Professional Baker Reviews Baking Scenes from Movies & TV | Vanity Fair

[@leishamortimer]

I love that Penny was honest and kind. She didn’t tear apart every little thing. She gave them the benefit of the doubt, recognizing that not everyone is trying to be a professional. Which made it much more pleasing to watch.

[@Ketutar]

Except when it comes to GBBO. Those people are actual amateurs doing their best, not some actors pretending to bake.

[@ezgolf1764]

@@Ketutar she may not know tbh, plus it was mostly pretty valid criticisms, though they are a little harsh with the context of it all

[@georgiakuchinsky]

idk why people are angry that she's accurately breaking things down, literally the whole point of the video. you're great, penny!

[@stevenalexander4721]

I love it when she does epic curious with the level 1, 2 and 3 chefs. Most people are wondering how she is going to use booze in her dishes.

[@SaintShion]

The cupcake scene was my favorite. I recently saw a tiktok where they recommended letting the cupcake collapse intentionally so it doesn't dome to make it easier to frost. Like just put less batter in the cupcake liner! Idk why it just triggered the cook in me, but everyone was like "no you're wrong" and rude per TT standard. I just think if your going to do something, do it right.

[@Horrorzeit]

Because she is a woman.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

@@Horrorzeit Omg you're right! I never see anyone get this pressed if it's a man.

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

People just don't like direct truth straight to their face.

[@billystokes3917]

"Restraint is one of the greatest weapons you can have." Weapons. Not tool, weapon. Penny out here cooking in a war zone.

[@saumya7922]

😂😂

[@KoraRubin]

I clearly watch to much Food Wars. For me it was totaly normal to hear weapon.

[@ttbaby159]

Bring her back for part 2!! She's amazing at explaining things and her craft

[@mechadoggy]

You should watch her on Epicurious’s “4 levels of” series

[@kakarot2430]

@@mechadoggy I recognize her, I watched that series, but I didn't know she would be this strict when reviewing XD

[@mechadoggy]

@@kakarot2430 I’m glad that she’s strict

[@lewstone5430]

@mechadoggy so you like discipline.

[@mechadoggy]

@@lewstone5430 I mean, I do enjoy getting tied up and whipped. On a more serious note, I do see the value of discipline, and I wish modern western society valued it more. Growing up as a person of color, I often made fun of white kids and how lax their parents always seemed to be.

[@Yasmin-qo2jd]

What I like about her reviews is she doesnt just reviewing the baking skills but also what it does to the storytelling of the movie. I like it when she said that chocolate is a character in the movie. Great stuff!

[@EIrondx]

“Who knew being judgmental was gonna pay off for me in the long run” hahah. Great job VF for getting an awesome person for this new segment. I’m sure her business will get a boost too

[@njhourigan7615]

She's brilliant on Epicurious' 4 Levels and Ingredient Swap series. Just about everything she makes has a good amount of booze in it, I love her lmao

[@outtaspace1566]

@@njhourigan7615 yeah, i be like heyyy its penny :D

[@Bllue]

I love hearing knowledgeable people talk about what they know

[@nolanpolansky]

Me too, 2020 had way too many opinion experts

[@eolsunder]

me also. you learn a little more every time you watch stuff like this. What to do, what not to do. How to do it. even if you don't bake cakes.. i don't bake cakes, but you'll remember some of that info down the line.

[@sofvckingtired]

SAME. gotta love them!

[@velvettwine]

to everyone who likes Penny; she also does the three levels & ingredient swap shows on epicurious !!!

[@noneness]

shes one of my favs on that!

[@andrewthezeppo]

Not to be pedantic but the show is (annoyingly) called 4 Levels. I LOVE Rose but it should be called 3 Levels and still have her review and educate at the end.

[@richardpatterson432]

I love watching her on epicurious. She's so talented and knowledgeable

[@trima4634]

Our booze queen, I like to watch her on epicurious so much.

