Chef vs Normals: GROCERY SHOP CHALLENGE | 3 Meals, 2 Portions, 1 Bag, 0 Waste

[@Chickenplague1]

Mikes: "f*** its the 14th!" had me howling, I think we've all had that moment where we realise we forgot an important date.

[@toni_go96]

Yesss I know right...

[@SheepdogSmokey]

I've forgotten my own birthday, though I am getting older.

[@lewismaddock1654]

How dare they forget Ebber's birthday?!

[@justjane2070]

We forgot 15th August was a bank holiday here in Bavaria. Husband went shopping to find all shops closed 😂

[@Flareontoast]

​@justjane2070 happened to me too, in Austria, last week. I went to the second store to find it closed and then remembered what day it was fhais

[@Getpojke]

I don't know what happened in Mike's head. But about two years ago something in his brain just seemed to click. Since then he's not only started thinking like a chef, but his imagination & balance in what he cooks has sky-rocketed.Maybe it was getting married & starting a family? Maybe just years of hanging around chefs - but he's become the more consistently good of the "normals".

[@toni_go96]

He got married almost 5 years ago so Idk if it's that. It could also be Kush joining the team and learning from someone with new experience.

[@Bartimusable]

If he now just stopped panicking and self doubting, he'd be truly beyond Jamie and Barry.

[@BuckRodgers3]

Yeah, the "HuttleStorm" is much less prominent now. Its nice seeing him more relaxed while cooking infront of the camera.

[@mslizwood]

@@toni_go96 Kush is such a great teacher that adjusts his style to make it click for others!!!

[@msfoodiediva]

​@@mslizwoodand the way kush explains stuff sounds so easy

[@thisintrovertknits]

Honestly there is nothing better than a 'it's my birthday' drop halfway through the day, excellent reaction Mike 😂

[@toni_go96]

I'm always so amazed by how ahead of the program y'all are. I mean Ben's birthday is in June. Y'all are shooting stuff 2 months ahead of releases. That's incredible 👏👏👏

[@SortedFood]

Yup, we had to be extra ahead as we were filming in the states for 2 weeks, plus the summer holiday too 😅

[@DieselHaven]

​@@SortedFoodlost and hungry?

[@friedsugar2701]

they probably filmed at least 3 to 4 months back, considering it takes time to edit as well

[@ButyoucancallmeKat]

@@SortedFoodreally proud of you that you guys plan so well not only for proper work schedules but also for everyone to have a holiday! That kind of treatment from a job is a myth here in America!

[@mslizwood]

You totes verified June for me. For a second I was 😮 that Ben and I have the same bday month! 😂

[@bettathnu316]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EBBERS!! don't feel bad lads we've all had our birthday forgotten/ forgot someones before. But you better have all taken him out for beers after this!

[@b_uppy]

Sorry I'm here on the belated side. Hope it went well.😊

[@krose6451]

The worse I did was a friend's. I knew her birthday was Wednesday, but after being sick I got confused. I went through the whole day thinking it was a tuesday and planning out how I would call her the next morning. 😢

[@RayneOfSalt]

I've forgotten my own birthday 6 years in a row now.

[@kateh7484]

Honestly the best part of Ben’s recipes is the small amount of dishes he uses.

[@mslizwood]

Seriously! Even at my best, I'd never imagine putting my hot pan on a scale to measure. 🤯

[@emanresu8968]

@@mslizwood Just don't do it if you have cheaper glass top scales, they will shatter.

[@SheenaMalfoy]

@@mslizwood If you're worried about the heat transfer, just put a cork hot pad on the scale and then put the pan on top of that. Gives loads of heat protection and you can still use the scales just fine.

[@Asak999]

@@SheenaMalfoy leave the protection over it, this way it considers as tare weight

[@SheenaMalfoy]

@@Asak999 ...Do your scales not have a tare button?

[@kellylaliberte548]

I'm not used to seeing calm Mike directing the action in the kitchen. Great job! All of the food looked good to me.

