We Became Japan's WORST Michelin Star Chefs | Trash Taste Special 

The best family

Shockingly accurate

Grant: favorite child

Mayline saying "I wanna hate it but it's good." Sold it for me

New lore ? nice

His judgement was affected by the caveat that they were complete novices. I assume if the challengers had been trained chefs with 10 years each under their belts the judgement would have been far more severe. As it stands I think the boys did surprisingly good for a first attempt, hence the high scores. All of them far exceeded his expectations.

Unles its Gordon Ramsay - which would have been more hilarious but obv too expensive to get flown over and all

@@ForumcoldiArchon That would have been fucking hilarious but he’d still have less harsher judgment since theyre beginners

@@ForumcoldiArchon To be fair, Even Gordon wouldn't probably go very hard on them. They don't claim to be professional chefs, and are basically novices. Thus, there is no insult to the culinary profession. And he always plays it up, naturally, but still.

@@HangmanVa Gordon is also not that aggressive in the kids cooking shows, he is only super critical with people who call themselves chef (like in kitchen nightmares) or who are professional chefs

Link?

I feel like its pretty clear from watching this that Joey was actually just the best cook, or at least had best knife skills. Connor fucked up cutting his fish but his dish was also by far the easiest. Garnt pretty much just didn't have enough time to finish. Joey actually put out a pretty surprisingly good looking dish.

@@somethingbesidesmyrealname5389 well technically in the reaction video they said taimeshi takes a few hours to cook and they didn’t know there was a time limit but yeah Joey is probably the best cook

Where can we find the reaction video?

I mean Australians knows their knives :D

We all know who's Meylin's favorite now 😁

it 6 yes, she mentioned it two times~

youre highly exageratting.

America TV compare to British tv

@@FM-dm8xj It’s almost like it is meant to be exaggerated 🤔

Sticker-man pulling out a miracle

@@jaxongray3558 sticky fingas

He trained his whole life for that moment. The flashback of the shonen protagonist during the boss fight

This is some Karate Kid philosophy. "Show me peel the sticker."

@@jaxongray3558 hmmm i proabbly be happy to have him as spider man for my neighbourhood

Just like a some good uncle

Just like a some good uncle

Definitely Agree with that. But on the other side i think they were good at taking consideration because the boys actually did it well, i mean just imagine you put your 5 yrs of life just to be perfect at slicing fish but the boys only took like 1 hour of demonstration and gets it i mean sure its not perfect but atleast they managed to pull it off.

I think he's a very nice guy(a rarity for elite type people like Michelin star chefs). Imo he's a really good teacher. I think he's too nice but that has it's own advantages too especially when teaching people how to do things.

yeah, he makes you want to continue creating

Between this and joking about Garnt breaking his bike, Connor's getting really good at telegraphing the Choke.

​@@NuevoSMD He's not called ChokeDawgVA for nothing

And his ability to handle even the worst of gore and disgusting shit if it's for the sake of food.

@@jacobnorris8256 exactly!

How much were you paid to say that?

Yeah, its really cool to see. Im not sure if the chefs looked into them beforehand to find recipe's, or were reccomended by Meilyn or someone, but it was neat to see.

Also not buying the ‘the recipes are random’ crap-there’s no way Connor could have made that sashimi without losing at least a couple of fingers.

At least no plates where thrown in the trash or smash in the floor like in masterchef.

Chef Mac deserves a whole episode

Chef Mac really was a comedian. I particularly liked his "pretty... pretty... pretty..." Curb Your Enthusiasm reference.

@@nexusprime2487 well masterchef contestant is not beginner, the judgement should be comparable to masterchef junior...

@@nexusprime2487 Because the expectancy for Masterchef is being professional. All of the contestants have varying levels of experience in cooking, atleast they know the basics. Koji here is judging the 3 dudes like it's masterchef Junior, since they literally have close to zero cooking experience. In comparison Hell's Kitchen is way harsher because EVERY participant is a professional chef already.

No spoilers bro

Please no spoilers

LMAO this made me laugh hard

I think that's just based on how he always mess up at the very end of every special. That being said, I hope he actually drops his plate, lol.

Bra same.

Ikr

He looks so adorable doing his best to communicate in English. Chef Koji is truly the mvp.

His English is good

As far as I'm concerned his English was perfect, I never missunderstood anything he said and Chef Koji came off as hilarious, something incredibly difficult to do in a language that is not your own!

