ULTIMATE AIR FRYER BATTLE | Sorted Food

[@hanasyslova6676]

Kush looking positively knackered and like he hasn't slept in a few days saying "I'm a father now, I've warmed up a bit." is just perfect 😂

[@SortedFood]

#JusticeForMike?!?!😬

[@Scorpodael]

Hi, Mike.

[@Zelmel]

100% #JusticeForMike. Been watching for well over a decade at this point, and Mike needs to have more confidence about his skills! He routinely pulls off things that are absolutely creative, high-skill, and just bonkers and has really stopped playing safe in the last few years.

[@nbarnes6225]

It's pretty clear from the comments that Ben owes Mike a substantial apology. #JusticeForMike

[@maromania7]

As with most episodes. Even when he wins I scream for justice in his own eyes, man has no self confidence!

[@aytas23]

Mike always seems to get shafted...#JusticeForMike!

[@toscirafanshaw9735]

Awwww, poor Mike. They all did great, but doing a baked Alaska in an air fryer is CRAZY. He'd have been my winner.

[@14rs2]

Most of Barry’s flavours came out of a jar

[@noangelthis]

@@14rs2 Exactly! I've rewatched this thrice now and can't understand what was so impressive about Barry's items that beats an air- fryer Baked Alaska! Came down here to see if anyone else was bugged by Barry using so many items straight out of the jar as major components of his finished items! There was so much technique and culinary skill that went into Jamie and Mike's dish! I feel about as gutted as poor Mike looked. He deserved second place, at least! I'm tired of Barry getting so much leniency.

[@kellebelle]

I'm stunned that Mike and Jamie made each of those items in an air fryer! I'm now thinking about making a mini beef Welly this week! And Mike's amazing baked Alaska!

[@tigrezangel]

Absolutely agree.

[@mikecooper2566]

Ebbers was the judge.Barry would have to really mess the dish up for Ebbers to put the seafood dish in last place.

[@NBaumer222]

As a trained pastry chef, making a Baked Alaska in an air fryer is absolutely insane. The fact that Mike pulled it off is an automatic win in my book. Just saying.

[@YaaLFH]

He did both the sugar syrup and sponge in the air fryer and lost to Barry who just slapped jarred sauces on pieces of fish and overcooked the prawns.

[@traceymagee]

I agree

[@LoFiAxolotl]

Honestly.... all 3 won today.... this was just absolutely impressive and i'm stunned

[@tigrezangel]

But Mike deserved first place.

[@Specifically_Me]

thats exactly how i feel.. all 3 won.

[@cheekiestgore1634]

Agreed they all did amazing this challenge was so much fun

[@fenix849]

@@tigrezangel Disagree, he should have been 2nd, Beef Welly in an AF in an hour is unheard of. It's hard to tell from video alone but Mikes sponge still didn't look completely cooked, that might have been a factor.

[@Sophie703]

Agree - I don’t think they’re normal anymore. Well done lads!

[@rconary]

I would have gone Mike, Jamie, and then Barry. What Mike accomplished was nothing short of a miracle, only closely rivaled by Jamie.

[@idcanymoreitsalldullandgrey]

Mike’s creativity is outstanding! I could never imagine you could do that in the air fryer

[@willcad]

Apart from Jamie Oliver did one in an airfryer a few weeks ago on his Channel 4 airfryer series!

[@idcanymoreitsalldullandgrey]

@@willcad we don't have channel 4 in Ukraine :)

[@dcus55]

Mike does the most creative thing he can think of, and then loses to quantity and meat. It’s a Sorted tradition.

[@bhojani13]

Right?!?! And then Mike doubts himself sometimes, we all do, and I see this adding to that. He’s amazing and doesn’t get the recognition. I think everyone just expects Barry to do less well and when he does amazing he wins. And Jamie kinda follows his specific path, he does an awesome job, no shade, I just don’t think he is quite as creative as the others most of the time

[@jasonh9383]

Its in the playbook as a specialty

[@Smithy250]

Mikes wasn’t very creative. Pretty basic dish, just different. Jamie’s was actually a new take on a classic

[@demo2823]

​​​@@Smithy250 But this is a challenge about pushing the limits of the air fryer. In those terms, a baked alaska is nearly unfathomable. Meat, pastry, mushroom and veg are all air fryer staples.

