Food Styling | Bonus Basics with Babish

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When you're cooking for friends and family, there are little things that can make a lot of difference in how your food looks. This week on Basics I'm joined by food stylist Callie Blount, who shows us some simple and easy food styling tips.
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[@rajpatel-vg4xe]

When you have completed the entire game and are now completing side quests.

[@norbertwohlstand7023]

Haha good one 😄😄

[@AslanW]

Nailed it

[@leoxu583]

Unless you're playing Red Dead 2, because then you're dead. I don't know why I brought that up.

[@AslanW]

@@leoxu583 I haven't played it through fully yet. Thanks.

[@myachi_art]

@@AslanW Sorry for the spoilers.

[@whonny_]

Can you start a new show called "Broke with Babish" so you can teach us how to cook something delicious on a really small budget

[@biobak]

Budget with Babish

[@mitim.218]

There's a show called struggle meals that really helped me with this.

[@bernat_CustardCream]

A lot of that on brothers green eats channel

[@attackhelicopter3860]

Being broke* with Babish

[@Kimmie0323]

😂

[@elielis6]

Imma be real with you, I feel like babish makes his plates prettier

[@jackdillon7565]

yeah lmao he could do this better already what was the point of the video

[@felipefuego9436]

that’s what i’m saying. she’s like... mediocre..? i don’t want to be mean

[@hayleespence1467]

She's a photographer, not a chef. That's why. She has no knowledge of actual food.

[@felipefuego9436]

Haylee Spence that would make more sense

[@elielis6]

Haylee Spence he did say she was a professional food stylist though?

[@hermest99]

"What are you thinking of when you think of steak?" A cow. I thought of a cow. And grass.

[@sulwhale3171]

i know this old but you spitting

[@taweesin59]

You should make the “Accidental Soup” from ratatouille I wish to know the recipe

[@claral.2269]

Thawesin Chatchalermvith that soup seems SO DELICIOUS

[@ExcenGaming]

I second this. Sounds tasty

[@brieannacaldwell6081]

I would love to see this too

[@cate01a]

Yes, this sounds like a great idea

[@cl1ffB]

I'd also love to see this.

[@phrophetsamgames]

when he used the pre-shredded cheese. I felt so betrayed

[@gingerdocksteader2424]

To be fair, the pre-shredded cheese has some extra starch like he's said before, which while it does impede melting, the starch also thickens the soup

[@liquidblueyes]

Phrophetsam thought I was the only one. Even I grate my own cheese and I don’t have near as much skill in the kitchen as he does.

[@jonathangauthier2686]

They were doing food styling, be thankful they used edible items at all.

[@block36079]

Nasty...

[@nickgrayson95]

Nnsmskekke

[@ambercunningham5693]

Lol. Not gonna lie, I just came for the comments raging about pre shredded cheese and undressed salad 😂

[@niharinthselva3613]

You forgot Kocher Salt 😭😭

[@evandraperdigital]

"i like this orange cheese with this beige-y soup" ok

[@mcman420]

lmfao this whole episode was off man, i laughed when she said that too im glad you said it lool

[@just_a_tired_they_.2437]

This woman is so fucking fake like damn how can anybody STAND this?? She's so fake!

[@erickruckenberg8716]

Who is that gorgeous creature? Also the lady ain't bad lookin either

[@desgildanphi8825]

It feel so weird every time I see his face

[@dareokoski8158]

sounds like your new around here, maybe you sould subscribe 🤷‍♀️

[@cunt4724]

@@GrandpaSpaceOreo*AND SOME HAIR! HE DESERVES IT!*

[@themageegamer6474]

You taking about are baba babish or the food?

[@roboticsynergy7189]

@@dareokoski8158 ....This better be bait

[@timcorniels4521]

Everybody raging about the pre-shredded cheese and I'm sitting here like "undressed greens??!!!"

[@elielis6]

Green giant: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@GolyenHighway]

I mean, would it have hurt to add just a drizzle of balsamic to them to make it even better? If they didn't want the dark color, they could have used a poppy-seed dressing & no pepper.

[@recoil53]

We can be shocked at everything.

