Professional Chefs Compete in a Knife Skills Speed Challenge | Test Kitchen Talks | Bon Appétit

Watch your fingers. In this episode, Brad, Molly, Priya, Gaby, Andy, Amiel and Chris put their knife skills to the test in a timed challenge.
The challenge:
1. Mince the garlic
2. Macédoine the sweet potato
3. Julienne the jicama

Which of our beloved Test Kitchen chefs will prevail?



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[evaerickson]

meanwhile claire is dehydrating the entire pantry and destroying wire cooling racks

[janinenunez]

Amiel: I'm lactose intolerant and a heavy smoker/ I don't cook as much as these guys
Also Amiel: gets most of the cheeses correct/ can slice stuff the fastest

[YellowPeachist]

I deeply appreciate Chris' refusal to compromise quality for speed and ultimately the win.

[ishiruji]

Nothing is more Brad then Brad slicing garlic with an AXE.

[byebyebell]

i like to imagine that someone in the kitchen just needed these ingredients prepped and this was their way of tricking other into doing it while having fun lollll

[SamS-kggl]

Amiel always looks like he just wandered in 😂 he’s the only one without an apron

[frankvoss]

"mademoiselle the sweet potato" is my drag name

[jul]

My parents: **names kid Julienne**
Also my parents: 6:32

[leachristensen]

having the whole, **smash the garlic to release the allicin **, in brad's part lmao

[cindygrape]

The macédoine part perfectly showed 4 different ppl lmao
Molly: Tf is that??
Amiel: Mademoiselle the sweet potato got it 👍
Brad: Pls tell me I don't have to say that
Chris: Ah yes macédoine

[TheBanoet]

I had a line cook who taught me "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" and I think about it every day

[KeianLocke]

bon appetite chefs: "these skills aren't necessary"
me eating my aunts small overcooked potatoes mixed in with large uncooked pieces... "it's somewhat helpful?..."

[vidhi]

"... macedoin the sweet potato"
Brad: " do i have to say that?"
Oh brad, you fluff ball.

[annastansfield]

I would love a vide of the BA gang talking about culinary school/informal training and their experiences in professional cooking! Their backgrounds all sound super interesting

[jaimemartinez]

I really liked the end when they talked about their experience and old professions before the test kitchen!
Video idea: make a video them talking about their past culinary experiences!

[nefar]

bless Gaby and Chris with their high yields and safety <3

[joshroberts]

BA Producers: Chop this fast! It's a fun competition!

BA Chefs: Okay, I guess? But this is stupid and no one cares about it.

[jaimemendez]

Gaby just taking her time and making sure everything looks right rather than really compete really warms my heart for some reason

[Vampyresdontdodishes]

I love how precious and smol and sweet Gabby is. Every time she’s in a video it makes me so happy even if it’s for a brief moment

[DeliaAlbiach]

4:32 Gaby excitedly saying "jicama!" and then putting it away scared like she's not supposed to be that excited is THE CUTEST THING.