[@kylethekidable]

​@@demo2823ehh the thing is, I honestly wouldn't be crazy shocked to hear a baked Alaska works in a GOOD air fryer. As ben touched on, air dryers are hailed as this newer kitchen gadget that makes things more accessible and easy, but looking at how they work it really and truly is just a miniaturized oven, so what works in the oven shouldn't have an issue working in that so long as temp regulation is consistent. But making and reducing a sauce inside the tray? That's kind of crazy

[@jenniferedwards1752]

Should have been Mike. Baked Alaska in an air fryer?!?! The idea alone deserves to win.

[@TheMooseFromTheRoom]

Yeah, but still, one of the elements he didnt do himself. If he had done the icecream, for sure he should have won.

[@kellebelle]

I just love how it was typical Mike. "How did you do it?" "I don't know!" "Can you do it again?" "I don't know!!"

[@Amaz1ng3gg]

I wouldn't even think of the concept of making a cake in a air fryer, let alone a baked alaska.

[@YaaLFH]

@@TheMooseFromTheRoom Jamie didn't make the pastry either. Barry didn't make any of his sauces.

[@YaaLFH]

@@nottsoserious Jamie's pastry was premade.

[@ChelseaFCallday2]

I always respect the hell out of Mike in these battles because he always does something crazy and bold, regardless of his confidence levels

[@louisesalg7762]

Justice for Mike! he was clearly the winner. making a baked Alaska in an air fryer?! That is bloody impressive and something one would not easily think of easily. Second is Jamie because that too was very impressive. Last place goes to Berry, not for lack of effort or anything, but simply in comparison to those incredible achievements of the other two.

[@OpusCulo13666]

As much as I respect Ben in our industry I do not agree here. Barry's seafood tapas really was just using an air fryer as an air fryer to cook things. The other two boys went the extra mile. Both are very technical dishes that had a lot of moving parts. A baked Alaska that survives hot studio lights, pictures, and then still being ready for service is no mean feat. Mike should be proud as that is a victory on its own. For that it should be first place. The wellie was a little under done for my liking. I saw no real border on the meat as it was very rare. Very good effort but second place.

[@XxwolfixX]

A welli is usually seared and done in an oven. An airfrier is an oven. The searing part was not so great but covered by the pastry. Barry did the searing part on the tuna (and maybe the scampies) too, but had nothing to cover it. Mikes dish is also mostly made in an oven. The tricky part was the browning of the mirange, and its lucky it worked out. But Barry making 7 dishes at once outdid himself. The dishes were also quite diverse snd used different technics (frieing in oil, cooking in sauce, searing, baking). The creative part alone, thinking of 7 dishes and fitting it into a narrow timeslot and airfrier. Yeah the other dishes were great, but you are not doing Barry justice. Thats cheff level.

[@susanarnold731]

All the dishes were impressive but Mikes was out of the box. He has my vote Jamie second and barry third.

[@allenc7315]

@@XxwolfixX That's a fair point, Barry did great with time management and multitasking to get seven 'dishes' out, but the majority of what he did was already done for him. The sauces all came from jars, and the fish were already prepared. All he did was plating and heating through. The other two actually had to prep or make from scratch and bake/fry most of what they ended up presenting. For that, Mike and Jamie both take the win.

[@alexsis1778]

@@XxwolfixX Thinking of 7 dishes is really not that hard. Just go look at the seafood menu of a restaurant. None of his dishes were at all complicated. It was literally just slap together a few ingredients from a jar and cook. Sure there's time management required and some basic sense of how long to cook things, but i think given a bit more time its something almost any home cook could manage with some googling without too much trouble. Baked Alaska in an air fryer is something that no home cook is going to even attempt to do.

[@eringobraugh1]

Most creative use of an air fryer is definitely Mike. Most bang for the hour, Barry by far. Most fusion, Jamie. All three were super impressive! It's so much fun watching long-time friends fiercely competing against each other, excelling & being supportive of each other. I hope my sons have friends like you all.

[@clusterbungle]

Can't believe Mike didn't win this one, even more stunned that he came last??! Behind pre made jars of stuff dumped on fish??? The guy successfully made a baked Alaska in a freaking air fryer, that's incredible!! #justiceformike

[@lokithecat7225]

For an Air Fryer Battle the person that uses the AF the worst, or least creatively, should lose. Getting second for "Good ingredients" with simple pairings might have made sense in a generic challenge, but the Alaska was a much more impressive use of the AF.

