$449 vs $18 Chocolate Cake: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients

$449 vs $18 Chocolate Cake: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

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Pro chef Natasha Pickowicz and home cook Emily are swapping recipes and hitting the kitchen to make chocolate cake. We set Emily up with all the ingredients necessary to make Chef Natasha’s luxurious $449 chocolate cake recipe, sending only $18 worth of stuff back the other way. Will Natasha be able to bake up a storm from Emily’s humble ingredients? Will Emily be able to keep up with Natasha’s restaurant-quality recipe?
Director: Chris Principe
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Featuring: Natasha Pickowicz
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@connorbishop3289 3 ай бұрын

You should do pro chef vs pro chef and see their takes on each other’s recipes :)

@KDeanie 3 ай бұрын

Oh I’d watch that

@christyancamarena6463 3 ай бұрын

Yaaaaaasss 👏👏👏

@TheUrbanhat 3 ай бұрын

Thats a great idea! I'm thinking Saul and Proto, cooking each other's cuisines. Would love it!

@clairesauer5692 3 ай бұрын

YES

@MrCillaKam 3 ай бұрын

Sal vs Frank... I WANT THIS EPIC MATCH UP FOR THE END OF TIME

@scatterlienatalie9873 3 ай бұрын

"Sifting, I've never really understood, but I believe in it, like fairies and the economy," Emily is the G O A T 😂😂😂

@afino61_ 3 ай бұрын

"suck it, gravity!"

@phoenixxam5812 3 ай бұрын

“I’m gonna make a little bath for you, baby!” Emily is an idol 🤣🤩

@bongekileskosana1229 3 ай бұрын

The Pro Chef's disdain for the IMITATION vanilla extract 🤣

@rinalaurajenn 3 ай бұрын

WTF with this jokes. What's wrong if she repeated IMITATION VANILLA EXTRACT. you sound like expert cooking or chef. This hate so cringe

@metalgamer9647 2 ай бұрын

@@rinalaurajennwhat?

@UndecidedCryptid 3 ай бұрын

No one gonna mention that the flowers were $137 of that price, seems egregious

@ilaphroaig 3 ай бұрын

Totaly nuts. And she only needed 1 rose. And then the Brandy. This cake was more like 250 dollars..

@datboibutters 3 ай бұрын

That’s always been something that’s bothered me about the series. For shock value they use the total price for the item instead of the fraction of what was used.

@jc3drums916 3 ай бұрын

@@datboibutters I don't mind that so much if it's with the idea that there's no way to buy exactly how much is used, such as if the recipe calls for 4 eggs, but the smallest quantity stores sell eggs is a half dozen, because that's closer to how much we'd have to spend to make the recipe, which is more useful than the finished product's exact material value. But often there are at least one or two ingredients that are vastly overpriced by Epicurious's estimate, regardless of quantity. And was there no way to buy a single rose?

@damonruetama8126 3 ай бұрын

If you subtract the roses, she guessed the price exactly 😮

@nicholascrow8133 3 ай бұрын

@@jc3drums916 In other videos when they use the same ingredient, it's clear that they cost the expensive ingredients as a whole unit (e.g whole bottle of brandy, dozen eggs etc) but they cost the less expensive ingredients as per portion (i.e what is used for the recipe, 1 or 2 eggs etc) There's even been cases where they have bumped up the price of identical amounts of the same ingredient. I get that it's all to make the title more clickbaitable, but would much rather they do fair costings, there still would be a significant delta in costings and just make the whole thing seem more honest...

@gerardochavesalvarado9520 3 ай бұрын

Take a shot everytime the pro chef says imitation vainilla extract! 😅😂

@dailithjai1425 3 ай бұрын

Also at the end when she said "cheaper ingredients" when she was saying how salt brought out the flavour, she didn't have to say that 💀😭

@tiaaustin9351 3 ай бұрын

Whats even more crazy than the roses being 137 is that Emily guessed 312 which is what 449-137

@luistelles8719 2 ай бұрын

Woah

@ryanbacher2455 3 ай бұрын

The pro chef actually sent instructions instead of just an ingredients list! Hallelujah!

@lindafreeman7030 3 ай бұрын

Emily understands those nights when you just NEED CAKE, and this is why I love her.

@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808 3 ай бұрын

The new pro chef reminds me of that Unicorn of a girl who's a cheerleader but also captain of the debate team and also happens to be a genuinely nice person, but still can't relate to normal people's daily failings.

@emilytchuu9876 3 ай бұрын

It’s her voice

@printedwit 3 ай бұрын

credit to Emily: $449 less the value of those $137 organic roses is EXACTLY $312. and i'd be snipping my neighbor's bushes before paying the equivalent of half a kidney for those: aesthetically pleasing / edible / homogeneous though they may be.