He was the MVP of this special, 100%, he was so nice and funny.

Yeah I appreciate that

Have any of you guys licked sweat? edit: Meilyne is quickly turning into a favourite of mine lmao

Meilyne is my spirit animal. If you haven't spit on your sibling you haven't had a real childhood

Spitting on your siblings is normal while fighting, me n my sisters used to spit in each others mouths while fighting to assert dominance

@@MegaZayd1 thats kinda sus bro

Bruh we bite each other

56:56 56:56 56:56 56:56 😊😊😊😊

show this to Gordon Ramsey

Pretty sure there were some external screaming too lmao

Garnt's protagonist powers really pulled him up to joint second. The sob story of hardest dish and the mom flashback (not to mention Meilyne's mismatched scoring) is such the culmination of Garnt's first cooking arc.

@@mukundbalasubramanian1229 it felt so bullshit I can completely see it be the plot twist of a shonen manga

I don't think Joey's dish was the easiest

@@The_oli4 no, I know, I just mean he was given the least steps, he had to remember the least

I fibd meylins input a bit redundant. As connor said, she trashed grants food and still gave him the same amount of points as gim. I think its a bit unfair to use someone in the judge who is familiar with these guys and thus kind of biased.

This is a certified classic bri’ish moment.

Yeah bro i gotta need a cup of tea and some fish and chips

The easiest recipe for brit

It was inevitable

@@nasilemak5686 why L

What's bucciriati or what does that mean

The taste of a liar!

@@PrinceLobo-es8kl might be a character from jojo you see in that tongue gif

@Priyanshu Singh My favorite character from anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, he licks sweat and detects if the person is lying or telling the truth lmao

Hey talking about the spit that gave me sweet home Alabama vibes

Meanwhile meilyne.. xD

The chef has a great personality for the camera. I'm not sure if he's done stuff like this before but he seemed like a natural.

It's a bit of a Japanese trait there. They often give compliments instead of criticism.

meanwhile... in a place far away: "ITS FOOKING RAW, GEWT THE FUCK OUT OF MY KITCH HEN YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR A FOUHKIN COOK"

tbh i think hearing some more critism wouldve been nice too. If i were to cook something first time, I would want to know what couldve been better and what i can best work on and how exactly to accomplish it rather than the compliment of doing an amazing job (unless i really do an amazing job for first time based on first time standards)

This is why I knew that he was the one that was gonna win, Because he was really focused and comitted into his dish. notice that he was the only one that was the most quietest while preparing their dishes.

@@karasunole2550 agree, he was not complaining, btw, conner should be second.

When you gotta do, you gotta do

Well, he did chop up his friends (who, might I add, were unwillingly kidnapped in broad daylight) just so he could have "the white man experience". So a fish is nothing to this man now. _-If you know, you know.-_

That's how you win a competition, traumatize the competition lmao

the favorite child

I thought the same thing, she gushed about how his food tasted perfect, but because it had scales and he "just dumped it all on a plate" (they were like fish bricks, what was he meant to do? build a wall with them?) and she dumped his score four points for stuff he had no control over. She couldn't even be even a little nice and give it a 7.

With the amount of negative feedback she gave about the dish I laughed out loud when she gave Garnt the same score as Connor XD

actual biased judge ngl

Yeah that was biased, but the dish selection was biased as well, so ends up just the same IMO

not really, only joeys was "easy" the others were about the same difficulty

@@Angoose_ Other than him needing to remove the skin of the fish (which is really difficult) his was a bit easier to prepare.

I think you mean "desecrate" buddy. "Defecate" somehow sounds worse in this context...

@@JarlBalgruff_ did the man stutter?

@@JarlBalgruff_ He clearly said "defecated ON" so... I think it's exactly what he meant:)

@@poetofthefall4413 Okay.... you have a point... I didn't read the on part so, yea... my bad

tbh, I agree with meilyn, let's be real nobody cares how 'difficult' certain dishes are,they want it served no matter what.

I thought it was the other way around.

Honestly Connor's really looked bad, the flavor as they said was more on the good side Garnt's probably didn't look as bad but had some bones so it's understandable

Both had bad presentations, both had errors in cooking (Connor's fish wasn't crisp on the bottom and had scales in it, Garnt's rice was undercooked and had bones in it) but both had good taste. I think that both having the same grade is actually fair.

