Chef vs Takeaway (Speed, Taste, Ease) | Sorted Food

[@Anna_TravelsByRail]

Ben starting by explaining how the delivery might be faster then him since it’s neither lunch nor dinner time is just gold! 😂

[@TarossBlackburn]

He does have a fair point. There's a difference between ordering take-out on a sunday during dinnertime and getting something fast because you forgot to have lunch in the middle of the week and now it's 2 pm.

[@lewismaddock1654]

Well, the man doesn't order take out, so he doesn't know that take out is usually a minimum of 30 or so minutes any given time. There's a whole economy thing about people who work with delivery who need to make a living, but the other side of the argument is that, most people don't have £15 to pay for a dish of noodles. Which is quite outrageous.

[@andyh7777]

@@lewismaddock1654not in London. Standard delivery time is 15 mins

[@lewismaddock1654]

@@andyh7777 Maybe. But this wasn't the case in this example, and during high request hours, and most of Sorted's target audience don't live in London.

[@hannahk1306]

​@@lewismaddock1654 I don't live in London and it's usually less than half an hour, same with other places I've lived. Even when I lived in a village (takeaway was in the nearest town 15 minutes drive away) on a Saturday night it was 40 minutes at most.

[@DaleyKreations]

There is one thing the guys didn't touch on which is sometimes the determining factor when ordering out - while the delivery is on it's way you can be _doing something else_. We usually end up ordering out if we're in the middle of a huge project and my husband is just too busy and/or exhausted to cook

[@josephdemarchi2128]

Yea I always am annoyed at the comparisons because when I order take out or delivery it’s almost always I need to go to the store or I’m tired and don’t want to cook which isn’t ever the issue in these videos. Sure if I have all of the ingredients then cooking is way better

[@runarandersen878]

True. Also similar with a frozen pizza. With the preheating the owen, and cook time, you could make a dish from scratch instead. Or you could just relax or do other stuff.

[@John...44...]

Well if you just too busy to cook then cooking is never going to be an option so there's no point comparing

[@Divig]

Also... we order out when we have to both shop and cook and have no energy for either.

[@CrimsonZboss]

@@John...44...well there’s no comparison between what they did. Of course making it yourself is cheaper and healthier and whatnot. Delivery is in the conversation for 2 reasons: time, convenience. You do it because you need to do something else in that time, or because you don’t feel like shopping & cooking. That’s why it ended up being a sidekick app ad for “the shopping being done for you” so you can ignore that part and choose cooking, taking out that issue from being a reason you choose not to cook. But they missed the time necessity entirely, and while a good self-promote, a self-promote to consider their findings as accurate/possible is bad.

[@adde9506]

Sidekick Suggestion: make a section in the app where you can keep a running list of what is in your kitchen (especially useful for ingredients you'll buy lots of and not finish soon, like fish sauce) and then make an algorithm that searches existing Sorted recipes for matches to your store cupboard. Rank the results by highest number of matches, then highlight the ingredients that match. Ingredients where you have the amount or more should be highlighted in green. Ingredients you don't have enough of should be highlighted in yellow. Ingredients you have listed that you are allergic to should be highlighted in red. Ingredients you don't have are unhighlighted. The meal packs are great, but if the package sizes are different or I have leftover ingredients from making one of my own recipes (like half an onion and a pint of cream), it doesn't really help me find uses for these things. Or I have all the ingredients and just don't realize I could make something with them; like flour, eggs, olive oil, and whole garlic are frequently in my kitchen, but I would never think to make fresh Aglio e olio.

[@toni_go96]

Great great suggestion

[@movingforwardLDTH]

+++++

[@Edmilsonfsjr]

Ótima sugestão, eu vi eles usando chat gpt para procurar receitas com os ingredientes que tem em mãos, pode ajudar.

[@sharayalee3376]

This is such a great idea! Basically teaching/helping normals to keep an inventory similar to a restaurant. I bet a lot of food waste happens in the pantry when canned food expires or an open box of something has gone stale

[@iwtdkmp5081]

Yeah something like that is needed. It would also be nice if there is some recommendations of packs that have similar ingredients

[@toni_go96]

I love videos like these. Just a chance for Ebbers to flex his chef skills - in case we've forgotten what a great chef he is. He chopped vegetables without looking at the board, beautifully plated up 2 servings of his dish much faster than the takeaway - but he also explained all the steps along the way, cleaned the kitchen and was cool as a cucumber the entire time. Sure, it plugged the app, but it also really drove the point home, made me feel bad for not cooking at home more often, and I know at least I'm gonna think twice before I order takeaway next time.

[@Getpojke]

It's fun chopping veg while making eye contact with whomever you're talking too. It is a bit of a flex, but its also fun watching their eyes dart down nervously expecting to see you've chopped your fingers off. 🔪🧅🤚

[@eatdirtmofo]

And you get the joy of cooking.

