Chef Honestly Reviews TikTok Food Trends | Sorted Food

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[@ShadowDrakken]

"Hey, let's watch a video on watermelon pizza and then see if it actually works" *proceeds to bring out a completely different dish*

[@zancrus9629]

Yeah I dislike the fact that they didn't even try to make what the video showed. They made a salad on a watermelon.

[@ron_lalande]

As much as I agree with the kitchen to not serve watermelon as pizza, because this is a comparison to Tik-Tok, it should have been done. But thank you for the watermelon salad idea that I will try tonight....just not as a slice :)

[@margowsky]

Really loving these one a day videos. I noticed you're not skimping on duration nor content. Thank you for giving us this wonderful uplifting present!! Helps fight the winter blues here in dreary Oregon!!! Merry Christmas to all that work so hard giving us these videos!

[@SortedFood]

Glad you like them! 🥲

[@patwawryk7717]

I couldn't have said it better!

[@thebiglimey]

From a Brit also living in Oregon, I couldn't agree more!

[@bels3873]

Ebbers little happy dance while he was eating the sausage roll toastie made my day.

[@patwawryk7717]

I was looking for this comment!

[@abeautifulday128]

I went back to watch the happy dance and you were so right

[@shalbwachs]

Was also looking if this post already existed ❤ just lovely!

[@kirstenpaff8946]

Watermelon and Feta are actually a pretty good combination. My mom used to make a salad with watermelon, feta, mint, pine nuts, and a lime and honey dressing.

[@naomiarram5187]

Yeeessss!!

[@aaronpreuss4261]

I work at a food place in the states and YEARS ago, during 1 summer we had a watermelon feta salad. It had like romaine, mint, watermelon, feta and a few other things.

[@naomiarram5187]

@@aaronpreuss4261 Like romaine? Or just romaine? Sorry, I'm from "that" generation, and an English professor, to boot. I couldn't resist

[@togoth1]

You get it in the balkans quite a lot

[@ItsMeJenBB]

We have an italian restaurant that serves watermelon feta salad with their sunday brunch menu! SO good!!!

[@akalightspeed]

I really wanted to see the cooked pepperoni watermelon pizza. The versions in the video definitely look nice but really changes the dish that they were meant to be taste testing.

[@SortedFood]

Next time!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodPLEASE 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@thesameer1707]

you already know its gonna be shit tho tbh

[@PowerChannel88]

I feel like the watermelon Pizza as it was in the TT Video would be perfect for Jamie

[@Marzi29]

I've seen people try it as it is in the TikTok and they've all hated it lol

[@angrypotato_fz]

I really liked how Ben appreciated Kush' professionalism when they got served sausage roll cheese melts. It shows that even when you have a simple, social-media recipe, you can prepare it either in a sloppy way, or a smart way, so the technique and thinking still matter. And it's just nice to see these little details pointed out by a chef "who knows" :)

[@Derlino1]

The waffle iron she was using for the last one was a classic Norwegian waffle iron. They're not like stroopwaffles, they are soft, can be a little bit crispy, and are traditionally eaten with toppings of brown cheese, jam, jam and sour cream, and butter and brown cheese.

[@SortedFood]

Thanks for the info!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFood😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@mariaoberg9880]

We swedes also usually use that type of waffleiron with the heartshape 💛

[@adde9506]

I do not understand why the Belgian waffle is so popular. They're bland and doughy. Grew up with a classic waffle iron (same shape but smaller and hotter) and I'm just baffled. Belgian waffles are like taking a slice of white bread, sitting it next to the stove until warm, and calling it toast.

[@chris86simon]

@@adde9506 The norwegian waffle is nothing like the belgian waffle though.

[@namara-ashina]

I feel like not doing a pepperoni version of the watermelon one is kinda cheating XD

[@XenaRathon]

Agreed. Felt like a completely different dish

[@Strider_Shinryu]

Absolutely! You could argue, as they do, that they "did it better" but in reality they didn't actually "do it" at all

[@Fulgur98]

absolutley agree, raging

[@vulcanoryx9097]

Agreed, why even show the first ‘pizza’ clip

[@thaisstone5192]

@@Fulgur98 Well, you make your own then and try it. Will you be raving, or raging???