@@M-Soares The idea of Connors Dish was that there are scales on it.He was the only one who didnt need to scale it off.

@@M-Soares Connor's dish is SUPPOSED to have scales in it. Meilyn took away like 2 points simply because she personally doesn't like scales

I don't get it. Please explain yourself,,,,better.

@@layzy24 Basically Joey said Welcome to my shop/restaurant after the owners did.

Joey: “no, welcome to /my/ shop”

Reminds me so much of the tik tok meme

well he manage to impressed the chefs so he owned the restaurant now. JK btw dont take my comment seriously.

It certainly saved him a lot of time, sure. But making sashimi, especially with a flat bony fish like flounder, requires finesse. I'd argue he had a more difficult job to do than Connor who just had to do a normal filet and then fry it. Garnt's dish definitely looked the hardest though.

Actually Connor had the easiest, it's literally just fried fish. He didn't even need to scale it. Joey's one requires good knife work to skin the fish and slice each pieces into neat looking.

Ok but he had to like, murder a live fish. That probably makes up for it. xD

@@notverybright9825 yeah, and also using the wrong knife to perfectly skin a fish, the hardest thing to get right, is a feat not even chef koji said he could've done.

It was faster,but this brilliant knife work is super hard.

Factsss

He was amazing! He was so encouraging with beginners and had great chemistry with everyone. Star of the showa

Yeah seemed like he was having lots of fun :D

Frfr big homie Koji

Chef koji seems like a fun person to train with

Probably has a lot to do with Japanese culture and respect being such a huge thing.

He was also funny tbh, cracked some jokes that made me laugh

He really sold the whole video honestly. Would watch a show just of him.

@@kimioops chef koji is a chef that i would want to have rather than my highschool cooking teacher😅

This comment!! Chef Koji was absolutely so sweet and understood the guys were new to the kitchen, didn’t judged based on difficulty if cooking and overseeing the kitchen. Just slaps on the hands, but that’s it.

tbh,any chefs could've did the dishes on time if they actually FOCUSED, Garnt spent his time running his mouth instead of thinking how to cut time.

@@muhammadazrafbinmohdakmam4772 running your mouth doesn't deny the laws of physics, he had to Cook his ingredients for like 30 minutes.

@@nilevelum yep that is definitely the excuse I would like to hear from the chefs when they are late serving my food.

@@muhammadazrafbinmohdakmam4772 then again, garnt isn't a chef.

​@@muhammadazrafbinmohdakmam4772I am pretty sure the fast service in most restaurants is cause they have already done the prep work. Hance the short amount of time. Like scaling the fish, cleaning it and washing it scoring it where probably done earlier and even with that not every dish is served in the same time limit. It's common sense some dishes just take more time.

Yeah, I love that chef 🍺🍺🍺🍻.

he just complementing mediocre dish, he's just being nice to not hurt their feelings.

​@Muhammad Azraf bin Mohd Akmam Yeah but those dished were cooked by dudes who just learnt it, didn't have it written down so they had to memorise it and had 0 prior experience

​@@muhammadazrafbinmohdakmam4772 Considering these people barely ever cook in their life, I would've done the same as Chef Koji. As a judge, you need to adjust your standard to the skill level of the people you're judging.

@@MonkeBrain07 Exactly. If you ask a 6 year old to draw and expect like a Picasso level painting you just need a straight up slap to your face

We need to see the World Famous Lasagna.

I want to see this now

*WORLD FAMOUS Lasagna

Chris probably drinking beer on the side

Nah, Connor's making spam with mashed potatoes

It looked like he wasted about ten minutes fucking about when he could have started the rice and got the heat going for his dish at least. Would have saved him LOTS of time. Instead he went and just chatted with Joey and Connor

While I appreciate the chef taking the time to prepare and share three whole recipes and cooking methods, a competition should really focus on the same dish for fairness sake

this was more entertaining tho so I could understand@@na3rial

Brooooo 🤣

Bro same I felt so proud and he wasn't even complimenting me 😭

When said "You are amazing" to Joey it was one of the most wonderful and wholesome things I've ever seen

For real! He was so proud of them. He was so sweet!

Dude when he gave him the 10/10....the pride in his eyes and him saying you can start working for me, that was so cute and wholesome.

lmao i think that says more about you then him

As someone who has been working in fine dining for over ten years, and has even been an executive chef of a multi-million dollar restaurant, I have no qualms about saying that Chef Koji is a true chef. The difference between a chef and a kitchen manager, is how well they teach and develop their people. Chef Koji did a phenomenal job of teaching them some basics.