[@lupsal1958]

“Who is going to clean that” 100% me in every movie I watch 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mechadoggy]

The overworked and underpaid production assistants of course

[@AnotherDuck]

As a janitor, I empathise.

[@SennaAugustus]

Who cleans up after Top Gear?

[@seungjukim8202]

She should do exclusively British Bake Off, I love that show and need a insiders perspective

[@Paladin_18]

I agree!

[@xxbecksyxx]

gbbo is already judged by professional bakers so it wouldn't make a difference

[@asphaltrox]

Yes, more please!

[@lewstone5430]

Reality shows lie to you so why watch?

[@eacorpe88]

yes!

[@TheBereangirl]

Yep!..."Who's cleaning that up?" is what I always think, too. Food fights and eating contests both disgust me.😒 Thank you Penny for bring judgemental!❤️

[@alexashton6501]

The other thing with a food fight based purely off throwing flour, in a kitchen with a wood burning stove, is that wheat flour can explode with an ignition source...

[@GaelinW]

Right. Me too. Who's cleaning the room? Now you have to shower. And who's doing the laundry?

[@za_zi_a]

Yes!!! What upsets me the most is thinking about all that waste. So unnecessary.

[@user-kg6pr1iv4i]

@@za_zi_a I wonder how many cuts it took, and how many bags they used for that one scene.

[@aqu1r3]

Also hate when they do all the romantic scenes with flower petals...that's gonna end badly for sure

[@casualviewer9792]

I love her! I expected her to know stuff about cooking and baking ofc but she knows her movies/series as well! Her gushing about Big Night and the commentary on Chocolat is just *chef’s kiss*

[@ChippyGaming]

This is the sort of stuff I say while watching The Great British Bake Off but I can't bake a cake

[@ErikTheVikingMechanic]

Also you can't use bake-off in the US as it's a US trademarked and legally you'll be in trouble for using it, hence why they had to change it for US to "baking show"

[@corryjookit7818]

@@ErikTheVikingMechanic That doesn't seem correct. It's called The Great British Bake off, and that's what is copyrighted. It began in GB Then caught on worldwide. The BBC sold the show to Channel 4 and it's still GREAT !

[@corryjookit7818]

@@ErikTheVikingMechanic No way is it a US copyright. You Americans, really do take the cake.

[@beuteugeu]

Did not expect to see you here

[@ErikTheVikingMechanic]

@@corryjookit7818 please watch " captain disillusion " latest video it will be explained. Bake-off is a trade mark in the US

[@ProtoCookswithChefFrank]

Way to go Penny!!!!!

[@iamhshai2992]

hi chef frank

[@iromosushi6291]

Frank!

[@Cupofgo]

Hey it's Frank! Loving the cooking community created and united here!

[@Caronage_]

👍

[@makellaolsen9111]

1: I love it when professional women who are good at their craft speak confidently and don't apologize for "showing off" their knowledge and skills. Amazing! 2: I wonder what she would have to say about The Hundred Foot Journey. It's a family favorite, and the food is its own character.

[@bellamorts]

bring her back more times!! this chef is awesome

[@mechadoggy]

You should watch chef Penny on “4 Levels of…” on the Epicurious KZbin channel

[@lotrgirl275]

Finally, someone who admits fondant is NOT great. I will never have my wedding cake be wrapped in or come close to fondant. Eww!

[@andrewthezeppo]

I thought it was common for people to say it was gross. My sister picked out a gorgeous wedding cake and then told the baker, "I want this but with buttercream I don't care if it doesn't look as smooth"

[@genniferburgos]

AMEN

[@borahaeist3215]

i actually like the taste of it lol

[@janiceandthomas]

@@borahaeist3215 me too, I love nibbling on it. And if people don't like it, then they can just eat the cake and leave the fondant.

[@borahaeist3215]

@@janiceandthomas cause i will eat it for them 😂

[@ClarkRahman]

Bridesmaid review: "She is clearly depression baking." That had me roaring.