[@toni_go96]

Yes there's that too@@eatdirtmofo

[@eatdirtmofo]

I love cooking, I'm an 'engineer', so all day long i'm adding 'ingredients' and doing timings, (Gant charts) It's so good to get home and just cook something. Anything. It's therapy.

[@Getpojke]

@@eatdirtmofo Yeah, when I had a job that meant dealing with the public all day I'd just get in the kitchen as soon as I got home. I just wanted half an hour or so, cooking, unwinding & not speaking to anyone. Then I was happy to sit & chat away with my partner for the rest of the evening. (I didn't ignore her when I came through the door or anything, that would be rude; pleasantries were exchanged. But then it was kitchen bound.)

[@nottsoserious]

It always amazes me how chefs can go godspeed with a knife while looking away and casually chatting with someone 😮

[@larsfill]

When you’ve got the claw movement down it’s very easy!

[@AnnikaOakinnA]

I desperately want a video that's just the chefs chopping things. Not even like a knife lesson or a voiceover or anything, I just want to watch them chop things So Well. It scratches my brain in all the right places.

[@ST-vt4nu]

Yeah I'm a garlic press user cause I am so bad an mincing garlic. It's so small, just how 😅

[@emanresu8968]

@@ST-vt4nu Practice. I started just using garlic in everything. Start slow and focus on the technique, once you can keep your hand steady you can start to increase speed. Oh and a really sharp knife, I feel like not having a sharp knife is probably 75% of peoples issue with knife skills.

[@ST-vt4nu]

@@emanresu8968 i put garlic in everything, but I just use a garlic press most of the time. I use a lot of garlic and Im not mincing 6 cloves by hand when I can just garlic press them in seconds 😅 I know i wont learn like this, but oh well 😂

[@bbmarrero]

Please have a night out in London with Ben! New flat, new restaurants, and same “old” mates!

[@Erdnussbuttertoast]

yes! New big night out season!

[@Yagunitto]

yaaaassss pleeeease

[@GIBBO4182]

Legend has it, the hob is still on…

[@KenS1267]

As someone who is a trained chef there are two styles of cooking I will consistently go out to eat/order takeout because it is essentially impossible to do them at home unless you have special equipment. Woks and tandoors. Other than that I can cook almost anything if I can find the ingredients. Amateurs can certainly learn to cook their favorite dishes/cuisines if they put in some effort as well.

[@youknowwho9247]

Dim Sum and Tapas are "restaurant foods" for me, because making ten different, small dishes at home is quite inefficient.

[@glockenrein]

For me it’s anything that needs to be deep fried, I can’t stand the smell at home.

[@totalvoid6234]

All of the above plus Ramen. I'm working on Ramen but it is a PAIN.

[@TheSongwritingCat]

Woks, deep fryers, pizza ovens... Also, baked goods. I just don't have the energy for croissants most of the time. Resting and then individually cooking pita bread is exhausting. There's a lot that just isn't enjoyable or worthwhile to make at home compared to the results you get.

[@KenS1267]

@@totalvoid6234 Are you making noodles? Making ramen noodles at home is possible I did it once as an experiment but it's an all day project and there's a step with some pretty unpleasant substances. I'd just buy the noodles already made. Other than that ramen ingredients are pretty common items in Japanese cuisine. I guess the one most unusual in the west is pork stock as we don't make pork stock a lot and Japanese stock making is sort of tedious but it is not hard just another all day thing.

[@FranFellow731]

I really appreciate that you guys still discussed the merits of the takeout dish. Being able to have a single portion of something you know would be expensive to cook at home and would generate an overwhelming amount of leftovers is something I wish more people considered when doing these challenges. Also the fact that I need the items on hand ahead of time in order to truly make cooking feel more convenient than ordering. I find typically ordering out, especially delivery, stems from feeling overwhelmed in some capacity and the lack of willingness to leave my house. And as someone else mentioned, sometimes you’re in the middle of something and to stop and cook for anything longer than 15 mins or to cook something that requires attention and isn’t a throw it in and forget about it type dish just doesn’t feel possible.

[@hannahk1306]

Have you tried doing an online shop? A lot of these delivery apps also do groceries for smaller shops. That might give you more energy for the actual cooking. You can also buy ingredients that don't need any prep, e.g. pre-chopped veg; frozen peas, sweetcorn, etc; dried carbs like pasta, noodles or cous cous (just needs boiling water pouring over and leaving for 5 mins); tinned goods like tuna and tomatoes; healthy freezer foods like fish fingers. You can also buy good (restaurant) quality ready meals for less than the price of a takeaway in most supermarkets, which are great for days where cooking really isn't going to happen.

[@ForceflowX]

This doesn't take into account one of the big strengths of ordering out, which is that everyone can get something different and it still takes about the same amount of time. Ebbers would have much more trouble making 3 or 4 dishes and beating the delivery than when he's making one.

[@midgetwars1]

Thing is though, unless you're buying for friends that's a strange scenario. If you're cooking as a couple just eat the same dish

[@zzskyninjazz1821]

@@midgetwars1not really if you’re all at home as a get together you can easily order different stuff

[@pommedapie8450]

Hum, I feel like the "order" time should have included the time you take to decide though ! Because that can make ordering take longer than cooking 😂

[@SortedFood]

Hahaha very true.

