Munchies: Michael White

This episode of Munchies features Michael White, a New York City chef renowned for his handiwork at Marea, a seafood-focused Italian restaurant on Columbus Circle.
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[@gbb23]

I will never miss cooking with this particular personality type.

[@Josephfrom1990]

"I'll let you know what a chef is" I fucking love Michael White.

[@santiagovvm]

so u think his birth certificate says "Chef Michael White" ?

[@Leonar12345]

Michael is awesome. this is probably my favorite munchies episode

[@MrDJCoulton]

"High end people that makes the world goes round" Yea, that sums up this guys attitude for me

[@avenue_boy]

Josh has the voice of the guy from toy story two who steals woody

[@LorisRavera]

Francisco Arredondo Pistol Pete?

[@ledgebox]

Hahahaha so true

[@Oceanofreak666]

Lol ohh yeah the fat dude with Cheetos stains on his fingers

[@NickVennlig]

Why so many dislikes? This man is truly a genius with his food. He owns several Italian restaurants, the most famous "Morini", which was named after his mentor from Bologna, where he cooked professionally for many years.

[@JSalonsky]

blahblah italian food is so refined? hahaha

[@GhostfaceGZA]

He's 100% correct about the chef comment. I had a teacher who wasn't a chef either tell us the exact same thing.

[@fieryeasy]

"Do you know who I am?" - Guy I've never heard of

[@TehStupidBish]

If you have to tell people, you aren't relevant enough to say it in the first place.

[@bigphil815]

Like 3 times on camera, just imagine how many off camera

[@HexExxon]

When they're at the thai restaurant I cant stop thinking "Why the hell are you using chopsticks?"

[@diannewhitehead739]

Michael White is that perfect confluence of great chef, great businessperson, and all around classy guy.

[@TristanJCumpole]

Mission accomplished. I can mark this year as a success, thank you.

[@coolman949]

This guy's idea of a crazy night out is his friend ordering too much lemon pie lol

[@mikeabassi8385]

You say that, but when you eat his food, it's VERY flavourful and good. Takes time and talent to come up with the dishes he has.

[@Getbent97]

Whether its dignitaries, whether its the clintons, lol had to laugh at that one

[@VANRICKTONY]

he was on bizarre foods........i love michael white

[@mariabardo7347]

Love Thai food. I finally learned how to cook some of the dishes because believe it not, it is expensive in my new town. Looking forward to go to Thailand again. It is crazy but magical at the same time.

[@karebu2]

Wrong: "My name is chef Michael white." Right: "I am chef Michael white."

[@lorrainethepain]

Seafood...Traditional Christmas Eve meal...Aaaaah, memories...

[@theeGAME360]

you guys put alot of work into these vids ill watch em regardless keep up the good work.

[@ferguspeacock1756]

"palate fatigue" : Im so fat I can't taste whats in from of me

[@TehStupidBish]

+Fergus Peacock Not really. Having worked in a french restaurant for a big part of my culinary training I can tell you, at some point, some things lose their spark. Idk how to describe it :/

[@ferguspeacock1756]

+TehStupidBish Ugh, they are a bunch of self-important wankers...hope I never get palate fatigue....sounds crippling ;-)

[@ferguspeacock1756]

+TehStupidBish Fatties stuffing their faces with pudding, and being hardcore about it....

[@TehStupidBish]

Fergus Peacock LOL! :P I don't really think it's about stuffing your face or being hardcore about things. But like I said in my examples, the restaurant I worked at had 4 foie gras dish and another few specialities that even a solid 4 years after being gone, I can easily say they're freaking great dishes, but it doesn't appeal anymore at all to me.

[@idontwantone132]

"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!" x1000 times

[@crabbisk9767]

The chef seems knowledgeable and they went to good spots so I can't hate. Thumbs up.

[@Anonyminded]

Man Ive got munchies just from watching this! Great food, great chefs :)

[@ebenitez528]

Josh Ozersky is my spirit animal ... DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM !!!!!!

[@Anirox]

awesome video vice!

[@Lycoosa]

Haters gonna hate, the food looks delicious! :) He's just proud of what he have achieved. If your the best at something, its going to be hard not sounding like a snob.

[@Zetunez]

They need to endorse the humbleness of the Thai food they seem to admire.

[@PeterKong609]

omg... the amount of food they consume in this video... is basically my whole day's amount...

[@JohnVC]

6:28 As the whole fish hits the table..'Holy Shit!...' lol

[@gomugomuducas]

Does somebody knows the name of the song we here at the beginning of the video?

[@TheDudeV1]

They says never trust a skinny chef... id trust that man

[@MrGridStrom]

I'm a chief, I cook you the burnt toasts.

[@gexwex]

What food videos does vice have? Could someone help me out?

[@pewahluv]

now im depressed...realizing i shouldve become a chef and i missed my window.

[@manictiger]

peter rummell You can never miss 'your window'. Start when you don't feel ready. You'll regret it if you give up.

[@6idangle]

peter rummell Fuck it dude go to culinary school and get in the business, why not?

[@nickn8682]

Thats why him and action Bronson click. Both had an injury and changed their lives.

[@tony62]

"Chef Michael White ... Chef Michael White." "Who?" lol

[@guywithjoint]

he has his own munchies episode.

