$250 vs $29 Lobster: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

Professional chef Eric Huang and home cook Emily are trading recipes and hitting the kitchen to make a lobster dinner! We set Emily up with the finest ingredients from chef Eric’s kitchen along with his expert-level $250 lobster recipe. Meanwhile over with our pro chef, Eric was finessing Emily’s recipe and $29 worth of ingredients up to gourmet status with a little skill and professional know-how. Which lobster are you going for in a pinch?

Chef Huang and Pecking House are on Instagram at @pecking_house

Director: Chris Principe
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Micah Philips
Pro Chef: Eric Huang
Home Cook: Emily Duncan

Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Culinary Researcher and Recipe Editor: Vivian Jao
Producer: Belle Roman
Producer: Madison Coffey
Culinary Producer: Jessica Do
Culinary Associate Producer: Katrina Zito
Associate Producer: Tim Colao
Line Producer: Jennifer McGinity
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes

Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Audio: Brett Van Deusen
Production Assistant: Kayla Zimmerman

Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
Graphics, Animation, VFX: Léa Kichler



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[geekylesbian]

Emily's character arc from putting Ketchup on borderline everything to being trusted with a live lobster is my favorite reason to watch this channel

[yuvals]

The fact that Emily had a LIVE LOBSTER in her own ingredients just show how far she come

[charmainevillamin]

Our girl Emily is killing it. She's really showing off her level up

[rowobin]

i think the chef does an exceptional job of explaining. so nice to listen to and very educational! loved his anecdotes too:)

[FringedHorizon]

Emily has had the best character arc I've seen in YEARS!!

[darryl]

this swapping ingredients episodes has really built up Emily a lot to promote her to level 2 chef.

[Steveofthejungle]

Spiny lobster and Emily, both broken down.

A Queen

[fromnaras]

eric is so kind and easy to understand — he’s really humble too even though he does fine dining

[Diastrefo]

Eric is quickly becoming one of my favorite chefs. "No conjoined chives allowed."

[GyroCannon]

Damn, Eric definitely killed it. Even the non-lobster ingredients looked super gourmet

[gerardacronin]

When I saw “Emily” and “lobster” I knew she would nail it. Because she’s from Nova Scotia and they know their lobsters! 🦞

[DynastyLuminous]

Okay so we're ignoring that the bird figurine on the shelf actually wished good luck to Emily? Changes the whole world building principles of the Epicurious kitchen universe.

[toregenekhatun]

Eric and Emily together was great. Of course I just love Emily! She just makes you smile!

[jackkramer]

Damn Eric a cool guy keep bringing him back

[MGD]

Not only does Emily use less ketchup, but she's also relying less on Rosemary.

[cresdc]

I love how Chef Eric explains, it's thorough so it's really easy to follow. I feel like I can dissect a lobster although I can't because of him. He

[JP-jdwr]

Chef Eric is dope at teaching! Man I'd love to learn from him

[KnightBang]

lets face it, Emily will become a level 3

[ArielK]

I wonder how much of the Cheese Wheel Emily has left from the Fettuccine Alfrado cook with Chef Frank.

[jcdrums]

11:20 Emily gets a special effects budget now, she truly is a star, lol.