@andychen7390 3 ай бұрын

16:46 Organic does not mean safe to eat, this is such a huge misunderstanding. All organic means is that the produce was not grown with synthetic chemicals. This does not mean there were no pesticides, herbicides, etc. Many organic farmers use organic pesticides, some of which can be as or more toxic than their synthetic counterparts. If you need roses that are edible, you need to actually ask around and seek out edible roses. Just basing edibility off of certain roses being organic is not the sure bet a lot of people think it is.

@alexdee5341 3 ай бұрын

I'm a simple person. I see Emily, I click.

@ThePolaris07 3 ай бұрын

"What're the flowers for exactly " 😂😂😂😂... Emily we love you ❤❤❤

@samuelthomas7486 3 ай бұрын

“Butter!” I love Emily so much. Wonderfully chaotic today ❤️

@GuruLouis 3 ай бұрын

Emily is honestly someone i would love as a best friend😂😂 her energy is unmatched 🎉

@herooffire101hero2 3 ай бұрын

4:03 She just explained why sometimes I would bite into one of my baked goods and i would get a sharp metallic taste! Thank you!

@shyannwaters-lg5tm 3 ай бұрын

Pesticides are used on organic roses, please only buy roses labeled for edible use.

@stevietalk1 3 ай бұрын

Pro chef specifically says these roses do not have pesticides used

@andychen7390 3 ай бұрын

@@stevietalk1 she said to buy organic roses because they were safe to eat, implying that all organic roses were edible, which is not the case.

@AS-kq7hw 2 ай бұрын

Correct. You can absolutely have "organic" pesticides (many of which are poisonous to humans).

@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808 3 ай бұрын

with every video, I appreciate Emily more and more

@matthew229 3 ай бұрын

i bet u big@@jacoblem

@thelingeringartist 3 ай бұрын

@@jacoblemok bro it’s fine

@msripley7731 14 күн бұрын

@@jacoblemSO REAL FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT

@DecayingReverie 3 ай бұрын

I'm just waiting for the one time they unveil the finished food and the other chef dead-eyes them and says, "What have you done to my dish?!"

@Richard-ph4kz 3 ай бұрын

Emilys sifting comparison is what does it for me

@treehuggingbuddhist 3 ай бұрын

Emily…”this is like a date “ 😂 ❤

@laurarobinson0618 3 ай бұрын

Let’s see how many times we can say imitation vanilla in one episode with as much disdain as possible.

@stevietalk1 3 ай бұрын

I didn’t get distain

@brennanmaynard4237 3 ай бұрын

I want a whole series based on Emily.

@peterschutzek325 3 ай бұрын

Like her own channel?

@erjino 3 ай бұрын

@@peterschutzek325 Her own COOKING channel 🤯

@_Toxicity 3 ай бұрын

Emily gifting the kiwi a rose--LOL!

@danielconley5256 3 ай бұрын

The Hershey chocolate cake recipe on the cocoa box is the absolute hands down best cake recipe ever! Subtract 1/2 cup less powdered sugar for the icing and it's the bees knees as my kids say

@bree4174 3 ай бұрын

Emily's mmmmm when tasting the expensive taste really said it all lol .

@Czsesp 3 ай бұрын

Really wish they’d come out with an entire book with all the chefs recipes. 😭

@HustlinWithHazel 3 ай бұрын

$137 for the roses and they didn’t even eat it/taste test it with the rose petal. 🙃

@EK-xz8ig 3 ай бұрын

Baking, and more specificly working with chocolate has definitely made me cry before

@call_me_ping 20 күн бұрын

Emily is an absolute DELIGHT! Love their content, energy, and all!! Whenever I see her featured, I click immediately!

@farronroboff255 3 ай бұрын

Oh Emily, sending you a hug.

@girlygirl2969 3 ай бұрын

Emily's F-it moment! I loved it.

@desertfresh3740 3 ай бұрын

Is that the first f-bomb on this show??

@Darkness-lj5bh 3 ай бұрын

@@desertfresh3740 No. There are a few f-bombs here and there. The f-bombs along with a few others are censored.

@stephlang1757 3 ай бұрын

Emily is a national treasure. 🥰

@gancarzpl 3 ай бұрын

Organic roses $137 !? I didn't realize that you could buy five times more expensive organic flowers.