[@Madison-ur2qn]

The chicken and ice cream thing would make so much more sense with a waffle rather than on a sandwich

[@inogeni]

and regular hot sauce instead of a honey, sweetness overload as is.

[@ScrufffyJoe]

At some point it's better to have some chicken and then some waffles

[@vivakatrob13]

I did do a chicken sandwich a little while back that was fried chicken tossed in Cajun seasoning. A waffle with cinnamon and cayenne and then a honey butter and Louisiana hot sauce mixture drizzled on it. I also added sweet and spicy pickles and coleslaw that I made with apple cider vinegar and a little sugar. It was definitely a combo of sweet/spicy and salty/tangy and it was a LOT…but it was so good.

[@alleeum]

I think it might make more sense with pickles. And pregnancy. :)

[@esmeecampbell7396]

I'm not sure the bread is really the issue. You've just got to REALLY like sweet food, and then it isn't really working because of the hot honey and anything else being a clever balance you're just tolerating that. Food certainly doesn't need to be an exact equal balance of 5 flavours with a mixture of texture and temperature, there isn't a mathematical algorithm to making good food. Personally I just don't think anything would save vanilla ice cream and fried chicken. The oil makes the ice cream awful and the sweet creamy taste texture mix just doesn't appeal to me as much as something like a sharp and sour pickle does, when it comes to being combined with chicken. I think you can make far better fried chicken sandwiches by ignoring the sweet side of the equation entirely, though I'm not surprised this came from the United States of Diabetes... 😂

[@nickp8094]

I must say, being of Cypriot origin, watermelon and halloumi is a dish i grew up eating, Such a natural combination. Salty cheese with the fresh sweetness of the fruit So watermelon and cheese for me is a winner but not with a cheddar or something really mature. Has to be a fresh white cheese

[@XusernamegoeshereX]

Feta and watermelon is also lovely

[@beautifulmidnight]

@@XusernamegoeshereXYeess. Watermelon, feta, lime juice, mint and salt & pepper? That’s a good summer salad.

[@ElSuperNova23]

Feta/Watermelon is classic!

[@TheNurseBetty0]

there was a burger place near me that used to do burger of the months. one month they did something called the Hallouminaughti burger, which was angus beef patty, watermelon, halloumi and mint paste. I loved it so much, i think i had 11 or so in a month.

[@jemimahe298]

What they did with the watermelon was completely different to the tictoc video in my opinion. They didn't do that one justice... They should have actually done the pepperoni pizza to give it a proper go

[@MissingmyBabbu]

My grandfather is Greek, and watermelon with cheese (usually Feta, but also those little boccancinis at times) and salad was a common summer treat. Sometimes just the melon, cheese, and some balsamic dressing. It's a flavor I quite like, though my dietary restrictions make it a rare treat. But now I've got new ideas for it- I never thought to add nuts to the melon salad, but the crunch and creamy walnut flavour sound divine with the sweet juicy melon and the salty cheese.

[@kalli-ope]

The waffle iron was for heart-shaped waffles - I think the shape is a lot more common in Germany than the big iron for Belgian waffles is. The heart-shaped waffles are a lot flatter and their recesses are less deep, so Ben was right on the money with his guess that the TikTok variant would have more surface touching points.

[@fredfirth3834]

It looked more like one of the irons for making pizzelles.

[@ahollingsworth457]

This advent event is like getting a lovely gift 🎁every day. Thank y’all so much for the extra efforts to make this happen. Merry Christmas to you all🎄

[@SortedFood]

You're the best!