[@junkiejackflash]

I know! But they don't realize pre shredded cheese has starch coatings that are perfect for keeping a thick creamy soup, regular grated cheese would make it too gooey and more oily

[@chrthiel]

@@junkiejackflash But the pre shredded stuff has an awful texture and essentially no flavour

[@robertdavis1783]

I feel like this missed a lot of good, simpler tips. For instance, one of the easiest things you can do is to just make sure that sauce/dressing/liquids of any kind are not slopped all over the place. Like when you place chicken piccata on a plate, make sure you don't let a big drop of its sauce fall onto an empty part of the plate (and clean it up if you do). Things like that are instantly noticeable, and incredibly easy to fix. Or the general hint that food shouldn't be planar: even macaroni and cheese looks better when it doesn't looks as flat as a pancake on the top. A lot of what the video demonstrated I would call "food decoration," where you improve the look by actually adding ingredients that you might not add normally. "Food styling" is more general, where you are trying to change the manner of presentation itself. Example: adding a topping with texture to a soup is decoration (type of styling), while slicing eggrolls in half on the bias and propping one half on the other is styling.

[@dianapovero7319]

That's what I was thinking, that & Kenji Lopez-Alt would be cringing so hard inside we'd see his jaw twitch. It seems like You tube set him up on this one.

[@prestonhebb1380]

This video is honestly garbage. They assume home cooks are r*t*rded and cater to the lowest common denominator.

[@cade.m]

That spaghetti literally looks the same before and after twirling

[@yasinshah]

"We've been so heavy on potatoes let's try something new" *cuts to them chopping potatoes for their next dish*

[@opeyemifamakin]

I like how Babish acted like he had no idea of what she's talking about and pretended to learn new things.

[@wigglytuffgaming]

Fax. Shit isn't hard. Food stylist are a joke.

[@ramenbombin]

i felt this so heavily dude

[@grimmparagon427]

@@wigglytuffgaming "Shit isn't hard" So I'm guessing you've done it before?

[@Buckwild324]

@@grimmparagon427 Yeah, you put the food on the plate and you make it not like dog shit - crazy stuff.

[@LordClarkson]

@@wigglytuffgaming Plating food isn't hard, Making it look restaurant quality delicious at home is a skill.

[@Justthatasianguy]

“Bon Appetit!” “That’s- the other show”

[@iloveyoufor10000years]

"If i saw that on instagram i'd be like why r you posting prison food?" 💀 BRO

[@annestahlman9671]

Do Irohs tea from Avatar: The Last Airbender

[@StierSage]

yessssssssssss

[@ninnusridhar]

Tea is just hot leaf juice uncle

[@muchdoge8351]

@@ninnusridhar How could a member of my own family say something so horrible!?

[@kidanarchy2105]

@@muchdoge8351 The best part of that line is that literally everyone in his family is constantly saying completely horrible things, lol.

[@joshuaoneill3118]

Leaves from the vine.....

[@VincentLobster]

"Maybe this tomato lives right here. There we go. In our pasta, we can do whatever we want." -Bob Ross, probably

[@trupower22]

Yeah, got that vibe as well when I heard that.

[@22ninja1]

Here's a happy accident.

[@poppynhoney]

Babby clearly already knew everything the lady was talking about.

[@vrldf8181]

Yes... Good old *Babby* .

[@carlyjustine3765]

Sorry I first read baby celery and it’s not going away

[@nerfirelia8235]

A true stylist would just eat shredded cheese straight from the bag

[@azurebeast]

PRESHREDDED CHEESE? Babbish, how did you let this happen on your show?

[@drthunder8827]

SteveTheMathMan he got laid.

[@Mystickrage]

Its cause shredded chesse has a extra protective layer thats added to it that prevents perfect melting but will help thicken soups

[@Udontkno7]

Thickens the soup mayne

[@PinkFloydBootlegs]

Mystic It has extra starch, which thickens the sauce more than Andrew

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

Y'all saying it's starch but it's technically a fine sawdust. Called wood pulp or cellulose on the package. Its also in low-fat icecream

[@kuchenjaeger2164]

I feel like I'm watching an infomercial.

[@recoil53]

Now the Binging with Babish styling kit is available for only 3 easy payments of $9.99 from Babco.

[@oyblech8671]

@@recoil53 for a bag of pre shredded cheese and some potato peels? count me in!

[@doridear1604]

And I feel like I need to drink every time I hear "beautiful"

[@noshua2326]

You should watch the latest basics video it’s literally an infomercial for nutribullet

[@goblinlars3125]

I like to think that babish just eats microwave macaroni and ramen when he’s not making food for videos.