[@maromania7]

They also didn't include the time to get out and portion the ingredients, so I'd call it even.

[@fabe61]

Ben eats out in London once or twice a week!? I’m genuinely glad to hear Sorted food is financially thriving!

[@KSPRAYDAD]

Dumpster diving is free :)

[@emanresu8968]

It really depends where you are going, since he mentioned socializing it's possible he is going to the pub. Even here in the states there are small pubs and hole-in-the-wall restaurants that offer good food for cheap. Although the 1 around where I live happens to be hangout of a biker gang great food but can be a bit offputting for some.

[@MrMartinSchou]

This overlooks a rather significant aspect of the ease of ordering in - shopping. You already had all the stuff you needed to make the dish (obviously), but not everyone does. If I wanted what you just made, I'd need to buy pretty much every ingredient because I don't have them lying around. And since ordering in is typically a spur of the moment decision, you'd then need to take the time to decide what you'd want, figure out the ingredients, figure out what you needed and then go shopping for it before you can even start cooking. And if you time it badly, you can easily spend half an hour just queueing in the shop. That being said - excellent video.

[@eelectron9582]

Something I learned from J. Kenji-Lopez alt. that totally changed homemade stir-fries for me is using a blowtorch to add that wok(ish) char and flavor Ben mentioned might be missing from his dish. Takes 30 seconds, and what a difference!

[@toscirafanshaw9735]

I enjoyed the vid, but for a truly fair comparison, have a normal cook a Sidekick recipe against the delivery clock. I mean, Ben's chopping alone means his times are really not comparable to the average user... (That said, I've been using the app for a few months now, and it's just as great as the guys say, everyone go get it.)

[@SortedFood]

Fair enough! We’ll see what we can do 😜

[@youknowwho9247]

It'll still be faster. Most sidekick recipes take me around half an hour to make. Delivery usually doesn't happen in a 30 minute window.

[@TheNotSoIrishGamer]

I'd say 10 times out of 10 when I order takeaway, I don't have the stuff in to make it so when you add the time taken to go to the shop as well, takeaway is definitely faster.

[@annother3350]

You buy the food when you're shopping for essential items every week like toilet rolls so it takes up hardly any time

[@wombat4583]

@@annother3350 Not everyone does a weekly shop. Some shop more often or less, or as needed. Sometimes people change what they want part way through the week (people can say plan all you want but that doesn't work for every person either).

[@annother3350]

@@wombat4583 I've spent enough time on universal credit in the past to know that you can easily plan and do a weekly shop in order to minimise waste and expense and still eat well.

[@TheBazino]

If you do it yourself you also have the cleanup, etc. which needs to be added timewise. And having a chef with his cutting skills, etc. do it, also skews the result for time needed to make the dish. There is enough reasons to not order takeout (most of all cost), you do not need to add artifical imbalances ;-)

[@darthplagueis13]

In all fairness: 1: Ben's timer started with a mis-en-place, so that's probably another 2-3 minutes of finding and portioning the various ingredients that would normally be added. You don't have just the right amount of vegetables and pork mince laying around on your kitchen counter all day. 2: It all depends on how close you live to the place making the food. 3: It's also a matter of feasability. The restaurant can get away with having a large assortment of ingredients in store because they may have dozends of different dishes and hundreds of orders throughout a week, so putting a dish on the menu that's gonna use 15 different ingredients isn't gonna be an issue, it's all in store and it all gets used. If I wanted to make the same dish at home, I'd have to buy these 15 different ingredients, none of which are likely sold in amounts corresponding to the portions I'm looking to make, meaning I'm gonna have loads of leftovers to be used up in other dishes later down the line, meaning if I want a more complex dish, it will determine what I am going to be eating for the rest of the week. 4: Ordering takeaway may still save time because whilst it may or may not be quicker than making it at home (and mind you, noodle dishes like this are generally very quick to make and therefore put the experiment in favour of homemade, but other dishes have components with long prep times that the restaurant is going to have ready whereas you will not unless you've been planning this dish) because however much time it takes to arrive, it's not time you spend cooking. If you've got a busy schedule and are looking to use every minute you got, it doesn't matter how long the food takes to be delivered, it's still gonna take less of your time out of that schedule.

[@maromania7]

Ben's timer started with Mis-en-place, but thier timer started with everyone having already decided what they want, slogged through the app's processes, and putting thier info in. Which personally always takes far longer, even without including how long ben just stood around talking while the timer was going. Yes, though it also depends on how far your DRIVER is from the food and if they're picking up multiple things from the same restaurant absolutely correct, that's personally the main reason I eat out. True, depending. Everyone I know spends so much time figuring out what they want and ordering it that they've usually wasted just as much time as cooking something quick themselves.

