Chef Makes a BAKED POTATO GOURMET | Sorted Food 

I like how the community feedback was "Well the last one wasn't really instant noodles was it?" and in response, Ben just went "You haven't seen anything yet buddy"

Normals: "We want you to make comforting gourmet chicken wings." Ben: "You know what's really comforting? Fish pie."

Next episode Normals: "We're challenging Ben to make gourmet scrambled eggs!" Ben:"Right so take your eggs and scramble them with butter and sugar, then I'm going to add flour and baking soda and salt, add chocolate chips and you've got an amazing gourmet cookie dough"

Community: Make a gourmet version of “X”, not just a gourmet recipe that shares a common ingredient with “X” Ebbers: I’ve heard your commentary and will wholeheartedly ignore it while going farther away from the original dish than ever before

Honestly, maybe we should just call this segment Ben’s Playground - give him a dish and he goes nuts on it - let him run free

"Wine and cheese. Sounds like a work event." Bravo, Jamie. If I didn't follow UK politics, I'd be in the dark.

Omg!! This really looks delicious! I think, if Ben put the potato choux things back inside the potato skins with a spoonful of cheese fondue on top, that would have been a gourmet jacket potato! Now it's more a deconstructed diy thing... A delicious looking one.... I never made choux pastry, never made cheese fondue, never made a jacket potato. But I really really really wanna try this!!! ( Oh, and I don't have a fryer....)

Ben heard the feedback, thought "As if..." and produced an entire charcuterie board plus fondue to dip his potato croquettes in...Amazing.

I would say that Ben has made a gourmet dish out of a cheesy baked potato, but you wouldn't really say that what he has made is a gourmet cheesy baked potato. Either way though, looks delicious and is a great video

I think the idea of 'gourmet X' should be that you can still present it on a menu as the original dish just with Gourmet at the beginning. Its not the same if you take those incredients and make something new (albeit delicious!)

Love to see this format back again! I am a-ok with Ben taking the brief, reading the brief, understanding the brief, then just doing whatever the hell he likes 🤣 how about cereal next time? Let's see you make that one cheffy, Ebbers 😉

He's turned a baked potato into a gourmet dish, but he hasn't made a gourmet baked potato. There's a big difference between the two!

That looks delicious, and like an incredible dish, however what I feel happens with this series is that Ben doesn't make the dish gourmet, it makes a gourmet dish using the same ingredients (plus some more). That's not a gourmet jacket potato that's a gourmet cheese and potato dish

Everyone else: "In this video, we'll see Ebbers make a gourmet baked potato." Ebbers: "Here's potato doughnuts and a cheese fondue."

My brain got so excited when I heard Ben say, "Potato dauphine-" because I thought he was about to end that sentence with, "sorted." Same inflection he used to use in their recipe videos. My brain actually said sorted before he could finish his sentence. Great video by the way! Probably one of my favorites so far this year.

I think for the next episode Ben should make a baked potato with cheese, or maybe gourmet instant noodles seeing as he hasn't done those yet.

Ebbers was SO CLOSE to a good one that still adhered to the subject! Take the fried jackets, put some of the fondue IN the jackets, then put one of the puffs inside each jacket. Maybe top with more fondue if there's still space.

Uhh.....I need James to pop in here and go, "Where's?! The skins?!" in the same tone as his "Where's the dish?" Because... They got fried... And then... Where did they go?!

I love this series! It reminds of the Bon Appetit segment where they would have 3 chefs make one dish 3 ways (traditional, modern, and experimental) and this is basically Ben and the food team doing the the "experimental" bit where he's like "how can i still have the idea of a baked potato & cheese dish, but turn it on its head?" Super creative, and honestly would prefer to eat over the original haha

Also, I love seeing the Normals all tease Ben about his chefy-ness because you can tell from the banter just how good of friends they are

"Cheesy baked potato" "That's what we asked for." The cold answer has me dying hahahaha

recently I really do miss the actual cooking content. Product's and gadgets videos are great, but cooking content is what I truly enjoy on this channel

I'm with those that really enjoy this formula - though, maybe it could do with a different/clearer name. Here's some things Ben could make gourmet versions of: garlic mushrooms, bangers & mash, fajitas, beef olives.