[@tom_something]

I think the time effery in GBBS is not just to build tension to make it seem like everything is coming together at the last second, but also because they really don't want us to see the completed item until it reaches the judges. If someone's managing their time well, the cake might look nearly complete during the last ten minutes, and they can't really use that footage, at least not in full shots.

[@hensonlaura]

That is a very good point ☝

[@larissinhafadinha]

I really liked the Chef, her food must be really delicious cuz we can see how much love she has for cooking

[@WhiteDaft]

her food always looks delicious, and is always boozy haha she stars in many episodes of 3 level chefs in epicurious

[@andrewthezeppo]

She's on the Epicurious channel a lot especially the show 4 Levels when the challenge is baking.

[@yeeaahhzz]

her chocolate chip recipe is intense, but oh so worth it

[@froggybunta]

Love it that she clearly not only deeply understands baking but also film!

[@Ketutar]

"It's literally impossible to make a one cupcake recipe". Yeah... microwave mug cakes don't exist.

[@marikotrue3488]

I love watching The Great British Baking Show. Never ever take those 5 minutes left (or any minutes left) for any reality show. Blame (or credit) the director for the quick dramatic shots and the editor for putting the "icing" on the drama content with quick cuts.

[@emmacheese6107]

*Great British Bake Off

[@benzaiten933]

yeah I love GBBO as well but clearly they often have more time than those "5 minutes" because if they were true to the time limits, then there'd be far more half finished baked goods and that's not what the viewers tuned in to see.

[@morganmitchell4017]

@L K I thought I was being gaslit hard. I didn't even realise it was shown in the US.

[@TtheAmazing]

Ok but are we gonna talk about "The Princess Switch" first film, where she made it 3 hours into a 5 hour cake competition and just then realized her stand mixer cord was cut...and then her only worry was "how will I puree the berries?!"...

[@justalittlebitmo]

😂 Sooo true!

[@MsClareEParker]

…the berries she was going to use to fill the cake that is already iced.

[@Lee-qf9dz]

You also wouldn't puree berries in a stand mixer lol

[@TheSwauzz]

That sounds like a terrible movie lol..

[@captainstefanie]

I was irrationally angry about that part! You wouldn’t even use a stand mixer to purée berries unless you were also using some sort of attachment, which wasn’t present in the scene.

[@lcolsen22]

I will never get annoyed at a professional being "nit-picky". I adore opportunities to observe a professional hone their craft, it's so educational and inspiring.

[@Bllue]

I really love how she pointed out how to fix or improve mistakes. I didn't find her judgemental at all lol

[@phthalojohan]

All the "ask a ex-con about movie and TV crime" segments is fun and all, but asking a proper baker about movie baking is great too. XD

[@almaarea]

I would love to see what a professional chef thinks of the cooking scenes in Hannibal.

[@paramitch]

I'd think "Hannibal" would score pretty highly, since master chef José Andrés was the show's culinary consultant.

[@cheeryberrie]

Omg i love that show

[@za_zi_a]

I love Penny and how she expresses passion for her craft. Excellent choice of a featured guest.

[@puggirl415]

I chose this video because it was Penny. I've seen her on Epicurious as one of the 3 chefs making some dish. She is the pro of course.

[@seanrump9632]

The pause before “who’s cleaning that up “ 😭😭😭

[@HungNguyen-dt8pg]

Penny: Because if it is 4 hours and they’re still giggling and high after it, I wanna know who their dealer is. Heisenberg: Say my name…

[@keisha2120]

I like her, shes like a real movie goer and a chef its kind of perfect

[@AnimecrazySakura7]

Penny’s unimpressed face at the flour fight is SENDING me lmao

[@MsBamafanatic]

I'm with Penny. I never like food fight scenes. Not just because of the mess but because of the wastefulness.

