Pro Chef Reacts.. Uncle Roger SLAMS Gordon Ramsay's Grilled Cheese

I can't believe this is a real video from Gordon Ramsay, this is definitely a Grilled Cheese that you have to see for yourself! How do you think Gordon Ramsay did?
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[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Be sure to checkout my Cooking Course where you don't learn to burn a grilled cheese! chefjamesmakinson.com/cooking-course/ :)

[@Michael_Brock]

Love you reaction videos, recipes less so. But would really appreciate videos covering cooking methods and on organising the cooking area. Eg this is how I store fresh herbs or how I store dried herbs etc. Methods, this is how to make roux, or premade roux just add some to cooking ingredients (chef Pierre did good version). Or this is how reverse sear, and advantages or disadvantages.

[@Michael_Brock]

Remember Frenchie's response. Q what is the enemy of flavor? (Water) Frenchie's response "Jamie Oliver"

[@RonBhattacharya]

Oh don't be soo polite... it 'is' 'trashbinworthy'. I can use whole-wheat bread with decently thick (2mm each) cheese slices. If 'I' want to experiment, I'd rather put Palak Paneer (the version I make, which is pretty dry) without the Paneer pieces. And I know that 'will' be tasty.

[@skibidi.G]

Sunday James is best James ✌️😊

[@ulf373]

American medium or sharp cheddar slices and they ultimate sekrit ingredients, yellow mustard. Spread them yellow mustard on both slices of bread. Put them cheddar medium or sharp slices on top. Put the sandwich in a skillet at low to medium heat with a lid on top (very important) - and enjoy the gooey goodness :)

[@zaineridling]

Ol' gordo has jumped the shark and lost his eggs. Imagine how loud this maniac would scream if someone heated this up and served it to him!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

That's one thing that I was thinking too

[@that44rdv4rk]

he would simultaneously scream, " IT'S FOOKING BURNT!" and "IT'S FOOKING RAAAWWWW!"

[@lapniappe]

@@that44rdv4rk with a "YOU FOOKING DONKEY!!!!"

[@Anonymys43]

​@@that44rdv4rk "it's your recipe Gordon"

[@norboost]

I hope so much that someone will present this to him on masterchef.

[@Dantelios]

Gordon fumbled hard on this one ngl

[@LORDANK84]

Is that a pun on nigels name or smt

[@Dantelios]

@@LORDANK84 lmao no, ngl means "not gunna lie" I didn't even mean to make a pun haha

[@MijinLaw]

I think part of this is also that in UK, we usually just put grated cheese on a single slice of toast and put it under the grill (so more like a mini-pizza than a sandwich). It makes all the stuff about making sure the cheese melts properly and the bread doesn't burn moot. Gordan clearly hasn't practiced the US style enough and tried to wing it.

[@Broockle]

Fumbled implies that he had a plan at least that was gonna work. This was a fail from the get go. I'm legit worried about Gordon at this point, is this dementia?

[@LORDANK84]

@@Dantelios no i understood the short form I was just curious

[@icephoenix1088]

To quote Gorden's Amazon Alexa commercial, "Pathetic! You're 57 years of age and can't make a grilled cheese sandwich? The name is the recipe!" 🤣🤣

[@Markcus003]

goddamn that kind of irony should be illegal.

[@AlexTheDominator1453]

The Korean guy is so annoying

[@rapkush]

SPICE IS NOT TEXTURE that is straight up golden

[@ethanforster]

So it takes $50 to make a burnt unmelted grilled cheese

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

yep about that

[@Adoubletrippletap]

Yea. F you! Totally kidding, great comment, terrible GC sandwich.

[@titanomachy2217]

Yeah, not Ramsay's best showing is it?

[@teodorlesenciuc9050]

apparently :))

[@adude4491]

@@titanomachy2217 not even close. I remember when I saw the video when Gordon made it, I was shocked. He tried so hard to be extraordinary.

[@TreantmonksTemple]

What's really funny is Gordon did a "redemption" grilled cheese video. Oyster mushrooms, jalepenos, tomatoes, ginger, shallots, honey, short rib, mayonase, chili flakes, chutney, and literally black spots all over the burned bread. Not kidding.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

really.. I should see it!

[@TreantmonksTemple]

@@ChefJamesMakinson kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHTUn6ZnZqqSb68si=pVjeqy1eHDfWzC41

[@beckycaughel7557]

@@ChefJamesMakinson yes, please do a reaction on this video as well.

[@nsn5564]

@@ChefJamesMakinson Oh yeah, it broke the internet in its ridiculousness (inevitable) and no surprise at all, it was a worse video, given that he was trying to redeem himself. Shocked, I tell ya, shocked.

[@firetrucksrule5383]

To be fair, while that video was a complete failure of a grilled cheese too, I bet it was at least delicious unlike this garbage

[@pfarabee]

You can make grilled cheese with a harder or drier cheese that doesn't melt as well, but you HAVE to give it some help. The best way to help it is to shred it very finely. For example, Kerrygold Dubliner doesn't melt very well as slices, but if you finely shred it, you have a FANTASTIC flavorful grilled cheese base, particularly when mixed with more traditional cheese as a duo or trio. On a side note, shredding the cheese will also help greatly if you are adding something that would normally make the sandwich fall apart, such as tuna or shredded crab... shred both the tuna/crab/etc and the cheese, mix them 50/50 and use that as your filling, and the cheese will bind the sandwich together beautifully. Also, if you'd like a nice cheese crust that comes out perfect every time, follow these steps: 1) Shred a nice neutral cheese finely. 2) When the sandwich is basically finished and ready to pull, sprinkle shredded cheese on TOP of the sandwich, then quickly flip it so that cheese is trapped under it. IMMEDIATELY sprinkle a tiny amount of the cheese on the bare skillet, using it as a visual guide to what the cheese under your sandwich is doing. (If you try to flip it too soon, you will destroy the cheese crust and get your spatula all gooey, but if you wait too long it will burn... the visual aid prevents this pretty much every time) 3) When the cheese on the skillet is browning and almost ready, sprinkle more cheese on top of the sandwich and flip it, then sprinkle a second small drop of cheese onto the skillet as a second visual timer. 4) After both sides are basically finished, dial in the perfect done-ness by the normal flip-flip-flip-flip process.