[@Spectr3]

Shopping + mis-en-place is way more time than deciding and ordering, sure everyone says "kitchen staples" but what % is really that? Too many times these sort of take out vs cooking segments miss the thinking ahead portion of cooking a meal in my opinion.

[@redholm]

Indeed. They did give Ben a really quick and easy dish to make. For me usually ifbIborder food it's Take away on the way home from work

[@HenryLoenwind]

Also, Ben should start after working a 10-hour shift in a busy restaurant. Would be quite interesting to see how much energy to cook he still has left at that point.

[@Silentgrace11]

@HenryLoenwind: you say that like he isn’t a chef…like, a chef who has inevitably worked as a chef in many places before Sorted or possibly even during Sorted, and has inevitably carried many a ten hour shift. He’s not being presumptuous - he’s just showing that it can be done. And frankly also advertising their fancy app a bit, but there’s nothing wrong with the hustle.

[@mariska008]

I order the food on my way home so it arrives at the same time as I do. I love cooking but some days takeaways take the stress out of adding more things to do.

[@Anna_TravelsByRail]

The Pluggy Plug Song is like the cherry to the cake of this video. 🎂

[@JKat94]

plug plug plug plugy plug plug (loved when mike was still singing that haha)

[@KrisAdamsTV]

Amazing work guys. Barry and Jamie are so silly when together 😎😂

[@SortedFood]

Tell me about it

[@Shabbi2]

@@SortedFoodBarry and Jamie are so silly together 😉

[@jonnyanderson2271]

£15 for a delivered cow main, that took around 30 minutes to get to location. £5 for a home meal, that took 15 minutes to make and gained more out of a portion. Home made is also a healthier version. Thanks guys, can we have more videos around these sorts of topics please? 🙏😎👊

[@kaspianepps7946]

I don't think it's really fair to compare the times, because it will vary depending on how close to the takeaway you live. Barry said the actual cooking time was shown as 15 minutes, so if you lived next door it wouldn't actually take any longer and you could be doing something else while you're waiting, which you can't do if you're cooking. Plus, Ben is a trained chef - I don't have any problems following a recipe, but it always takes me significantly longer than it says it will. Apart from that I do agree with the message of the video - takeaways should be seen as more of a special treat than an everyday convenience, but that doesn't mean you can't eat interesting food the rest of the time.

[@clarisaxpianist]

​@@kaspianepps7946I agree with always taking longer to make a recipe than it claims. I generally say 2-3 times longer than the stated time at minimum to figure out how long I'll need on the recipe

[@peruman95]

I'm also not sure about the price they're claiming. I don't know about the market in England, but the meat alone is already at least half of the £5 and spinach isn't particularly cheap either..

[@kaspianepps7946]

@@peruman95 There have been price increases recently, but most foods are much cheaper in the UK than the US. Tesco has 500g of pork mince for £3, the recipe uses 250g so £1.50 (the idea of the app is that it gives you a shopping list for three meals with no food waste). That being said £15 for one dish is definitely London prices - I'd expect to spend more than £5 for takeaway with delivery, but not that much.

[@AliC1231]

​@@peruman95spinach is very cheap?

[@lewismaddock1654]

What I love about this video, is that they don't slag off the restaurants. They actually say it's good. Other people who do this Vs takeaway usually says theirs is much better, undermining hard working restaurant cooks, who actually do this for a living, and have more practice.

[@icefox13]

Well, I have the same problem cooking up things for dinner. You guys could show us some meals that freeze well after cooking :) Your creativity would surely allow for more than bolognese, chili and goulash in regards to that :)

[@tahliahart5438]

Jamie jamming to the Bluey theme just made my day.

[@TheBigbum1974]

I'll be honest, probably will never get your app, subscriptions online scare me. However, for some reason I love these shows that are almost ads for Sidekick. They remind me cooking for myself is worthwhile, which is a reminder I need every now and again.

[@MurderOfSuburbia]

Honestly, Jamie watching Bluey while he waits for his food, is so relatable.

[@heartshapedisle]

This Aussie approves 😂

[@lewismaddock1654]

That's one of the reasons why channel 4 should call him onto WILTY, that man is just a box of mystery. No one would know if he's telling the truth, or if he's making it up that Spain once declared a war on him.

[@JaySay]

I love how Sorted has picked up this from Bon Appetit, because this is such a better channel for cooking, AND for food! Would love to see what Kush and Slater can do in the kitchen under pressure like this, too!

[@skilletborne]

I don't believe in competition on social media and youtube, but man, if it was a competition then Sorted beats Bon Appetit hands down

[@JaySay]

@@skilletborne Absolutely, to me at least. Bon Appetit was so fun to watch & follow before covid and even a little after the end of the pandemic. They had talented chefs at the handful, and great ideas/shows; they just didn't pay fairly (from what I heard.)

[@maromania7]

Given his record in the burger challenge, Kush would have the meal made and eaten before the others figure out what restaurant to order from XD

[@MatBird93]

Also have to remember Ben is a trained chef. I also think you should do this again and do the same dish.

