The Perfect Omelette | Pierre Koffmann

Pierre Koffmann left his native Tarbes, France in the 1970s to work with Michel and Albert Roux at London’s Le Gavroche and, later, their Waterside Inn in Bray. In 1977, he opened his first restaurant in London, La Tante Claire, which earned three Michelin stars. Koffman was an early pioneer in celebrating offal, and chefs Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White, and Marcus Wareing all passed through his kitchen.
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[@napoleonbonaparte7686]

this butter needs more omelette,monsieur

[@subratanandi5804]

Looking at an experienced chef nervous on stage made my heart lighter.

[@dojufitz]

Next ....he boils water......the crowd is astounded when it starts rolling.....AMAZING!!!

[@mcrayfourd]

need more butter

[@francescomontagna4567]

mcrayfourd pierr ma e cosi che si fa

[@x.k.b.w.6716]

You should see the reaction I get from my mama when I put that amount of butter on my omelette.

[@HotVoodooWitch]

I'm going to hazard a guess it's the same as my friends' when I teach them how to make omelettes. Interestingly, they don't complain while eating them.

[@georgemorley1029]

Everybody is thinking about what he is making and nobody is thinking about how he has done it. The simplest dish done perfectly is infinitely superior to the most complicated dish which has gone wrong.

[@funkymunky]

Ziz omelette iz parfait, Mister Koffmann, but youh forget ze moste important ingrédient: moar butthur.

[@TehStupidBish]

+funky munky this comment nearly made me spit out my coffee :P! Don't hete on ze butthur hehehe

[@firouzkarim7842]

I'll try that it looks good.

[@matthewrosso8569]

What’s the brand on those bowls?

[@KooKKoZ]

can i order the butter with eggs please?

[@Del-pp3gn]

Chef Koffmann.....comedy genius...and genius chef....superb

[@dave-se9zl]

Comedy genius???? he's got an audience of sycophants who would clap him if he collapsed with a coronary, he may be a great chef but he ain't no Peter Kay.....

[@Del-pp3gn]

@dave.......😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭Peter Kay.....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@xRubberNinjax]

gently poached in butter

[@MrBeatboxmasta]

In a French academy, he would fail because his omelet had color. That's what I hate about academies. One spot will fail you for having color, while another spot would tell you it's more appetizing when there's color. When it's something as subjective as how someone like their eggs, you should give the students leeway.

[@HotVoodooWitch]

I disagree. Master the technique, then riff on it if you wish.

[@bertRaven1]

@@HotVoodooWitch but the techniques are different and equally valid. I don't think the answer is leeway but instead a clear direction of what the customer/examiner wants

[@brucatomassimo5816]

Sei uno dei più grandi Cuochi al mondo.....Maestro.

[@joachimrichter4765]

Which gas stove is this?

[@TheJakesinthehouse]

haha. well thats the 'french' technique to make an omelette to salt befor and stir once it hits the pam. let set. and then tri-fold. i think he did a good job, besides the folding part and the fact that typical french omelettes have no color... but i like how its his omelette! he made it the way he likes it. i respect that

[@jahblessone]

A country French omelette would have some color. Depends on which variation you go for. Cheers.

[@RizwanKhan_99]

Even experts and professionals fail sometimes. So what??

[@JonnyParker-]

Albert Roux would be kicking off with that , he strictly says "no colour" on your omelette.

[@ericpmoss]

His brother, on the other hand... :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpile41sms98gJI

[@Ricky-bl7yz]

@@ericpmoss well! Michel Roux Jr. did say that his dad and uncle loved each other but if you put them in the same room alone, there would be sparks coming out immediately 😂 RIP chefs

[@FLMKane]

That's a personal preference issue

[@rsb8380]

Yeah French style is meant to be no colour but Koffmann was always a bit of an innovator and did things his own way. Some of his dishes are hugely influential and you see them in fine dining regularly now; baked pigs trotters, pistachio soufflé, cuttlefish bolognese etc. I don’t think this video does him justice to what an incredible and influential chef he was back in his day

[@firouzkarim7842]

Why does the audience applauds each time he adds butter?