[@vatsan2483]

100% agree with you on this!! Its not best food, it should be for best use of AIR-FRYER!!! Worst part is just pairing pre-bought ingredients and so call flavor bombs lol!!

[@userhjajajaj-pf3ov]

@vatsan2483 didn't Mike also use premade ingredients?

[@14rs2]

Most of what Barry had with flavour came out of a jar as well

[@lokithecat7225]

@@userhjajajaj-pf3ov The Ice Cream? Sure, but the "Alaskan AF" impressiveness wasn't "Ice Cream goes well with Sponge", it was "you cooked a bloody Alaskan in an AF?"

[@sebastianeck4296]

@@userhjajajaj-pf3ov Yeah but Mike utilized some really impressive cooking techniques. Barry basically threw some expensive ingredients together.

[@AneS-vq4zp]

Justice for Mike! Not just this time, either. He challenges himself to think outside the box and tries new dishes and ways of doing them. He keeps to the task and brief at hand. And he nails them.

[@darthplagueis13]

Gotta give props to Mike for having the most absolutely screaming mad idea out of the bunch. But then again, getting a wellie to a perfect medium using only an air fryer is crazy impressive.

[@maih600]

Getting a wellie to perfect medium is impressive, doing it in an air fryer without having rested the beef before cooking to bring the centre up to room is crazy, doing it all in an hour is damn near miraculous.

[@YaaLFH]

And what is getting sugar to the perfect temperature for the Italian meringue or baking a sponge cake using only an air fryer if not crazy impressive?

[@darthplagueis13]

@@YaaLFH I mean, the air fryer does have a temperature setting and I believe Mike was using a probe.

[@YaaLFH]

@@darthplagueis13 Well exactly the same can be said about Jamie and his beef, that's one. Second, the temperature on the air fryer does not mean the contents will be heated to that exact temperature in a few minutes.

[@userhjajajaj-pf3ov]

@@YaaLFH u sound bitter becos op praised Jamie for something u think is not impressive like pls, let this person appreciate without questioning . like write a separate comment if u like Mike's more.

[@lachlansmith7398]

I feel Mike was hard done by here. Jamie and Mike put the AF beyond what many thought you could do. Yes, Barry's flavours were good, but his recipes were simple and didn't really test the Air Fryer in any way. The one thing he did use was to sear the tuna and that wasn't very good. In terms of expectations of the recipes in the air fryer and results, Barry was the least creative.

[@Providenza]

Ben constantly judges Mike super harshly, genuinely seems like he doesn't like him while at the same time Ben is constantly propping Barry up on a pedestal.

[@alleycaaat]

Agree, Jamie and Mike really tested the range of an air fryer. Barry was able to turn out seven dishes because they're simple. The fact that he only needed one air fryer to complete all seven speaks volumes, in my opinion. Mike should've gotten the W, I hope he sees the comment section cheering for him!

[@clairewilliams9416]

I’m sorry Mike should have won that, while simple dishes with great flavour would work for most battles this was about the equipment and what you can do with an air fryer and Mike did that the best. Barry just used the air fryer to warm things up, Mike said what’s the most challenging thing to cook in air fryer and went for it.

[@thomasjameskay]

I always love seeing cuts to Kush in the background! Would love to see a “day in the life” video following Kush doing his background things that are the foundation for so many videos!

[@Pooky1991]

I'm impressed by Mike. A Baked Alaska is the last thing i would expect someone being able to do in an air fryer.

[@Kerosene.Dreams]

Mike is always the desert guy and usually they turn out fab. I love that he is pushing the limits of well, everything in this, even science. Deep down he's a mad scientist waiting for the opportunity. Mike, everything is your opportunity and I'm happy to see you rise to the occasion even if your cake did not. I'm always rooting for you, Mister!

[@ginnyweatherbee7941]

So impressed with Mike,it’s incredible what he accomplished

[@elizabethheyn5365]

Mike is my winner hands down. A baked Alaska is difficult in a traditional oven, but in an air fryer? What a feat! He was technically impressive. Jamie's was also really impressive and so was Baz's, but I could see all that working? Mike was creative and definitely won the air fryer battle.

[@ProphecyWillow]

id have given a tie to Mike and Jamie. Both were equally impressive in different ways and really pushed the limits on what an air fryer can do. The spread Barry put together was impressive, but I don't think really pushed the air fryer out of what most people would be comfortable doing with it.

