4 Levels of Fettuccine Alfredo: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious 

Everybody gangsta till the chef takes out his cheese wheel

3:44 "Surprise, a whole wheel of cheese." Well...I was indeed surprised. That's like THE definition of "Weird flex, but OK."

I love that Stephen's innovation comes from being absolutely perturbed by high prices of easy to make meals.

I love that stephen always has some story from his life relating to the dish. Like how he puts broccoli in his nachos because the store by his house started selling broccoli really cheap

I was going to follow Frank's technique but it seems I've misplaced my giant wheel of cheese... damn

Level 1s are stepping their game up. No more half cheesecakes

Stephen is an amateur chef but a professional human

“I didn’t say anything about butter” “I got this nutmeg smuggled in from Jamaica” Julie is a national treasure

Frank: *I'm gonna start by creating Italy*

Frank : makes pasta Julie : uses fresh pasta Steven: disses on olive garden

“Let it boil like my blood when people criticize my fettuccine” “Make it all nice and pretty, like myself” “I think I put too much pepper because m- *cough* *cough* “ m o o d

"It doesn't take a lot of ingredients" *takes out an entire cheese wheel*

“Now that the water is boiling, LIKE MY BLOOD WHEN PEOPLE CRITICIZE MY FETTUCCINE” 💀💀💀💀😂

Frank's pasta was probably the expensive pasta that Steven was complaning about

Steven: "You guys should have a Pre-K, cause I'm not even Level 1." Also Steven: "Creeping on Level 2 territory."

I was hyped cause I really thought I would be able to make a level 3 dish finally Make fresh pasta ✔ Get ridiculously expensive truffles✔ Save pasta water for sauce✔ Mixed pasta in giant monster truck tire sized cheese block🤔 Dammit Frank🙄

level 1 chef: add chesse in pasta level 3 chef: add pasta in cheese

Bro my favourite thing in this is when someone says something, and a higher chef says the opposite

I love Stephen's confidence, even though he knows he's a level 1 chef.

What I really like about this series is we’re never told that one chef’s way is “right” & the others are “wrong”, they’re all different ways to cook that require different techniques but still yield delicious food

“A simple pasta with not to many ingredients” *brings wheel of cheese

Level 1 chef: why eat at a restaurant when you can make it yourself 4x cheaper. Level 3 chef: why eat at a restaurant when you can make it yourself 8x more expensive.

I love how they cut these so the chefs immediately contradict each other. "We're going to add some salt, not too much" "Now we're gonna heavily salt this"

We need Stephen, Lorenzo and Saul in a video...the holy trinity of wholesome cooking

"I really like fettuccine alfredo, it doesn't take a lot of ingredients." - Frank, just before taking out his cheese wheel.

Nobody: Frank: *Alright so I'm gonna start by building my own kitchen*

Stephen: “Why spend $15 on pasta when u can spend $5?” eCoNoMiCs

I really like how all cooks were happy with the food they made. For some reason, that makes me happy. Also, can Stephen get his own show, please!?

Honestly this amatuer chief was a mood for all the cheap people out there lmao

Okay but why is NO ONE talking about how she smuggles nutmeg I DIED 😂😂

Frank: I’m gonna start by conquering Italy and becoming the one true ruler.

I love Julie she’s funny caring and a great chef

The chefs should start trying each other’s dishes

Damn Julie, just shamelessly flexing that summer you spent in Italy.

Steven is probably the best amateur cook out of everyone he honestly cooks very good

*something costs money* Stephen: absolutely not, I'll make it myself...even though I don't really know how to

"boiling like my blood once people criticize my fettucine"

I’m sorry. Even reading the comments before didn’t prepare me for that cheese.

I really liked that level 2 chef she seems so sweet and I love how she was reminded by her trips or wtv and how she mentioned her mom and aunt and nana

Frank: *First I'm going to create a time machine to go back and plant the idea of fettuccine Alfredo into the human mind*

No one Level 3 chef: now we're going to add the soul of an Italian grandma into the pasta.