[@JG-fv9bv]

Now i know where James Martin got his love of butter from

[@Molloy1951]

I’ve never met a French who meant to speak English without French accent. The two nations rivalry and the French pride are too great to allow it, I guess. *ps: Pierre Koffmann has been living in England for more than 30 years and still speaks like that 😂

[@CuisineArt]

great french omelete really runy :O

[@baker2151]

Interesting how he cooks eggs completely different from Gordon Ramsay. Gordon puts a lot of olive oil and season the eggs at the very end.

[@popaandrei4422]

That's for scrambled eggs, and he is using butter and cream not olive oil on that

[@alvinluu4169]

All these comments saying that they can do it just because it's eggs and butter don't get it. Optimal medium heat and the non-stop moving of the eggs and the beginning stages of it are steps people tend to over look. It's the why and how in the cooking, and not just the materialism that chefs strive for.

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

+Alvin Luu I just made this and paid close attention. Watched the video four times, and it's the best omelette I have ever eaten. And I've done the Gordon Ramsay scrambled eggs for years and they don't get this good. I had a few aha-moments during this.

[@Bhosadilal]

That butter needed more eggs.

[@natpjohsnon]

What? The dude just made a plain omelet.

[@annonymousvector1690]

+Nathaniel Johnson It kinda looks worse than a plain omelet :I

[@JenkyBoom]

+Nathaniel Johnson what should he have cooked? totinos pizza rolls?

[@natpjohsnon]

JenkyBoom They honestly would have been less bland than that omelet. I'm saying that it's surprisingly nothing to make the "perfect Omelet" apparently. This is how most people make omelets.

[@JenkyBoom]

it is the perfect omelet. if you can master this; you can make whatever you want. think about it.

[@TehFabled]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6aYq3p-n7eUg9E this japanese chef makes a much more visually appealing omelette with the same concept as the one shown in the video. The omelette cooked in the video above looks like yellow shit

[@jellydee123]

Jelly

[@peasoup2980]

The ease of perfection.

[@racheldolezal5039]

You gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette!

[@Glee73]

always interesting to see "experts" comment negatively about someone who has achieved greatness in the culinary world or any other profession. sure, everyone has a right to an opinion, but at least be smart about them.

[@RYN988]

- adds butter - CLAPPING

[@Imersindo]

Cuando todavía habian franceses netos.

[@drstit]

A master chef can easily embarrass himself in front of the audience.

[@siddheshpoojari9666]

😊

[@65akk]

Butter with eggs

[@dfDSFAFASDFA]

when in doubt.... add some butter!

[@TROLLSPAM666]

Its butter with some bit of eggs on the side.

[@TonyNque]

Looks like somebody forgot to pay the gas bill - he tried to turn the heat up and nothing happened - he did NOT bitch ! he just got on with it .... Class act !

[@mandiola2010]

Good, but Jacques Pepin is the real master.

[@lomoo1378]

If there was no Pierre koffman there would be no Marco Pierre white or Gordon Ramsey.

[@cristianoansome]

Big time.

[@kait2972]

Pepin couldn't suck the balls of koffmann

[@markyochoa]

@@lomoo1378 Did Ramsey study under Koffman? I don't think he did.... but I know that out of anyone Marco respects Koffman the most and probably tried to teach what he learned from Koffman's kitchen... except for a quiet kitchen lol.

[@MrAhuraMazda]

@@kait2972 dont kid yourself. Pepin is a French master who is very much a product of Escoffier's France. He could easily worked or ran a 3 star Michelin kitchen if that was the type of thing popular in his era. The guy wrote the seminal book on technique. Jacques Pepin is below no one, other than maybe Escoffier himself. Anything Koffman can do or teach, so could Pepin. That is not anywhere close to true about other "celebrity chefs" but Jacques Pepin is no ordinary celebrity chef. And there are thousands of chefs who would agree with me of Pepin's skill including Anthony Bourdain and Thomas Keller.

[@bcralin1]

I don't know if this is a joke or him really making an omelet, but that's not how I would do it.

[@saq546]

A stick of butter, and three or more eggs a day keep the doctor away :)

[@HotVoodooWitch]

A little too much color for me--I don't like any browning on mine (i.e. he'd think they're unappetizing).