[@aowin5022]

Definitely Mike with his baked Alaska. Who would have thought that possible in and AF.

[@merrillmoore7492]

Great air fryer battle , I have an idea for you, a series of battles where they have a chalkboard with a list of things they CANT make. Like Jamie can't use beef, or make a pickle. Force them out of their comfort zones on purpose. Sometimes that happens with limited ingredient battles, but give them unlimited pantry, but a "can't make" list. Great work, everuone.

[@barbaranytes-baron7377]

Come on guys! Mike made the most unlikely dish, beautifully. And in an air fryer. All three were good dishes but Mike made the most out there dish in an air fryer!

[@HiMy_Name_Is]

Kudos to Mike for the idea and execution, loved Jaime’s beef as well

[@ShallieDragon]

I think Mike should have gotten that. Baked Alaska is one of the hardest dishes to make, and he made it in an AIR FRYER. That is some serious skills!

[@natviolen4021]

I have no doubt in my mind, my vote goes to Mike. Out of the box, challenging, brave and with a perfect result.

[@LDmom]

No!! Baked Alaska in the air fryer should have won. Crazy impressive!

[@VireydaMOV]

This was such an impressive performance by all the Normals, but Mike really, truly should have taken the win on this one.

[@zakk219]

I think Mike was the most impressive here. Who honestly sees an air fryer and thinks baked alaska? And pulls it off? Incredible work. They honestly all did incredible in this challenge.

[@phillipthomas-sam1509]

I love how Mike dreams big and then tries to make it happen, and he has had some absolutely stunning creations from these challenges.

[@veganSavy]

They've all been absolutely killing it lately. I am always impressed by Mike's creativity

[@nikijade8317]

It should have been Mike for the win today, thinking completely outside the box and nailing it.

[@Zelmel]

Mike should have won the sous chef apron TBH. Creativity that is (surprisingly) well thought out, plus big risk taking!

[@DoctorsCookbook]

Brief:- _Create something wonderful and magical with the air-fryer._ Baked Alaska in an AIR-FRYER?!! is as wonderful and magical as it gets. Mike was robbed.

[@maggiefranklin6208]

Mike should have won. I've been using air fryers for years and would never have imagined you could make a Baked Alaska in one. Barry did an amazing job doing so many dishes in an hour and Jamie's was the sort of dish you would expect to be able to do in an air fryer.

[@Josh_Wolf]

I tell you what, Mike has been smashing it of late

[@SortedFood]

He really has!!

[@johnjungkook2721]

@@SortedFood So .......how did he lose to a couple of store-bought sauces and a chef who used a toaster oven?

[@cookiesncream5000]

Mike for the win. Baked Alaska in an air fryer is gutsy.

[@thegooseking818]

A baked Alaska isn’t easy flat out but the fact he did it in an air fryer is one of the most impressive things I’ve seen

[@jmp_fr]

kush very quickly dropping by to let rveryone know of the slight thaw on his icy heart was an unexpected highlight

[@StephanieVarilek]

Mike was the clear winner! His was such a unique idea and so well presented!

[@amandaleonard5808]

That win was stolen from Mike! A baked Alaska is a UNEXPECTED dish from an air fryer. The guys should have a dessert air fryer battle that Mike gets to judge.

[@nottsoserious]

I can understand giving Jamie the win, but Mike being last is untenable. Barry did things that are simple to do in an air fryer. Yes, he did 7 of them. However, Mike did something incredible with the Italian meringue and the sponge.

[@Kaderon11]

Nooo. Mike was robbed with that one. They were all Wonderful and impressive but Mike HAD to have won that.

[@abcsd1254]

"Lemons and capers, those British ingredients that definitely grow on our shores." Classic.

[@gappy1987]

My mum has lemon and yuzu trees that I bought her, and she gets yields from both, and capers aren't hard to grow either. Yes, we get a single yuzu per year, it still counts. But you can do it, and I imagine Ben could too.

[@tigrezangel]

And still got second place. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@TessaDavies2015]

Okay, Mike and Jamie were my standout winners. Their ideas were absolutely epic! Well done, boys!