[@truec]

Years ago, Bon Appetit had a series based on this same concept (Taking on Takeout). I don't think their chefs ever managed to beat the delivery (and they eventually gave up on that part of the concept a few episodes before they dropped the series).

[@Getpojke]

Joshua Weissman does a similar concept too where he'll not only race them on time but as to who makes the better version of the meal. He usually wins on both counts, but quite often its quite sad food like burgers.

[@TheBreadthatcausedLesMis]

As someone who gets takeaways often due to being unable to cook due to a disability, this was nice to see.

[@smudgepuss]

It would have been interesting to see a fairer test on both the time and cost fronts, starting both options from a baseline of 'I haven't done any planning' and using a Chop-chop/Getir type grocery delivery service before cooking.

[@mrow7598]

And don't forget about clean up. You now have all those dishes, pans and utensils to wash.

[@kaspianepps7946]

To be fair, they do talk about planning in the video - I think what they were saying was that it should be a concious choice to get a takeaway, not something you do because you've just realised you don't have anything in the fridge and you can't be bothered to go to the supermarket.

[@danielmuscat7884]

BARRY WITH ARSENAL'S THIRD KIT, GOT TO LOVE HIM EVEN MORE !!!!

[@kimsubaki6389]

I know Ben wouldn't let us down, now one hour until midnight and I'm craving stir fried noodles

[@SortedFood]

Ahhhhh sorry about that 🤣

[@tinas4228]

My family has recently started using sidekick, we love that there are recipes that are quick, we live in the country outside delivery areas so we've been doing the basic recipes using ingredients from the garden and freezer when we are too tired to go shopping. Find 2 portions feed 4 of us most times.

[@kay4829]

Should have had Ben run to the shop to get groceries first if you usually get takeaway when you don’t have anything in.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Amazing video as always guys! And i agree with Barry and Spaff, there's nothing wrong with takeaway once a month or so, they really deliver, but i really prefer making my own meals, you guys have really helped me level up my game!

[@SortedFood]

Couldn't agree more!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodThanks!😊😊😊

[@talonsblade1758]

Being able to learn to cook at home that you can get from a restaurant is priceless. I love cooking with my wok and a high BTU burner to get that char taste.

[@Getpojke]

One thing, with some Asian dishes, they are going to be quicker to put together & cook. So the delivery time will be a larger proportion of the time. Though a restaurant will have less assembly time (on the whole than a home cook) as they do their prep in advance. Would you beat a pizzeria if you had to prep & rest your dough? Would an Indian restaurant have a more complex sauce as it had been mouldering for a couple of days to get the flavour right? But i get the point, because I tend to plan my meals or have enough of a pantry & fridge of ingredients that I can put a good meal together quicker than most delivery places can get to me. (And a lot cheaper too).

[@_nquisitor_]

Love a race the delivery challenge! 😁 Just wanted to remind you that some of us order delivery because of health issues or disabilities. A little kindness for those of us who can’t cook as much as we’d like to is always appreciated. 🙂

[@pandorascruelty]

Yeah that was the one part I didn't like about this video. Barry saying "you might have a problem" came off as accidentally a little ableist. Still loved the dish though! Looks delicious.

[@sunflowers_sarah]

​@@pandorascrueltyI think he meant as in, "you have an addiction" to takeout (jokingly). I don't believe any ableist theme was within his realm of thought.

[@clusterbungle]

I have a variable condition so some days I feel great and will happily spend hours cooking, other days fatigue/pain/loss of balance etc make it impossible. It would be really interesting to see a video where they show how to make a few complex recipes more accessible, perhaps by using a slow cooker for example but not just for a bog standard stew.

[@_nquisitor_]

@@clusterbungle I feel ya! I have similar issues. I’d definitely love some genuine short cut, minimal effort examples too. Like I’ll sometimes make a quick hainanese chicken rice in the rice cooker (throw chicken, rice, jar of hainanese chicken paste and water in the rice cooker and walk away basically!)

[@clusterbungle]

@@_nquisitor_ ooh that sounds delicious! :)

[@furrantee]

Can we just talk about the oh so casual but absolute FLEX Ben does about the 3 minute mark? Looking over at the boys talking away while chop chop chop chop chop extra sharp knife super speed dice? I do that I'm pausing as I chop or looking at the board not the person. Ebbers!

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

I feel like this kind of video often ends up unfortunately having the sideeffect of villanizing takeaways, but a lot of us folks really just don't have great kitchens or don't have anything in to make a nice meal or stuff like that. Sure, it is often possible, but it's not like we have Ben in there with us to tell us how our leftover hot sauce and cheddar cheese that may or may not have gone out of date can go with our slightly off garlic and leefy greens. I think it's just different strokes for different folks at different times. Sometimes we just want dinner and then we'll eff off to the shop in the morning.