[@MellowMiddle]

jacques pepin and all the chickens of this planet are gona sue this man

[@OZZ___]

I bet it tastes more like butter than egg

[@12Mojo]

What on Earth is he cooking it on? A Bunsen burner from a chemistry class..fuck me

[@dinomexicano5946]

More butter for me please

[@seanweaver14]

Interesting that he seasons before where marco and gordon both said not to add salt before hand

[@chuck430]

i saw gordon say that once when making scrambled eggs but i believe in a french omelet you want that salt to break and separate the egg yolks

[@ericmack9593]

Ask 100 chefs how to do something and you will get 100 answers.

[@canucks9220]

that's scrambled eggs, this is an omelet u cant salt and pepper an omelet after cooking lol

[@nixontanlacambra3171]

marco trained under pierre kaufman so as a disciple he'd rather do things his way than the way his mentor taught him just like other chefs that graduated at their own courses

[@Garh52]

U don't question legends .

[@JaffaHeckle]

Clapping an omelette.

[@keki4578]

Why were they laughing randomly, and clapping that hard for an omelette

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

Omelettes are great food!

[@TurdFerguson7]

why did they clap when he put butter in the pan?

[@gardenvarietypenis]

+Heisenberg what he said...and they're just happy to be out of the house.

[@hunclemike]

+Glen MacPherson Really? That validated ANYONE????? I guess there are a lot of pathetic people out there.

[@MetalizedButt]

cos butter makes everything better. It’s a binding agent, adds flavor, adds richness, very very important in cooking.

[@Italopatino]

The french are known for putting a stupid amount of butter in their dishes. By doing so, he just proved the stereotype right and maybe this is why people laughed.

[@markyochoa]

It's just something that seems amusing.... There's butter already in the pan?... fuck it why not lets put more butter in the pan.... the omelette is almost ready to be plated?.... FUCK IT MORE BUTTER!!! ...

[@henkestenke]

Legend.

[@penguin0101]

Felt like he was just wignin it

[@benholdaway5335]

Would you like a side of omelet with that butter

[@electrowavez1680]

This guy love butter lol

[@RizwanKhan_99]

Flame heat is too too low

[@jackd9928]

All the comments saying this isn't a proper omelette. It is a proper omelette cooked by a professional chef. The household way to cook an omelette tends not to be the same.

[@SwissMarksman]

What's next? Regular citizens critizising Michael Schumacher on how to drive properly?

[@JenkyBoom]

or regular citizens criticizing president obama on how to negotiate a nuclear deal?

[@bleuet3897]

or immigrants criticizing trump on how to build a wall?

[@Disinf3ctant]

or white people telling japanese people how to make tentacle porn?

[@IkilledColMustard]

or some whale sitting at home criticizing Usain Bolt on how to run fast

[@leefedz1087]

That's a fried heart attack

[@saq546]

Nonsense! Please see Dr Joel Wallach and Dr Eric Berg.

[@lurra8017]

Modified solid vegetal oils are the real heart attack;

[@michaelgonzales8186]

No problem poopin it out

[@timothywigmore952]

The crowd payed a fortune to watch him make an omelette!!! Amazing!! Genius!!!

[@MasterofPlay7]

more butter? that's going give me a heart attack

[@jeanpiernolasco]

Jajajaja

[@flappospammo]

he's no fanny craddock

[@jeremytang5116]

For that amount of calories I'd be better off having fried chicken

[@lurra8017]

It’s not all about calories!

[@nelolechef9901]

why the audience is fucking applauds!?!?!?!

[@hartmutthomas989]

wenn sie ein bißchen Kurkuma Pulver hinzufügen haben sie wenigstens etwas Colour ohne den Geschmack zu beeinflussen

[@saa82vik]

The over the top reaction of the crowd to something absolutely normal and almost bland is the epitome of cringe.

[@npdoughty1405]

Wait, wasn't this a joke? I was certain he was taking the piss right up until the end when he plated up. Is this shit actually serious?

[@Human_2.0]

How to cook French food? just cook with your own food and add a truckload of butter to it en Volia! It's french!

[@MrSantiagoandDunbar]

a lot of these comments are so ridiculously negative. its just some fucking eggs guys.

[@dmblum1]

Go to Jacques Pepin for your omelette videos.

