Alphabet Cooking Challenge!! | Sorted Food

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[@jessicadurand7217]

As punishment for the unbleached paper travesty, Ben should now have to do a dish completely made with the letter U.

[@victoriam.4927]

Excellent idea! Ube, udon, Uzo… the options are out there.

[@IamAlmostRealWitch]

excellent idea!

[@FroggyFey]

Umeboshi aswell

[@ClawsandPawsOfficial]

He should eat a big mac as punishment

[@dorotheageorge3707]

Absolutely this!! Good idea.

[@adriennea1348]

Guys, you CANNOT tell me a chef genuinely didn't think of UNSALTED BUTTER.

[@redstranger07]

You know what you are so right! I bet the baking paper was added in to drive the engagement up 😂

[@adamwarren5654]

Or unbleached flour

[@MegaMusikMan]

​​@@adamwarren5654 pretty sure its only something that is done in USA, and what i mean is pretty sure its never bleached anywhere else but USA

[@katsnboots4709]

That'd only work if used as a key ingredient not for cooking in.. maybe a compound butter? I donno..but yea you're right.

[@katsnboots4709]

I got it!! Replace the oil (O is easy to shimmy in somewhere else) with unsalted buttered and make the jalapeno thing a hollandaise! Om nom...I just love hollandaise, don't mind me.

[@peakobegtera4197]

If Ben could do "U" like that maybe he didn't have to bother with Asparagus because he already served the "Audacity"

[@rainydays9967]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Ganan6]

Even describing something on the plate as ‘Umami’ would be less dubious than Unbleached baking paper 😂

[@Xannthas]

One of those "umami blends" you buy at the store could work. It's usually just a big mix of powdered mushrooms. Goes great on loads of things too.

[@letteralex]

@@Xannthas Ube (root pudding), unagi (eel), umeboshi (pickled plum), umeshi (liqueur). Plenty of decent ingredients. Unagi (torch grilled) would have fit on the appetizer plate, umeshi in a drink, tiny bit of blitzed umeboshi for some "zing" in stead of lemon, etc

[@chunchoi4434]

Or literally add msg

[@JBSouls]

Honestly, I almost expected Ben to eat a small piece of the unbleached paper to prove his point, lol.

[@k0pstl939]

I wouldve

[@Snowshowslow]

He should have...

[@Sara_S135]

Anyone who has ever eaten an IN n Out burger has definitely eaten it

[@RenderSM]

@@Sara_S135 but it's till not an ingredient.

[@nycbklynrmp]

exactly was waiting for that

[@arbitraryusername-w5w]

i was SO on board until unbleached baking paper 😂

[@SortedFood]

🤦‍♂️ Ebbers

[@grouch314]

Absolutely does not count. We need a redo

[@Georgeruning]

that paper was absolutely not an ingredient. 25 down 1 to go.

[@muzallisam5068]

unless ebbers actually eat the paper then it doesnt count

[@jaredaase6084]

necessary, yes...ingredient, no

[@marijnsamuels]

Ube (Purple Yam) Ugli Fruit Udon Noodles Ulluco (a type of root vegetable) Umibudo (Sea Grapes) Unagi (Eel) Urad Dal (Black Gram) Urfa Biber (Turkish Chili Pepper) Ume (Japanese Plum) Umeboshi (Pickled Japanese Plum) Unicorn Tears Gin (a novelty gin) Upma Rava (Coarse Semolina) Usal (Spiced Sprouted Beans) Union Urui (Japanese Vegetable, similar to hosta) Umbu (Brazilian fruit) Uchiki Kuri (Japanese Pumpkin) Unrefined Sugar Unsalted butter

[@kilwat492]

Utz potato chips

[@gigteevee6118]

Urchin, as in Sea?

[@adamcunningham9947]

Lol you will be haunting Ben's dreams for the next week😂

[@SearchingOblivion]

Ooooh some really good suggestions there! Good job!

[@Makron5]

@@gigteevee6118 I'd count Urchin, U is hard

[@AdventZER0]

Ben saying comment down below after using unbleached baking paper is just opening the flood gates and shooting himself in the foot at the same time lol

[@LaoBigW]

You guys should actually do a scrabble cooking battle. Dip into a bag, pick 7 letters and only use foods starting with those letters to cook a dish. (Can be pre planned).

