I'm pretty sure the whole reason they are called Sorted is b/c of him having that mannerism. So he's just saying it naturally now I think, instead of purposefully like before. lol
Growing up with food network, I hate cook battles in general but the guys at sorted make it fun and interesting with actual camaraderie and dialogue about the process without all the needless annoying added drama or constant cuts. Thanks guys!
Idea for a series: "An evening with..." Either a chef or a normal shows off, what they would make at home, when entertaining guests. Perhaps at home, with the rest of the boys turning up in the end, as dinner guests...
I had a HUGE grin on my face when I saw Ben's ingredients. And he was definitely the winner for me!...My mother was German, and My Step Dad was Jamaican!!!...So I grew up (back in the 1960s) on a real fusion of cuisines (especially as being a Forces Brat we travelled the word ..Mum learned African Cuisine when in Libya.. and 2 glorious years in Singapore added Malaysian to the mix!)...and I just love the idea of calling the food of my youth Germaican cuisine!!!!
I have been scrolling through the comments looking specifically for someone to say they were "Germaican" and hear their thoughts 😅 I was not disappointed!
I need more chef's battles. Normal's battles are fun to watch and can bring some unexpected gems, but chef's battles is where it's at. Those are the recipies I take inspiration from.
I do love this format, but I'd be interested in seeing one where they both use the same set of ingredients. So, the person who chooses isn't just considering ingredients they like vs ingredients to give to their opponent, but they're trying to pick ingredients that they think they can use better than the other guy.
"I think it's time now, please pass judgment and pick, importantly, the loser of today's battle." 🤣😆🤣😆 This statement is so them. I love their friendship and the way they can poke at each other in such a silly way. 😆🥰
Watching the chefs at work is like watching theatre. It's as much an art as it is food science, it genuinely blows my mind how they can see amazing flavour from very random ingredients. The last time I felt like I did at the end of this video was when James and Kush wrapped up a pass it on in the summer live stream last year, they walked into chaos and brought together an incredible dish from nowhere...
When I saw Ben's ingredients, I immediately thought about mofongo. I would have fried up the plantains and the hot dogs in the same oil until the dogs were crispy and the plantain cooked and then mashed them up with garlic, oil, and topped with some quick pickle onion and a sauce of olive oil, garlic, cilantro (or other herb), and lime. This battle was so fun to watch. :)
Whoever edited the plating to cut between two chefs attempting almost identical plating styles with two very different plates of food, deserves a raise.
The difference between chef and normal demonstrated right at the start, chef wins rock paper scissors and chooses the octopus / squid… I reckon 99% of most normals would have picked the sausages!
99% would've chosen sausages just because it was only 15 min long challenge. Most people take about an hour to cook octopus. If it were about 1 hour challenge about I'd bump the odds that a normal would've chose octopus to 40%, because this is a foodie channel.
I think its so fascinating how kush's work is always so cheffy and sophisticated but the reality is he just when in doubt blends everything together, and just puts stuff in a hot pan to cook lol its actually nothing very complicated at all but the results are fantastic.
I love Kush's reaction to hearing what Ben made. You can tell he hadn't thought of making something like that. It's this way of lighting up where you can see both that passion for cooking and a good competitive spirit
At least it wasn't a fish pie (not that I don't like a fish pie. I'm just saying). (Ebbers, can you please make me a fish pie for Christmas? We don't have them in America, really).
This battle is the reason why I watch Sorted. Sure, pass-it-on are fun. But just seeing Kush and Ben being in absolute control, having pretty much finished the dish in 6 minutes is more satisfying... I guess it tells more about me ...
i would love to see a battle where the two chefs exchange the ingredients they used in this battle so we see what the other would have done with them!!
I'm so intrigued by Ben's Currywurst. What a way to re-invent a classic. I can't speak for all Germans, but I approve. Btw. Both Berlin and Hamburg claim to have invented the Currywurst. Edit after watching the full video: I am offended at Barry's suggestion of a bun. I am off to alert the press.