[@SortedFood]

Progress huh? Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790]

I would like to see the chefs go impromptu too Maybe get Ben to do this impromptu, and rhen then have Kush come in and show the sidekick meal, and maybe talk about how recipe development worked for this set and why it lead to different choices than the impromptu action

[@SortedFood]

Great idea! I'll pass you idea onto the team :) Hayley @ Team Sorted

[@adamrobinson6951]

Agreed. It's relatively easy to think of three recipes then reduce/modify them to a handful of fresh ingredients, but relatively difficult to see those ingredients and identify the planned dishes. An alternative would be to give the normals an hour of planning time. While this seems like a lot, they still have two major disadvantages over the chef. Firstly, they are cooking simultaneously and thus cannot identify which ingredients weren't used before starting other recipes. Secondly, they didn't pick the ingredients with a set of recipes in mind. Whilst this might sound less entertaining than watching them panic, it would allow Ebbers/Kush to be much more critical of the final dishes and of the process taken to get there. As viewers, we would learn not only how to cook but how to plan our cooking effectively.

[@apoxuponme9575]

And chaos ensues

[@aleksandra909]

I kinda like that they rarely go without any planning. Planning ahead is a skill. Chef dont rock up at work with no idea what their ingredients are. You order them in advance. Being spontaneous can be good in a kitchen (in professional kitchens thats often how staff food works and how specials often come about) but the whole idea (and a way to promote the app) is that planning ahead before you even get to the kitchen always gives better results!

[@Cleo-h3x]

Love to see the Sorted Chefs do some videos on dishes for different diet restrictions: i.e diabetic, coeliac, etc..

[@Saltalotl]

Yeah! I unfortunately had to stop using sidekick because I couldn't work around being coeliac, so one of these would be great!

[@kozhevnikov]

Tip: don't put a hot pan on the scales, it can mess up the sensor. Put a can (e.g. of tomatoes) and put the pan on top of it. It's very stable, it will isolate the heat while keeping the display visible, if the pan is large.

[@SheenaMalfoy]

A cork hot pad works a whole lot better and is way more stable lol.

[@cagla131]

I wanted to like ur comment but since my brain is a teenager boy I couldn't possibly ruin 69 likes = )

[@coolgirlzinuwu1615]

@@cagla131same!

[@thenovicenovelist]

Whenever you all do these types of episodes, Mike usually shines as a leader. He goes from being humble and a little overwhelmed when cooking on his own to taking charge as a team. Humble is good but sometimes he's too hard on himself in individual challenges.

[@BotloB]

What I love about this series is that we get 6 decent dishes from the same pack of ingredients, with a lot of inspiration, great hints and techniques. What else can we ask for?

[@SortedFood]

So glad you enjoyed the vid and gained a lot of tips from it too 😀

[@Vera-n7l2c]

I am shocked though, how relativly similar the recepies they come up with are each time, since spices are usually not added they could take ingridients to sooo many places, but mostly think in similar directions (comparing normal vs cooking team, not normal vs normal)

[@its-aydonus6842]

7:44 Mike said exactly what I was thinking the whole time, that is some of the best looking rice I have ever seen. Just visually you can see each individual grain separated from each other, no clumping, but all still look that perfect fluffy white that rice should be.

[@timothy8009]

I love these videos. They’re ultimately built around an ad for Sidekick, but done in a really clever and effective way, and still make great content, ad aside. A masterclass in ad integration done right!

[@its-aydonus6842]

Normally, I'd agree with you. However today, and maybe because it was his birthday, Ben was a bit of an arse about it. Very demanding in what the boys "should" have done, whilst following a recipe to an exact amount while talking about finding uses for the ingredients spontaneously throughout the week. It felt less like a lesson on how to make a creative dish, and more of a "I'm better, so shut up and do it my way".

[@icechiang]

Happy Belated Birthday! Thank you for the gift of your passion, joy, and skills. Hope you had a wonderful day!