Can we have more of these, pleeeease? I love watching Ben just go off the rails! Ebbers, what about chicken nuggets? Can you make it gourmet?

Ben very pleased with himself while making a dish that bears no relation to the instructions he was given, all the while the boys' faces become increasingly perplexed as to what video they have found themselves in again. Very nice as a leftovers video, but can't say that this is really a gourmet baked potato. Just my opinion of course!

"All the same elements, very different process." So remember folks, the next time you eat spaghetti, you're actually eating lasagna!

Normals: I'd love a nice gnocchi dish but make it gourmet Ben: Alright, so today we're making Fried Chicken

Even if he doesn't follow the exact dish, "this is my playground" is really interesting because we get to see a cheffy take. For example the Easter Feast from a couple years back is so interesting to watch because you see what chefs do stuff with food that you'd never imagine.

-Alrigth, today we are making a hotdog! -Start with an A5 wagyu steak, while preparing our chocolate filling and frying off some scallops

Normals give the brief "Make a baked potato" Ebbers "Absolutely not." I was looking forward to some kind of levelled up baked potato recipe and instead got whatever the hell this is. And didn't Ben give someone grief within the last few weeks for going far away from the brief in a cooking challenge?

Having English as my second language (meaning, non-native speaker) I feel like I've never related more to Sorted than during that "chill up/down, clear up/down, stand up/down, go on/off". Welcome to the beauty of phrasal verbs.

I love how Barry instantly went: do you need those potato jackets? If not… The most made thing by Sorted must be loaded jacket potatoes right? 😉

Love how Ben's recipe requires you prior make bake potatoes 😂

I love that this came back! It's great to see what you can really do to superpower a normal dish that's already really good!!

I'd love to see what Ben could do with Congee, it's my favorite comfort food.

Wait, where’s the jacket potato? It’s like asking for a chicken burger and Ben tips up with a full Sunday roast 😂

Still.. I’m thinking more like- hollow out a whole potato (still potato shaped), do whatever to the skins, do whatever with the innards, then put the insides back into the skins. So it still looks like a baked potato. That’s my idea of how this theme goes. More than make a dish where the potato is the star.

I've been looking forward to this episode, until it was aired. I'm saying goodbye to my New York holiday diet as I will be eating this all week! Thank Ebbers! 😂😂 Seriously love you guys and your ideas! Have you tried Highland Cow Steaks yet?

I feel like Ben is just taking this chance to make some gourmet dishes 🤣

I had the exact same reaction as Barry did when ben said choux pastry

I really like what you've done guys. But maybe rename the series; as this still isn't a gourmet version, but an reinvention!

Of all the Sorted videos I’ve seen thus far, this one is the most incredible showcase of how natural your friendship is!! The constant in-between banter is beyond hilarious and heart warming.

I have deep admiration for Chef Ben. His abilities are just so wonderful to watch. I feel like I get a front row seat at watching a master at work. I know ppl love watching the normals wreck things but I much prefer watching the chefs. More Ben please! ❤️

The pride Ben has when he says, "myself and the food team" is just 🥰

Well Ben just is a good cook, even if he avoids doing his task

I agree with the community! There's a difference between making a baked potato gourmet and making a gourmet baked potato. With the former, you're taking the basics of the original and stepping it up. With the latter, however, it becomes a new dish.

Ben making a gourmet recipe? Can't wait for him to include some greens from his garden that he mentions EVERY TIME.

I wonder what would happen if to stop Ben going off piste, you reversed it. Here's a gourmet souffle, Ebbers. Make it basic. And all of a sudden out comes a bolognese and we're all baffled.