[@monaborghar7612]

She sounds like me on an essay trying to sound smart.

[@ameliac3337]

straight facts tho

[@jeem1423]

Wtf why is a plussy fan here

[@Smoothjazzsundays]

Yessss

[@sailor.thighs8839]

i knoww it annoyed me so much especially when she did such a mediocre job

[@yasinshah]

Am I the only one that could see no difference before and after the twirling of the pasta?

[@oyblech8671]

there was none. this whole thing felt like a joke. the soup was crammed with stuff, the pasta looked like regular every day pasta, and the steak plating was ridiculous. he should have done this himself

[@chunkymurps]

The only reason we're looking for the twirls are because we were just told and shown that she was doing it. If i was handed that plate as a meal, whether at home or a restaurant, i'd just see spaghetti the way it always looks. The way Babish plates pasta using that fork thing looks far more impressive. I love your channel Babish but this episode was ridiculous.

[@jonasfernades241]

I guess that this das the intention. They didn't want to teach how to make an absolutely incredible van Gogh style pasta, but to make something simple that embellishes the day to day meals.

[@ThatRipOff]

Lol did you see how "excited" he was at that pasta? "oh.. yeah... wow... look at that..."

[@CantEscapeFlorida]

It was like he pulled some random person from no where and she made she up

[@martinagniss59]

Andrew: "we're going to add an avocado to our chimichurri" *Argentina has left the chat*

[@ramonafrombarcelona]

Martin Agniss además por qué de repente es vegano por haberle puesto palta? dónde esta lo no vegano del chimi?

[@punchinpupun]

Son estadounidenses chicos, deben de haber aprendido el concepto del chimichurri de un cubano y creen que viene de México

[@yocapo32]

_[Muffled "concha de tu vieja" in the distance]_

[@PabloEmanuel96]

Encima por qué lo procesó tanto? Parece puré

[@roxyconte439]

It's looks like more of the venezuelan style of the chimichurri, which has another name I don't remember 🤔🙃

[@nubzaquer]

I think it would be cool to see a version of this where Babish plates something up how he normally would, and then Callie could offer advice on how to plate it differently.

[@Sarmeilii]

”tastes as good as it looks” so not very good huh, damn.

[@collegeoffoliage6776]

The lighting and camera change at 1:22 was so abrupt I legit thought they had cut to a different room for a second xD

[@cartercarrio6401]

College of Foliage I thought I was hallucinating!

[@winstontroy2525]

Good catch, very true

[@jokingareyou2.028]

Shut the fuck up you hater

[@collegeoffoliage6776]

@@jokingareyou2.028 wooooowwwweeeee, calm down. Considering your username it's very ironic how humourless you seem xD I actually love this channel, and this was a great video. The fact that they had to make an unfortunate editing choice doesn't detract from that, and is certainly very understandable with the high pressure KZbin release schedule. I am not hating on the channel, the video or any of the people behind it. I do however hate KZbin trolls that take every opportunity to attack others for their own sad gratification ;)

[@darthbaker0247]

@@jokingareyou2.028 don't be a bitch

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Since Thanksgiving is about a banquet of food, make the Dinner Banquet from Shrek 2: Turkey Lobster Fondue Banana Crackers Walnuts Grey Fish Roast Pig

[@42c28]

Banana seems random lol

[@BionicNinja123]

"Oh Mexican food!"

[@ryakinbarton8151]

The soup was so pale in the thumbnail, I thought it was a plate.

[@katluvr7973]

what I want to know is if the food is still hot after spending five minutes plating

[@lauramihalek]

Yeah, I would say this is one of the bigger struggles of styling. In a restaurant you would usually have heated ovens or heat lamps that keep the food warm while you fiddle with it. I would say, best tip at home is to first keep the plates/bowls warm in an oven before serving, seeing how a cold container will drain it the fastest. Then just, try to work quick. Also, 'mise-en-place', basically have everything already shredded/measured/cut/peeled/whatever to just dump on top and continue. 😉

[@Tinawarue]

@@lauramihalek agreeeeed!

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Make all the food from the dinner scene of Coraline: Chicken Breasts, Mashed Potatos, Gravy, Rolls, Sweet Peas, Corn on the Cob, Mango Milkshake, and Chocolate Cake Perfect for Thanksgiving

[@bjarnhedur]

Waheed Abdullah I've only now realised how much i need this

[@willbe3043]

SAME I NEED THIS SO MUCH OMG

[@winterwolf1111]

YESSA

[@roboticsynergy7189]

Blip Blop

[@annamccormack3507]

With the gravy train! Yes!!