[@AthynVixen]

Wow the growth here since i started watching the channel In the old days they would be trying to beat and scupper each other.. the team work is beautiful to see. You have trained them well Ebbers! BTW hope you had a Happy Birthday and Mike didn't work you too hard!🎂🍷

[@SortedFood]

Thanks for your lovely comment, there has indeed been a lot of progress! 😀

[@memoonazafar3679]

It’s more like pulao when you cook the rice and chicken together. It’s biryani when you boil the rice separately, cook the chicken, and then layer them together. Sending lots of love from Pakistan! Always measure your rice with a cup and use double the amount of water with the same cup-it’s the secret to perfectly fluffy grains, whether it’s biryani or pulao. And don’t forget to cook the rice in a big pot to give them plenty of space to fluff up!🥰

[@nachikethass1]

Not quite - some regional (Southern) variations do go without layering. You are right of course about the one-pot technique usually a Pulao, but variants like the Adyar biryani is usually mixed up in a pot before dum. One other all in one pot biryani is from the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, called either Ravuthar (Rowther) biryani or Coimbatore biriyani, though mutton (goat, actually) is the more prevalent meat. My major complaint with Ben's technique was that the pan was open!🤪

[@captainace1277]

​​​@@nachikethass1 While you are right, what Ben made is still a pulao simply cause it doesn't have most of the spices that make a biryani, this is more of a quick pulao which even I make when I'm lazy and it tastes great too.

[@nachikethass1]

@@captainace1277 Well he did say "cheat's biryani"! It's all semantics.

[@chuchuchuchia]

Love how quick Mike is to apologize and comfort ❤💪

[@GJHopkins88]

Let's Go! It's been ages since one of these has come about. Love these! Happy Birthday Ebbers 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@SortedFood]

Enjoy 😄

[@iwolfdk]

I have waited for this, now it's really Sunday and I can relax. Thanks guys.

[@SortedFood]

Happy Sunday, enjoy!

[@Michael_Brock]

Happy birthday ebbers.

[@iwolfdk]

@@SortedFood and happy Bday Ben🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@itarry4]

The normals have improved so much it's mad that badges idea took them all to another level not just skill but confidence. Loved it but please can we have more videos of the normals cooking it seems we get far lass than we used to and it's missed.

[@Getpojke]

Yup Barry is right. My go-to Indian carryout used to be a chicken or lamb dopiaza, which you had to pay extra for rice. But I started getting a lamb biriyani & it comes with a full size lamb in sauce "curry" & you don't pay for the rice effectively. (Being a typical "mean" Scotsman this was a revelation) 🍛🐑

[@SortedFood]

Great minds think alike!

[@OG-PranksterCat]

An Idea for the Grocery Bag series, have the boys go out and buy bag of groceries for a meal idea, and before the battle begins, Ben and Kush each rotate ingredients between their bags to make them improvise a new recipe on the fly

[@benjaminrude7698]

I like this idea.

[@JamesChurchill3]

Like each chef has a look at what they have in their own bag and has the opportunity to trade up to 3 ingredients, without the permission of the other chef. So if one chef is missing an ingredient, they can steal it from the other chef, or if they know what the other chef is going for, they can sabotage the recipe by stealing one critical ingredient.

[@freakklomp]

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[@OG-PranksterCat]

@@freakklomp thanks for the heads up

[@chris-vecchio]

As someone who is teaching myself how to cook at home, this is one of my favorite series. I often have a bunch of veggies and random stuff and need to think of what to make with it. Seeing their thought processes is SUPER helpful. Thank you! Edit: Ben hit the nail on the head around 1:40 into the video! :)

[@dararobinson6193]

Happy Birthday Ebbers! For my Mac & Cheese, I grate courgette into the sauce (inc smoked paprika, garlic, mustard and more plus 3 cheeses), then once it's all in the oven dish I add a head of cauliflower (or a bag of frozen cauliflower). Makes the m&c healthier, lighter and more we find nicer

[@Daveko35]

I clicked on this video just as I started making dinner and thought the ingredients seemed very familiar. I'm literally cooking a recipe from this pack right now!

