4 Levels of Pork Chops: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur Onika, home cook Lorenzo, and professional chef Frank Proto from The Institute Of Culinary Education - to prepare their favorite pork chop recipe. Once each level of chef had served up their creation, we asked expert food scientist Rose to explain the choices each made along the way - both good and bad. Which pork chop would you opt for?


Learn more with Chef Frank on his YouTube Channel ProtoCooks!
and follow him on Instagram @protocooks
Follow Lorenzo at @rollinabenzo
Find Onika at @onikacomedy
Looking for Rose? Head to @rosemarytrout_foodscience
Follow The Institute of Culinary Education at @iceculinary




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[MGD]

Frank's first step in this dish is cultivating a years-long friendship with Lorenzo.

[mukundyadav]

Emily is not here because she about to get her level 3 chef certification after all these years

[MasterFhyl]

Lorenzo + Frank = My undivided attention.

[Barry_TopG]

Lorenzo gives me:"Let's go get your friends for ice-cream son" Dad kind of vibes

[trevorpacelli]

Lorenzo: "Time to put in some banana ketchup!"
Emily: *sweats*

[characterblub]

Onika's pork chops remind me so much of when I was a kid and my mom would make fried pork chops 😭❤️

[Madison_]

“It didn’t take me 20 years” Frank wants to talk😂

[themissvidal]

Frank: "This pig is lovingly cared for..."

Me: BY YOU, of course. 🤣🤣

[ThKiwi]

All three of these chefs have so much personality. And dang I want to eat all three of these chops! I had to laugh when this video popped up because I’m making pork chops tonight too.

[Nandita_Nitu]

I want a Frank episode in which He would react to Frank related comments.Like- still growing, brewing, farming, making, raising.
Period.

[tiehara]

When Onika said "cook your meat until it's done please. None of that pink stuff".

Every Jamaican ever said "Oh hell yeah girl now we talking"

[tomasbalaz]

Frank : We start by raising our own pig

[jackturner]

Onika: "You want to get a nice pork chop..."
Lorenzo: "It has to be at least an inch thick with the bone in..."
Frank: "So you're going to want to go to your local pig farmer and ask him how much organic water was used to raise the feed that was given to the hogs on Tuesday last..."

[sianeka]

I love Lorenzo! I've always loved Lorenzo; his enthusiasm for cooking just shines through every time! Frank is more of an acquired taste - I love and appreciate him so much, although that wasn't the case at my first viewings with him. His knowledge yet down-to-earth approach brings cuisine elevation art to the masses. He's not just a food snob elitist as I first feared. I haven't yet seen much of Onika and I look forward to seeing more with her - her style of cooking and her background is just so different from my Italian-American upbringing!

[n.a.r.a]

Any chance you guys could do some behind-the-scenes or blooper videos? I was always curious as to how the process goes when it comes to making these 3 level cooking/amateur vs professional videos 😅

[kyrios]

Lorenzo indirectly promoting banana ketchup. Plus he stated himself that he is a Filipino. Filipinos will come out here for sure!

[takuyakobayash]

Shout out to all Filipino foodies out there!

My man Lorenzo representing Filipino culture like a boss. Those pork chops look AWE-SOME.

I hope he gets his own youtube channel someday. I'd subscribe in a heartbeat.

[mrconf]

I like Onika’s self confidence! She is cool. Lorenzo and Frank great meals as usual.

[moptim]

What a great episode.. each chef made me smile so many times. Love Onika's confidence, the fun uncle everyone in the family loves that is Lorenzo, and the how proud Frank is of his cooking and how happy it makes him.

[ginagangone]

My favorite Chef Frank from @protocooks is back on Epicurious!! Love these episodes!!