[@adde9506]

Yeah, one of the main reasons I've avoided sidekick is because UK package sizes are different. I know there are plenty of things that I'll be able to chuck in the whole package even though it's too much or short it a little and still have it taste good, but that's really a second time through kind of thing. What am I going to do with dozens of partial packages of ingredients that I don't know how to cook and don't have recipes for? If Sidekick let you plug in the ingredients you do have and returned recipes that closely resemble what you have, that would be the thing for me.

[@skilletborne]

I don't think this painted takeaways in a negative light at all Don't play the bad kitchen card tho, this dish used 1 hob, 1 knife, a chopping board, and mostly store cupboard ingredients. It's okay to be exhausted, to be a novice, to be disabled, or to have failed to plan ahead The world sucks and there's no shame in throwing up your hands and ordering a curry

[@Raina111111]

And sometimes the taste I crave really is just that takeaway dish.

[@annother3350]

It's not villainising to point out that you could easily save loads of money every year by making something yourself

[@marcusshaner7066]

For a true test, Ebbers needed to start with NOTHING prepped. No pans out, no kettle boiling, nothing setup. They order, he walks into the kitchen to start.

[@Getpojke]

I love cooking, but once a month I do like to treat myself to a takeaway. An older friend said to me when I started earning money, that one of the things he did was that he'd buy himself a treat out of his pay-packet. It can be something small & inexpensive, but it makes earning that money worthwhile, rather than just earning to live. I've taken that on-board & it does make a difference. It doesn't have to be a takeaway. Living rurally delivery can be expensive & I'm limited on who can deliver to my area. So sometimes its a fancy ingredient or spice, a book, or whatever takes my fancy. So yeah I can see a subscription falling into the category of a treat to myself.

[@SortedFood]

We all need a treat now and then 😁

[@gnomersy1087]

I'd argue that almost never when takeaway is the choice is the operative factor time from when I start thinking of food to getting food. That is far more likely to be the case with picking up fast food, microwavable instant dinners, grabbing a prepackaged meal at a supermarket, eating cheese and crackers, etc. What wasn't really weighed here was the difference in energy and time spent actively doing something, which is what takeaway is largely about by my reckoning. I can sit down order something and then start working which I can't do when I'm cooking in the kitchen. Or if I'm too emotionally or physically drained because of depression or events during the day I can be relaxing and unwinding which again isn't my experience in the kitchen where I need to be mentally and physically focused(to some degree) to prevent injury/accident. I don't think cooking is a bad thing I do plenty of lazy level cooking when I do have the energy for it but I've also known plenty of people that say shit like "Oh just cook up something instead." as an answer to people who use delivery apps because of reasons that aren't respected.

[@JAF30]

In the US there is now a big thing with ordering ahead and picking it up from the restaurant, then taking it home. So you can order while your at work, pick it up on the way home and eat at home.

[@katherinemcmillan9180]

As someone who cut my finger last night while concentrating on only cutting veggies, I’m amazed Ebbers can casually have a conversation while chopping that quickly.

[@CaptainJLinebeck]

5:03 Barry you've left the- oh sorry, force of habit

[@alexdavis5766]

I’ve been super ill for coming up to 2 weeks and barely eaten anything in that time, so really hoping your video today makes me super hungry and inspired to eat! Good luck Ben!

[@TimboCanada]

Hope you feel better

[@Anna_TravelsByRail]

Oh no! Get well soon!

[@JaySay]

That sucks! Hope you feel better soon!❤

[@erinhowett3630]

Congee is really nice when sick! They have a good recipe for that.

[@rebeccamitchell2001]

Invest in a wok and season it if you LOVE Asian food. It is still cheaper and you can customize the flavors to your taste/flavor profile

[@SortedFood]

Great suggestion!

[@PFMcCaffrey]

I love cooking at home, but for us, take out isn't just about getting for quickly as much as it is about being able to do other stuff while we're waiting for the food to be delivered.

[@ST-vt4nu]

For me delivery means I can hit go on the app, then hop in the shower and do my dishes from the morning, without having mor dishes after. Its for when after a long day of physical labour I just don't have the energy to cook and do dishes. It's mainly the dishes I just hate.

[@InDaWilderness]

I would have loved if Ben tried to make the same dish that you ordered. Then you could also compare the dish, not just the time

[@LL-lv8ke]

I think it would have been fairer if everything was in the fridge, unwashed, unprepped, etc. That's what takes the most time to me.

[@skyzablu]

It's so cool watching a chef make something you've cooked at home for dinner

[@talonsblade1758]

I am happy cooking noodles like that with the wok char taste 2 ways since i dont have a gas stove is 1.using my portable butane/propane (propane outside because of fumes) stove with my wok. Or 2. use the high btu propane burner out on the porch with my wok. I do make a good Asian street noodle. Also with the portable stove i can fit it with a hot plate to cook up Korean BBQ. Maybe you should try using the portable butane burners to cook up wok noodles or other things like the hot plate for Korean BBQ.