[@mslizwood]

You're psychic!!!

[@keithdixon6595]

Barry's absolutely right about having a vegetable curry served with a chicken biryani in the UK. Here in France you get a sloppy dish as if the veg curry has been mixed into the chicken and rice before it's served, so you don't get the nice crispy bits of rice and chicken that you do in the UK. It's also less spicy, because the French typically don't like spiced-hot food.

[@anishmahajan1575]

Happy Birthday Ebbers!!!

[@brianyaeger8209]

Honestly, it sometimes doesn’t feel “fair” that the normals go into these challenges blind and then the chefs get to go in already knowing what’s in the bag and knowing what they are cooking I’d like to see this reversed, in that the normals shop and plans and then the chef is given the same bag and needs to go in blind

[@Luncheon23]

Recently discovered your channel and now I'm binging on the videos! Love your content!

[@SortedFood]

Welcome, great to have you here :)

[@garyp610]

love the videos guys and you can see from over the years now they really blend as a team instead of three normal guys they seem better planning on their feet and being able to work with what they have in front of them

[@SortedFood]

That's what you call progress huh?! 🙌

[@garyp610]

@@SortedFood the most progress i get is going from my nice sofa in the kitchen to the kettle haahah

[@seanmegan1278]

Happy birthday, Ebbers! This format is so lovely - for us to learn and be inspired - and for the birthday boy to show off his mad skills! Win win all around!

[@RumConspiracy]

Happy Birthday Ben! It was great seeing these recipes on the Today Show and again here where you got a bit more time to go over the recipe. Great episode everyone.

[@SortedFood]

Hey! Thank you.... and we're glad you got to catch the Today Show too :)

[@Kaenguruu]

Happy Birthday Ebbers! This channel is one of the only ones I consistently come back to, just so much laughter mixed with a good bit of competitiveness

[@MoonlightHorizon-ev7ev]

Happy birthday Ben, though it's been and gone already! You are a fantastic and awesome food presenter and host and member of the team, never forget it!

[@tommymarino1788]

I believe Josh from Mythical Kitchen would be a great guest star on Sorted. I know it would be difficult with the distance and scheduling, but i would love to see how the team would react to Josh's more "unhinged" cooking style and how well he repurposes food into a variety of meals. I think the team would learn quite a bit since they tend to stick to more "traditional" or "chefy" type meals. Also, i think it would be really interesting to see how Josh would do with Ben or Kush teaching him how to cook some high-level dish, inspired by how Josh tried recreating a difficult Japanese dish over 100 times to see if he could quickly learn in one of his videos. I don't know if this could ever be feasible, but I think all of their personalities would work together quite nicely, and that it would be quite entertaining to see how each side would react their different cooking styles.

[@ListenerMustard]

They already collaborated

[@CeridwenEdwards-mu2rw]

There are at least three collobaration videos with mythical kitchen. Many other collabs too some just with a single person from sorted such as Ebbers and Clickfortaz recently others featuring all of them. Might be a good idea for them to give links to the collabs on other channels in their community posts along with any other events they do such as tv appearances. That way people who only see Sorteds youtube channel who don't use social media sites can keep track of things better and not miss out. I don't use Facebook, twitter, instagram, reddit, tiktok etc... so i miss all kinds of things but i have no intention of ever using any of those social networks so just have to see what comes up by chance when it comes to their collaborations on other channels.

[@swissfoodie3542]

Oh wow, a challenge ! Great, I have been missing those. Thanks a lot for the amazing content, I love your channel !

[@pheflin526]

I’m a chef, and my friends (Normals) and I love watching these!

[@SortedFood]

Excellent 😆

[@ilovetrafficcones]

Ebbers?