[@paullockyer7230]

Yeah, I would have grated the cheese, that would also allowed the two cheeses to mix.

[@michellatendresse1700]

“It’s like someone pissed in his cereal” 😂😂 i nearly spilled my coffee 😂

[@GTSE2005]

The funniest thing about this is that Gordon made another grilled cheese video to redeem himself from this disaster... and he messed it up again!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

I should see it soon

[@ShadowPrower]

Feels like Gordon was having his own 'Chili-Jam Moment' with this video

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

hahaha yes he did

[@WomanXXXX]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@nnuae]

Used to love glazing ribs with chilli jam, now the product is ruined for me.

[@MijinLaw]

I dunno...because grilled cheese is so simple it's the kind of thing where you can do your own personal spin.

[@Safalo]

​@nnuae I mean, if used in an appropriate recipe, I don't see why you should stop just because someone else over uses it

[@joeljude9180]

James: "You don't need a video on grilled cheese. It's simple." "Gordon Ramsay": "So anyway, KIMCHI"

[@alexzulu7161]

Gordon on his knees pushing oily burnt bread with bare hand was unexpectedly bizarre sight to behold. 13:46 Grating or shredding cheese works very well if you need to melt it.

[@zerogrey3798]

I married a Japanese woman who came pre-packaged with twin daughters. They had never had a grilled cheese so I made them like my mom used to make them. Butter on one side, throw in a pan with low heat, a smear of mayo (miracle whip or real mayo, both are great), cheddar is my preferred cheese but my girls liked velveeta on the mayo side. Butter another piece of bread, put on top butter side facing cheese, then mayo on the top, wait a bit for brown, flip, wait for cheese to drool over side and flip as necessary. My kids absolutely loved them. Many years later I was working as a chef at a specialty hospital and got an order for a grill cheese from a kid and wasn't thinking so I made it how I made them for my kids instead of how it was on the menu and the kid loved it, dad and mom liked it and ordered sandwiches for themselves and it got around at how good it was so the recipe got changed to my version. Also, a smidgen of 1000 island and ham on a grilled cheese tastes great,,, guess at that point it's no longer a grilled cheese lol. Learned a recipe a few years ago where you take a grilled cheese, make it as usual, but also put some ham and strawberry jam in with the cheese, dip the whole thing into egg and fry it up. Turned out amazing when I tried it.

[@BakaNeko15]

🤣🤣pre-packaged

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

pre-packaged hahaha as for the ham and strawberry jam sounds like a croque monsieur

[@angelachouinard4581]

I like Monte Christo sandwiches so I will try that last recipe. I always fancy up my grilled cheeses, sometimes ham, sometimes tomato. But for a plain one yours sounds good and I'd use the cheddar.

[@user-ue5nl7mf3l]

I wouldn’t feed Velvita to a stray dog.

[@appa561]

Using butter in the pan and a light smear of mayonnaise on the outside gives you a very nice grilled texture crunch crust…

[@CravingBeer]

My mother used to say "When it's browned it's cooked, when it's black it's fucked"

[@TheCaptainSlappy]

My theory is Gordo was 100% blasted out of his mind either drunk, had a massive hangover, or was seriously trolling people and just had to call a video in real quick to hit deadlines. This was atrocious and an affront to all mankind. The second worst one was the "Frito Chili Pie" on the racetrack. That boggles the mind. I am surprised he isn't showing "How to make high end prison burritos with ramen." using old socks and hot water from the shower.

[@15oClock]

I've actually heard Gordon say that on one of his shows. How he didn’t remember that is anyone’s guess.

[@user-rp7hf1hw1i]

Americans took that personally.

[@MaheerKibria]

So first that flavor combination works. The lactic fermentation in the cheese and kimchee gives it a cohesive flavor. I also have done this with Achar. As long as you don't overdo it it adds spice and some acidity which can cut through richer fattier cheese. It actually does taste good. Especially while using good whole wheat preferably a sourdough boule. The thing that actually makes this bad was the cooking method. Personally, I like grating the cheese it seems to melt better. I also like to start the cheese kind of open face as you mentioned on low heat with a lid on the pan preferably clear so you can see the cheese starting to melt. But this flavor combination does work

[@ShizukuMizuchi1]

I've done lots of fun grilled cheese experiments! I've made a Pizza grilled cheese using pepperoni slices and mozzarella cheese, seasoned with garlic salt and dipped in tomato soup to kinda represent the pizza sauce (tho I should have used Marinara or even just a bowl of pizza sauce to dip) I've made Roast beef with saurkraut grilled cheese using cheddar cheese as the primary flavor of cheese, alongside adding mustard and mayo, and I've even defied the main rule and omitted cheese to make a banger grilled PB&J using a sugar-free peanut butter so it can be seasoned with Cinnamon Sugar, alongside the jam being a four-berry kind I've grown quite fond of. Grilled cheese being so simple is why I LOVE making them! While sticking to the simple nature of them, little things can be added to make each one unique while still easy and cheap to make!