[@velvetthunder74]

all the boys exceeded expectations for the challenge by FAR. this is probably the strongest competition with no clear loser or winner in a long time. i will say that imo Mike's dish was more impressive than Barry's and should have gotten at least 2nd. Barry's dish probably tasted good and it was obviously impressive that he did 7 things but 7 simple dishes doesn't outweigh 1 dish that we thought had no chance of working

[@anthonyd9984]

Ben's the "loser". Mike made a baked alaska in an air fryer!!! Little harshs to call him the "loser"... kinda feels petty on Bens part. I'm ok with Jaimie as the winner or even a 2nd place, but there's no way Barrys 'dump pre-made sauces on seafood and warm them up' approach should've been in 2nd place.

[@ToastAndJellyfish]

Barry’s biggest obstacles were simple math and a clock (and maybe a stuck jar lid), too, and he _still_ overcooked stuff. Mike deserves so much more respect and recognition than he seems to get. Still mad about them not taking his dream menu seriously, too. Hopefully he knows that we at least appreciate his skill and also how ballsy of a choice _Baked Alaska_ is on a good day, to say nothing of picking it for an _air fryer_ battle!

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Agree, Barry just smothered fish in exotic jar sauces

[@amy-313]

Mike should have won! It’s amazing to see how much he had changed in just this year alone. Good job all around🎉

[@JaakuSan]

The fact that even Barry and Jamie were shocked Mike came last... Mike you did amazing the desserts always seem to get the short stick

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Mike has been killing it lately! Well done!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@YatriTrivedi]

My wife says no one should be called a loser - you're all winners. But Mike, my man, you thought the most out of the box. You're our #1.

[@VampireTas]

Ben you are wrong. Mike wins! #JusticeForMike

[@williamradke4290]

Mike definitely should've won, cause that was impressive!

[@purpleduck02]

Mike killed it. I never thought an air fryer could do that!

[@bunkertons]

They're all winners, in my eyes, but Mike and Jamie really nailed this one. Baz needs to start earning that apron. 😂😂😂

[@VividSmash40]

Well done to all three but Mike got it to me. No one believed his would work and he pulled it off!

[@cindystrachan8566]

Seems like Mike loses a lot. Personally, I love his creativity and willingness to step outside his comfort zone. Anyone can do a beef Wellington in an oven, but Baked Alaska is a challenge even in a regular oven. Keep going Mike.

[@valliarlette6596]

No losers today! Very creative use of the appliance.

[@ConstantChaos1]

Ebbers is the loser for not saying to hell with the format this time, excellent work everyone, like a sane person would.

[@tigrezangel]

Of course there's a loser: Make deserved better. He made a baked Alaska, A BAKED ALASKA from scratch using an air fryer.

[@ymt3072]

I think that Mike is the winner 🏆 today!! Barry and Jamie dish were really impressive but to make a Baked Alaska in an air fryer…🤯.

[@rollingmetal949]

"I might be colourblind but it won't be blue" well there goes my drink😂

[@radicalrye]

Honestly one of the best showings from all the normals. So impressive how far the skills have come over the years. Well done!

[@lilykep]

Barry did 7 but none of them were particularly inventive or spectacular. Mike's baked Alaska is SPECTACULAR.

[@cazzioc]

Mike deserved that win for doing something that is difficult anyway & doing well in an air fryer

[@bertiolos]

With dishes of that quality, i dont think we can call anyone a "normal". Great job boys!

[@Mattador666]

Yeah! I remember the first Sorted Foods video I watched had Mike in it and I thought "Oh he's a normal home cook like me!". All of the normals have waaaaay more food knowledge than I do. 😂

[@ZerotheWanderer]

We need a spinoff channel "unsorted food" for a new group of normals.

[@loriegabidel]

I love Ben, but he is nuts. Barry's was so simple; Mike pulled off a miracle with nary a Huttlestorm in sight. Justice for Mike!

[@GRIMHOOD99]

Mike decided to become an alchemist by the look of the last few challenge dishes.

[@vilmaksp3054]

First really should have been Mike, to pull that off was wizardry.

[@bharatgilda1]

I literally love the show but always feel gutted for Mike, he is freaking amazing doing such out of the box / world stuff. Kudos Barry for using the air fryer well but I could have made 7 different flavours of popcorn or fries and ben would be gaga over it. Mike needs to be fairly judged

[@010101enigma]

Mike's dish was something id never imagine cooking in the fryer..gutsy!! Wins my vote

[@alexdavis5766]

I met my 1st cousin for the first time yesterday and she was talking about how amazing air fryers are. She is in her 80's and was so excited about finding air fryers and how versatile and amazing they are. She had just made cupcakes in them before we arrived. I love my air fryer too, as a disabled person, it makes life so much easier and theyre much safer compared to ovens for me too as a wheelie.