[@jaydielj1256]

Planned for normals, unplanned for chefs? :)

[@emiliadonoghue6770]

Yes! That is an awesome idea!

[@evelivingston-fairley3729]

Genius

[@souperlooper1]

Using the rapeseed oil logic for the mayo then water should of been an ingredient for the batter

[@daphnea5447]

Omg thisss

[@serrovosreaver1845]

That unbleached baking paper is a bigger breaking of the rules than anything Barry has ever done

[@maromania7]

lets not go overboard here. Barry's gone over time, submitted dishes the judges said do not qualify for the competition, submitted extra ingredients in a limited ingredients challenge, and won regardless. You're talking about a man who got walked through a recipe he'd made before, and won in a creativity challenge against Mike with a recipe Ben said he loved and had never even heard of before. Ben definitely broke the rules, but if you think that's the biggest break you need to watch some old videos!

[@markrohan07]

@@maromania7 Within the conventions of an episode that says A to Z ingredients and the fact that they were counting edible ingredients you CANNOT give a pass for Unbleached baking paper and be defending it lol xD

[@peterterry7918]

I think Ubu could have been for the tempura or the dip.

[@CarlGorn]

What's more, it represents a major failure on his part. He couldn't have worked in Uni? Ugli fruit(a type of citrus in the orange & tangerine family)? Unagi? Ube? Unpasteurized cheese? Tsk, tsk, Ebbers.

[@franciscodetonne4797]

@@maromania7 well the baking paper is a cooking equipment, not even an ingredient.

[@Guacward77]

I think the R for rapeseed oil was legit, because it was a key ingredient for the mayo. A sesame oil vs olive oil vs rapeseed oil mayonnaise will heavily change in flavors.

[@MuriKakari]

Rapeseed oil completely legit. So is New Potato if they are genuinely new potatoes and not 'there's an old potato and this the new potato.' Any descriptor is relevant if it is intrinsic to the cooking either in flavor or in behavior or is always used to describe that ingredient.

[@Miakaniimo]

I love Mikes idea at the end. No unbleached paper, no doubles and no "name" cheats like "new potato, "iceberg lettuce" and "branded vodka" :P

[@MuriKakari]

I don't mind New Potato and Iceberg Lettuce since those ingredients are actually specified in recipes. A specific alcohol only works for drink recipes that call for specific alcohols.

[@matthiasstolker5899]

yes please I would love a rematch

[@Madison_95]

I think for not fully completing the challenge, Ben has to make a dish using only the letter he missed out 😂 In seriousness, well done for doing the challenge. I would love to see a round 2

[@deannajoanB]

OMG yes!! Full dish using only U ingredients.😂

[@SquidandCatAdventures]

That's gooood! Yes, all u's. Already, I see it going down a Filipino path, but I'd like to see a lot of fusion instead.

[@Bubblehorn]

unripe anything, ube, udon, umbrella squash, urchin

[@Songsonlyfoundhere]

You could just use anything imported from Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, etc. and call it "Ugandan vegetables" or similar. There is also apparently a specific type of wheat called Utrecht blue wheat.

[@Lilian040210]

And here we have punishment 😂

[@a.r.1611]

Unbleached baking paper is DEFINITELY an automatic fail. We want a redo, or a punishment😂

[@Songsonlyfoundhere]

Ooh, how about next round Ben has to wear a puffy chef's hat made of unbleached paper?

[@lukeleslie281]

A redo and a punishment

[@Lilian040210]

Both :D

[@e21big]

@@lukeleslie281 Punishment: Cook a dish using only Unbleached Paper

[@zacfuller3834]

Both. The punishment is doing it again but Jamie, Mike and Barry have all chosen 2 ingredients each that he has to use

[@aziaarctos6968]

I don’t think it needs to be a rule that you can’t use a letter more than once. Just have to use each letter AT LEAST once. Agreed that this is a fail due to the lack of a “U” ingredient. Looking forward to more in this format!