[@Freeze-DriedWater]

Ngl, that salad at the end looked dummy sad with those whole tomatoes

[@JG-yk6ny]

with stems still on lol this is food for a magazine cover not human consumption

[@ThatRipOff]

It's a salad. They're sad by default.

[@sourmon8431]

Tru tru

[@erronblack308]

ThatRipOff chicken and dried cranberries in a salad is good. It’s been a long time since I’ve had it, but not all salads are sad.

[@ThatRipOff]

@@erronblack308 If adding meat to a salad is the only way to make it enjoyable, you don't want a salad. You want meat. Just go eat a proper meal.

[@noahgrice]

drinking game: take a shot every time they say "pretty"

[@chloehansen3606]

Or "texture."

[@CantEscapeFlorida]

This comes off like she lied about being a stylist to get on your show.

[@MrFeupinha]

Why is that?

[@KarlBast]

None of what she did looked even remotely as good as how Babish plates his stuff up. Definitely a weird episode.

[@brandonjohnson1805]

Alyssa Stevens she really didn’t know what she was doing

[@brandonjohnson1805]

To be honest that potato soup looked sloppy

[@thewonderfullandofpopz2360]

This is what I was thinking the entire episode 😂

[@pantherisboss94]

Babish in his mind be like: *Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written*

[@zmoney1212]

Absolute comment excellence

[@NATT441]

Me: Ooh, a special guest! Her: "Tray magniffeek" Me: Oh no... the comments are gonna have a field day...

[@reigenthefraud]

Watching her struggle to get some pasta was low-key funny.

[@kevlar5150]

This was not impressive. I learned more from typing "basics of plating" into a search engine. They didn't even talk about some of the simplest tips, like using an odd number of food and where to place them on the plate (~2 o''clock, 6 o'clock, 10 o'clock). And what the hell was with that bacon? Why cook 10 strips if you're only going to use about a third of a slice?

[@coreyw5981]

It was def very specific to certain dishes versus basic tips for any dish

[@abrahamvargas2010]

They clearly used more bacon to prepare dishes off camera, dude...

[@alize0623]

kevlar5150 You sounds like a pretentious dickhead

[@forsaken696]

alize0623 you sound like shut up your stupid

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

Sorry, but...did you REALLY ask why someone would make additional bacon? WHO cooks just enough bacon for a recipe? You always need extra to snack on, dude.

[@baconbit8679]

I want to see him collab with Joshua Weissman 👍

[@BubblewrapHighway]

When the unstoppable class meets the immovable posh.

[@BorhnN]

You know what's better, B roll…

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

Binging with B-roll.

[@AcaTea]

Josh and Babish disagree on a lot of their techniques. In fact, recently, it seems Josh makes his videos in response to Babish’s.

[@toadtoad7840]

Trinity Johnson I’d love for that to happen

[@iliasdaoud2469]

When you’re so early there are no memes

[@22jeffstreet11]

Haha, chef!

[@bakinitright6637]

Just learned is name is andrew

[@eliasguntzel6936]

It's free real estate!

[@leoxu583]

That's not possible, scientists say that memes were most likely here before the big bang.

[@theinternaut1991]

She is either over acted or very fake, I feel like I'm in the food Network

[@lolamarrocco832]

The Internaut it feels like He showed her then gave her credit

[@just_a_tired_they_.2437]

She is though!! Like you can HEAR her trying not to have her southern accent, and it pops out every now and again and it's frustrating like JUST BE YOURSELF WOMAN THIS VERSION FEELS FAKE

[@theinternaut1991]

@@just_a_tired_they_.2437 exactly

[@Daily_Meat_Dealer]

Took me about 6 minutes before I realized she had an accent and now I can't stop hearing it

[@halimatalib04]

Making the "accidental soup" from ratatoulle! Like so he will seee🍅🥣

[@xpatzorsx]

The cook in me: "Oh, that's interesting. Really nice looking plates." My lizard brain: "JustPutItOnTheFuckingPlate! IWANNAEATIT!"

[@recoil53]

As long as you don't slop it down like a TV lunch lady.