I love how they edit. The way they contradict the other person.

“Theyre like ‘say when’ and i never say when” THAT IS LITERALLY ME LMAO

Level 2 and Level 3 are clearly fancier, but this might be the best Level 1 of any Epicurious video I've seen. Usually Level 1s commit some kind of culinary crime, especially in Italian cooking, but Steven did a great job

Stephen: "Creeping on Level 2 territory right now" genius

“It’s pasta, not rocket science, just do it” “It’s boiling, like my blood once people criticise my fettuccine” “Make it look beautiful, like myself” “We don’t wanna add too much pepper - *starts coughing* “ *mood*

The first guy is so cute with his story of his happy relationship haha

The entire country of Italy and especially Alfredo's family just put Steven on a hit list/10 most wanted list for his "Fettuccine Alfredo."

Julie talks like she's narrating a children's picture book.

Never been more proud of Stephen. Love how there's no cheesecake in his pasta

Level 1 chef: Yea I usually use store-bought I aint paying 23 bucks for Alfredo Level 2 chef: I use fresh pasta and homemade sauce Yummy! *Frank*: * Before time I asked by great father God to specifically birth a country named Italy, after that I got in tact with the rular a t the time and and told them about my decent culinary experience and I was given the Italian kingdom from then I traveled the world until I could sucessfully find grains because you know me I like to mill my own flour so then I made a language which I communicated to the people after that I waited months for the perfect grain so I could mill my own flour and not being the cheap person I am I made my own miller and asked a fellow co worker of mine nikola Tesla so he could invest such a product after that I sucseffullly got the most fine flour in the universe, but then I asked my self what about water so I traveled to see Posiden which assited me along the way of my perfect h20 journey and I tatsed every square inch of water so I could taste the best water and bought exactly 2 cups you know just in case I need more, although my journey made me broke I had invested in a stock market which gave me great wealth to then buy my own country. Before this I also asked myself "what about seasoning"? so I went to the Himalayas to specifically get the finest salt and counted every millimeter to the precise amount which I rode my dragon and freed thousands along the way back to my country. But then I had forgotten that I needed something to cook with so I made my own steel pan and boiler from cavemen who first invented fire. Although I had everything I couldn't forget the cheese so I harvested many cattle and even revived a wooly mammoth for what they call "milk". I of course raised thousands perhaps millions until I found ten amino animals. This is were I fermented my milk at the time of the fermentation I fought in Rome competing for clothes money and other things when I finished fighting those pesky gladiators and hopped into my dragon and rode of grabbed my "cheese" and started performing my culinary arts. But my goal was not perfect thy weather was not great so I asked my fellow crewmate, Zeus, to make the precise weather to where I cooked and made my pasta. I used my leftover milk to make the cream and then made butter using thy cream and churned it in a fashion where it turned into "butter". For my garnish, I went back in time to the 3000 BC Babylonians to purloin some truffle. I was like a mad chemist with my culinary ways then I finished It took me 400 years to make but so be it I have accomplished my journey and finished my Fettuccine Alfredo. Some call me crazy but I say I am a hero.*

Julie needs her own cooking show...she is a true treasure

“So surprise...” “...A whole wheel of cheese” What the hell frank

Level 1: Buys ingredients at the Market Level 2: Smuggles the ingredients into the Country Level 3: Imports his own Cheesewheel from Farmers

All the jokes aaside it's fun watching Frank cook EVERYTHING. Like makes me think some of the high end places are worth their price.

They're all level 4s in my heart.

I love how all of Stephen's stories start the same way. With something being really expensive and him saying "Absolutely not" and opting to make it at home. And I can seriosuly relate to that.