[@jlb2739]

Ben. Ales it look so easy as he just flies through the prep. But even with my poor knife skills this came together for me in less than 1/2 an hour. Watching the channel definitely gives me more confidence to cook at home

[@Trkskter]

Great video as always. But when comparing cooking vs takeaway I always find it to be very unfair for the takeaway, as I order takeaway when I don't have the things to cook at home. So saying a Speed comparison should always be the chef/cook has to go to the shop/supermarket first. Because only then is it comparable in terms of speed. Completly with dinner rush time for the restaurants.

[@Atchikaru]

yeah but like the guys mentioned, it all comes down to planning and how often you order. I think this comparison is made for the people who mindlessly order takeaways due to laziness / the lack of planning or think that cooking takes a long time, not for the people who order every now and again.

[@lilyqant]

As a Cambodian I appreciate that the sidekicks app has recipes from all around the world even from a small country as mine and what a great video

[@IamHerbie]

Bem just casually chatting to the boys blazing through finely slicing garlic cloves without looking. What a boss!

[@drewgi7543]

Jamie: Go for a family trip to bala lake railway next summer! It's right in the path of the mach loop, lots of really nice B&Bs to stay in, a nice quaint high street with good restaurants, there's a pub in llanuwchllyn that serves meat all from their own farm, lots of hiking routes, right next to snowdon! So many things to do, and it's right next to the largest natural lake in Wales!

[@alexdavis5766]

Wonder how much faster it would come if ordered at the evening peak time? As there are more riders around, but obviously more orders?

[@arrgghh1555]

If its anything like where I live it would take 3 times as long.

[@BurningLynx]

This as a series using two different qualities of orders, like upscale delivery and cheap as possible delivery (or pick up from food truck), chef vs normal. No recipe formulation for the normal just web search a easy to follow recipe, it needs to be as close as possible to the delivery dish from different food types. pizza would be a vastly different outcome than tacos and burritos. i feel the cooking process should be similar to the order too but resting/proofing times where no work is done to a dish is not counted. would be a blast seeing the differences between the meals and really hit home on how much time or money you can save between the ways we all eat.

[@WiGgYof09]

When I do UberEats, I usually do it on my way home it its there roughly when I arrive. I put instructions to leave it at the door. So in that regard, delivery will always be faster for me.

[@annother3350]

Thats not the point.

[@alexandercurtis4671]

I feel like a fairer test here would've been to have the boys doing the cooking, since not everyone's a chef. Then Ben could savage them on the sidelines. EDIT: plus, I bet they flap and panic, which would be entertaining to watch.

[@scottfoster6951]

When you are single, and have had a good lunch, skipping dinner is not a big deal. A snack is fine. Especially, when you are downtown. There are so many options. A pretzel, a cheese tortilla, popcorn. Y’all pick on poor Ben for living in the city.

[@valliarlette6596]

It really IS a good app! Keep plugging it! It’s a terrific way to fight the boredom that daily cooking is plagued with. All the thinking, testing and planning has been done - all that’s left is the shopping and cooking (and the clean up, but there has to be some minor inconvenience).

[@AP-ov6se]

Barry an Arsenal supporter? He's become my new favourite normal!

[@cherylthompsonsmith1733]

Having mis en place is cheating, Ben. A real competition for take away would be starting with a fridge full of odds and ends!

[@jesshumphries3745]

Ben stuffing his face while Barry and Jamie plug sidekick was hilarious! _ Cheese & Biscuits when he gets home eh?

[@burningdiamond]

For a fair comparison, you have to take into account that not everybody has the ingredients at home ie go to the grocery, as well as the relief of not needing to do the chores around chopping, frying, washing up.

[@miyukigirl3]

As a Khmer person, I was trying really hard to figure out what those Cambodian noodles were because I don't remember ever eating them growing up.....I now gotta question my family if they know what it is lol

[@jasminv8653]

Might just be that the flavours are kind of cambodian?

[@nitegloss]

I'd love to see more of this! Side-by-side comparisons are great!

[@oldmanwithaswitch6619]

I drive for Door Dash full time, and I can tell you it's faster to cook even on days where I'm literally waiting on an order to go to.

[@Angelicwings1]

Depending on the place you get your food from sometimes the home made tastes better anyway. There are so many quick and easy pasta dishes a person can make and it’s so easy to use the basic celery, carrot, onions and tomato combo in so many dishes.

[@Craider79]

I never have "nothing" to cook - because I make sure to refill my "emergency rations" (translates poorly - not meant that dramatically!) of canned/dried goods. Easy dish: 1 onion + 3 cloves of garlic blanched in a pan with some oil - whatever you pick works OR skip this step and dump in onion and garlic powder in the next step. Not exactly the same but it still works dump in: 1 can of chopped tomatoes 1 can of coconut milk 1 can of sweet corn 1 can of chick peas 2x bouillon/stock "cubes" - whichever you like - I like "Knorr Chicken Stock" personally add whatever herbs and spices you want (No salt - the bouillon cubes should be enough!) heat to a boil while stirring. add in a bit of thickener if you want. If you have meat then brown it off and dump it in Serve with whatever you want. Rice, pasta, potatoes, mash, couscous, bread. There - problem solved. Literally takes the time of the pasta/rice/potatoes to cook.