[@Locomaid]

Watermelon and cheese is almost ubiquitious in South Eastern Europe and parts of the Middle East. Usually the cheese is a feta-related, salty one. It took me a while to try it, but now I am hooked!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

3:56 Those hippos need the pumpkins ebbers! Thanks for the shout out! 🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

[@fyrehanabi]

I'll be honest, the moment Ebbers mentioned hippos eating pumpkins I opened a new tab and watched that for about 10 minutes instead. Mike has good taste.

[@42neddy]

Ben doing a little dance after trying the sausage roll cheese toasty with chutney was so cute hahah

[@meirag622]

I think we need a cookbook of Sorted bar snacks very soon!

[@gatehouseauthor]

Okay, but you totally cheated on the watermelon pizza. You should have tried it exactly as shown on the TikTok! 😅 Also, pineapple and cheese is a very American dish. My old Granny used to make it for every holiday.

[@jmp_fr]

it's a classic party food over here in the UK as well! Always had it at Christmas parties in primary (elementary) school

[@keithreynolds2971]

A quick version of the sausage roll toastie... Open up a sausage roll and grate cheese into it. Spread the mayo on and pop it into a toastie maker. Great quick snack

[@SortedFood]

Love it!!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodSAME

[@celticecho]

I’m odd in that I love seeing a chef or someone from a food channel NOT liking something! I get really wound up by food programs where they like absolutely everything they eat!! It’s not reality to me!

[@Emeraldwitch30]

I'd prefer them to find things just "meh" or "okay" if it's really not good. Don't lie for internet cred lol Like I watch dancing bacon eatvall around the world snd she does like most things but watching her face while gagging down the stinky tofu was priceless. Lol. 😂

[@LTDLetsPlays]

I can gibe you a reason Most food youtubers worship whatever they eat rarely criticise it

[@animalsmistakenformonsters1492]

How is it not real? You only see them like everything they show you on video. Not everything they eat in real life.

[@KhronicD]

@@animalsmistakenformonsters1492 Yeah. It's easy to forget that pretty much every video you see online has been edited. Much like every single show on TV. The good ones you never even notice the edits. Gotta remind yourself that it's almost never one shot, one take, done. ;)

[@MichaelBabcock]

Including his dislike of pineapple on pizza. He's so missing out. Go Canada

[@BobaPhettamine]

i wasn't excepting bens reaction from the sausage roll one 🤣

[@SortedFood]

Neither were we!

[@toscirafanshaw9735]

The most important bit of information in this video is that Mike likes to watch hippos eating pumpkins. 🥰

[@SortedFood]

😂

[@stug7214]

I feel like a maple ice cream (not sure if that's readily available in the UK?) would go much better with the chicken sandwich, but would also use about half the amount used in these videos. It would bring more of a Chicken and Waffles vibe

[@christinebenson518]

The honey roasted carrot ice cream they tried recently would work.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Mike said “Busted.” but deep down, we all love quirky animal videos.

[@esmeecampbell7396]

He's just a hungry hungry Hippo 😂

[@stephb5281]

I love how enthusiastic and excited Ben gets about food like these 😅❤ so nice to see passion and enjoyment in a job

[@bryanr8897]

This is the happiest I've seen Ebbers in the studio since I followed this channel.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Will ebbers and barry be on a tik tok canned fish date again soon?!

[@sagas3216]

Kush deserves a big Christmas bonus after those watermelon slices 😍

[@MartinGibsonn]

A Sorted pub would be 10/10

[@SortedFood]

One day 🤞

[@MartinGibsonn]

@SortedFood Great beer, Fantastic food and i can only imagine the laughs the would be had 🤙🏼🥃

[@toygaryagci]

Turkish people eat watermelon with feta cheese. It is one of the favorite summertime light lunch options

[@bernardettea9046]

Ben's little happy dance during the sausage roll!!!

[@midnightarmada187]

Their second one and the excitement for it was one of the most British things I've seen 😅 the only thing missing was the sausage being blood sausage and some beans on the side

[@Tomp4ul]

I recently tried raw honey and a sheep milk brie, and I'm instantly a huge fan. I'm 100% including some honey alongside all the regular chutneys and pickles on cheeseboards going forward.