[@katherinemeara942]

I could listen to this woman talk all day. Im a professional chef and I really feel like she represents us and how we think. Thanks for making this video and allowing this woman share our true perspective.

[@mrsallister32]

I love this. If she could exclusively critique baking shows, I'd tune in.

[@tom_something]

10:10 - A lot of people think they're playing it safe on pie dough if the countertop and rolling pin are made of marble or granite, because there's this misconception that these materials are inherently "colder" than other materials. In reality, a marble countertop and rolling pin will be the same temperature as a wooden countertop and rolling pin in the same room. The reason stone _feels_ cold is because these materials hold more heat and conduct heat more quickly. Our skin is warmer than room temperature, so when we touch a stone surface, the stone surface is going to draw heat out of our hands. But if you're colder than room temperature (for example, if you're some butter that has just come out of the fridge, or you're some pie dough made with cold water), the stone surfaces is going to push heat _into_ the dough, warming it um more quickly than a stone surface would. Of course, the rolling pin can be chilled in the fridge, but then you might get a lot of condensation forming on it when you pull it out, which could make things less rolly and more slidey.

[@whatshername369]

I really appreciate Penny's point of view. She includes a lot of positives with her critiques.

[@ClatterUltra]

16:37 I like how everything is just silent for a second, while she judges the scene with the greatest amount of judgement possible.

[@TheMrCC21]

"Who knew being judgemental was going to pay off for me?" That got me. 😆 Good 'ole Chef Penny.

[@JudyCZ]

She's awesome, please bring Penny back! 😻

[@imtired6104]

She had me at "Who's cleaning that up" at the opening of the video. Amen to that, sister!

[@arianamauery9281]

cleaning up flour is sooooo annoying!!! made me laugh too.

[@winterwolf1111]

Die hard GBBO fan, but the timing manipulation always bothers me! Satisfying to see Penny debunk it too

[@benzaiten933]

same here. there's "1 minute left" yet they're able to finish all of their piping, decorations and placing? yeah no. of course it's TV and they want an appealing end product but there'd be no need to make it so 'dramatic'. also; if you haven't done so watch the Kiwi Bake Off as well, it's a lot of fun!

[@winterwolf1111]

@@benzaiten933 ooh thanks will have a watch of kiwi bakeoff!

[@nikkimilevsky5449]

Love this woman. She’s so funny. I would like to see her back again. There’s plenty of food in tv shows and movies.

[@natascha7868]

For Chef Favreau actually trained with Roy Choi, shadowed him, worked as part of Choi's crew and trained at a culinary school. Would be awful if it wasn't correct. 😆

[@vederianl9723]

Roy's main stipulation on agreeing to be an advisor for the movie was that everything be authentic. If you haven't see it yet you should watch The Chef Show on Netflix. I'm totally jealous of Jon Favreau now. He's practically a master chef now and the episode with Robert Rodrigeuz shows hes a pretty good artist too.

[@LarissaSuzano]

there should be more videos of her reacting!!! loved it!!!!

[@kk-fl4pb]

At 4:33 "And look at Marc Anthony... my god!". He was so young in that movie...and suited the role too as the innocent and naive cook in the kitchen.

[@diegoiunou]

For me, the most in-your-face editing GBBO moment was when they were making a technical challenge where they had to use a lot of food coloring and some bakers had their fingers stained really bad. The thing is those bakers had their fingers already stained in the signature challenge.. and that's chronologically not possible! Did they travel in time?

[@taddimason1498]

When I was in college I rented a guest house and I always had at least 4-5 friends staying there with me. We had a flour fight one time. It started with someone getting a handful of flour thrown in their face. Then it was on. We threw flour all around the whole house. All over the hardwood floors. We tried sweeping it up and it just spread it around. We tried mopping it up and it just turned to dough. I lived there for two years and was never able to get all the flour.

[@bethhubbs9937]

Oof.

