How to season a wok with James May | Ft. School of Wok

We all know James May loves food cooked in a wok, but does he know how to treat his own wok right?
James and FoodTribe editor Rachael Hogg enlist the expert help of Jeremy Pang, founder of School of Wok, author or Chinese Unchopped and Hong Kong Diner, and TV chef and presenter, who teaches them how to season a new wok, and get James’ wok up to scratch.

[SchoolofWok]

James and Rachael are true wok-stars! 🤘

[coloradostatesenatorsteven]

Say what you want James is the best youtuber out of the three.

[basithph]

Tonight
Jeremy Clarkson goes farming
James May is cooking in the kitchen
And Richard Hammond is restoring an old Jag

[Boskov]

James May: "Great news!"
Jeremy Pang: "Wok?!"

[gizmobowen]

Jeremy is a pleasant and likeable fellow. I really enjoyed his information and found it very helpful. I also suspect he may be James' new favorite Jeremy.

[Say_Tin]

James is so entertaining just by existing I could watch him do anything and still have fun

[mjbirdClavdivs]

Tonight:
Jeremy schools James, and James listens!

[my_beer_stories]

This was miles better than any FT promoted bullsh*t with a brand deal

[darrenquirk]

This is by far the clearest explanation of seasoning and maintaining a wok I have seen. Thank you. Very helpful.

[michaelgarvey]

Jeremy is brilliant at explaining & demonstrating, i was about to buy a non stick wok but i will go with the the traditional one now . That tip with the tea towel is fantastic .

[camerachica]

I tried seasoning my new wok at the weekend and I got concerned that my tiny gas ring hadn't blued the steel enough, so I called up my local Thai restaurant and asked if they would do it. They thought it was a really random request, but it came back blackened and silky plus I got to enjoy a bowl of prawn pad thai at the same time.

[Redcoat]

Love how over lockdown all three have new shows,

Clarkson's Farm [great show defo watch it]
Richard's Car Show Thing
James's Food Fest.

[nickwilliams]

Jeremy showed me how to do that at School of Wok 7 years ago. Never forgotten. Fantastic!

[christopherleetrf]

Viewer from Hong Kong here 👋 and I can testify chef Jeremy Pang’s point on households in Hong Kong losing their woks. It’s truly happening and we tend to have non stick frying pans to make basically everything now.

[maxlagewaard]

All my confusion about how to season a wok is now gone. I feel liberated. Thank you

[nicolalb]

I’ve had my wok for years and it looks similar to James’s. I didn’t realise it’s not completely seasoned! I thought that’s how it’s going to be using a ceramic glass hob. After watching this video, I now have a perfectly seasoned wok and cooking with it is a joy. Thank you so much James and Jeremy.

[billyaustin]

James and Jeremy are two of my heroes from my two passions (cars and food) - so to see them randomly appear in a YouTube video together is pretty much heaven!

[adaptorperish]

I liked the chef! I think he’s a great teacher and pretty entertaining guy, as well.
Also, seeing James genuinely enjoying all of this was somewhat satisfying.

[darkregin]

This video just appeared on Autoplay and it's been the most educational thing ive seen in a while
Jeremy did a great job and was enthusiastic about whatever they were going on about

[farmerjohn]

Two of my favorite guys in YouTube in the same video! You should do more collaboration.
Jeremy: James stir faster! Tummy and the head!
James: I can only do tummy or the head not at the same time. Which one is it?

🤣🤣