?


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4 Levels of Fried Rice: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

[Mike-xhwh]

the confidence in Emily's voice when she says she's a level 1 chef is the character development i live for

[helen]

Level 1: Oh it's Emily. Yay!
Level 2: Hell yeah it's Lorenzo!
Level 3:

*THE RETURN OF THE KING*

[mattyphilpotts]

Emily: spam is kinda like a pork cold cut


Somewhere Frank gently carresses a beautiful prosciutto: there there, she didn't mean that...

[alexandraestela]

I just gotta say that I love how soft spoken Chef King is. Everything he says is concise, educational, professional. Loved the video, thank you!

[jaikohaal]

King looks like the evolved form of Lorenzo.

[wendysyes]

Chefs: say the same thing

Editor:I've been waiting for this my entire life

[stupidperson]

Frank isn’t here because he didn’t have time to grow his own rice.

[rajithfernando]

Emily sounds like one of those people who talk to themselves a lot 😄 so entertaining

[SaburoOkita]

You know, fried rice is originally supposed to be a way to consume leftover ingredients, not to clean up the entire fridge, Lorenzo.

[olivia-cgpu]

Level 1: My cooking
Level 2: Mom's cooking
Level 3: Grandma's cooking

[allyygatooor]

Emily: **doesn't wash rice**
Asians: *wait, that's illegal*

[Brionac]

Emily's knife handling skills gave me so much anxiety i had to cut 3 onions which i dont even need just to feel better

[katanafourzeronine]

8 minutes in: "I'm surprised Emily hasn't dropped the ketchup ye--"
Emily: "I'm just gonna add a little ketchup on the side.:
"ah, there we go."

[Shimmy]

Emily: carrots are difficult
Also Emily: is wearing a carrot sweater

[_mikaeladai]

at the end after the food scientist, all three chefs should try one another’s dish as like a small blooper clip lol

[sofiaveloso]

As expected of Emili, kudos for her ketchup level 1 fried rice, Lorenzo's dish was so full of other things I couldn't even see the rice, you can't call that fried rice I think, and King won my heart with the oyster and crab sauce, that's the kind of strong flavoured fried rice I want in my life <3

[gweilo]

Emily: "Hi, I'm Emily"

Internet: *braces for ketchup rice*

[natalirosales]

why is nobody talking about King? I really liked him...

[omgvlhxrr]

"There truly isn't a right or wrong way to make fried rice"

She has not seen BBC's video.

[_BRUHH]

types of people making fried rice:

Lvl 1: Amateur
Lvl 2: Home cook
Lvl 3: Expert
Lvl 4: Food scientist
Lvl 5: My mom