If you get a chance you should go to his restaurant, I haven't been since he moved it from Roppongi to Akasaka, but i can't imagine it's gotten any less great

@@oivinf when i have the money, I'll certainly go

Maybe he was nervous and worried

"enjoy your meal" "thanks you too" is universal

@@kaukospots i do this too much

I thought it was the funniest line XD

What a legend.

Timestamp?

agreed, it was so unexpected and so hilarious

It's horrible 😂

This was filmed before the recent podcast?

Connor mentions later that this is atleast 2 months old

@@kushchakraborty8013 aww, so before Garnt's ultimate character development then?

420th like. Nice

*Michelin star lasagna.

"Thai meshi" haha

Sup fellow sect member.

No way the other 2 would've been as good at killing the fish as joey

i guess they wanted to give them something they would be comfortable with since they’re very much beginners

@@SkyflyNB he's a born killer

he felt like a natural presenter, he must have been on camera before

Both chefs were very amicable with them and Meilyne was the most strict with the score even though she was friend of them

I agree Chef Mac must've been on TV before or something. However Chef Koji was really comic as well, and an absolute softie of a person.

He is radiating such a strong "friendly neighborhood uncle" energy.

He has his own channel where he posted a reaction, Maction Planet, he has his own content, that's probably why he's not really new to being on camera

Says this for the Fish!

Loved when he said he was going to teach Chef Monke to do fish and chips! Hilarious!

Dude is so nice, talented too anything he touches taste good even a tarantula.

'kill it'

*chef monke

Big boi is waiting~! *Glistening*

I was pleasantly surprised with how kind and funny he ended up being, kinda hoping they do another cooking special and call him back.

koji is an experienced chef he dealt with shit much worse than a couple of entertainers attempting to create food

i was about to comment something like this, but your comment is better written hahah

Joey will eradicate all of the younger students, then finally join the dark side

pretty sure even moms will enjoy this episode too

Honestly with their trash takes I wanted a jankier special, kind of like the PC Building race... but this is good too. Chef Koji can roll with the boys' humor, and it made this soo much fun to watch!

@@maxxy2869 Absolutely, it’s definitely one of the more accessible Trash Taste episodes haha

I want a podcast with the chefs and Meilyne they were all so funny and great.

Too bad they think the audience is too weak to watch live fishes getting butchered....

Does Garnt make a crustless pie, or rip the crust off afterwards?

@@zoulogist9171 we will never know...

@@zoulogist9171 Both are valid choices. I hope we can see what he comes up with.

And Meilyne will be extra harsh on Connor once again :)

I’m just baffled as to where Garnt was going with the initial question though 😂

I think the chef being very positive and forgiving has more to do with the fact that he has been doing this for a very long time. Above anyone, he knows how long and hard it is to be able to perfect the cooking techniques and master the dishes. So when he saw the boys trying their best to replicate these very hard dishes that were only taught to them once, naturally he won't be too harsh on the techniques or the presentation, because that takes years to master. As long as the dishes taste decent and aren't completely inedible, I think that's good enough for him. It's like when you speak to someone who's trying their best to speak your mother tongue. You don't really care about their wrong grammar or pronunciation, you care about the essence of what they say. If you can understand what they mean then it's all good.

@@tokuen7796 The language example made your comment even better, and yes i do agree.

@@tokuen7796 I mean, its a refreshing sight. With the image of top tier chefs being heartless (despite yes, its being played up for the camera most of the time), The Chef's personality and attitude was just a delight

I hope so too!

Chef Mac was also such a lad

drift special with chef koji

Yes! We need to know what kind of anime and what 'cultured entertainment' he likes. Please invite him as a guest for a main episode.

chef koji supremacy

That gave me shivers only from reading

dang

That sounds painful. There wasn't too much blood was there?