[@francoiseperlaux2458]

Je parle Anglais comme en France... Like an omelette.. Du Sud... Not enough butter, chef ??? Are you coming from Normandy ?

[@paulinelambert7780]

would you like some eggs with your butter?

[@SinaKhaniOfficial]

i only see one diego simeone and three klopp chicken in this vid. f* omOlet

[@panathasg13]

all of you in the comments sectors must open restaurants....

[@ZiloBalo]

Jacques Pepin makes a better omelette , Jacques is a genius

[@spwicks1980]

Depends really. I prefer mine coloured slightly and just set, as did Michel Roux. His brother Albert would never dream of eating a coloured omelette. What is right is subjective to the eater's palette.

[@jamesmorris911]

Are you kidding me?

[@johnpotter9531]

Not so perfect just ok. Read Julia child’s French cookbook for the really perfect omelet -bonn appetite !

[@bertoman1990]

4:20 it was at that moment he knew he screwed up

[@robertrjsaa]

thats scrambled eggs let eggs set first.. i think then flip... no colour... soft fluffy nice.... i think... sorry..

[@philinspain65]

au contraire, correct method is to bring the cooked egg at the outside into the centre and let the uncooked egg flow out to the edge to ensure even cooking... colour is a personal choice but it should be yellow, not singed brown

[@petermills542]

robertrjsaa. No ! do not 'set' eggs first ! He is not making some kind of pancake !

[@davidjohnmahoney1520]

Wish I was given an applause for making an undercooked greasy omelette 😂

[@LK25278]

If anything this is overcooked, i feel sorry for your dry ass omelettes

[@StevieD-yh6bj]

​@@LK25278sorry, not everyone enjoys being food poisoned

[@FLMKane]

​@@StevieD-yh6bjbet you also eat well done steak

[@StevieD-yh6bj]

@@FLMKane yup anymore questions

[@shanepasha6501]

Sloppy looking Omelet. He cooked it the classical French way, then finished by browning it, the French Country way.

[@bearstearn3]

david kinch makes a better omelette

[@cheftuan]

bearstearn3 japanese are best at it..so hardcore

[@michaelc.6306]

They applaud for that?

[@redhawksgaming]

It's Koffman, he is from the same age as Albert roux, Marco pierre white & Raymond Blanc. He has nothing to prove, and he was just doing is simply so anyone can do it

[@SwissMarksman]

@@redhawksgaming True that

[@chrismlone]

Really hope they didn't pay money to watch a guy make a half-assed omelette.

[@mustangguy6242]

I know... The title of this video is what brought me here. They could have entitled it to grandpa makes a bunch of people happy by adding too much butter to an egg.

[@me32181]

Hello cholesterol...

[@beforedawn1131]

God that crowd SUCKS

[@charlesflouvat1829]

Omelette for 30 pence?

[@TSimo113]

I like butter as much as the next person, but that was a bit ridiculous. A very bad attempt. No chopped herbs, horrible plate presentation, not the best pan to use, too much butter, seems he could not decide between whether to make a classic French Omelette or a Country omelette so he did a little of both. D minus.

[@subsonic9854]

That omelette has more fat in it than a small cake.

[@Ren-ITe]

Is this a parody video? Sure looks like it with all that butter and the clumsiness.

[@Sean-ce1hu]

Sycophantic audience

[@thecsm]

Wtf

[@EraChanZ]

Butter is great, it can add a lot of flavor... Heck, it can even be healthy in lower quantities... but this omelette is drowning in butter/fat; it does not look apetizing, and it's no longer healthy. Disgusting. Perfect omelette? what a joke X_X

[@hansolo9818]

That's the shittiest French omelet I have ever seen.

[@elricImmortal666]

βάλε λιγο βουτυρο όμως..

[@phroney]

Wow, the arrogance found in many of these comments only shows how many of you have no idea how hard it is to cook eggs correctly.

[@Tridentus]

This guy is meant to be an incredible world class cook, which I completely respect- but I'm not blinded by that to the fact that this omelette is completely average and if you are impressed by it you are a poor cook.

[@G_Ellis606]

Gross...butter with a bit of eggs...

[@streetfootball81]

No

[@starryknight3226]

He's a master. But with that being said, that is not a good-looking omelette.

[@2bored4life]

Perfect fail