[@AndersonErwinWare]

Ok but seriously I NEED to see the boys take a brake to go onto a cooking competition, the specific way they have been cooking on here for 14 years makes them uniquely trained to KICK ASS on something like master chef

[@jameslape8656]

You guys have really been making some great videos lately I don't know how to describe the difference but the flow and banter just feels more balanced and just nice and refreshing. Thanks for always making quality, entertaining, and educational videos. Also happy late birthday 🎈🎂🎈

[@Getpojke]

As both teams succumbed to the draw of macaroni & cheese, maybe it's time to introduce the Sorted world to a particular/peculiar Scottish delicacy? We like our pies up here in the cold North; the Scotch pie (mutton pie) is well known. But we also have the Macaroni & cheese pie. Macaroni & cheese ensconced in a hot water crust shell, with no top. Hand held, delightful eaten hot or cold. If you want to get fancy you can top with skirlie, haggis or black pudding. But I get a plain one with my grocery deliver every Friday as my weekly treat. Would love to see the Sorted team make their own version. 🥧

[@ishtara9470]

1:07 I was ready to agree with Barry's reaction to this borderline food blasphemy but then I remember that I did basically the same thing with ramen noodles - because I was out of white rice at the time. It tasted pretty good, the peanut sauce did everything it should do. Though if I can choose between the two I would definitely go with rice as my first choice 😅

[@dragonblast4062]

I always like the groceries shop challenge with all 3 of the normal it's so fun

[@Eric1236454879]

Love that birthday interaction. I love seeing them and they deserve to be rewatched over and over. It reminds of moments like when Barry said his potato dish tasted awful because he forgot he was being recorded XD

[@SheepdogSmokey]

First and foremost, HAPPY BIRTHDAY WAFTERS! (I had to.) Moving on, for now I'm flat broke, just door dashing to keep the few bills I have paid, but once I'm back to a job that allows it, I will be signing (back) up to Sidekick and (hopefully) impressing my family.

[@lachlansmith7398]

My twist with mac and cheese is a small handful of smoked cheddar. Gives a nice, round, smoky finish that is delightful with the garlic and black pepper!

[@charlespayne6983]

Happy belated birthday Ebbers!! The fact both sides did a chicken mac and cheese made me smile.

[@frozenpixie8801]

I finally downloaded Sidekick. I cook for myself and my 2-year old during the week, and I make a lot of very quick and simple stuff and am generally a decent cook, but I want to introduce more freshness and variety and waste less food. I am so excited to get started with some super simple but completely new recipes. Smokey tomato and halloumi rice tonight!

[@Getpojke]

First off, 🎂Happy Birthday Ben 🎂. Lang may yer lum reek. One of the best challenges in ages The boys did well but Ben knocked it out of the park with all three of his dishes.

[@SortedFood]

Thanks 👍

[@mpet483]

My favorite video format. Thanks Sorted team! And happy birthday Ben!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I’ve finally cracked the formula: Someone goes grocery shopping, the Normals are one step short of annihilation and then Ben goes into the kitchen and we drool over less over the food and more for his calm vibes. Happy Sunday, everyone!

[@mollymelena6104]

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎂🥂 The 14th was my cousin's birthday as well. Thank you so much for your passion, integrity and sincerity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👨‍🍳♥

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

Love to see the Sorted Chefs do some videos on dishes for different diet restrictions: i.e diabetic, coeliac, etc.

[@mslizwood]

Oooh, good point! When they did the 3 budgets/techniques and Mike tended to do the middle vegan one it gave me so much insight and education! Would love to see again!

[@momma636]

I am a diabetic and I can eat whatever I like. I just cut back on the carbs. And I cook from scratch every day.

[@clarissagafoor5222]

This is so useful. It's great to see what normals/us would do with those ingredients - then have Ben give a master class on how to do an even quicker meal.

[@idontusetwitter]

Mike performed really well in this task.

[@rebeccametcalf4448]

These are some of my favorite videos, love watching Ebbers show off 🎉 happy belated birthday Ben!

[@alexdoyle9324]

My favourite time on a Sunday!!