[@nevergoingtopostonthisthin4058]

Could also use Xanthan gum (thickener/stablizer) in a blended drink or soup. Especially since using a brand name to get a letter feels a bit like cheating.

[@aquafyre99]

The thing that gets me the most about attempting to use the unbleached paper as an ingredient is that unbleached flour is *right there.*

[@goranpersson7726]

he'd have to switch out the S as his use of flour was the S. although he could easily gotten an S in somewhere by using idk sugar to sweeten something slightly

[@ziu1163]

@@goranpersson7726 could have used seltzer in the tempura!

[@RogueValkyrie]

@@ziu1163 Or the vodka that he was supposed to put in it ;)

[@ClaireRousseau]

We don't have unbleached flour in the UK, as it's not legal to black flour here.

[@nightshadestb]

Couldn't you have blitzed Udon Noodles and used instead of a flour 😉 S then could have been sesame seeds on potatoes

[@michaeltelfer3483]

Cant wait to see Kush and the normals have a go at this

[@SortedFood]

We wonder what they would all do? 🤔

[@anaghabhagat7359]

Can we put Ben against Kush in one of these!😈​@@SortedFood

[@genericusername9972]

Kush will likely use several languages, numbers, and special characters.

[@ted34300]

@@genericusername9972 blow torch?

[@ChristineImagines]

@@genericusername9972 Maybe we need to up the game for Kush: all 26 letters and the numbers 1-10 and all colors of the rainbow ROYGBIV

[@flii87]

Love this format. I would love to see each chef try it, James and Kush, and then let the normals team up to see if they can do it. I'm going to be thinking about recipes all day that use every letter now

[@aleksandra909]

umami paste on blt? umami bitters for cocktail? Unagi eel served with the oysters? Urda cheese blended with the yoghurt dip? Ube hummus with blt? Also - reaching out to any tiki bar guides will help you make a cocktail with 8+ ingredients. As much as i loved the episode, I think this one makes it a fail 😅 But such a good fun! Would be happy to see next episode like that - and each next will be harder because you cannot repeat the dishes! I do agree rapeseed oil is valid - the same way as sesame oil and olive oil, as they change the taste and are not just generic „cooking oil” but the W for glass of wine is also a bit of reach 😅

[@chillaxter13]

Mike's idea at the end is GENIUS! No repeats, and 26 edible ingredients... We need to see it!

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

No repeats makes it more fair, since everyone can google foods starting with.... but to do no repeats and still make a dish that works...that's the challenge

[@jennytaylor8535]

Yes, please

[@SortedFood]

No repeats is TOUGH 😅

[@derjager71]

Z is going to pose a challenge, unless he uses the American zucchini instead of courgette

[@DuckaTheDuck]

Completely agree!

[@jacobfuller4067]

After unbleached baking paper, I was expecting Ebbers to serve it on a Xylophone!

[@organicgrains]

Bruh same 🤣

[@SortedFood]

Wouldn't put it past him 😂

[@shabath]

Finish with a piece of xylitol gum while you're at it.

[@schilling3003]

I agree on the oil. A small amount of oil to cook with or toss something in is different than a primary ingredient.

[@kerunia]

Love this!! Now do it again... with ingredients only, and just 1 single dish!

[@dylonMa]

Unbleached paper does NOT count as an ingredient since you do not actually eat the paper, the paper is just for serving, 25 out of 26 is very impressive and the result was incredible One thing to add to drive the point home that is does not count In the SideKick App, baking paper is listed under equipment not ingredients so your own app says it is not an ingredient

[@jstefa2]

speak for yourself. i have eaten plenty of wrappings when sloshed at 2 am :P

[@juliannetraven5168]

​@@jstefa2ive eaten plenty sober just from not being bothered to peel it off my flapjack lol

[@vintagelaidbackhippie465]

​@@jstefa2😂

[@Judymontel]

@@jstefa2 😂

[@Judymontel]

Oooooo - hoist by his own petard, so to speak - good one from the app!

[@WingRocka]

Now imagine this concept in Pass It On. 😂

[@TreGangeRd]

They have to pull some letters in a bag, before they start and have to use food that starts with that letter.

[@muzallisam5068]

some people only want to watch sorted burn...