[@itsbinq4967]

Ebbers effortlessly chopping like a god whilst not even looking and maintaining a conversation will never fail to impress me

[@Llamallover13]

The mention of snacking makes me think of lunchables. It would be cool to see Sorted’s take on American Lunchables.

[@kaspianepps7946]

If you mean like a reaction video, we've had lunchables in the UK for quite a long time (although thanks to ProZD I know there's a much bigger range in the US). But I think a packed lunch ideas video would be really good.

[@scrossley8583]

They've done a lunchbox battle before which was good

[@RiverDanube]

Cooking the pork mince to a char is an amazing tip, thanks.

[@whiterabit]

I do love the idea of your app but sadly trying to use it when living outside off the uk isn't easy

[@jackybraun2705]

Agree. Half the ingredients you use on the show are just not heard of where I live.

[@Julessa]

Okay... this is my first Sorted video. And I'm so excited about the sidekick app! I have such issues with meal prep and making decisions on what to eat, what I can make, what I can buy, etc. then, making the recipe takes forever because I have to keep checking it and reading it. I can't wait to try this app!

[@ParaisoFlower]

But when can we get the extended pluggy plug plug song music video? I need it in my life. And my playlist...

[@TechMarine911]

great video! we need more of these chef vs takeaways! i'd love to see the planning aspect factored in as jaime mentioned at the end: maybe have ebbers start at the supermarket?? it's almost always going to be no contest for takeaway vs chef when you have all your ingredients right beside your counter.

[@maromania7]

True, but they also didn't factor in the time of figuring out where to eat, what to get, and actually ordering/paying. Which I know for me often takes at least 15 minutes, usually much longer if there's other people involved. Taking out the prep time of both seems fair.

[@erinathanassiou617]

Love that Jamies' watching Bluey. Proud Aussie here

[@jacobgardfors6966]

It would be interesting (and perhaps more fair?) to account for the time it takes to prep the meal; choose the meal based on ingredients at home, bring out the tools etc as well as maybe letting a normal cook? Ben having everything laid out and already decided is basically doping..!

[@livelavalover24]

This reminds me of similar videos that Josh Weissman did! Both are such a fun idea!

[@MechaEmperor7000]

Gordon Ramsay did a whole series on this during the F Word where he found that the average brit not only did not cook at home, but some didn't even know how to cook at all. This was a big enough issue that he started a campaign to teach people to cook in 2007. And his recipes ranged from simple curries to roast rack of lamb. I recommend checking it out, but it seems like the problem has just festered since then.

[@valliarlette6596]

Excellent plug, by the way.

[@ZippytheHappyChimp]

jamie says "sidekick" like psychic.

[@MaestroDean]

Hey! Baz with the gunners jersey! Love it!

[@bentoth9555]

Ebbers channeling Barry with that hob.

[@limaman7262]

We need a throwback to when Barry tried to deliver pizza to the wrong KZbin Hub 😂😂

[@deathlord269]

as someone that works a mix of evening and over night shifts every week, the temptation for me is much higher, especially as due to some personal things finances have gotten tighter and "grocery stores" that can accommodate when I am not at work or sleeping to prepare for work, have significantly higher prices than a typical grocery store because they're not meant to be a grocery store, they're gas stations w/ grocery aisles, so I probably at least 2-3 times a week have a meal that is as simple as a bowl of cereal, a cheap microwavable meal, or very cheap take out. or thanks to my friend who is a body builder, I've started having oatmeal and frozen fruit for breakfasts, but then sometimes when I'm out of ingredients and/or time i'll have it for a dinner

[@justikki]

I love the”plug-plug-pluggy” song in the background 😂

[@tamaraandersson2532]

I swoon whenever Ben chops garlic like that. 😅

[@shanana6815]

What you do have to take into consideration is though, that realistically you never order one dish. Thats what makes this so expensive, small order fee, delivery fees and service charges make this more expensive. If you order straight from a restaurant its cheaper, and if you order more. Because if you order a chinese you might be ordering 5 or something dishes to spilt with several people, so making those 5 dishes is obviously gonna be more expensive and take a lot longer. This being said, ben did an amazing job and his dish looked delicious!

[@ellen_globetrotter3783]

Just tried this recipe and it was great! At first, I was really worried when I added my fish sauce (it smelled sooooooo fishy, I thought it turned bad!) but at the end, the dish tasted amazing! and so quick to do! thank you for sharing the recipe!

[@cassandrakarpinski9416]

Jamie's football joke was very clever

[@PixieII]

As someone who lives alone in the middle of nowhere with the closest takeaway a 15 minute drive or a minimum order value of £30 for delivery, I make fakeaways every week. Definitely saves me money and with the right amount of forethought I can have leftovers for at least two lunches.

[@Sbthomson]

The main reason i order out is mainly when my juvenile arthritis is flaring up lol. But i do love cooking things myself. Will do this simple recipe 😊