[@TheCatWitch63]

I have to try all of these six dishes (or five, lol, with mac and cheese done twice). That cheat biryani chicken seems so easy and delicious, and Ben’s mac and cheese looks very tasty and comforting. I would make smaller croutons sprinkled with garlic powder and parmigiano regiano, and would also mix some broccoli, to make it a more balanced and healthier dish, but I love its simplicity and easiness. By the way, happy belated birthday, Ben. I’ve been told your birthday was two months ago, and I hope you had a nice time, celebrating with your favorite wine, food and people.

[@santiagoperez5431]

I'm laughing so hard from Barry's sigh at the start with what Jamie said! 😂😭🤣

[@mread8230]

I was very happy to hear a bit of old school sorted sounds thrown into the audio

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Today's my mom's Birthday! She's a huge fan of you guys! Shell love this🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nikwalters1029]

Aww, happy birthday Daniel's mom!

[@ButyoucancallmeKat]

Aw Happy Birthday to your mom!!!

[@mslizwood]

Happy birthday to your mom!!!!

[@mariajosefin]

These are my favorie videos you make (beside pass it on of course), always get so many tips and ideas for everyday cooking!

[@Wally2011]

Happy Birthday Ben!! Today (18th) is my birthday! Thanks for the video!!

[@toni_go96]

Happy Birthday

[@Wally2011]

@@toni_go96 Thank you!

[@CarlosPerez-qq5cy]

Always enjoy this format. Feliz cumpleanos Ben!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@christophergordon6022]

This is my favorite format. Do it with "normals", then the chefs.

[@shaylaster1607]

Happy birthday Ebbers!!! You’re my favorite!!! Wish you many more!!!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

0:35 Mike is so fabulous he could pull it off as couture

[@beagarbo815]

Very Balenziaga of him

[@vielkeks]

Guys I really love you and following the channel since 2014, I would love to see more vegetarian or vegan recipes, especially in the grocery shop challenge. Could this be possible?

[@CUFC247]

I am with Barry, Biryani is my go to Indian order as it comes with a vegetable curry, like geting getting value for my money.

[@SortedFood]

Definitely great value 😋

[@thejacksoncorvus]

I love hearing "sorted" at the end of a recipe video. brings me back

[@chrisgee5367]

Please do this again but with one normal at a time, so it’s more like three separate nights… see if the first two stitch the last normal up by just leaving the awkward items

[@boyantrifonov]

Happy Birthday Ben! Boyan from Bulgaria! 🇧🇬

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Me and my family are huge fans guys! Never miss a video 😊😊😊😊

[@SortedFood]

Great to have you here Daniel and family!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

@@SortedFood np guys 🔥🔥🔥

[@Graciesmom-gp5ng]

@@SortedFoodwho answers the comments on here?

[@maromania7]

@@Graciesmom-gp5ng You can set it up so multiple people can access the account for different purposes. Sometimes it's one of the lads, often it's one of the behind the scenes crew.

[@betsystone5733]

Happy birthday, Ben! My favorite chef on Sorted.

[@Getpojke]

Oh do love a challenge video 😁

[@SortedFood]

Happy Sunday :)

[@monicasantos2216]

Happy very Belated Birthday Ben!! Sending you wishes for a joyful, successful, healthy, and adventurous year!

[@IluvBBQing]

I would like to see more how to use leftovers. Especially BBQ and outdoor grilled foods. It is summer.

[@SortedFood]

Noted! 😀

[@ShimaKage-]

Another great video! Happy Birthday Ebbers!🎆🥳

[@LeanneLeroy-ou7ob]

Can't wait for the next one!

[@freakklomp]

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[@Loosay]

Happy Birthday Ebbers! Hope the lads bought you a few bevvies! On topic of these videos, I love them, you guys really help with working out what can be done with minimal ingredients that make a big impact!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE this Challenge! More chaos!