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

I discovered cheese and honey at one point and never looked back. Gobsmackingly delicious.

[@Lhene9]

Try some dank honey too! (E.g. buckwheat, pine, chestnut) My nonno's hometown has a traditional pairing of pecorino and chestnut honey and it is glorious.

[@KalaSabure]

Upgrading/fixing weird TikTok foods should become a series 😂

[@mikleman996]

One of the best things with left over rice I saw was shaping into blocks, lightly fried and brushed with Teriyaki sauce Was Yum

[@_SurferGeek_]

Hot, cold, salty sweet... try dipping fries (chips) in a chocolate milkshake! In the US, dipping Wendy's fries in their Frosty is amazing!

[@lux0rd01]

This is why I feel like I can understand the fried chicken and ice cream potentially working

[@_SurferGeek_]

@@lux0rd01 I understand the concept, just not the execution... too much ice cream and too sweet. It's all about balance. This is just *Tic Tac* clickbait perpetuated by like-happy "influencers".

[@actionhudson]

Need to see them eating the original watermelon pizza. Just for their reaction.

[@lyndaworth5507]

Yes! They chickened out and had cold watermelon with cold toppings. Nothing like the Tik Tok version.

[@antonpham6446]

Kush really went "I'm NOT serving a stupid watermelon pizza."

[@swissfoodie3542]

I think I would also prefer to buy more pumpkins and feed them to hippos ;-).

[@zenengineer5803]

You've reviewed some savory ice creams this year. I wonder if there's some way to save that ice cream burger by combining flavors in a different way.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

A non-sweet, sour cream and chive ice cream on a hot chicken sandwich actually sounds like a fantastic idea. We whipped cream once but didn't sweeten it and added french onion soup mix. It was a light fluffy chip dip that really nice and light. Plus it looked double the size that traditional chip dip is for the cost. Whipped cream with no sweetener is also lovely in baked potato

[@vivakatrob13]

@@Emeraldwitch30That actually sounds delicious lmao

[@daneekaplan4284]

The problem is no matter how good the dish, you'd have to scarf it down before the ice cream melted and/or the bun became a soggy mess otherwise, you'd have your messiest meal since your 1st birthday smash cake.

[@krisr8011]

The watermelon salads looked awesome. Good idea for brunch next summer. Love your shows.

[@deanc8458]

Ben calling back to the hippo thing was a tactical choice so they couldn’t edit it out 😂

[@mikewicked.x]

Cheese and Vegemite Sausage Rolls have been a bakery staple in Australia (or Perth at least) for quite some time. Hadn't thought it subsequently frying them.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Quote of the Day: “If I had to spend more money on more food, I’d buy more pumpkins and feed them to more hippos.”

[@moonbook12]

Great quote of my life

[@nottsoserious]

I just wanted to thank you guys for uploading high quality content every day for a month ❤. It's given me so much inspiration to cook over winter break

[@noreenoconnell8055]

I’ve said it before (yesterday), and I’ll say it again, love mike’s cardigans. We need to start a cardigan fan club.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

16:32 knew this gadget would come back soon! So useful For these dishesh! Please keep the little guy around guys!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

0:45 I MEAN, I’ve seen a version of Fried Chicken with a side of Sweet Waffles and Honey. Not surprised by Ice-Cream. Also, vanilla ice-cream with chilli sauce is a thing from what I’ve heard.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

They'd faint if they saw my favorite savory/ vanilla ice cream mix. I've done it with Guinness but my favorite beer is Vanilla Java Porter with a scoop of really good vanilla bean ice cream in it. It sounds like it should be a crime against nature but the smooth dark bitter beer with hints of chocolate and vanilla just really goes well with vanilla ice cream. Im sure you could do chocolate but that might be too chocolatey (?) But I love weird food combos. My other favorite beer is a grapefruit IPA with a ring of sugar on the top. Or the every popular clamato tomato juice half/half with a good Mexican beer and a good squeeze of lemon/lime-rimmed with tajin and a big old pickle spear (or if you like spicy pickled jalapeños on a stick lol) I've seen it called chelada or michealina.