[@Harrywilkinscornwall]

Now that would be a good idea

[@MrMartinSchou]

Each participant can only use ingredients that start with the first letter in any of their names (e.g. Barry Taylor can only use B- and T- ingredients).

[@thewheelchair]

Now that's an idea!!!

[@CaraBelz]

I absolutely love this. Funnily enough I first saw this on TaskMaster a long time ago and thought how awesome it would be if you all did this on your Chanel. And now you are Yay! I hope you do this again! would be hilarious as a pass it on!

[@traditionalgaily]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who got Taskmaster vibes😅

[@KneelingAngel]

First of all, the unbleached paper was a no go, but other than that great use of all the letters! would love to see more challenges in this format- maybe even a pass it on whuahahahah!

[@kimgranvikfolkhogskolelara461]

The unbleached baking paper cheat is sooo the kind of thing I could see myself doing in this kind of situation. But when I'm on the judging side, it's a hard no. Do it again, do it right, no repeats!

[@uperscors]

Ben using "Unbleached baking paper" when urchins could probably have been served with the oysters as a sea-food starter

[@Lilian040210]

Maybe they count it as "sea urchins"?

[@stephmr47]

Or even Umeboshi plum as a vinagrette for the oysters

[@PsychoWolfePuppy]

Unbleached flour?

[@ringringbananarchy]

Or he could have put some Urgelia in with his Queso Fresca for a cheese blend.

[@ratticus]

@@PsychoWolfePuppy Dubious but acceptable, as opposed to the paper. 100%

[@garnth6594]

I love this series and definitely can't wait for more. I will give Ben his paper, but I think that should be a rule going forward. Everyone should get to cheat for one letter. They still have to have something for the letter, but it can be a non-food item like Ben's paper.

[@Sparky201014]

I have commented on a total of maybe 10 videos in the over 15 years I have had a KZbin account and I am choosing now as one of those times to declare decisively that unbleached paper definitely does not count in the spirit of the challenge. But I RESPECT the attempt and see the logic and this is a great display regardless!!!

[@CeriPendragon]

Iceberg lettuce, self-raising flour, rapeseed oil, all perfectly valid... what do you MEAN UNBLEACHED BAKING PAPER

[@FelineLinny]

Upland Cress, Urgelia Cheese, Urchin, Unsweetened Chocolate- I agree with the lads, edible stuff only!

[@AirflashX]

Unsalted Butter, Ube, Unagi (eel), Unripe Banana

[@Katie-qg7xz]

Ube, umeboshi...​@@AirflashX

[@AbigatorM]

@@AirflashX unsalted butter is just butter tho... if we start this we can name alot of things that DONT have stuff added.

[@AirflashX]

@@AbigatorM atleast you would eat it, not like paper...

[@ultimatecalibur]

The really silly thing is that "Unbleached" isn't really the problem as he could have used Unbleached Flour. The real issue was the paper part.

[@jan-willemlammers5806]

He should have added the “unintentionally burned honeyglazed bacon”, better fit for U. Some other suggestions: Umami powder Unsulphered apricots Uni (sea urchins next to the oysters) Urda/urgelia cheeses Unagi Umeboshi

[@complicateditis]

Unbleached greaseproof paper? Absolutely not Ben 🤣

[@lovfro]

How Ebbers goes red when he realise the vodka mistake. Classic Ebbers.

[@SortedFood]

Yikes 😅

[@marlinmaas]

He was so sweaty aswell ...

[@franco_is]

I CALL SHENANIGANS!!! 11:59 It was already getting dubious but it went beyond with the paper!! 😂

[@franco_is]

Ebbers could totally work ube into the dish! 25/26

[@SeanStrife]

@@franco_is Ube... Uni (for Sea Urchin)...Udon... Unagi... Umeboshi... yeah, I too call shenanigans on this one.

[@its-aydonus6842]

@@SeanStrife Hell, even though it's dubious, even using MSG as Umami flavouring would be better than unbleached baking paper.

[@MagicTurtle643]

@@SeanStrife I thought about a lot of those too but it's like... if they didn't have them in the studio, that's it.