[@wileycollinson568]

I love her!! Please bring her back for a part 2!

[@aljmayr4826]

oh we definitely need more Penny, this was great

[@saltycrunch]

Very enjoyable video. I'd watch a whole series of cooking critique scenes.

[@bodyofhope]

Same! I'd love a series on debunking cooking Reality Shows lol

[@beaub2409]

I adore this woman and how she speaks

[@srayj]

Please bring her back to review Waitress. I’d love to know what she thinks about the pies in that movie.

[@eggbun1856]

YES PLS!!!!!

[@fashiondesign42]

I was waiting for them to put Waitress in there too!

[@evieenrose]

The Mildred Pierce mini series with Kate Winslet has some mouthwatering pie footage too. And maybe Pushing Daisies--I love the way they put a complementary cheese on top of their fruit pies

[@tr00th]

“I wanna know their dealer is” - 😂

[@woudgy]

I really want to eat something baked by Penny. She is so knowledgeable about her craft.

[@aisadal2521]

Eyyy, it's cool we finally got bakers in this series! 😄

[@ikathiggs13]

I absolutely love her! More Penny, please!!

[@cryoblast6133]

"If it is four hours and they're still giggling and high after it, I wanna know who their dealer is" Lmao me too.

[@nancyomalley6286]

In Bridesmaids, looks like she made enough for a whole dozen of cupcakes BUT she only filled one cupcake well.

[@KitC916]

No, she clearly made one, but the filmmakers, in the prep/ making shots, didn't want to film the miniscule quantities that, in real life, would be making one cupcake. In other words, it's actually really pretty difficult to measure out making one cupcake, unless you're going by weight and even then, as said in the video. In real life, it is far easier to just make a full dozen of cupcakes.

[@meganjaime7728]

I always knew that the timing in the Great British Baking show was off. They edit it for entertainment and intensity. But the cakes and flavors are really what I’m there for anyways 😄😁😋

[@gerardacronin334]

Great to see Penny in this format!

[@MelancholyRequiem]

9:49 Penny is the best. This is going to be my new favourite reaction video for "I'm gonna give you a pass but I know you know what you did."

[@tan_ya_]

More Penny!!! I always love to see her

[@brianclark3338]

Penny is my new favorite person on this show! Bring her on again!

[@itscelestial666]

Penny is awesome! Have her on more!

[@corgisrule21]

I’m a nurse and an amateur baker (I sell cakes and stuff sometimes, but not in a bakery) so baking/cooking and medical shows drive me insane 🤣🤣

[@YuBeace]

The more knowledge you have the crazier TV becomes!!! 😭

[@A0A4ful]

16:40 "Who's cleaning that up...?" The overworked Production Assistants on the set. Take 14, and rolling!

[@kaushalnandan7187]

We want her again specifically for Rattatouie.... Who's up for that ?

[@murraymanitos]

Not really a baking movie - more a cooking one. :)

[@kaushalnandan7187]

@@murraymanitos I know that, 😅 but it's always feels amazing when professionals react and analyse Ratatouille as it's still underrated

[@penname8441]

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[@3daysandotherlies776]

Chocolat is my favorite movie! I was so excited to see it in the lineup!

[@Vic9994546]

She’s such a genius in every art the restraint is very much the most powerful tool I’m a pianist and that’s something I learned years in

[@ThePandaWarrior]

I love Chef Penny even more after watching the last 5 minutes of this video

[@kazza6078]

Can't wait for a part 2 with her! She's funny!

[@phthalojohan]

I would watch a professional baker comment on all seasons of GBBO

[@bodyofhope]

Yes! And all the cooking reality shows!

[@benzaiten933]

to be fair GBBO are amateur bakers so naturally they're bound to make mistakes so I think it'd be very unfair to the contestants.

[@phthalojohan]

@@benzaiten933 oh that’s a good point.