As someone from Arizona in the United States, I’m so excited to see them cook with prickly pear! We make a ton of prickly pear things. It’s super sweet and used in cocktails (as a syrup) and candies mainly. Jams too!
I absolutely love these Cheffy battles ... those two are so amazing to watch, especially with mad ingredients. I have never seen a hot dog look so good!
To paraphrase Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith from the A-Team, "I love it when a stitch-up goes awry!" Both chefs did well, but Ben played to Barry's tongue. He loves it when he noshes on his sausage.
@@vrdn22 That's when I became uneasy, but was prepared to let it slide. As a (half-)Swabian, I lost it when he proclaimed honey beer pretzels to be a thing in Germany.
From seeing the dishes being prepared, and from Barry's descriptions. I would probably love both dishes. But I think my winning choice would have been Kush's dish because of the balance that Barry described. Proper balance in a dish, and in a battle like this? Not an easy feat.
I liked Kush'es ambidexterity. How easily he does small things with both hands simultaneously. Other thing I noticed, at least in those pieces that are on video, is that Kush tastes everything all the time, after each adjustment, while Ben didn't taste either of his sauces (again, on video).
Here in México we call those prickley pears Tunas, and the proper way to cut them is to slice off its ends, and then make a vertical cut on one side. The rest of the skin just comes right off in a single pull, saving you a lot of time and wasting none of the juicy fruit inside, also helps avoid the thorns!
As a German I was really excited about the fusion! But Ben lost me with the Sauerkraut 😂 it just does not belong with Currywurst… and I’ve never heard of beer and honey pretzels… sounds very American to me 😂
I think if you win the rock, paper scissors, you should take turns. So the winner chooses first and third while the loser still gets to choose the second item.
As a German I am fascinated about how many things Ben names as German that I have never heard about. This must be, how all the other nationalities feel, whenever Sorted starts doing fusion cooking. Edit: Like, sauerkraut with currywurst??? Honey-beer-pretzels?
For the Chef v Chef unplanned battles they should totally space out the ingredients. Have the battle head to head and reveal a new ingredient every 5 minutes.
Growing up in San Antonio, TX, USA with a front yard full of prickly pear cacti, I loved seeing them showing up here. I used to go out every couple of weeks during growing season and come inside with like 10lbs of fruit and make jams and syrups that traded with the neighbors for venison that you could then cook with the jam on top like a glaze
@@anticom1337 oh wait, it might dawned on me: Ben could mean "Bier Bretzeln", the Large Hard ones. But there are like Bier- or Teewurst not made with, but eaten with Beer. And maybe someone made a Honey Version, which i find more likely than one with Met Flavour
@@MrGrimsmith Yeah, I've been known to add it to my tuna salad for a bit of a kick. (Just the one for me, mind. I don't think anyone else in the house would appreciate it.)
At a friends place and made her watch this with me as we both got wine drunk and all she kept saying was " Ben's so nice" 😂😂😂 I can't disagree with her. ❤
I would love to see more chef vs chef battles on the channel! As a chef myself I'm always intrigued, you can see that Kush works cleaner. But then Ben plans better and is more organised. Kush very often seems to cook rustic but achieves cheffy dish, Ben wants to get cheffy but achieves rustic 😅 Both are amazing chefs and both are so different!
I mean, some people do I guess because I've seen quite a few recipes for it where it's treated almost like plantain chips (sliced on a mandolin pretty thin, though which you can't do with an overripened one Ebbers had)
@@Timmycoo that’s fair, I just don’t know why you’d cut them as anything but just round coins or maybe semi circles if you want to cut the plantain in half. I just know I’d wind up with uneven plants and missing half a finger if I tried it like he did😂and it doesn’t seem like they crisp up as nicely
Sauerkraut with Currywurst is probably one of the last things any German would serve. On that note I am actually really glad that this thing had nothing to do with a Currywurst.