😂 I found myself almost rhythmically and in time with Mike and Jamie repeating out loud to myself “Apple ?” Also a dish to tackle or rather an ingredient Beef Medallions.. I’m getting bored of just slow cooking them with carrots and onions and making a stew.

This reminds me of Rie's series called "make it fancy" where she takes simple things or like junk food, (Cheetos, Lunchables, etc) and repurposes it to turn it into something fancy. Rather than just making a fancy version of the original dish.

I would love to see Ben attempt a gourmet cottage pie! Looking forward to him making a beef wellington and claiming it's a beef pie..

Wait. Where are the skins? They would have been lovely in the fondue. I wonder if I somehow missed something.

Quote of the Day: I feel nauseous even having this in my eyeline.” I’m definitely using that line 🔥

The confused look on their faces the entire time Ben was cooking. I lol'd

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you for the corn starch tip, makes All the difference. Couldn't get my homemade fondue to melt properly until this tip!!!! Thank you!!!!

As a Dutchie I’d love to see Ben make Stamppot Boerenkool or Hutspot gourmet. Maybe even throw an elevated version of a meatball or a smoked sausage in there. 😉

i enjoy the series, love seeing him working off a simple promt and just flexing! and i also agree with others that the name is kinda misleading for what the series is, would still love to see more!

Every video, I shake my head that you guys managed to create the best, most fun careers ever for yourselves. Congrats! I’m over here envious.

They should make a series where they give Ben a dish and see how different he can make it cos thats basically what this is and I love it

I'm disappointed with the lack of James considering his picture was in the promo pictures.

So, he basically just made deep fried potato bread with a cheese dipping sauce? How the bloody hell is that a "Cheesy BAKED Potato"?!

"Smoked Paprika, Olive Oil, Cheese and Bacon" That sounds like a party I would pay to see!

Yes. Another make it gourmet vid. I love this series. Great video as always.

I think part of the future videos should include the thought process before the attempt and should include all the guys because then we can see the insane gourmet reinvention idea from Ben before the normals *hopefully* interject and then ground the idea and they all come up with a compromise. OR present and cook BOTH the insane gourmet reinvention AND the grounded "better than normal" version...

Love the direction of this series! I think if you were just doing an actually a gourmet version of the dish it would be more like what level-up used to be (which was also great) Instead it’s like you are taking the flavors of the original dish and using those flavors, textures and ideas to create a gourmet dish, albeit one that is not what the original dish is.

This round grater feels almost part of the family, like granny who doesn't go out a lot, so when she does, it's some big day.

Ben not following guidelines reminds me of Barry not following them for the Ultimate Cooking Battles. 🤣 If anything, Barry should be understanding!

Sorted, I'm going at it again! Really want to see a chef and a normal make croquettes! We, the Dutch, have all kinds of varieties, get yourself inspired!

I want to see the normals - without the help of the food team - design their own idea for taking a basic idea and making it "gourmet". Grilled Cheese (cheese toastie?) would be fun to see, for example. Then, Ben, with the food team, shows a way or two professional chefs would "gourmet" the same idea. I would even love to see the "behind the scenes" design and testing process for each normal and then the same with Ben. To see a true comparison between the chef and normals.

It's far more interesting to watch Ben take a baked potato and turn it into a gourmet dinner than serving a baked potato!!! He's giving us inspiration to cook epic food rather than settling for a boring baked potato. That's his job as a TV chef.

Fantastic joke about the Swiss army/knife Mike. I was thinking something along the exact same lines!🤣🤣

Hello Sorted! Thank You for a lovely video! I was wondering, what Ben and the team could do with Grilled Cheese sandwhiches, and tomato soup from a can. Have a lovely day!

would love for Sorted to try out and make german foods, like Rinder Rouladen or try and make Curry wurst. It would be amazing to see some actuall german food be cooked by the lads, and maybe if it isn't to much, have been try to gourmet a currywurst, i think he would enjoy that :) have a great evening

"We'll give him a brief and he's not going to follow it". Could very easily describe one of the Normals 😂

I think this looks delicious and I'm hungry now. Love your videos guys♡

Yay! The Gourmet series has been one of my absolute favourites 😍

IDK if it counts as a "gourmet version" but I'm gonna be making this the next time we have fondue.