[@xpatzorsx]

@@recoil53 - THWACK - "NEXT!"

[@xpatzorsx]

@@FlameOnTheBeat it's all turning to poop, anyway.

[@ppperga4341]

“You know what I mean?” *Babish chewing* *Babish chewing more* “Unfortunately,” *chewing intensifies* “yes”

[@noah_smith03]

I don’t think this lady is legit

[@ZionismIsRacism]

She def dtf

[@just_a_tired_they_.2437]

No not at all. You can tell that she's got a southern accent that she's trying so hard to keep out of her voice but she's failing. Also she's so extra with the plating, I think she's one of those basic white girls all over Instagram and Babish's plating is so much better and it feels like it's real, as opposed to hiding the initial dish behind toppings like this lady. Babish's food plating has purpose. This lady's plating is a disguise

[@SireDevathrius]

@@just_a_tired_they_.2437 Advertising and serving food are different things. Food stylists and photographers will play with lighting and ingredients to make food look more appealing and desirable, and just that. No one will eat the photo of a dish. With the soup from this video, the potato skin chips are incredibly large for a spoon, and there's too much crisp combined with the bacon, however, it does have a fine look, especially if we could see a photo with proper work done on it. When it comes to actually serving that food, it's way better to keep the potato skin chips smaller, and hell, throw them out altogether. Bacon crisps carry the taste anyway, and you don't always have to think in the French way of "nothing must be wasted". And instead of scallions of chives you may want parsley on that soup, since, at least as far as I can tell, the sharp and pungent fresh onion taste would be too heavy, especially combined with bacon. But mellow that out with parsley, which would also look way way better imo with the darker green colour, damn that would taste good. So there, make a single serving of dump food and let your stylist play with it for your menu photos, but do your own thing when you're actually serving it. There's the difference.

[@Hav0C4]

Mightve been the angle, but I really couldn't see the twirls she made with the carving fork

[@NotVeryAmusing]

Same I wasn’t sure where she was going with it but it looked great in the final picture

[@whoswoo9070]

I didn’t really notice them either, but it still looked good. Though in my opinion doing the same cheese and basil thing with a twirled nest of pasta looks better

[@daffiid]

13:16 "I think we should definitely try and eat this one now" *Grabs the lettuce*

[@joellawson8273]

The pace was off on this one, sorry Babs!

[@tomhall6410]

This was not great. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

**Standing Ovation for your Ted Talk!!!**

[@looinrims]

Babish came when she described the steak Watch him

[@alcabone1126]

What time

[@looinrims]

Derpy Bear 0:50

[@adnanmutlu1972]

Babish failed no nut november

[@oneconarguy5019]

He coomed

[@vaylish]

@@oneconarguy5019 you are not welcome here

[@thomasweybrecht]

callie: bon appetit! babish: ehhh that's the oTHer show

[@Weird0radi0]

Everytime she looks directly in the camera i feel my soul being eaten.

[@edmarsh5836]

I'm curious why you didn't add the parsley stems to the chimichurri. I've always understood the stems to be more flavorful than the leaves, and the texture wouldn't be an issue with blending.

[@CantEscapeFlorida]

Have you ever eaten parsley? No the stems do not have more flavor than the leaves.

[@Punz18]

Me: Oh so pretty Also Me: if I did this it would take too long, now it’s cold

[@PlasmaOne]

Its really not as complicated as they are making it out to be, most of this episode was theatrics. Just look into typical garnishes for whatever you make at home on a weekly basis. This kind of stuff has a place in fancy restaurants and no where else, really.

[@catercoz2491]

Who has the time for this? I love this channel but my kitchen lives in real life circumstances.

[@MrCharlesRoyal]

Anyone else feel like she's trying to hide her accent?

[@swirlingtoilets]

Yeah, it sounded a bit Aussie in the intro at places, but it sounds like she's either been in the US for a long time, or is trying to hide it. Edit: wait, now it sounds like she's from the southern US. Weird

[@calebreutener870]

Alabama. Sounds like Lizz from bamabass. She aint from Georgia though.

[@noodle0_0]

I’m literally so confused by her voice

[@calebreutener870]

@@swirlingtoilets definitely not Australian. Alabama. Sounds like Lizz from Bamabass. She aint from Georgia though and it doesn't sound like Texas either.