[@alexdavis5766]

There’s a lovely shop near me that do ice cream sandwiches, they look like burgers but are completely sweet. You guys should visit! It’s a lovely places for a day trip. A series of you all travelling around the uk and trying unique foods in different spots. Not necessarily traditional, but unique.

[@SortedFood]

Oh wow!

[@johannebeerbaum1546]

That is a Philippine thing of ice cream inside a brioche bun….

[@Lulzed]

12:50 His worried reaction to the abomination is hilarious!

[@chrisoneill325]

That was a misrepresentation of the TT watermelon pizza. Why watch the video if youre gonna completely remake it in a completely different way??

[@goaway7272]

Y favourite weird combo I absoloutely love is homemade irish brown soda with thick hard cold kerry gold butter with marmalade slices of strong cheddar (block) and chef tomato ketchup on top. Sounds awful but it's amazing

[@Lhene9]

Completely off-topic, but I love Mike's sweater every time I see it. It's got a perfect "dressed-up cozy" vibe and it suits him.

[@Dead-Dog-Rising]

We chant! Awful waffle! Awful waffle! Thanks to the Bad News Bears😂😂

[@Dead-Dog-Rising]

Btw Grilled 🍉 is a thing from the South in USA. It's great!

[@Laboon89]

saussymarrollwich is what I would call it, and I gained 5 kgs just watching them eat it xP

[@EmilyZ5065]

honestly if you took the ice cream out it would have probably been better. spicy honey fried chicken sandwich.

[@commentsforthealgorithm1740]

8:21 Ebbers doing the "happy food" dance. I kinda have to try that now!

[@jayblackmore9620]

Love you guys! thanks for the 1/days, very much enjoyed.

[@bentley684]

Good video lads, a happy Christmas to you and the team working behind the scenes. All the best from a chormal!

[@SortedFood]

Same to you!

[@chasingtheclouds]

A sorted Pub sounds incredible and I would love to go there some day. Please make this happen!

[@brittanyk3923]

One bite of chicken ice cream sandwich gives the temperature difference, but by the end you’re just eating cold chicken on soggy bread

[@johnbernal3292]

Happy Christmas. This advent of videos was fantastic.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE your tik tok videos guys!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@veilvillage9873]

Seems we're about due for a waffle-maker only battle lol, crazy some of the things people put together on tik tok. Great as usual

[@Getpojke]

Call it a "Gregged Cheese Sandwich"!

[@safepine9275]

I love watching you guys 😊 You make my day!! That sausage roll toastie looks delicious 😋. Cant wait to see what else you do! Also hope you all have a fab xmas 🎄

[@ishtara9470]

That prawn watermelon pizza thing looks beyond extra 😂 hats off to Kush

[@SortedFood]

He is beyond EXTRA

[@Anna-uh3jq]

“It just shouldn’t be done.” But isn’t that the fun of experimenting with food? And also… isn’t foodie blasphemy like the Sortedfood motto? 😜

[@cjtramm8]

Love watching y’all every dsy

[@ItssKhaosss]

Idk why but for the sausage roll toasties thing "A Ploughman called Gregg" spring to mind 😂

[@kingoberon]

That watermelon wasn't a proper judging, in no way would I call what you got served and what you saw on titktok as the same dish at all.

[@legendavey5930]

My favorite thing when im eating a spicy fried chicken sandwich is a vanilla shake on the side - i think the flavors work great together, but i don't think you need to ice cream on the actual sandwich

[@Erikaahh_Mae]

Wow that was a throwback comment for me when Ben said 'similar to what we did with Fleur a few years ago'. At that point I was watching Fleur deForce and had just started watching SortedFood. How time flies!

[@Nooticus]

I honestly cannot thank you more for the daily videos, and so creative every single day too. Legend

[@KulinaryAdventures]

We need more of this tiktok series!