[@Loralie571]

This is sort of giving me flashbacks to my university days. Opening the fridge, and looking at what I have and just thowing it together.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣🤣

[@TheRoadLessPaved]

"throwing it AWAY" lol! I have too many childhood memories of what's in the fridge making me ill. That old dried rind cheese looks like something my father should not have eaten.

[@Loralie571]

@@TheRoadLessPaved That too...and sometimes cutting mould off the cheese and praying that I wouldn't get ill.

[@JiraiyaNoSannin]

That recipe proves even the most seasoned chefs roll a 1 on occasion.

[@deadredeyes]

I remember the episode of Gordon trying to make Pad Thai at a Thai restaraunt. The chef looked absolutely pissed at what Gordon presented, because Gordo knows jack shit about real Thai food because he can't see past his own ego. He really sums up the quote, "everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything."

[@footfrek]

He served it is the real problem. He could have started over.

[@happyclam7320]

Another trick for really quick melting is to put the cheese right on the pan, and then the bread on the cheese. 30 seconds and flip it over and add the next piece of bread. Then cook as usual.

[@rudrasingh6354]

What I do when I want an "elevated" grill cheese - Get a handful of chopped onions Fry them sort of until they are caramalised Make standard grill cheese layout (simple bread and mozzarella and cheddar cheese mixed in) Add caramalised onions and onion oil over the cheese Add some Italian/Mediterranian seasoning (oregano, basil etc, just get a seasoning mix) Maybe some garlic butter on the outside Then grill it in my pannini press (pan works too) Great sandwich that still sticks to what a grilled cheese is, and isn't fancy and uses basic stuff. You can use this as a base for other sandwiches too, just add in more stuff like a patty, veggies, pickles, olives etc.

[@FFVison]

What do I do when I want an "elevated" grill cheese? I make a simple grill cheese which is already incredibly tasted, put it on a plate and hold it over my head. It's about as elevated as it needs to be. Now the best part: to eat it. Maybe you might be able to say some tomato soup to dunk it might elevate it, but that is about as fancy as it should ever need to get.

[@silviamonz2062]

I think Uncle Roger could live with that,sounds very flavourful and as you say no francy prancy BS,let the onion and garlic do their magic🧅🧄🎆

[@billycole852]

Or, you can just use good sourdough, butter, and cheese.

[@Aliyah_666]

@@FFVison You're wrong but okay you do you lol

[@Aliyah_666]

​@@billycole852No, dull, boring...WEAK.

[@bearzerger]

Gordon did a UNO reverse on what constitutes grilled cheese. Grilled cheese is about making something delicious out of a disgusting piece of bread you can't eat unless it's toasted and the worst excuse for a cheese. Instead he took what appears to be delicious bread and great cheese and ruined both.

[@audsunheatpumpgroup9812]

Actually many people tried the recipe, if Gordon haven't fuked up by putting the pan in the fireplace, the taste is actually a pretty good fusion, but he burned the bread and cheese still rock hard, just to look cool cooking with the fireplace, that's his biggest mistake

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣🤣🤣UNO reverse hahaha thats a good one

[@CPFMTKV]

​@@audsunheatpumpgroup9812 The biggest mistake is the cheese. Not only did he choose two cheeses that melt very poorly, he also decided to cut them into literal bricks that would either stay rock solid because he struggled to heat it thoroughly, or would turn unpleasantly rubbery even when heated through. I think it's worse than that extra and unneeded fireplace cooking because at least there's a chance for the fireplace to actually work if he really tried.

[@gkennedy2998]

The hypocrisy is the worst part. If someone made that for him, he'd scream bloody murder. Shameful. Really shameful.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

yeah

[@DPYROAXIS]

Someone can correct me if i make a mistake. Here in the UK we have toasted sandwich makers, i don't know if its a make or the name of the thing but we call them brevills. You basically make a sandwich and put it in and close it. Due to the design shapes it grills it and SEALS the edges, something a panini press cannot do. I usually use mature chedder for mine with a dash of Worcestershire sauce or a sprinkle of smoked paprika. I have not tried it myself but a bit of mango chutney might work also.

[@jameshamaker9321]

i have made something that was like chili, with bacon bits, red bell pepper, red onion and cilantro, that i added to some toasted garlic, before putting it in a food processor and making a thick paste out of it. i put i on wheat bread, i made during a skills challenge back when i was a young teen. i didn't make the butter i used, i did however use queso fresco, i bought at a farmers market. i made my grilled cheese and bacon spread sandwich, for my lunch that weekend, it was a long Saturday in the middle of summer. it tasted like a taco and i had it with a mango fruit cup. with it i had a lime jaritos. it was one of the best things, i personally have ever eaten and it didn't have a single complicated step. i basically made spam, to put on the sandwich, the bits of bacon were what was left on the side of a side of short ribs, next to the ham on the left hand side, of the pig.

[@JohnM-ex4be]

Fireplace for keeping warm and burning evidence I like that lol

[@WomanXXXX]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alexanderzack3720]

that why gordon cook his "grilled cheese" there he was trying to get rid of the evidence of his own screw up

[@oooooollllllll]

@@alexanderzack3720 that was the joke

[@richardjennings3049]

Ramsey had a nightmare here. Grilled cheese sandwich tough to get wrong but he managed.

[@redbearington3345]

As someone put it, Gordon evolved beyond a grilled cheese. It's too simple for him to grasp, he's got to try and fancy it up.

[@TheodoreBrosevelt]

​@@redbearington3345 Exactly, just glad to have proof now 😂

[@Witnesskiller3000]

Uncle Roger gonna pull up on one of your videos next 🤣 btw love how you actually go through and break down the ideology on what you were thinking

[@Just_Pele]

I would throw the cheese itself into a pan with butter and pre-soften it, THEN place it on the bread and grill. Those cheeses can take some direct heat, since they're so dry and hard, and the butter will incorporate a little moisture back in. and I have put kraut and pepper salsa on grilled cheeses before, and they were okay, but I was using gouda and havarti, respectively. Which are much softer and easier to grill in a sandwich.