[@LoFiAxolotl]

also much more eco-friendly (if you don't have a convection oven) as no gas is burned and much less energy is used... that's always a nice little bonus

[@sammythefox1057]

​@@LoFiAxolotl also more energy efficient over full-sized electric ovens

[@Zelmel]

They're really just small countertop electric convection ovens (not as a point against them, they're amazing tools and pieces of engineering) with more convection due to the smaller size. The big positive of that is that they can basically do anything a full-size oven can do, just scaled down and sometimes a bit faster (you can do "air frying" in an oven, but it is just way less efficient), plus the accessibility benefits as you mentioned. The negative is mostly the capacity, of course.

[@HumbleWooper]

@@Zelmel Though if you're mostly just cooking for one or two people, the smaller capacity can be a positive.

[@Zelmel]

@@HumbleWooper Oh, for sure! In that case the issue ends up being adjusting recipes, especially if you're doing stuff like making bread.

[@atleastonescrewloose]

JUSTICE FOR MIKE

[@Piokkoko]

Getting something that shouldnt be possible is way better than getting a lot of simple dishes IMO

[@ianjeremygarcia8644]

Tie between Spaff and Mike on first. Barry's 7 is great but these were far simpler applications. Mike and Jamie pushed the boundary further. #JusticeForMike

[@BarnOwlCat]

An idea for a video is have a hiding competition. The boys pick one ingredient to hide as much of it in as many dishes such as carrots or a fruit... You lose if the chef guesses the ingredient... and the winner is one that hides the most of the ingredient in weight in their 3/5 course meal! Which means they have to use vegetables in sweet dishes and fruit in savoury dishes. There is a risk that if you use it too obviously you might get caught out! While a laugh to see the boys trying to hide stuff in food and being creative but the real life application would be great knowledge for using up ingredients/sneaking fruit and vegetables in children's food as well as cost saving! Such as putting carrots etc in ragus to bulk it out! Excellent video as always! :D

[@wenaragoza]

Commenting since this is actually an interesting idea and people notice.

[@K.Arashi]

+

[@Zelmel]

Alternately, it might be fun if they did something like this but had to hide vegetables and other "healthy" things in foods that were then judged by some kids. I seem to remember them doing something vaguely similar in the early days, but it's been many years.

[@aquafyre99]

That's a very old-school, medieval court chef type of challenge, and I am *fully* behind it.

[@petertaylor4980]

I made a chocolate sponge with beetroot earlier this year. It took six friends about 10 minutes to guess after I told them it contained a vegetable. If you knew then you could detect it, but it was quite subtle (but did help the texture).

[@BonnieRosePokeMasterBon]

Mike looked close to tears, I'd be too after a robbery like that 😭 Mike deserved that 100%

[@Ellie0427]

I'm in the Justice for Mike camp on this one - based on the brief of an air fryer challenge, his use of the air fryer (and pure creativity with it) is out of this world. And it isn't just "oh, great concept" - it WORKED. Everything you expect a baked alaska to be, this delivered.

[@alli1878]

Mike is definitely the winner in my book. Especially after just watching Try Guys phoning it in yesterday and Jonny and Ryans Baked Alaska abomination 😅

[@sunbeamphoenix]

Hmmm, I'm not sure a loser is necessary. They all created spectacular dishes considering the brief. Maybe it shouldn't be win or lose. But similar to PIO, pass or fail. They all triumphantly passed in my eyes. Great job, gents!

[@SortedFood]

Naa, we’ve been friends for too long… we need to know who the loser is every time 😂

[@sunbeamphoenix]

@@SortedFood Hahahaha, alright!

[@kashtrey]

Yeah, this is maybe the hardest battle to judge ever. Those all looked amazing and were actually pretty ambitious dishes. Poor Mike though, that would've won probably any other battle but Barry and Jamie really nailed equally challenging and ambitious concepts.