[@natedole8276]

I think you needed to make them try the ridiculous mozzarella and pepperoni version first before giving them the nice one

[@Eyegazersphoto]

Loved the “Slurp” and then the NO! Ebbers….😂

[@danaberry6207]

18:11 A spoonful of cold creme fraiche premixed with hot honey, chillies of some sort, dill pickles slices with savory waffles as the bread. I'm making the sushi rice waffles tomorrow! Another amazing video, thanks @sortedfood! ❤

[@PokhrajRoy.]

On the eighteenth day of December, my true love gave to me: 10 TikTok Trends, Mike in a cardigan (again) and Ben on a TikTok Date (without Barry, can you believe?).

[@Anna-uh3jq]

I’ve got a love/hate relationship with TikTok food trends. They’re fascinating yet quite often they’re all about the name or looks and not about the taste. But then there’s that moment when one of them truly works. Wondering if I’ll see one of those in this video.

[@user-po3ys5ys8y]

This Video a Day in December has been the BEST!!! So fun to watch every day.

[@steveashlearnerturner]

As a kid there was an ad on TV when a dad had been left to look after his daughter, he asked her what she wanted to eat she replied choc ice and chips. next day at school I tried it, it was soooooo good. so hot, cold, sweet, salty, I totally get

[@iwanellis-roberts1704]

Could you experiment with making a sour cream, smoked cheese and chive Ice Cream? That would bang! Or would it?

[@petertaylor4980]

Do you need the cheese texture, or could you just add a couple of drops of liquid smoke to a sour cream and sugar mix and add chopped chives half-way through churning?

[@awmustang]

You did not get even remotely close to trying the watermelon pizza tik tok. Big fail on that one in my mind. If you are going to review a tik tok trend, then make the tik tok trend. What you did here was decide this trend was bad and just did your own thing. Which is fine, but it's not what the video was supposed to be about.

[@karifox4980]

I don't mind seeing a chefy take on the trends but personally I'd have liked to see the initial concept executed beforehand. If the video is melted cheese and pepperoni on watermelon I'd like to see one of those two things make it on the dish. Maybe that's just me.

[@kimmychuang5564]

I am so glad that Ben sticks to his nerdy cheffy views in the face of clickbait food trends!

[@lexiharding5498]

Everytime I watch one of these, I fall a little bit more in love with Ebbers. He's so knowledgeable and professional as a chef, but then goofy and silly at the same time. Annoyingly adorbale!

[@michaelratcliffe7559]

The charged watermelon with the right ingredients sounds like a great way to serve a well chilled summer salad.

[@mattosborne3252]

The Double Boot Sandwich - A double marmite and pork mantis wellington sandwiching a liquid cheese filling coated in an emulsion of raw egg yolks and vegetable oil. Served cut into perfect cubes.

[@robdoyle2223]

Ebbers literally danced in his seat eating that sausy-roll-wich. I’d say that’s a solid endorsement!

[@MeMe-lg3tb]

The happy dance from Ben eating the cheesey sausage roll was the best😂

[@gavynhoward9530]

1:20, Mikes “got a nympho card” 😅

[@Fenyally]

love this!!

[@Drew_2308]

16:00 c'mon boys, don't be like that, pop down to the shop and get an avocado

[@LiamHagan]

I'm sure a video a day has been exhausting for you guys but daily Sorted content has been an amazing treat! Merry Christmas to you all x

[@jamietaylor3775]

Tried kush's roast taters from the other day, boil to death, fridge cold, shallow fry in oven. BANGING ! Best roasties iv ever had, my new go to.

[@jasonwilliams1713]

These dailys vids have been a gift to us fans. All the best in the new year lads. 💪🏾❤️

[@GilEdSa91]

Alternative title. Kush refusing to follow the TikTok recipes. His version looks so tasty and pretty.

[@jasonwilliams1713]

That sausage roll review was intense and phenomenal. I felt so connected and jealous of that experience. The Leo in me wants to make this and bring it to a Super Bowl party.