[@ocircles738]

This looks like something I'd make while drunk at 5AM after a three day bender

[@FFVison]

When you are too hungover to turn around and use the stove. HEY LOOK! A FIRE! Why don't I put this skillet on that?

[@MichaelRobinson-wu9ob]

Even then you couldn’t F up grilled cheese

[@rykehuss3435]

I doubt people who have 3 day benders have romano and asiago cheese in their fridge

[@MrYfrank14]

I work at Foxwoods resort in CT USA. Chief Ramsey is filming two seasons of Hell's Kitchen here . And he opened one of his restaurants here. I have run into him a few times and I'm just happy he hasn't called me an idiot sandwich. Yet.

[@1COMIXMAN]

The way I make a grilled cheese is a bit different but oh so good.i get some butter and throw it in a skillet to melt. Then I add in some olive oil until mixed. I take a nice thick bread like Texas toast and I dip one side into the oil butter mixture and remove it and set it wet side up. Then I get some shredded sharp cheddar and mozzarella and a couple slices of American. I then sprinkle a bit of garlic powder and Italian seasoning on the wet side of a piece of bread and put it face down in the skillet and put on a slice of cheese then a mixture of the other two cheeses. Then I put the slice of american cheese then put the other bread on cook it a bit slow one one side until it becomes toasted. Then I flip it press it down a bit and crank the heat up. I grill I fast on this side since the cheese is pretty much melted it just finishes it off. The reason I use a butter oil mix is the oil soaks into the bread and when you grill it you have a much crunchier layer of char on the bread because the oil butter mixture seems down into it. So in the end you have a her garlic bread grilld cheese. The reason for the cheese mixture is the sharp brings a tanginess the creaminess and salty flavor comes from the American and the steinginess from the mozzarella. Best of all three worlds.

[@Notsosweetstevia]

I would never make this. Uncle Roger is correct, all the ingredients cost too much. I feel like making this sandwich does a disservice to all of the ingredients.

[@nargileh1]

Putting all the money in boutique cheese and not even adding a slice of ham seems such a waste to me. In Belgium where I live grilled cheese isn't a thing, we only know 'croque monsieur' usually prepared with young gouda cheese. We occasionally eat grilled cheese when we either forgot to buy ham or the shop was sold out or the budget too tight as student as its the priciest element of the dish.

[@Eternalspring22]

Depends where you are, and where you’re from. It sounds like you’re expressing very narrow US perspective.

[@FFVison]

You know you screwed up in selecting your cheese when Uncle Roger comments that using a Kraft Singles slice would be an improvement. For the record though, I do use Kraft Singles to make grilled cheese.

[@saqwana25]

@@nargileh1 ham would have added needed moisture for the cheese.

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

Croque monsieurs are definitely superior ​@@nargileh1

[@15oClock]

More recently, Gordon has tried to make a redemption grilled cheese, this one being such a meme for the passed five years that he’s decided he’s going to get back in the internet's favor. It has a dozen different ingredients, and if a chef made this for him twenty years ago, it's possible he would’ve order a hit on him.

[@bolinatrix]

James, please watch his redemption video! It’s just…wow

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

I will have to see it

[@jaycee330]

And he ended up making a short rib melt, not a grilled cheese sandwich, and it only took him five bloody pans to do it.

[@jaycee330]

@@ChefJamesMakinson Don't bother, he still fucks it up, only with 5 pans now.

[@stenh.6243]

I use a slice of provolone and a slice of processed with some sliced deli turkey for mine. Brown two slices of bread and let the turkey slices cook, flip, and place the cheeses on the bread. Cover until the cheese is slightly melted, put the turkey on the cheese, put the other piece of bread+cheese on, and then flip until both sides are done to your liking. Cut the sandwich then press it together for a nice cheese pull with the provolone.

[@alvarofernandez5118]

I use block American cheese from the butcher and have it sliced. There is a difference between American style singles and actual American cheese. Adding sharper cheeses works as a flavor modifier.

[@dennis26091985]

The height of humiliation for Jaime Oliver is when Chef Brain Tsao and his frenchman, cracked a joke saying "What the enemy of Flavours? And the answer is Jaimie Oliver. 😂😂, Its hard and Drak, but really funny.

[@princejoseph8280]

Brian Tsao was more thinking about water when he asked the question but was caught off guard by Frenchie answering Jamie Oliver instead 😂

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😂😂

[@The_Badseed]

Screw the healthier crap, a grilled cheese is white bread and Kraft singles. The singles melt well, taste great and probably are 10% cheese 🧀

[@bertrandronge9019]

Com'on the kraft thing sucks. You can easily find better options. Like the most obvious, CHEDDAR ! But also Monterey Jack, Emmentaler, Raclette cheese (it's made for melting, Swiss people have a meal based on it), Camembert, young Gouda, Talegio, even simple shredded mozzarela is better than kraft singles

[@jeremycampbell4021]

@@bertrandronge9019 Or maybe they just like kraft singles? Believe it or not, a ton of people grew up with those used for grilled cheese and they work just fine for it. Don't need to spend extra money just making a simple snack like a grilled cheese. Save all that more expensive cheese for actual dishes.

[@bertrandronge9019]

@@jeremycampbell4021 Emmental, Gouda, Monterrey jack are barely more expensive that the kraft thing. And at least you can try something else. Maybe it taste good now but if you are watching cooking videos, maybe you want to try something a bit better and then, maybe you'll realise you were eating tasteless crap ?! Or maybe you'll think it doesn't worth it ?! But you can't know untill you try and it's not like 3$ for a pack of cheese was a big amount of money

[@DominantBtch]

@@jeremycampbell4021 kraft singles are a disrespect to cheese

[@forgingstrength6119]

@@bertrandronge9019 Dude, chill, let people enjoy the food they like.