[@joshn7054]

Yeah. Listen on how she says "saws"

[@jayc2k6]

9:45 just gives up on the tomato 😂

[@pavelsvacha]

Me: i need to work on my sleep schedule Also me: *watching basics with babish at 2am*

[@qamartjahajakirawhite9548]

Skyrim's foods for thanksgiving, the Gourmet's stews, the sweet rolls, the cliff racer from Bee and Barb, and many mores

[@a.dudeman7715]

Honestly I'd love to see Babish do an episode on the foods of Skyrim, and of Oblivion for that matter.

[@darthbaker0247]

I wanna see a white-gold tower. Mead and cream seem like they go excessively well together

[@krystofkrajnik3907]

For me this styling was nothing special. I’d appreciate some “Fancy” styling more. Also,throwing “some greens” next to the steak seems very outdated to me.

[@ArtemisScribe]

It's called BASICS with Babish dude. "Nothing special" is the whole point. It's teaching people who know absolutely nothing about food.

[@BlackGirlLovesAnime6]

@@ArtemisScribe thank you, all these pretentious "experts" in the comment section

[@Hzec]

@@ArtemisScribe Pretty sure anyone with a brain could plate as good as they did

[@nicholashilton2514]

Kryštof Krajník Yeah, I agree. I would’ve skipped the arugula with a two cherry tomatoes... just felt outdated as you said. I realize it’s for people with a ‘basic’ knowledge of cooking and playing but that just felt so passé.

[@bawldeagle]

Yes. That steak plate looked like what a kindergartner would make in a drag and drop "what does dinner look like" computer program.

[@Adam-yh8zq]

nice display what makes my food beautiful.. is when i find fries at the bottom of the Mcdonald Bag

[@DavidFSloneEsq]

“… a 1920s orphan novel food. ‘May I have some more, please?’l And so it was that my upcoming Jazz Age reimagining of “Oliver” was born!

[@VeginMatt]

Thanks for posting a styling video. This is the first one I've seen where the food is still safe for consumption after.

[@miso8090]

The last time I was this early, Alton Brown had hair 🙃

[@007MrYang]

This comment made my morning lol

[@GRIMM2197]

miso wtf

[@Ruvikon]

HAH!

[@Mammoth_-li8xf]

I would like this comment but I want to keep it at 69 likes.

[@taff6081]

While she's making it "read as warm" it's getting cold af

[@jak-A127]

"1920s orphan novel food." References Dickens. Ok.

[@apenguinnamedabraham]

Jam Thief r/iamverysmart

[@chandrawong449]

Except Oliver Twist was written in the late 1830s. I do think that's what she was trying to reference... she was just WAY off on her timeline.

[@pacemarshall9358]

This is very Sandra Lee, Semi-Homemade.

[@_thisisdavid]

When you said plating pasta, I was like I better see Chef's fork

[@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight]

I like to apply the basics of art principles like visual balance. Don’t put too much stuff on one side of the plate or bowl. Given what they were doing with the soup, they were totally focusing on placing things at the center of the bowl.

[@CHEFPKR]

What a great idea for a Basics video, well played! Only note: Adding whole tomatoes may cause a Dinner guest to spurt tomato juice onto themselves or their guest. That's why they are usually cut. I've done it. It's been done to me.

[@swishfish8858]

She focuses on centering a lot, with no mention of the Rule of Thirds. It's fundamental to a truly gorgeous plate. You can make even Kraft Dinner look like a restaurant dish if you take the time to understand it.

[@ciceropaul2900]

Unless you're using a square plate the rule of thirds wouldn't really be important though would it? Since otherwise the middle square will always be the largest and most important section. Thus such a focus on the centre. You've also got the third dimension to worry about, people want to see food that is higher than wide, which makes it look more grandiose. That also furthers the focus on the centre of the plate

[@marjiarani4802]

i wouldnt do rule of thirds on a bowl thats the shape of a circle. might work on lasagnia though.

[@calebdanielherman4913]

Does this stuff make the food actually any better? Or is this just some rich people shit that I won't understand? I get using quality ingredients makes a huge difference, but how pretty your plate looks?

[@SmartyPoohBear]

@@calebdanielherman4913 I think it's the concept of "eating with your eyes first." If food LOOKS good, it can kind of trick your brain into thinking it tastes better than it actually is.

[@calebdanielherman4913]

@@SmartyPoohBear Ah. So it is rich people shit that I won't understand. Thank you for clarifying for me. I want to enjoy this kind of stuff, but all I can think about is how extra all this stuff is getting in the way of me eating my food sooner.