[@clairefinlay-smith1526]

When Taskmaster did this, poor old Alex Horne had to eat dog food ravioli, so think yourselves lucky!! 😂❤

[@EvelynBlandino]

That paper was NOT an ingredient. I bet Kush could do it with ALL 26 letters.😂

[@AurelienFolie]

Yeah, 25 ingredients for me. I love Mike's idea of doing it again with 26 other ingredients

[@robertgrey5887]

That "Yes Barry, Its a tomatoe" had so many emotion behind it, ruddy loved it

[@diggity1039]

It's tomato.

[@hollydingman7455]

Fantastic! And of course we want a round two. 😂👍🏼

[@MooYum]

Now I'm expecting a pass it on where Janice asks for a dish where each letter of her name has to be used in order and the guys have to figure out what letter they're up to 😂

[@karengiera2296]

Unbleached baking paper…no, that’s a definite cheat. But sweet vermouth in the dirty martini was the part that had me yelling at the TV. 😂

[@momma_bat]

Ube, urfa pepper, urgelia cheese, upland cress, uni, unagi, urad dal, unsweetened chocolate.

[@FrozenGoblin]

Unsweetened chocolate is definitey the go. That, or udon. Umeboshi, perhaps, or even, simply, unsalted butter.

[@cj4084]

Unleavened bread

[@maih600]

@@FrozenGoblin I really thought he was going to spread some unsalted butter on the outside of the bread and toast it in a pan to cover the U.

[@AkhierDragonheart]

umeboshi

[@Lilian040210]

Tbf, considering how limited the options are on some letters, I think it's ok to expand languages. As long as they're using the same alphabet. Otherwise we're getting like 2 episodes of this😂

[@tpp95]

Ebbers is the kind of guy that will argue a parking ticket even when he knows he’s in the wrong 👌🏻😅

[@idek3867]

Nah, you did us dirty with the baking paper 😂😂

[@jaybehkay2438]

12:31 the REDNESS that came up Ben’s face as he panics omg 😂😂

[@casandramatavka5406]

I think an interesting twist to this challenge would be to provide an ingredient for each letter and make the chef use all of them with no planning. They could use other ingredients with the ones provided but have to use all of the ones listed at least once.

[@kitherit]

I was thinking along similar lines, but I was thinking just a -few- of the ingredients are pre-assigned. The chefs MUST include those "locked in" ingredients, and they also can't reassign those ingredients to different letters. I think having them use all 26 ingredients PLUS other ingredients would end up making the overall menu much larger than needed, just IMHO.

[@Spheroth]

they could also do it the other way make a pre-determent dish with as many ABC ingredients while it still being that dish. they could also do that as a battle.

[@zezimare]

Could go along the lines of the final round of wheel of fortune i.e. the letters R, S, T, L, N, and E are provided by the normals, then the Chef has to fill in the rest.

[@urkryptoknight6793]

I am fine with a wheel for each letter and they have to spin the wheel for an ingredient they have to use. Then lay a ground rule for things like salt pepper and water and see what all of them can come up with.

[@tinytora]

He had me till the unbleached paper 🤣

[@angelsinthewindow]

Here is a challenge for you, Rainbow dish. Every element of the meal has to have a rainbow theme, one dish is all red, one dish all green, one dish all blue, so on. But they have to actually work together as a meal.

[@toni_go96]

"You're human but you're better than that" - me to myself every time I make a mistake. What a brilliant quip by Barry

[@isaacnewby6738]

Ben follows the rules exactly how every chef I’ve ever known does. In that he follows them as long as it benefits him.

[@amyrotella1219]

Mike and Barry are right, unbleached paper is definitely not an ingredient. You know that, Chef. 😂

[@amyrotella1219]

Yes, I agree with Mike. I think we all want to see Ben do it again, just as Mike described.

[@mjf69]

Him saying Sudoko so many times killed me.

[@liesvanespen292]

I was looking for this comment! THANK YOUUU

[@bboylalu]

Soduko to be more specific :))

[@Shreepsy]

suuduuko

[@PhilipMDiaz]

I'd say if all the normals can individually use all 26, then absolutely Ben has to redo with out repeating the ingredients he used in this one 100%

[@SheepdogSmokey]

THIS! Once the normals (we all know Kush will find something) do this by their rules, then Ben has to make a redemption video.