[@Wahz011]

15:39 Gordon basically just made an expensive lunchable

[@RJGrady]

For an ultimate grilled cheese, if you want to use a harder cheese, what you do is put a very soft cheese on the bread, and the harder cheese (thin slice) on top. As the softer cheese melts, it will sweat and moisten the hard cheese. I do a sandwich with havarti and mozzarella on the bread, with sharp cheddar and swiss on top, and put a fresh tomato slice in it right before I close it. Much more harmonious.

[@PinkCircleO8]

Funny enough, I JUST remembered that back in 2018, there was an Amazon Alexa commercial during the Super Bowl 52 that had celebs "fill in" to voice Alexa. And the Gordon Ramsey one was when someone asked "Alexa, show me a recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich." And on the other end, Gordon goes "Pathetic. You're 32 years of age and don't know how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. Its name is the recipe you *Expletive that was never clear on what it was.*"

[@exorcistrisingofficial]

"You donkey!!!"

[@noahcarroll4944]

It's bleeped and slightly blurred out but I'm willing to believe it's just him saying Donut. That's what it looked like, anyway

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

really? haha

[@PinkCircleO8]

@@ChefJamesMakinson kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnvKp6mDo6mBesUsi=BVhjFQm0nbKtUeH9 At 0:20.

[@exorcistrisingofficial]

@ChefJamesMakinson "you donkey", which Gordon Ramsay says a lot

[@KibaSnowpaw]

That sandwich looked like something a student would make at campus in his room. i would never have expected a chef making something like this.

[@supernoobsmith5718]

That's the 4am and drunk version.

[@mattwood5788]

A student wouldn’t have burnt it though

[@KibaSnowpaw]

@@supernoobsmith5718 more like High version.

[@jamesbyrd3740]

Maybe something similar happened? He rolled up to the set, and they hand him this random shit, and tell him to make something.

[@hottuna2006]

What student has pepperberry asiago?

[@afsg2410]

I really love how Uncle Roger almost has steam coming out of his ears and you are the amused/slightly annoyed counterpart! Great combination!

[@redbeardthepink4809]

So the reason processed cheese is such a popular choice for grilled cheese in particular is the way that it melts. It does that because it's mixed with some chemical (I forget which one) that basically helps it melt without splitting. If you're gonna do grilled cheese with a real cheese, one way to do it is to melt/mix that chemical into the cheese of your choice beforehand so it melts more like processed cheese.

[@rezesion1381]

watching James how Uncle Roger roasts Gordan Ramsey. What a wonderful world we live in. 🤣🤣

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Haha 😄

[@andrewmantle7627]

When I saw the Ramsay video without Uncle Roger, I thought " Why would you air this obvious fiasco?" The cheese didn't even melt.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣

[@tynytian]

I sometimes make grilled cheese with bacon grease instead of butter, sprinkled with onion powder, and two slices of cheese with lunchmeat inbetween.

[@RSWndr]

If you google with 'grilled cheese and sauerkraut' there are quite a few sandwich recipes that turn up. I think this is really just a variant of those. Kimchi and sauerkraut are both fermented cabbage, using slightly different process.

[@bmo1878]

I think some people forget the beauty of simplicity. To me a good grilled cheese is buttered bread with a slice of ham between 2 slices of provolone. It is melty, tasty, and tasty. Sometimes I will use pumpernickel rye swirl bread if I want to be fancy.

[@brentwalters8921]

Monterey Jack, Colby, Mild Cheddar, Swiss & others, options abound, Gorgon's choices were pretentious, they would have worked IF, better thinner bread & if he grated those cheeses.

[@angelachouinard4581]

I like those breads for grilled cheese too. They grill well, get crispy without getting hard.

[@hottuna2006]

If you add ham to a grilled cheese sandwich that's called a grilled ham & cheese.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

yes it is tasty!

[@ludgerkres.1437]

Hey James! Nice to see this upload, thanks for the content! The secret ingredient to this video.. is a little bit of KIMCHI. When I rewatched this video myself, I forgotten he put kimchi on his grilled cheese and I had the same reaction as Uncle Roger.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

You are welcome!

[@ludgerkres.1437]

So I just finished the video. Thanks for your insight James. Also one thing to point out is the Kimchi will keep the cheese cooler, acting as an additional heat sink that needs to be heated up before the cheese can melt. Insulation is not the key here. The average person would absolutely remake the sandwich or even try a few things to force the cheese to melt. Dare I say, actually putting the cheese a few seconds on the pan or whatever they are using. The problem with the mentality here is the fact that it essentially turned the grilled cheese into a "Cheese Kimchi sandwich". I just looked on google and theres news articles and recipes talking about having a kimchi grilled cheese sandwich, and "taking it to the next level". Please.. it is NOT a grilled cheese.. its a kimchi sandwich guys. Why are people fooling themselves after watching this video?

[@highlandergirl59]

I like my grilled cheese with Cream cheese I use Mild Cheddar cheese and Laughing Cow Cream cheese Before Grilling I add a few chili flakes for heat. I shred enough cheddar cheese that I also put it on the outside of the sandwich as well giving an extra flavor of cheese yes I fry on the cheese but being very careful not to burn the cheese on the outside just melts too a crisp to make a better crunch then butter bread. It does work if you usually butter too thick witch for some reason it does for me the extra cheese takes away the butter and crisps like having crispy cheese bits. I usually make cheese bits for the top of my mashed potatoes usually for garnish on the potatoes but people in my house just love the crunch.