[@luisedelarosa6551]

This Josh dude didnt even chew his food, not even once.

[@Djexon]

Those are some special guys!

[@GeekBlogTV]

take a shot every time he refers to himself as chef.

[@M4D5K1L2]

I know right. I was full just watching them eat.

[@Jamacus556]

Just because they're rich doesn't mean they're d bags they just have enthusiasm for food

[@kyo7691]

Josh Ozersky is the master of protein! The Adjudicator of restaurants!

[@jm-jx8xt]

I think Marea is the best restaurant in NYC. from his crudo to the pastas, it is incredible. Seems to me the southern Italian crowd are sensitive to a person with non-Italian ancestors moving in to their cuisine, when, in fact, White's Italian cuisine is much more sophisticated that the classic southern Italian food.

[@super999999]

Chopsticks are useful eating utensils. So versatile and precise unlike the fork.

[@tackywacky99]

josh: DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

[@alienaudixTV]

This was unexpected from Vice. You are 100 percent right.

[@ElenaMalan]

Anyone knows the song at the very beginning of the video???

[@Barnekkid]

where do they put it?

[@snuffsan]

That thai food looks amazing, I want some right now

[@GhostfaceGZA]

Hopefully Vice never stops with these Muncies videos. I would like to see them going to different cities though other than just NYC chefs.

[@TheSurviver2]

Is chef a self claimed title? Hell yes

[@Missnotbeat1]

he's talking about food like its laser propulsion

[@TheFreakEnder]

138 employee's ? That sounds like overkill.

[@ucdcrush]

I got this guy's chef swingin..

[@bygnahzdivad]

Am I the only one who thinks the chef looks like Cam from modern family?

[@colgatesport]

does anyone know the song at the start?

[@Pleiadesz]

name of the song in middle of the video? please

[@TOBI10795]

that was a good movie/docu

[@stolendrugs]

i wish i could cook a pizza like that.

[@ace43091]

I miss old munchies :'(

[@HELLO22ize]

I love munchies.

[@blah1075]

Damn.. That food looked GREAT!

[@MrJayreid03]

He said "off the hook" like 3 or 4 times. Thats 3 or 4 times too many.

[@Menuki]

He comes of quite arrogant, but he's not wrong. I work for a celebrity chef in Vegas and accustomed to seeing it. The reality is he's a food nerd and his passion is gratified into a business. It's hard not to get cocky.

[@noyourotherright]

Michael Whiteley, Weasel news. Am i the only one who remembers the gta commercials?

[@Mistor_Neek]

I loved this episode, it's funny to see the top comments full of rage

[@draft1643]

if a grenade landed between this food and these dudes I'm jumping on the food

[@Seathasky]

i love it!

[@lazerZ11]

LOL @ the subtitles 1:04

[@Lemonhead86]

I would be pretty happy if I owned a restaurant where former presidents were regular customers.

[@alexanders9904]

haha right on. the head 'chef' looks like Philip Seymour Hoffman after a long weekend.

[@Lord0Xel]

"people that make the world go round" - "the clintons" lol

[@hoyitsjoe]

"My husband works in finance, but he's a great chef." LOL! I fucking hate it when people label themselves as a "chef" when and havent put in the work.

[@3kour]

"I can't eat hot food in the outdoors" Woody Allen//Josh Ozersky

[@DarthMando90]

Why is the chick drinking the beer, while the men all sip on cocktails? I'll tell you why. It's cause on the inside, guys actually LOVE that shit.

[@avenue_boy]

R.I.P. Josh

[@MisterDopeTunes]

damn that pizza looks sooo good

[@andrebaardsen870]

Ahh yess...air It out :-)

[@JacksonOlsen]

Josh is the Newman of gastronomes/food critics

[@absurd_patience]

This chef guy got so hungry as a kid he ate his own momma out.

[@Mooplet]

AND THAT PIE!!! ---ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND???

[@comsci2491]

I like how most of them say that is the best Pad Thai ever. When they haven't tried traveling to Thailand and try the real Pad Thai, then they can say whether what that guy made was the best >.

[@MyDiseasedPenis]

michael white tha GAWD whewwww

[@JWTWTSJFK]

00:46, What is this pasta type called?

[@AussieJo5h]

Why the dislikes. Good series.

[@HelpmelamEnglish]

Only on a Wednesday!

[@dakkefernet8585]

Beauty and three beasts

[@slimeronio]

Chopsticks are used for noodles in Thailand, a spoon for most other things.

[@SethMacLaren]

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

[@OrangeCosmonaut]

Well, Maybe I should have been more specific then. I was referring to the scene where they were at the Thai restaurant.

[@khanhle10]

do you guys notice how most of the white food in fancy restaurants comes in a large dish but so little food yet the thai restaurant has every dish filled up with food. is it the quantity and quality or the quality rather than quantity?

[@dimplex]

12:28 u know u need to lose weight when u sweat profusely during pizza eating

[@TarekEl-Eter]

am i the only one who likes these ?

[@nicebusheh]

so entertaining when your baked

[@Zeratul723]

I am not a picky eater in any way and won't turn most things away, but octopus does not sound delectable to me, no matter how it's cooked.

[@lyricalstyles]

"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?!"

[@Sigrafix]

Sick.

[@ragmeankill]

His brother sounds like the Rex from Toy Story.