[@kaworunagisa4009]

@@benzaiten933 Not necessarily. Penny wasn't unkind to Giuseppe and Crystelle. Giving valid criticism isn't the same as spewing abuse, and I'm sure at least Penny would definitely talk about what they got right, too.

[@lisawhite3742]

I love that she feels the same way I do about food fight scenes. They really are the worst.

[@PiyokoSuper]

Penny!! So great to see her here 🙌🙌🙌🥰🥰🥰

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

9:15 in the UK (and in Portugal) we do have both puff-pastry-based Pain au Chocolat AND traditionally shaped, flaky-crust croissants with chocolate filling.

[@McBobaa]

This must be the first Penny video where she didn't mention/use alcohol :D

[@afib4968]

Yay Penny!!! She is always great on 4 levels

[@Familylawgroup]

I never heard about Big Night. Now it is in my watch list. Thank you for sharing it.

[@justalittlebitmo]

Penny!!! Yay! I completely agree about food fight scenes 😘 maybe that's just because I'm usually the one doing cleanup. 😂

[@elizabeths4371]

Way Back in the day, I heard about BIG NIGHT via Siskel and Ebert's movie reviews re: "hidden gems". I rented it on VHS and I absolutely LOVED IT!- So glad you included it here. Secondo to Primo: " Make d' Pasta Make it! Make it! Make d Pasta"

[@wwaxwork]

I had 3 chefs in my family and grew up around a lot of other chefs. A chef we knew, snapped on night stormed into the dining room and abused a customer like this, all while carrying his chefs knife and threatening. He got into a LOT of trouble. When Chefs snap, they snap.

[@penname8441]

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[@cosmicgalaxystudio1539]

Why did he snapped? Tell us more 😂

[@MegaLancet]

"I wanna know who their dealer is" Hahahaha 🤣😂

[@chelseasmith2189]

I'm so glad you said that about the Bridesmaids solo cupcake... I always thought I wasn't a good enough baker because I couldn't do this (with reference just to this scene and film) but now I know it was unachievable all along!! 😅

[@rieskimo]

4 levels of cooking let me know this was going to be great.

[@Azninja889]

I love her breakdown of everything!!

[@chellybelle77]

I loved this so much! I was a pastry chef for over a decade and my partner hates watching movies with food scenes with me, cause i do this.

[@LindsayDaly]

This woman is ruthless in the best way hahah golden commentary, especially on the Hallmark stuff 💀

[@caylabala]

I love the way she talks, reminds me of Sandra Bullock in While you were Sleeping. Very comforting to me!

[@nandemone1787]

Fondant is pretty but it can make a cake dry or awkwardly moist that it felt wet rather than moist

[@russellejoice7532]

She had me at "Who's gonna clean all that up?"🤣🤣🤣

[@AdalizMColon]

OMG I love her! Bring her back. She was soooo great.

[@FlagCutie]

Great choice on your expert VF! Chef Penny is awesome!

[@helenad5859]

Penny is awesome. Glad to see her here.

[@chellinacell7450]

I've watched somewhat a quantity of these kinds of videos and she's the best one so far I have seen.

[@Risaala]

Cacao nibs have been popular in the Bay Area for about 20 years now and they are not that bitter. I really like them and could eat so so many!

[@joannawagoner8901]

i know nothing of baking but i saw Giuseppe baking the large cake and i was like o no dood why u doin that

[@challendobbs]

Love this chef. She reminds me of Rosie O’Donnell a bit. And I don’t mean that in a bad way, I love Rosie! Cool vid.

[@AirQuotes]

I was thinking that too.

[@zenagitana]

Yes! Her voice and accent are the same, just softer

[@mechadoggy]

Penny is so much better than Rosie O’Donnell

[@tairygreene8926]

Yes! Thank you for saying all the things I am usually thinking as a pastry chef. The scene in Bridesmaids made me irrationally upset. There’s enough ingredients there for at least a half dozen. And she used a liquid measuring cup for flour!! 😳