Can I please express how much joy I get from seeing the same cheese grating device they've been using since they started? I mean the little bowl with the cheese grater lid. I have kitchen tools my mother used since I was a child and tools I first bought when I moved out on my own 15 years ago. We got a fancy classical trained French Chef and he's using the tried and true cheapo cheese thingy he got, probably in college, ten+ years ago at the "shop-a-lot" down the street for $5. It's just a delightful reminder that they've always intended for these recipes to be accessible to regular people at home. Though I still wanna know what the American equivalent of a banger is lol.

Do it Ebbers!!! love it. You guys are awesome.

"Wine and Cheese. Sounds like a Work event." Hahahaha. That joke is going to be so lost on any non-brit xD

Absolutely LOVE this!!!! More of these, please!!!

I had an individual fondue at the Fete des Vignerons where a piece of bagette had a hollow made in it with a spike (like a French hot dog) and was filled with fondue made with just Gruyère and wine. Once eaten never forgotten. Only another 18 years till the next fete!!!

As someone who absolutely despises baked potato with my whole entire being, what Ben just made looked freaking phenomenal. I want that in my mouth.

I know you guys did a lot of lunches a while ago, but would you guys maybe do a "meal prep" series? 9/5 people are getting more and more into a Sunday meal prep day. I'd LOVE to see your takes on them.... maybe a guest James thing? Those arms must have some meal prep behind them

I still would like Ben to make quiche gourmet!

I'm completely here for Ebbers gourmet chaos. Keep it going, Ben!!

I love how proud everyone was of Barry when he remembered le bec wholesome ❤

I really enjoy how SortedFood approach things in a way so that us normals can improve our own cooking skills!

"Is the alarm going on or is it going off?" Guys stop it. It's too early where I am.

I wish I had the time, skill, and tools necessary to make this. Sounds great.

I'm never negative on Sorted videos, but I feel like this ain't it, lads. I thought the series would be more similar to "Level Up" or something - like, Ben could have made kumpir (which are fantastic Turkish baked potatoes) or Hasselback potatoes or something. If I'm looking at cheesy baked potato videos, I'd like something that bears at least a faint resemblance to the original dish!

Great video! Couple remarks on the fondue (as a swiss person). Well done. Rubbing the pan with garlic, wine, cheese and starch are all correct. Of course the combination of gruyère and cheddar is not common. But generally I would say use what you like. However I have never heared of anybody using emmental in a fondue. Bog-standard is 50/50 gruyère and vacherin. Also as you were eating I could not see a flame underneath the caquelon (the fondue pan). Your fondue will harden quite fast if you do not have at least a litte flame underneath and if it cools to much it can be hard to heat up again without splitting (at least in my experience). And if you have a flame underneath keep stirring. This is the reason we use these long fondue forks to stirr the bread continuously. if you just dip you will burn the bottom of the caquelon and cleaning it is annoying af.

Definitely, luv u guys here in the states, shout out to Sorted from Cleveland, Ohio

"So it's like a work event" had me rolling

Amazing! I would love it if those videos were followed (or preceded) by a battle by the normals with the same thing levelled up (to more humanly approachable levels than the chef's version)

Always a good day when the guys at sorted upload

It just feels like they are taking inspiration from tasty's make it fancy series. It's amazing how RU-vid works. Keep doing it guys you are doing a great job.

I personally think that looks incredible!! Id loveee to try that. I’d say that’s gourmet!

simple new rule, "The end dish must still be recognizable as the instructed dish" all the food Ben makes is looking awesome but he isn't making X dish gourmet, hes just using the components and creating a gourmet dish that include them

Community: "Hey, Ben really got away the original spirit of the ingredient, would be great if he stuck to the actual starting dish concept" Ebbers: "You know what? I'm going to diverge from it even harder!"