@mothersfighting 3 ай бұрын

The pro chef had to emphasize the IMITATION vanilla extract and cheap ingredients at the end. Sorry we’re not worthy of you 😂

@bobbysmith8095 3 ай бұрын

I think she was saying these are thing to use to help cheap ingredients cuz not everyone got $300 for cake. I don't think she meant to be stuck up at all. I mean she know what all the poor stuff were and even embrace the coco powder.

@DanielTrygoreVillegas 19 күн бұрын

How is Emily so cute and funny just cooking? She should be the star of this channel.

@MVZ333 3 ай бұрын

Lol Emily hated that cake 😂🤣

@FringedHorizon 3 ай бұрын

So, is no one going to mention Emily nailed the price minus the ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN DOLLAR ROSES?!?!

@mahaimtiaz947 3 ай бұрын

Seconding the other lady in the comments asking for the chefs recipes. That idea is amazing. Also for the other series not just this one: the 4 levels one as well.

@StancyInTheCity 3 ай бұрын

Would love to see these videos, have a blind taste test with average people at the end

@youaintgettingmyhandle 3 ай бұрын

I was expecting to see a chocolate cake like the Matilda version. 😂😂

@vitalilukyanau2220 3 ай бұрын

Come on.. almost 150$ for big bouquet of organic roses and just bud is used?! Chef's recipe doesn't cost 449$..

@alvincura 3 ай бұрын

"Suck it, Gravity?" I think @EmilyDuncan must be my Internet bestie, and she doesn't even know it.

@VIP-ry6vv 3 ай бұрын

The baroness of buckwheat vs the ketchup queen. I love it.

@rubennel6463 3 ай бұрын

Emily is such a legend

@jackr6041 3 ай бұрын

10/10 Julia Child impression

@jc3drums916 3 ай бұрын

Natasha says "imitation vanilla extract" like it personally offended her. Also, the acetate thing seems a little fiddly. I've never had an issue when using steel cake rings, 8 3/4" for a cake baked in a 9" round pan. And I think I mentioned this the last time a video talked about folding into an airy batter, but Adam Ragusea experimented with gentle folding versus whisking and "deflating" the batter, and found it made no discernible difference.

@nicholruaya8120 3 ай бұрын

I've seen Natasha before on Claire Saffitz's channel and NYT cooking but I think this is my first time seeing her on Epicurious

@eling7396 3 ай бұрын

loved the pro chefs explanations

@desertfresh3740 3 ай бұрын

Emily, you are so entertaining.

@abigailsonmor294 Ай бұрын

Emily is the sole reason why my family and I watch these videos. Somebody please tell Emily that the people LOVE her! ☺️

@andrewchamberlain9523 29 күн бұрын

Natasha if you read these comments you have the most amazing voice in this series. Get her on here much more please!

@ashleyv.6624 3 ай бұрын

Emily…. 😂😂😂 she’s the best.

@alyssad1661 3 ай бұрын

yayyyy I love Natasha Pickowicz !!!

@ptrinch 3 ай бұрын

Where do they come up with these prices? A dozen roses for $137? Half a dozen eggs for $13.29? A stick of butter for $10? Seriously?

@oliversomething4821 2 ай бұрын

New York City.

@charlesmnadeau 3 ай бұрын

More please!

@amiravt 3 ай бұрын

Natasha has such a calming voice

@wesleycolvin7158 3 ай бұрын

Finally, ingredients that Rose doesn't need to translate for anyone. Emily's presentation is definitely more eye-catching.

@fashionablechangeling1988 3 ай бұрын

Rose hasn't been involved with this series for a while now

@krissy012p 3 ай бұрын

Emily, you are the most adorable human on the planet. ❤

@LeoStaley 3 ай бұрын

Emily: I've done a lot of weird things. Ketchup on French toast people. KETCHUP ON FRENCH TOAST.

@deshontv 3 ай бұрын

Emily is so real

@syd2248 3 ай бұрын

Gosh I just love Natasha!! Can we like get the recipes for the made-up chocolate cake??😅Both cakes looked incredible🤍🤍I’m gonna look in my More Than Cake copy to see if there’s anything similar!

@4wayStopEnforcement 3 ай бұрын

I’m so curious about how the more savory elements like olive oil and buckwheat add to the overall flavor. Personally, when I want a decadent chocolate cake, I wouldn’t be tempted by a cake described as “earthy”. …Just me?

@ghostoflazlo 2 ай бұрын

It's to balance the sweetness is my guess

@ShaileshVerma 3 ай бұрын

$137 dollars worth of "Organic" roses? Like really? Why? 🤨

@ashesofhopesinabonfireofdr6341 3 ай бұрын

Women will by anything that has outrageously high price if they don't have to spend their own money. Organic stuff is just wild stuff with a higher price tag.