[@usernametooshort8036]

I enjoy putting caramelized onions on my grilled cheese with a bowl of tomato soup. I also put a lid on my pan with an open face because low and slow wins. An alternative is to broil it so I get a nice crispy brown cheese crust on top. Of course butter both sides. Maybe some spicy peppers for a kick.

[@GuessImNotClever]

This is why for all the Ramsay's and Oliver's we need someone like Matty.

[@nathanielrotskull2349]

Sometimes Ramsay tries way too hard to appear fancy and it turns into a mess. He's criticized chefs in the past for doing the exact same thing.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

very true

[@stevehansraj4730]

Well He can't really cook

[@christopherdyson1158]

One correction on Uncle Rodger... you can melt ice by pushing it. Since ice is one of the very few solids that are less dense than its liquid form. Pushing it increases the pressure, making it more dense, causing it to melt. There are video demonstrations where you can cut ice with some wire tied to weights, by melting the ice in contact with the wire.

[@nightshade7240]

We make what are called jaffals which is essentially a grilled sandwich, in a machine that seals the edges and has perfect temperature and whatnot. I put a little bit of canned apple in my jaffals with a nice cheese that will melt well and usually a little bit of grana padano. It's amazing how well cheese and apple go together, especially in a jaffal. Though we put everything from tinned spaghetti to tinned baked beans in our jaffals. We even make dessert jaffals, like tinned apples with cinnamon sugar.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

they sound good!

[@HyperionTechOfficial]

Chef James is the only one i know who hasn't had a chili jam moment, awesome carrrrbonara video! Subscribed

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@eyebrid]

One way to make it work with that bread and those cheeses would be to grate & mix the cheeses, butter the bread, assemble and cover the pan on low with a tsp of water on the side to steam. A better grilled cheese is with whatever cheese you like as long as it can melt or is combined with a melty cheese. I like to add cracked/milled pepper corns to the cheese, best to keep seasoning to a minimum to compliment the cheese's flavor. Good options are chopped fresh basil, thinly sliced patted dry tomato, chopped sundried tomato, thinly sliced & low oil pan roasted onion, chopped & sautéed mushrooms, etc. The key is low moisture toppings to stick to the cheese. One great combo I used recently is habanero cheddar & swiss.

[@refusalspam]

Uncle Roger’s technique of cooking the “inside” faces of the bread first to kick start the melting process is “the way”. It not only speeds up the cooking but also gives a little extra crunch when you bite.

[@michaellewellyn9080]

The cheese only sweated, the two cheeses never melted together, so you have the equivalent of two types of cheese sandwiches once it is cut in half and the purpose of combining the cheese in the first place was lost. He might as well have toasted the bread, then add room temperature cheese, wait one minute for the cheese chunks to sweat.

[@skibidi.G]

Legendary Ramsey clip. He tried to pass it off as delicious in the clip , while knowing full well he botched it mercilessly 😂

[@FFVison]

I will never understand this. If you botch it so badly... STOP PRODUCTION OF THE VIDEO! If you screwed up, no one will know if it was never shared with the entire flipping Internet. Maybe that was his intention though: to get the Internet talking about his expensive crappy burnt cheese sandwich/roofing tile replacement experiment. You know? You are allowed to have a reputation for criticizing other chefs and using profanity. You are allowed to have a reputation for making good food. If you want to you CAN get a reputation for being at cooking an otherwise simple recipe and overcomplicating it and still screwing it up. It is harder to regain a good reputation after that though.

[@skibidi.G]

@@FFVison _roofing tile replacement_ ... 😂 I'm in tears

[@terpman]

I have made something similar to this but I prepped the ingredients very differently. I used asiago, Romano, and gruyere cheeses with a rosemary sourdough and fried jamon serrano (thin slices). But I used a microplane for the Romano and asiago cheeses and not a lot of either, just enough to get some of the flavors. The gruyere was the main cheese because it melts very well. The sourdough was about 1/3 the thickness of Gordan's bread in this video. I fried the sandwich in unsalted butter at very low heat and it turned out perfect. Similar to the kimchi Gordan used, I have made grilled cheese with gruyere and fontina on schwarzbrot with about two tablespoons of warm sauerkraut. That was also quite good.

[@kevincrosby1760]

If you insist on using thick bread, butter it and start it toasting both pieces as normal. While that is happening, throw your cheese in a nonstick pan, melt it, and slide it out onto the bread, then assemble.

[@Aqsticgod]

thats not a grilled cheese tho, thats a straight up sandwich, why dont people understand the basic concept of a grilled cheese

[@TheGprinziv]

I used to work at a dive bar and this hurts me so bad. I was in the kitchen and at the end of the night, I'd take leftover cheese and mix it with a *light* smattering of beef, bell peppers, and onions. grill them up together, then layer it on the bread, cover with the cheese, and then cover with a bowl and get a perfectly gooey inside with nicely toasted bread. Key word is light, just to add a little texture without turning it into another kind of sandwich.

[@mikeymikeFType]

One of my favourites is to melt Stilton on buttered toast, then a dusting of chilli powder or hot smoked paprika. Cut it into strips.

[@flosunshine123]

Anytime I see a Grilled Cheese made without a George Foreman Grill.. I feel like.. what are these people doing..

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😂

[@Anonymys43]

Not what Gordon is doing I'll tell you that

[@MenchisMenagerie]

As a brit, we'd only use the crappy cheese squares for grilled cheese/cheese toasties if were being really cheap and basic. We'd generally use cheddar or red leicestershire cheese.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

my dad used to have sugar sandwiches growing up, he said they used to be to poor to afford some things

[@jmurray1110]

Yeah cheddar is preferable I’ve accidentally used Wensleydale before and the flavours are all off

[@MenchisMenagerie]

@@ChefJamesMakinson Man, I had heard a similar story before but I thought they were joking.