[@heyjoeway]

"professional food stylist" lmao

[@0ldrasput1n]

Aka instagrammer who gets ad revenue because she is attractive

[@aarcoh]

It's very odd hearing him referred to as "Andrew" and not Babish

[@tomasmcdowell7359]

Have they ever had chimichurri? Cilantro? Avocado? Wut?

[@13slot28]

I feel like she's trying to hide her accent.... Let that southern accent fly!

[@andrewbeshears4880]

To me it sounds like a southern Missouri accent not quite southern and not quite northern but that's just Missouri

[@ThatRipOff]

She definitely has some sort of Southern accent which has been infused with California Girl, and the longer it goes on the more she slips back to the Southern.

[@mrfizzlshizzl]

Andrew Beshears Definitely not Missouri, Missouri is more country sounding, I’m thinking Tennessee or Georgia.

[@derekbrogan4241]

Definetly sounds like a south Missouri accent, I sound similar but not quite as heavy

[@mrfizzlshizzl]

derek Brogan I’ve lived in southern mo my entire life and never hear people talk like that.

[@rajarajanmanoharan]

My eyes rolled back into my skull this episode. Babish already knows how to plate his food well. I would have preferred the tips coming from him.

[@itookacraponurlaptop5507]

He wasn't forced at gunpoint to make this video he made it cause he wanted to learn how to plate food better and decided that he wanted to share it you weren't forced to watch this either

[@rajarajanmanoharan]

itookacraponurlaptop Your point being....

[@abrahamvargas2010]

It was a partnership meant to help the chick and her yt channel.

[@rajarajanmanoharan]

Abraham Vargas Yeah sounds about right.

[@GamerTheTurtle]

If you know or thing or two about carpentry but a master cabinetmaker is offering to teach you a couple things are you going to refuse? It's her specialty and it hurts no one to possibly learn something new. Always nice to have an expert show you the ropes

[@Henkecool15]

A new challenger appears: Tiny Spatula!

[@TheRguru1]

Take a shot every time she says "beautiful".

[@beemobile98]

sorry we should leave this style of food styling in early 2000’s

[@KathleenKintz]

beemobile98 I agree I like BA’s style of food plating way better.

[@KianOntong13]

Can you guys explain the differences?

[@UltimatePwnageNL]

@@KianOntong13 We want our food to look like it was made with love by an imperfect human, not designed by some cold marketing team.

[@jiranika]

especially the steak... weak AF

[@KathleenKintz]

Kian Ontong If I was looking for specific differences it would be like not perfectly placing all the cherry tomatoes and the greens in spaghetti.

[@yehudakreps682]

She seems like she don't really know what she talking about

[@ashleychavarria4620]

She seems like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Sorry that sentence kinda pissed me off

[@lewisjenkins8928]

@@yehudakreps682 he's not disagreeing with you, moron, he's arguing that your sentence structure was woeful, which it was.

[@ashleychavarria4620]

Lewis Jenkins thank you, you can’t really argue basic grammar, it’s either right or wrong

[@jjfranki]

@@yehudakreps682 What are you on about? Lamo I think that you haven't even checked her out or what she does and you're just saying that to act cool or some shit lmao

[@yehudakreps682]

@@jjfranki did u even scroll through the comments? There r a bunch that said the same as mine and they all have a ton of likes so stfu

[@amyjorgensen2876]

Love this video! My food almost always tastes good but it looks sloppy on the plate. Great ideas thank you!

[@misslipglossism]

'I like to create pretty swirls with the sour cream' @5:31 creates sour cream dumps.

[@AndrewConlan]

to me, it seems like the Soup is WAY too busy

[@Howuf]

Andrew Conlan i thought the same thing. Also, styling a dish is so that everything shows proper. When they added so much by the end you couldn’t see the potato chunks and barely any bacon. So what was the point?

[@newsnk3679]

I think the reason is because the soup was made for eating,food stylists make food that doesn't necessarily tastes good they use more inedible materials and techniques you wouldn't normally use in kitchen to stylise food. But since it had to be edible you have to make compromises and you couldn't do it in the time needed.

[@22jeffstreet11]

Agreed

[@AHG1347]

Possibly using a more shallow, wide bowl would have helped presentation wise.