@nicche511 3 ай бұрын

@@ashesofhopesinabonfireofdr6341stop being exist

@johnyesjustjohn 3 ай бұрын

Because the metal roses taste worse? 😂

@MsEldarium 3 ай бұрын

I'd guess the bouquet alone costs much less, but they used measurement per pound or whatever

@ashesofhopesinabonfireofdr6341 3 ай бұрын

@@johnyesjustjohn you can grow roses in your backyard 🤷‍♂️

@loriki8766 3 ай бұрын

Actually, that Italian KZfaqr Chef Dude debunked the whole folding thing. If you whip the eggs then you can whip everything else in and the results are actually better than if you fold.

@Cremeloaf 3 ай бұрын

He did lol. His name's Adam Ragusea.

@fingerbottom 3 ай бұрын

You don’t want clumps because it’ll make it taste metallic. These clumps are ok.

@stevietalk1 3 ай бұрын

The clumps are different - dry ingredients that should be well mixed together .. wet mix - the wet is probably a personal preference

@Aiibh 3 ай бұрын

I can literally tell you've never baked in your life 😭🤣. The clumps she told us to avoid and the clumps present in her cakes were different. The former clumps are unmixed dry ingredients coated and protected by the wet ingredients so they do not mix. They end up burning and giving the metallic taste. The lumps in her cake are evenly mixed. If you try to unmix these lumps your cake will become dry and the texture will be ruined.

@jimadler2430 3 ай бұрын

not tasting the rose in the video was a HUGE blunder

@flywan 3 ай бұрын

The rose is the most expensive ingredient in the list and is probably the most pointless element.

@ree572 3 ай бұрын

seems like it was yesterday when Emily was a level 1 chef...

@SentienToast 3 ай бұрын

Cake was fine until the random rosemary and fig leaves. I don't want random stuff on my food that isn't meant to be eaten with it.

@summera7144 3 ай бұрын

Not yall criticising a pro chef 😭😭

@raidcrhonos 3 ай бұрын

Emily is so much fun

@4gie90 Ай бұрын

Chaotically perfect

@SpareSomeChange8080 3 ай бұрын

I thought eating flowers was just something Homer Simpson did when hiding in the bathroom 🤨

@mjollnir85ts 3 ай бұрын

I know which chef is definitely salty...

@tannerthompson9862 3 ай бұрын

I need to know what grocery store they’re going to because those ingredients nowadays for the cheap cake would cost $40

@lennyngrado6365 14 күн бұрын

Emily was a phenomenal choice for this episode.

@questionresearch8721 3 ай бұрын

Why do I feel like the pro chef is shading Emily.

@aussieanna1540 3 ай бұрын

I hate places that include flowers to eat. They taste awful and add nothing.

@Ixviolated 3 ай бұрын

I wanna actually see the pro make their version

@haranpanpan5464 3 ай бұрын

Those roses and dark chocolate, too expensive bruhh

@metislamestiza3708 3 ай бұрын

no specific recipes for either?

@merty5713 3 ай бұрын

Organic roses may still have pesticides. Organic doesn't mean anything. They just use naturally derived forms of fertilizers and pesticides instead of lab made version. Which can be less environmentally friendly and more dangerous since they will have multiple compounds in them that are not regulated or well known. Unless something is labeled food grade or edible don't put them on your cake. Same thing with the vanilla bean vs vanilin, vanilin has far less environmental impact.

@adambloom2443 3 ай бұрын

Can someone explain to me what a chocolate feve is? I’ve seen it used by people who know more about what they’re doing in the kitchen than I do, and I’d love to know! Is it just a different shaped chocolate chip? Ps-My apologies if they answer this later in the video, I just started.

@invaderghostkungfu 3 ай бұрын

Hi! I used to sell these. They are basically just chocolate chips.

@bramfrijns7434 3 ай бұрын

I'm sorry, the roses cost HOW MUCH?

@Dennis-lp7xe 3 ай бұрын

Well too much for My taste, plus its just decoration

@uilanisanada7350 3 ай бұрын

$137 for 6 roses 🥶🥶🥶

@MissingRaptor 3 ай бұрын

As someone who is hypersensitive to the smell of roses and can't have caffiene, the cake is lovely. However, I am now craving the cake that chef Natasha made. It looks positively decadent and glorious!

@ctninh 2 ай бұрын

7:01 Emily should be a level 4 chef for this.

@Iris_Fleurish 23 күн бұрын

I think Emily really did a great job. Her attempt chocolate cake look better and like artisan comparing with the pro chef attempts. Hahahaa maybe because the recipe?