[@varsharajkumar5355]

Sugar sandwiches actually sound quite nice. In an Indian household the equivalent would probably be sugar roti 😋

[@MakooWallinen]

I've made a few Kimchi Grilled-Cheese in my days, but call it that and not just "Grilled Cheese", it is definitely in its own category. Also, my method is two use two pans of varying sizes and heat both up and use them to create a mini oven while the second pan is also a weight on the bread so it is a makeshift panani press. And yeah, I sometimes heat the bread on the inside before putting cheese on, if it is not American, usually I grate it so it melts easier as well.

[@abysomething2012]

Hiharious vid!!😆😆 Thanks for the laugh after the final I took!

[@EatCarbs]

Gordon didn't make a grilled cheese.. he made a kimchi cheese sandwich.. badly. Jon Favreau made a great looking grilled cheese in the movie Chef from 2014. Bread, butter, cheese, and grilled it. It looked delicious too. Thanks for the video

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Interesting! you are welcome!

[@noelinfante5761]

Cheese and kimchi combo has always been craze in South Korea. South Korea love their cheese. I have already eaten an egg drop sandwich with cheese, kimchi and spam. And it taste great

[@nsn5564]

It's just that then that's a kimchee sandwich (Great) but not a grilled cheese sandwich. If you put ham in a sandwich, it's a ham sandwich. Cheese is just the accompaniment.

[@scythazz]

No one said it would taste bad. Just that you probably shouldn’t call it a grilled cheese. Like you can put your spin on something if you explain it but Gordon literally said “the secret to grill cheese is kimchi”. Which is just bizarre misleading.

[@jorgeriveramarin891]

If you grate the romano and asiago cheeses onto a shredded munster and havarti, and slowly heat the grilled cheese on a pan (I usually use a cast iron but don't see why it has to be one), you might get it to achieve some meltiness. I use whatever potato bread I have lying around, or if I have a nice loaf of country bread or sourdough, keeping it to about 1/3rd of an inch in thickness would be alright. I don't mind the kimchi, that's not a bad idea. When I make grilled cheese, I add sriracha mayo. But I add it AFTER I'm done grilling, opening up the sandwich to dab it in, because I don't like how it liquifies if heated inside the sandwich for the cooking time. I don't know if I'd want to do that to the kimchi for the same reason - I'd probably add it afterwards. I'd try his combination, but I would grate that cheese, man. Always shred your cheese on grilled cheese for maximum melt.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

shredded cheese does help!

[@ktaylor9095]

The bread doesn't look bad, but definitely cut way too thick. It's got a solid crumb, which is good for grilled cheese; if you use a rustic bread and it has large voids in the crumb, the cheese just melts through the holes in the bread and it's a mess. White bread is for feeding to ducks at the park, not for human consumption. I prefer Cheddar, Swiss or smoked Gouda for grilled cheese, they melt pretty well and have solid flavor. Motz is fine, i guess, if you want the stretchy thing, but I'm not as big a fan because it gets stringy and makes the sandwich hard to eat. Parm and romano are great for salads and pasta, but not grilled cheese. Processed Cheese Product, or American cheese, is not a substance I want to put in my body. I've seen tomato added, and I think sour stuff like thin sliced dill pickle or sour krout is delicious if you have rich or high fat cheese that complements it. I don't know that I'd use kimchi with those particular cheeses though. They're too dry.

[@Aaron66667]

At this point I think Gordon can mess up cereal

[@MrVvulf]

If he went as far from convention as he did with the grilled cheese, he'd be adding ghost peppers and camel milk to the cereal.

[@_Ty__]

Can’t wait for you to react to the follow up redemption video 😂

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Me made one? I will have to see it

[@johntowner1893]

I’d say when doing a multiple cheese bread dish, it’s good to have melters, and non melters. With rustic loads you just need more butter - being fresh is very important too. If not fresh, a light flick of water and 5 minutes to sit, will re introduce moisture at least. Keeping in the fridge can also dry out bread quicker.

[@jaszicus]

this is what happens when a chef spends most of his time working on his tv personality, his skills go out the window

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

you do have to keep them up!

[@pilale9644]

Are we not going to talk about the fact that the burned buns not melted cheese is totally different from the scheme when it is cutted

[@saffle_]

In Mythical Kitchen's Last Meal series, Gordon actually admitted that the grilled cheese wasn't good.

[@johnnyreb2456]

Now I'll be the first to admit this might be nostalgia making this better, but I used to do grilled cheese on commercial sour dough. Like sliced bread type. Now I have done "fancy" thicker bread to impress a tiny bit, but I could never get that uniform. I'm not a pro or even a good amateur cook, but I remembered getting sour dough sandwiches etc when I my dad was stationed across from San Fransisco as a kid. Its a kinda weird happy memory for me. Works better with more sandwich ingredients, but I've done this for my kids when using up bread too. Ha, and to horrify yall, I've done french toast with stale sour dough as well. I liked it, but I'll be the first to admit I like some weird tastes and it was my cooking and I was hungry. Chef James, love your videos, thank you for the content!

[@johnnyreb2456]

BTW, if anyone else likes this particular combo but has any suggestions to build on, please let me know. Especially that kids might enjoy. Mine are a bit picky at times, so I'm trying to expand their tastes in good ways

[@GuardianNoodle]

In my house, we traditionally serve pickles with our grilled cheese. I feel like the kimchi would serve similar, but I would serve it as thing on the side.

[@richardsanchez5444]

Not everything needs a super fancy, expensive ass version of itself Gordon.