[@petermcandrew7787]

Without repeating any of his or any the normals use. Can't make his redemption too easy.

[@drechannel9317]

I feel like outraging the audience with the unbleached baking paper was always the plan - well done 😅

[@circeturanchik3841]

I expected Ben to immediately say Allotment and bring everything he grew there as “A”.

[@xianritchie]

X is probably the hardest letter, here's a few: Xigua - an african melon Ximenia Caffra - A sour south african plum Xantham Gum - a thickener and emulsifier. Ebbers could have easily added a "U" to the food with something like ube or umeboshi for the drink. There's also a spanish cheese called Urgelia, a turkish condiment called Urfa Biber, and a cheese from Romania called Urda.

[@Plshshshss]

We can all use google mate

[@kjyost]

There’s gotta be a Chinese ingredient that uses X. Very popular letter in our spelling of their language.

[@kjyost]

@@Plshshshss And we can all be polite, yet someone here felt like being a pissant. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

@@kjyost xo sauce

[@Athanatov]

Xylitol

[@martihurford]

Ben needs to do this right. I support Mike’s proposal. All in favor raise your hand 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@AmbrosiaR]

🙋🏻‍♀️

[@Angeltelron]

🙋

[@eleniveileroglou3397]

Loved this idea. But instead of Chef Ben doing it again, the normals should do it. But they can't use any of the ingredients Chef Ben used. 😂

[@RoyceRemix]

Def want to see this again! Quick U reference for Ben: - Unagi eel - Urgelia cheese - Urda cheese - Umbricelli pasta - Unsweetened chocolate - Upside-down cake - Ugli fruit - Umbu fruit - Upland cress - "Up To Date" sherry cocktail - UMAMI msg 😂

[@Judymontel]

What a brilliant list!!!

[@Noryian]

Also Urchin

[@chrisowens4550]

Don't forget Udon noodles.

[@favian95]

Umeboshi plum can be added there

[@chrisowens4550]

This must be a popular video because "foods starting with U" came up as a suggestion as I was typing it in to the search bar.

[@cathrineschwader7696]

This was much more appetizing than when they did it on Taskmaster. But I agree. Baking paper is a supply, not an ingredient. He could have used unshelled peanuts, or unblanched almonds, or unbleached flour if he was gonna go the route of “un” something.

[@nicolewongziyen]

Didn’t someone ask for a xylophone tho?

[@Chuycabra]

I'll give him the unbleached paper, not for his reasoning, but because as any chef will tell you, the 'Unexpected' is always an ingredient!

[@bbmarrero]

BEN! You could have used Unpasteurized cheese, Ube (purple yam), Unagi (Japanese eel), or an Ume ( Japanese plum) in the drink! Do over. Punishment: Can’t repeat the ingredients already used. You can do it! You are EBBERS!!! Master Chef ❤

[@Anna-uh3jq]

Ben is the best at bending the rules. But the unbleached greaseproof paper is a step too far according to me. 😂 Sorry Ben, you failed the challenge.

[@SortedFood]

Ebbers 🤦‍♂️👎

[@WordAte]

Agreed. Just like with oil, when it is a function of cooking or presentation, it should not count. It only counts when it is an ingredient.

[@darksquall]

"U" Failed the challenge, surely.

[@CharleyCarey]

you mean the worst

[@DudokX]

He just has to eat some unbleached paper on camera.

[@kitherit]

Here's an idea: Same format, but a few of the letters have already been assigned an ingredient! The chef then has to figure out the rest of the letters working around the ingredients provided. Also, they can't reassign those particular ingredients to a different letter, they are locked in! I also agree that the paper should NOT count for one of the ingredients! Everything MUST be edible! There may not be many, but here are just a few alternatives: Uni, Ube, Unagi (Japanese Eel), Umeboshi (Pickled Plum), Unsweetened _______ (A few options here), and maybe one of the biggest, UMAMI!