[@gabrielburris3935]

Its arrogant. My take tbh

[@Raven-mn5xq]

6:28 I don't know about that one chief

[@oyblech8671]

don't want to be the arse but I wasn't really impressed with any of them...

[@nicholashilton2514]

Oy Blech SAME. They should’ve placed the soup in a much more shallow bowl. I don’t know.. this just felt pretty amateur to me.

[@oyblech8671]

@@nicholashilton2514 yep and that thing with the pasta twirling did feck all to it. babish's way looks way more impressive (twirling into a big one - or three, depending on the quantity). this looked like my pasta looks when I straight pour it out of the pan and add a bit of basel and parmesan, which isn't food styling but seasoning to me.

[@kinskins100]

It was my birthday this week and one of my closest friends surprised me with your book! I talk about your show all the time and he apparently pre-ordered the book just for my birthday! I felt so thought of and I just wanted you to know I've been reading it all day. I love it and can't wait to try the recipes! I also love the tattoo explanations. Great job on the book :)

[@FizzyNightShade]

I can get down with some parsley. I look for every excuse to add parsley to most things I make.

[@conechiwa7]

It makes me sad when food people have that cilantro soap gene because it's so good when you can enjoy it like us other food mutants. Granted we are all mutants- thanks our moms and dads!

[@techstormster]

What's it supposed to taste like? I like it in Salsa. It has a certain tang to it.

[@nettack]

We can make it work. It's an acquired taste just like moldy cheese. Salsa and Guacamole are just bland without it.

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

Tobias Wozniak it’s not an acquired taste. It’s genetic and literally causes people to associate cilantro with soap.

[@nettack]

@@BoxStudioExecutive Thank you for the insight into my genetic predisposition. Since it tastes like soap to me, it is a taste you have to acquire and not instantly love like e.g. chocolate. Hence my comparison to moldy cheese. Nobody loves that stuff from the get go. Coffee and beer would be other examples: the benefits outweigh the taste, hence we are training our taste buds to accept - maybe even love - it.

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

@@nettack Ok. By your logic shit is also an acquired taste. Glad we had this discussion.

[@1061shrink1061]

those greens with the steak need dressed, they look too dull and dry next to all the other juicy ingredients.

[@Saurus990]

Been thinking the same thing.

[@TheZacharyrichard]

They should have seared the steak on the sides :(

[@PlasmaOne]

This episode was a little unseemly. This could easily be boiled down to how to garnish properly.

[@ravencloud7]

you should make Rhett and Link Rabbi-vent-turducken-ig it would be impressive could even get a crossover on the go

[@pantheRRRRR]

**Delicious soup on a fancy dish** Americans: so let's garnish with cheddar cheese

[@keithcoup6442]

the music was a little loud this episode. other than that tho it was a sweet, thanks babish!

[@chancecarroll6341]

*GASP*...Is that... PRE shredded cheese!?!?!

[@LaidbackLost]

You can’t just make up job titles Professional food stylist: That’s where you’re wrong kiddo

[@currykingwurst6393]

Imagine thinking that “food stylist“ isn't an actual profession. Almost every time you see a picture of food in a magazine or see food in an ad it's professionally presented by a food stylist to look as good as it can. It's definitely a real job!

[@Gencoil]

Speaking of vegan-friendly, I challenge you to do an episode with a three course vegan meal.

[@wigglytuffgaming]

Ill watch anything you put out Andrew, still a great video and i enjoyed it as usual. But Food styling is a joke lmao. Anyone can do this. The potato soup was a given, and the pasta doesn't look and different than a normal plate. The twirling did nothing.

[@MauiWowieOwie]

I thought the same! Her twirling did nothing, it looked exactly the same! I think Babish was just being nice, but when he does his it actually looks like a nice little nest.

[@wigglytuffgaming]

@@MauiWowieOwie tru

[@rick7louis]

I love her southern accent it’s so comforting

[@haydenmurphy6858]

Not nearly as comforting as Babish’s voice overs though

[@quixotic9482]

You should do dishes from “Kevin Cooks Stuff in The Office” from the office.

[@thatguy358]

Ah yes the southern comfort and food styling to the extent of Cracker Barrel Also I feel like babish does a great job at plating his food already, I’d go as far to say that it is comparable with Gordon Ramsey also I have no idea who this girl is or what her certs are but I feel like she’s very fluent in “instagram plating” 😅