[@welcometothejungle3222]

My grilled cheese is super simple. Sour dough bread, spread mayonnaise or Kerrygold butter on the bread, and thinly sliced sharp cheddar cheese. Cook in a skillet over medium heat till the bread is golden brown and the cheese is fully melted. Doesn't get any easier than that. Add tuna salad (I do tuna, mayonnaise, diced red onion, Minced garlic, salt and pepper, and a splash of dill pickle juice) to make it a tuna melt that is out of this world.

[@skibidi.G]

Very good recipe for the tuna salad ✌️

[@welcometothejungle3222]

@@skibidi.G Thank you!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

tuna melts are good! :)

[@user-sp6jk3zz5b]

Yuck. Two slices of wheat bread,buttered on outside ,American cheese ,fried in a pan. Maybe add slice of ham

[@sylviakoresh4161]

If you were to make a grilled kimchi and cheese sandwich, besides getting the right type of bread and thickness, cheese (raclette and smoked cheddar are good) you would also need to get proper quality kimchi fermented to the right point, and for the flavour to be good the heat from the melted cheese would need to penetrate onto the kimchi so that it cooks a little, which adds a different depth and dimension to the kimchi and overall flavour of the sandwich. PS James, for people allergic to fish (there is a type of fish sauce in kimchi that helps fermentation) you can use vegan kimchi.

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

11:25 ok if i was honestly doing this myself near that fire, i'd heat up the cast iron; and the oil the second i take it off the heat because the residual heat would warm it up. then as it is still hot add my grilled cheese with the residual heat, and only add it the fire if the pan is getting really cold as i slowly bring everything up to temp; then if the bread or grilled cheese is not finished... i'd give it a good searing toast from the fire until i got a good golden brown. also i'd add some extra cheese that would help actually melt/grill the cheese, because its too dry to melt; especially with the thick bread slabs he's using!!

[@pierredelapotterie5996]

Actually Uncle Rogers, you can melt ice cube by applying pressure on it. I think ice is the only one known solid to behave this way. EDIT: Quick search, there are other solids, bismuth and gallium

[@Ben_C01]

Gordon hit the poppers before this one

[@davidarnold344]

My preferred cheeses for this is munster and jack. Ive never done kimchi but i have added pickled red onions i make for burgers and salads And it was good... the "acidity" i did enjoy. Usually i do a pepper jack cheese or add a green suace for spice over adding acidity.

[@chrisboytano8883]

If you want to go fancy with a grilled cheese, make a compound butter which has ground dried tomatoes and calabrian chili paste; use that to butter the inside of your bread and toast. Cheeses can be a mix of asiago, white chedder and a touch or gorgonzola. Also, add a little oregano to the inside for flavor. That way, it tastes like a grilled cheese you have dunked in tomato soup.

[@germantoenglish898]

It's very common in the UK to put Branston Pickle on cheese sandwiches.

[@shakey215]

literally eating a cheese and branston pickle grilled cheese rn

[@germantoenglish898]

@@shakey215 yum

[@lunanacomet]

FutureCanoe improved the recipe by...not blasting it with a woodfire and using his dingy oven instead, which allowed the cheese to melt and the bread to not burn. Maybe Gordon labbed the recipe before with a weaker oven and it worked then but not when he wanted to be fancy with the woodfire.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Yeah if I make this I will to

[@turipz]

I often put the sandwich in the microwave for a few seconds to start the cheese melting - specifically if I'm using relatively hard cheeses. Then I grill it in the pan or panini press to properly toast the sandwich on both sides.

[@vhfgamer]

I like sourdough and cheddar in my grilled cheese sandwiches. Whack in into a pan with a little butter. I like the tang of the sourdough and the sharpness of the cheddar. Maybe it's not for everyone though.

[@lcc726]

Uncle Roger was savage 😂 I'm all about seeing classic foods such as this grilled cheese sammy get reinvented but this was a big fat fail😂

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

yes he was haha

[@thentil]

I love kimchi and would definitely try this! I'm surprised I haven't already. My favorite grilled cheese includes a couple of xhot roasted hatch green chilies.

[@Elurin]

Kimchi goes very well with cheese, imo. Kimchi on a cheesy pizza is pretty darn good, though I actually never tried it in a grilled cheese sandwich. If I add just one extra ingredient to a grilled cheese sandwich is a couple of thin slices of tomato.

[@Aliyah_666]

Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars...straight to food jail.

[@kevinbuja8105]

Also, the purest rain water is there. It is bottled as Tasmanian Rain.

[@jaymeylevan9707]

In my home grilled cheese is one of the best Everyone likes it different grilled cheese with pepperoni and Chive, grilled cheese with black pepper, grilled cheese with slices of onion my mom actually likes when I fry up the onion and then put it on the grilled cheese well in between and as what I think of what Gordon Ramsay's doing I would probably put the kimchi on the side after the grilled cheese is properly fried and the cheese is melted I put the kimchi on top that way I can enjoy every last bite and a personal favorite is pepperoni and chive put it with tomato soup and it really does taste like a pizza😊😊

[@arsyfoox]

What a waste of money and good ingredients. Buy Kraft singles and any white bread and you gonna end up with better result.

[@azide6172]

I trust Gordon enough to try it but it’s not grilled cheese. This is a unique invention right here.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣 yes it is!

[@user-ki3dj9pu9y]

One of the places I worked used grated Romano on a grilled cheese, with Brie white cheddar, oven roasted tomatoes and bacon onion jam. It was amazing

[@SteveN-pw4dj]

In my world this is fried cheese sandwich. A grill heats from above. 2 slices of bread/toast, butter, cheese on top grill till cheese has melted and a liile brown. Assemble.