Level 1: I bought dry pasta Level 2: I bought fresh pasta Level 3: *_I am pasta_*

Hahaha I feel like all 3 levels bring something really nice to the video. Level 1 is the most relatable for us high school and college students who just throw store bought stuff together. Level 2 isn't a professional, they are there because they have loved food all their lives so watching them is like watching someone who is a master at a hobby. And then the pros are just there to hard flex their batshit crazy recipes

Frank: “that’s how grandma would do it” My gran: doesn’t do it

Steven: I learned how to do fettuccine because it's cheaper Frank: *BLACK TRUFFLES*

Alright this is a pretty good and normal episode.. *Chef 3 literally starts making his pasta in a wheel of cheese*

What an excellent demo. I love that no matter your skill level there is hope for a tasty, home cooked meal. Hats off to Stephen.

Frank is awesome. Absolutely love his recipes and the way he explains everything he does/why he does it

“Add mushrooms so it can look pretty, like myself” We’re all about self love here people.

Nobody: Steven: Because it’s cheaper. Honestly he keepin it real

Never would I have imagined that Frank would cook in a cheese wheel

This particular video, maybe because it really resonates with my love for FetAlfredo, showcases the awesomeness of this triad cooking show concept! You can learn a LOT about a relatively simple dish/recipe this way, 3 heads are better than one some times!

"Everybody likes cheese" Frank: *pulls out whole wheel of cheese*

I thought all 3 did a decent job. I would eat any of them. Which is rare.

This looks like the greatest level one meal I’ve seen on the show

I love Steven's absolute subtle and sarcastic sense of humor.

Ok but Steven learning how to cook Fettuccine for his girlfriend (and bc it's cheaper) is pretty cute

Steven always cooks for his girlfriend on their anniversaries. But before that he takes her to the restaurant, checks the prices and says these magical words to her which every girl wants to hear - "absolutely not, we’re going to make our own".

Bless all these chefs

I also like the veggies that the level one cook added. His dish looks amaze balls!

I’m surprised frank didn’t milk his own cow or create his own cheese or make his own water by combining minerals and gases in a lab

“Once the water starts boiling like my blood”

Stephen and Frank are the 🐐’s of this series

NASA: Let's go to Mars. Steven: Absolutely not we're gonna make mars at home and its only gonna cost 10 dollars

“No fettuccine left behind” - Stephen 2019

Frank: This doesn’t require a lot of ingredients Also frank: WHEEL OF CHEESE

I like how the linked recipe just assumes you can easily get a whole wheel of cheese

I would happily eat every single one of these Alfredo's. Alfredo sauce from a jar and boxed pasta was how my mom always made it (we were poor) and I loved it!

He really dropped a cheese wheel on us... this man's a legend

Frank : “you don’t need too many ingredients” Also Frank : uses a whole freakin cheese wheel

Frank vs Gordon ramsay Frank:pulls out a cheese wheel Gordon:What in the name of hells kitchen are you doing Frank:Winning

Frank said: “when I would take my girlfriend out to an Italian spot they would charge us like 23$ for an fettuccine Alfredo, and I was like absolutely not”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Level 3: "Alfredo is fast and easy to make" *Proceeds to bring out 45lb wheel of cheese, and use 3-4 truffles* Sure as hell aint "easy" on my bank account.

"I like fettuccine because it doesn't take that many ingredients" *4 minutes later* "So we're going to take a whole wheel of cheese..."

Fettuccine is how my husband won my heart, 25 years ago. And, yes he still cooks it for me.

I like how they all have different ideas but they all look good

"Creeping on level 2 territory right now" never change, Steven

Basically: Level 1 - Budget version Level 2 - Balanced version Level 3 - Food for the Greek Gods version

Stephen is the best. He always mentions one of the best aspects of home cooking, saving money.

All three look really good.

Episode 1 Stephen: “I cook this to try and find dates” Episode 2 Stephen: “I have a happy relationship now!” Best character arc

Steven: “Just going to apply a little bit of salt, we don’t want to throw the dish off” Julie: “Now just dump the whole bowl of salt in”

I am def going to try the starch water technique of level 2 chef! thanks for the tip!

The show would be a LOT more interesting if afterwards there was a panel that judged the food not knowing who made what!