@@alexstrife-sinclair6391 I was in shock so I don't remember the level of pain (I cut a small nerve and still can't feel part of my thumb many years later), but I was actually pissing blood for quite a while, and that part is kind of a weird story. While I was sitting there with my thumb squeezed in my other hand, the wound elevated above my heart and strategically placed over the sink (whilst trying not to faint), many of my colleagues tried helping me stop the blood with their first aid knowledge, but to no avail. The dripping didn't show any signs of slowing down. As it was very close to the start of the service, everyone had to go back to work and I was waiting for my partner to come pick me up and bring me to the hospital. Then came a middle-aged waitress who timidly but confidently entered the bathroom I was sitting in, telling me she had "a gift for stopping blood". Now, I didn't believe in stuff like a magical, unexplainable "gift" (and I still don't), but I was desperate so I let her hold my thumb. She held it gently, without putting much pressure, and seemed to concentrate on her "gift" for a few seconds. To that point, as I said, the blood didn't show any signs of slowing down, and I was actually worried that it would worsen if people started handling my wound in untrained ways. Well, to my astonished relief, after her short little ritual, it completely stopped. It didn't even start again later and I could go to the hospital without ruining the car seats and worsening my anemia. It still gives me a little bit of cognitive dissonance when I think about it. I can't find an explanation lol

Well that sounds graphic

I'm trying to find that moment again. Its such a good part lol

@@julioguzman5925 16:50

that's the competitive spirit xD He would fight the sun if he could.

is this one of his "accidental" episode or something? like when he is accidentally work for samsung. in this episode, he accidentally become a pro chef, maybe. LOL

The food world seems to have so many snobs, I'm just glad to see Chef Koji and others break this trend and be positive and encouraging.

Honestly the extensive cast of Trash Taste is almost more of a reason to watch than the bois themselves hahahaha so many good guests!

I did indeed!

I would honestly love a sequel, and like a true follow up, with stakes raised with the difficulty of dishes taken up a bit.

Yeah, I hope they can bring him on as a guest. That would be so fun!

woah! amazing idea i wont mind watching a episode with him on the podcast!

Yeah, Let British Take Over trash taste I'm just quoting grant. 🙌

This

That will be the first ever Trash Taste episode where the guests walk out mid recording just from sheer disgust of awful food takes the boys have.

Literal blood, sweat, and tears were put into his dish

@@austinzepitaph3804 extra flavors for meilyn

killing the fish isnt a big deal and its pointless banter for the duration of the competition. they are also grown men. they were guided on how its all made and if you want difficulty to prep it be unagi bc the skin is filled with a mucous slimy layer where its like u put lube on a fish. Joey still wins imo

I agree he did the best job, as far as we can tell. But he also had the fewest ways to mess up and the least to do time-wise (which really messed grant up). Bit hard to judge potential if given more time vs. actual result.

Fishermen are laughing at this comment

Sashimi is a difficult yet delicious dish i've ever tried, even became my favorite by how much effort & consideration you need to prepare, like i learned that you need to carefully filet it & remain it fresh as possible or else doing it wrong will result poor taste or discomfort itches in your throat. Good job

IKR, and they said Joey got the easy one. They have no idea how hard to fillet a bony fish. Less steps doesn't mean easier to prepare.

Yeah I’ve caught and (later that day) prepared my own flounder as a kid, and fuck did I butcher it, barely got any meat off and managed to give myself food poisoning. Still I think either joey or garnt both had the hardest

@@noahhkun5097 I agree, Garnt got the hardest one in my opinion but there's no easy dish there.

The bones and meat on the sides are actually my favourite, they're tender, crunchy and gelatinous at the same time. But yeah, deboning a flounder is pain if you really need to do it for a dish

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@@ilovepiss No minds? Don't reply if I do!

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@@simplysang5580 mind don't? Reply no I do if !

Because there’s no context for difficulty to someone who doesn’t know how to make it. Her judgement is purely based on taste and presentation

@@powerpuff4ever Gud point

She built different

Expertise isn't shown by the amount of words you can use to explain something, but gow easy you can make it to understand. Also, the judges have a reference point of a "industry level" standart

I also think that she was more critical because she is actually close to them but you could tell the chefs were being generous to them (taking in the difficulty of the dish and their general lack of experience in the kitchen) as opposed to being objective like Meilyn.

Yeah at first i thought we would get the boys getting absolutly demolished with his comments but it was super wholesome :-)

for some reason i also wanna see a collab with uncle roger lol also nice pfp change, looks cool

That's like asking for a public execution 😧

At least they will unlock achivement of being called "donkey" by Gordan Ramsay

Now thats a good suggestion

Gordon Ramsey recently discovered what twitch is and is open to the possibility to twitch cook champs

biasism isn't a word lol - bias is the word you're looking for. But yeah, Connor was robbed.