[@maocat6606]

Mike's my winner. I could be influenced by watching the try guys attempt to make baked Alaska last night 😂

[@silverfeing]

All three are spectacular its honestly like Barry made an appetizer, Jamie made the main course, and mike knew the meal isn't complete without something boozy and sweet. I will say mikes is most impressive and definitely a nail biter of if it would work and I am so glad it did.

[@noangelthis]

My vote actually would go to Mike. He pulled off something quite unimaginable! Also, anyone else feeling James withdrawal symptoms?…

[@vatsan2483]

100%, seriously impressive AF to imagine a indulgent desert with AIR-FRYER!!

[@melissapeters9476]

"I'll leave the vodka for my thoughts" KILLED ME, relatable king

[@Nezyrael]

That was such a clear W for Mike , plain robbery

[@qiblik]

I would say everyone's a winer today but Mike had to be the last one. It's just that the effort other put into their dishes is not comparable. Everyone talking about a great achievement of making baked Alaska in air fryer, yes well done. However all he did was make a sponge in in and then finish up the frosting in it. And it took him an hour to the boot.

[@TheHaubs11tx]

It was a dessert and it wasn’t a skills challenge. Plus, it was a dessert sugars a crutch.

[@johnjungkook2721]

Ben just doesn't like Mike. You can see it on his face every time Mike speaks.

[@melissalambert7615]

@@johnjungkook2721 Yup. Been going on for years.

[@YaaLFH]

@@qiblik What effort took it to slap contents of a few jars on fish? Because that's all that Barry did. Meanwhile Mike made sugar syrup and baked a cake.

[@Guyviroth]

This was just so crazy and so wonderful to watch. I sat here contemplating who should be the winner, and even after pausing the vid for 20 mins I couldn't come up with one, until just now, Jamie's Wellington looked so good and looked like something you'd find in a culturally-inspired Japanese restaurant, and the fact that he managed to do it all in one hour in an air fryer just made it, and him, even more special. Barry's seven dishes was crazy, but understandable as a lot of the portions were small enough to fit multiple in an air fryer at once, but the fact that he made seven different fish dishes, all with distinct flavours was wonderful to see happen. His dish made me believe that he earned and deserved that red apron. Mike's baked Alaska, to me, was a stroke of technical genius. I've tried making it a few times and it never came out well, so the fact that he nailed it in an air fryer gives me a huge amount of respect for his cooking skills. Also can't help but think that the choice of flavours reminds me of a tiramisu, and I love tiramisu. Boys, you've done such a great job on all of these dishes. As far as I'm concerned, you're all no longer normals, but amateur chefs at a bare minimum. It's been a treat to watch you all grow over the years and to see you come so far. Mike, if you're reading this, hold your head up high, my friend. We've seen some beef wellingtons made on this show, and we've seen fish dishes on the show, but I don't think we've ever seen a baked Alaska on here. You went bold, you went brave, and in the end, it came out spectacular for you, and I cannot praise you enough for it. Personally, for me, you are my winner. Thank you for the episode, and thank you to everyone who reads this. Enjoy your days, my friends.

[@piperpa4272]

Nicely done Mike, you could have drizzled Kahlua from the freezer over to help cool the sponge some more. But impressive result.

[@eleanorroberts5286]

Awww Mike you legend I haven’t watched a sorted food challenge in ages this is incredible

[@oanaalexia]

I am clapping at the results lately. They are all winners to me this round and congrats on taking these challenges and making them so addictive to watch.

[@Eat-SD]

I stumbled upon this gem, and I'm so glad I did. Instantly hooked.❤❤❤

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

12:09 Mike discovers light feature 💡💡💡 You're the Best ebbers! What would these guys do without you?

[@christopherlebel1241]

"OH YES IT DOES!" 😆

[@liamblanchard8484]

having to pick a first second third is so tricky. Id give it to mike, then jamie and then barry WITH the caveat that all 3 are unbelievably impressive. This is reafirming my opinions on air fryers

[@dorifrance4937]

I think Mike’s the winner with doing something so different.

[@angelkisses5933]

Mike deffo deserved to win! Although i think they all did exremely well and made really delish looking dishes!

[@ellieisanerd]

Definitely one of the most impressive battles in a while. Really enjoyable to watch. I think Mike should have taken second because Baked Alaska in an air fryer is pretty incredible, even if Barry made 7 dishes.

[@merlion6613]

I love the fact everyone seems to like using miso. I grew up with it and makes me very happy it’s appreciated more globally ❤