[@toni_go96]

It's so great how the guys have started thinking more in terms of what would Sidekick do... They've started to atleast think of a plan. I'd love to see this as Kush vs Ben... with Ben not knowing the ingredients in the bag and freestyling it. Then Kush coming in and showing what the food team would create. Would Ben still have the same swagger (as Barry put it)?

[@jonaswestman1245]

Soon time for a grocery bag marathon i reckon (unless that already exist i cant remember)

[@girlwthehennessy6331]

A thing that I learnt for myself is always to weigh my rice or noodles, because I can't usually eat the "80g of pasta for a person". So it's easier to adjust to what I feel like and even if I double it I can make sure I'll definitely eat that portion in the next days.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

21:19 Pluggy Plug Plug Plug Wow for the Cluck Cluck

[@stinaintx]

I’ve used the cluck, cluck meal pack in the last month! Love it!

[@markevans9188]

I love these. Making Ebbers work on his birthday! you slavedrivers!

[@toni_go96]

Is it better than leaving him alone in a bar while they make a sweet quiche for him 😂😂😂

[@yiqingtan4079]

Happy belated birthday Ebbers. Love your content, your explanations made easy, your wonderful heart for your team and the passion for food and cooking that is such a delight. ❤❤❤ Thank you for what you do and for being you.

[@Anna_TravelsByRail]

Would love to see this format but vegetarian dishes only. I don’t think you’ve done that one yet and I can imagine the normals will struggle with that one a bit more. 😉

[@knight3984]

What Barry said about a Biriyani coming with curry sause is correct because alot of places will serve it with a vegetable curry along with it so it can normally fill a very hungry person or split between 2 people who have eaten Poppadoms, some starters and maybe a few drinks.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

From Mike wanting to burn Jamie’s polyester tie to sharing ingredients in a pragmatic way, we all grew up.

[@joe8695]

I'll never understand why the interesting part of this format, the boys trying to come up with meal ideas off the cuff, is the shortest segment, while the Sidekick advert with Ben cooking already tested recipes takes up twice as much of the video. I want to see more of the normals cooking, something it seems like we're seeing less and less of lately.

[@TheTorbjoern]

Its been brought up before that this feels sort of like a "punching down" segment. It would have a different feel if it was the chef cooking with unknown quantities of unknown ingredients, to fit a certain criteria, and the normals cooking known recipes with known quantities and known ingredients.

[@Graciesmom-gp5ng]

Agreed. This has become a 20 minute ad, with 2 minute of ‘content’

[@Morgannin]

I feel like it's partly because they just didn't have the chaos this time around. Normally there's a lot more bickering and shouting, but they all just agreed with each other this time. Personally I do find the Chef segment more inspiring. It's given me some good ideas on how to up-cycle leftovers that I just happened to have. Obviously it's just an elaborate pitch for the Sidekick app, but Ben does explain the mentality behind the particular packs most of the time.

[@Oururbanhomestead1966]

100 per cent agree. Ben talks way too much and is a bit boring and a "know it all". Need longer segments of the 3 boys cooking

[@LocIsBac]

Willing to bet the app pays for the video to be made, though I have no access to their analytics. So perhaps the solution is to make these videos slightly longer with more of the boys entertainment and the advert-y part interspersed earlier. Dish one, dish two, dish three style

[@MrEhole]

Thank you for making this a lovely Sunday.

[@fabe61]

Such a good format - good content for us, good plug for you guys

[@safiremorningstar]

Nice to see the three dudes working it makes a great change to what they were doing before.

[@sassygamers]

Happy Birthday, Ebbers! The world is better with you in it!

[@ksmarks73]

Happy Birthday Ben! Hope you had a wonderful day and the boys took you out for a well deserved drink! Great job on the three dishes 😊

[@marsdiep1976]

Happy birthday, Ben! All the best wishes!

[@juniperrb]

Mike really was a great leader in this video. Love him❤

[@alexapowers573]

Really liked seeing dishes that only need one pan and a cutting board! And of course, happy birthday Ebbers!