[@donovanthomann1290]

Benjamin, you can't keep saying the word "consumables" to work in the baking paper when the video is so specific about it being a-z INGREDIANTS 😂

[@crystalinsuwandi412]

Unbleached baking paper argued as an ingredient is the most heinous thing that has ever been displayed on this channel BAHAHAHHA

[@clencheastwood1571]

"B is for Bacon"....."Bravo Barry". Ben's quips are playing 3D chess while Barry's are playing checkers.

[@bethrogers816]

Ebers' commitment to the unbleached parchment paper was epic, even thought it's clearly NOT an ingredient! Great challenge!

[@AnasHart]

On todays menu: Unbleached greaseproof paper, with a sprinkle of cling film, shredded foil, and a side of tissue paper. Bon appetit!

[@TessaDavies2015]

I loved all of this, except for the unbleached baking paper 😂

[@christopherm9852]

you could have done something like an umeboshi vinaigrette for you clams to get the U. The realization about the vodka was hilarious.

[@cadeb5808]

for the record here are 10 items he could have used for the letter U 1. **Urfa Biber**: A Turkish chili pepper with a sweet, smoky, and salty flavor. 2. **Ugba**: Fermented seeds made from an African oil bean tree. 3. **Ugli Fruit**: A citrus fruit with a unique taste, similar to a mix of tangerines, oranges, and grapefruits. 4. **Udon Noodles**: Thick Japanese wheat noodles often used in soups and stir-fries. 5. **Uni**: Sea urchin roe, a delicacy in Japanese cuisine. 6. **Ube**: A purple yam used in Filipino desserts. 7. **Unagi**: Freshwater eel commonly found in Japanese cuisine. 8. **Urad Dal**: A type of lentil used in Indian cooking. 9. **Umbrella Fruit**: Also known as "umbu," it's a tropical fruit from Brazil. 10. **Umeboshi**: Pickled Japanese plums with a salty and sour flavor.

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

Someone above said unpasteurized cheese which I think is wonderful. But uni and ube are great.

[@TrevorJuve]

And if you wanted to cheat a little bit and kinda stretch the rules, you could use the U for, say, "unripe(ned) avocado/banana/mango/cheese/whatever"

[@CeilingNinja]

There's a Trader Joe's Umami Powder, it's made of mushroom.

[@cribb]

Would ube work similarly to sweet potato to make ube fries?

[@bejammin00]

I like unsweetened chocolate as an idea

[@mattmiller4092]

I say we allow Ben to count the paper IF he uploads a video of himself eating it 😂

[@geoserenity]

Ooh I got an evolution of this. Chef head to head picking letters by lotto, whatever they pick are ingredients they have to use starting with those letters

[@aishamasud5912]

Definitely 25 out of 26. I agree with Mike and Barry, unbleached grease proof paper doesn’t count! Great vid though…can’t wait for the next one! ❤

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

PLEASE make pass it on with this one! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SortedFood]

Brilliant idea, with a chalkboard to cross off each letter as they go 😂

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

@@SortedFood EXACTLY!

[@poodlemuffin]

Vs pass it on, with each team getting half the alphabet…?

[@zombiemage1451]

@@poodlemuffin combine this with the chalkboard idea so they're also competing for the letters as they go

[@sndmnc]

@@SortedFood oh my god that would actually be so fun to watch. might have to give them a bit more time though, maybe force them to make five courses?

[@amyrosey1474]

I want to see a childhood lunchbox favourites challenge- turning the likes of cheese strings, babybels, peperamis, yoghurts, crisps, cheese sandwiches, attack-a-snaks etc in to a gourmet meal

[@LornaCook]

25/26 and I would have to say adding the water to the tempura was a key ingrediency

[@fahimrahat3801]

For the first time in over a decade, I can’t back Ben. UNBLEACHED PARCHMENT?? 😭😂

[@BioYuGi]

Ben calling a sudoku a 'suduko' had me laughing.

[@gobberwarts]

In a challenge that's all about getting those letters right! 😅

[@LALIAinspired]

"Uhudler" is a wine from Südburgenland, Austria (see Burgenland). In appearance, it is often a rosé colour but is also made as a white wine. It has intense flavours of strawberry and black currants, a characteristic taste often called "foxy" in wine parlance.

[@adamcunningham9947]

Yes please. Ben needs a redo with a new 26 ingredients that you can actually eat 😁 Or a punishement where he need to make a dish using only ingredients starting with the letter U 😂

[@czynx3196]

Just make a salad and chuck everything in a bowl. Alphabetti Salad... Sorted.

[@SortedFood]

Or Alphabet spaghetti on toast? 😂

[@lukepaping]

@@SortedFood you'd have to pick out all the T's or B's

[@CyberKirby]

@@SortedFood ALPHABETTI SPAGHETTIII?!?!?!?!?!

[@etuanno]

@@SortedFood Alphabet soup, easy win in 5 minutes ;) When they ask for the letters, just pick out all of them.

[@marthawilson444]

Lol

[@nodrogstacey7813]

Im loving the use of "Unbleached grease proof paper", not as an ingredient, but as the engagement bait it stealthily is. Way to work the system!!

[@celosy]

I was wondering about that, too :D

[@kunimitsune177]

Cringe

[@BibleStorm]

Wonder if that's why he kept saying suduko.

[@sidhawker]

✅ Sudoku ✅ Scrabble ✅ Jigsaw puzzle ✅ Crossword It’s game night with Ebbers!

[@SearchingOblivion]

Don't you mean SODUKO? 🤣

[@abiwhiteing214]

Should've made an ube jam for that sandwich! We need 2 redos. One, a 3 course meal with 26 edible ingredients. Then one where the community votes for the ingredients of each letter and Ben has to cook using them all (maybe give him a few more store cupboard ingredients so it's all edible) 😂

[@HKloverX2]

Poor guy could have used the “U” in “unbleached flour” with his tempura batter 🤣

[@GCOSBenbow]

Thats hacky, better solution is to add an umeboshi into the cocktail or roast some ube and serve with the potatoes.

[@ouzelindisguise]

Why not! He was already using self-raising and corn flour!

[@slayer2450]

I can already see how this format can work. -Use ingredients alphabetically forward and reverse -Exclude certain letters -Cook a meal only with a single letter? or maybe only a few letters -Compete with each other where the opponent bans the use of certain letters

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

Only vowels.

[@Zarosian_Ice]

25 🤣 I want to watch Ebbers eat that unbleached baking paper.

[@anthonytran8758]

I reckon you probably could have used Ube for the letter U to make a roasted ube and potato mixture that might have worked....that unbleached baking paper was just ridiculously hilarious.

[@Mowgi]

I vote a redo with EDIBLE ingredients and no ingredients reused. Ben is a boss, he will smash it next time.

[@urkryptoknight6793]

I wonder what the actual ground rules were for this. If its consumables then yes, but there were some that he was allowed to use that didnt count while still getting oil as one of the ingredients.

[@shaunclarke2330]

no to the unbleached baking paper, yes to unpeeled grated carrot 🤣

[@kitherit]

Ooohhh Unpeeled anything would be a good alternative, too!

[@nienke7713]

I wouldn't except that either, it's not really the variety of the ingredient, but more how you've used it, otherwise you've got to do that for all ingredients and it becomes more an alphabet of techniques used. Perhaps an interesting challenge in its own right, but definitely a different challenge.

[@sarahschmitt4354]

I was thinking maybe an ube dessert 😂

[@zylafone]

Umami was right there lol, don't they have condensed umami as a spice?

[@nienke7713]

@@zylafone umami is a flavour, there exists MonoSodium Glutamate (MSG) also known as Ve-Tsin which is the (mono) sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid (ionic form: glutamate) which triggers the umami flavour, but that would be either an M or a V

[@supersullivan24]

I'm all for the unbleached paper counting because I don't want sandwich shops to reuse the paper my sando was wrapped in.

[@neilchund1967]

no to the unbleached baking paper, no to the New potatoes, no to the Rapeseed oil lol

[@alexdavis5766]

So many new video formats recently, love this. You could also do a challenge where each person has to do a meal cooking using ingredients of the first letter of each letter of their name. So Jamie Spafford would have 1 s, 2 a’s, 1 m etc etc. See whose name makes the best dish?

[@SortedFood]

Great idea, noted :)

[@lisastephanson5221]

I love this idea to include the rest of the chefs as well as the normals!