Ben "Why spelt flour?" Jamie "It's impossible to make spelt crackers if you'r not gonna use spelt flour, now isn't it?" Ben "Valid answer... I'll ask a better question... Why have you chosen to make spelt crackers?" Jamie "Cause we've got spelt flour." I don't know why, but I lost it at this exchange. Stupid stuff like this between mates is why I have been subscribed to you guys for SO MANY YEARS. Keep up the great work, boys, and thank you for all you have given and taught us!

To be honest, when I hear "it's gourmet" I always end up thinking "it's been made stupid", and that presentation absolutely delivered.

The blooper was great. The look on Ben's face when he says, "There's nothing snack sized about it" to Jamie's "Snack Sized Waxed Cheese" comment is pure comedy gold.

Yes. It’s gourmet. First, it looks fancy and second, the boys transformed ordinary ingredients into something more elevated. That makes it gourmet in my book. Great job Jamie and Barry!

This kind of has the feel of those nachos that are made directly on the counter.

Could we have two chefs go shopping and without them knowing have them swap ingredients to cook? 🤣😁

I think the most important part of making something gourmet is that it is fundamentally the same dish - and in this way, Jamie and Barry did better than Ben, imo. Ben's previous attempts looked absolutely delicious, but they were nowhere near reminiscent of the dish they were supposed to be a gourmet verison of. Well done!

I think the expectations of a “make it gourmet” series is best described as a rebranded Level Up from your old fridge cams. The Normals did an awesome job with it! We end up with the same dish, a bit fancier, but recognisable and close enough to the original dish that it’s instantly recognisable. Ben’s dishes were more likely to be served in a fancy restaurant but a bit too far removed from the original product.

I really appreciate whoever wrote the closed captions on this video, particularly “bombastic orchestral music”. “Mixture slopping” was also a highlight.

What Ben don't seem to get about making something Gourmet. It's making the same dish but bring it up a notch. Make it fancy with more flavour. Not a completely different dish with elements of the original dish. For me the guys nailed it.

When Barry asked Ben ”… on your own?!”. Why wouldn’t he, though? I also live by myself and that doesn’t stop me from plating my food nicely and making a cheese board and wine for myself 🍷🧀 🤓

Yes! THIS is what I was thinking is what theyd do when I first saw the "Make it Gourmet" series! They still made a cheese board, but it was elevated with the produce they used and the way they presented said food. Can you do this again but in this method?!?!

The most gourmet "cheese course" I had was in a new 2 Michelin star restaurant De Nieuwe Winkel. It basically was a cheese "cracker" and creamed cheese made out of different cheese and some other things. It was reeaaaally good. This is definately what I thought of hearing this assignment.

I love this format! Although Ben's stuff is enjoying to watch, marking it gourmet (tastier than the usual version) seems more achievable to us normal

The theatrical part made me smile - I'm so proud of Barry and Jamie!

I LOVE that the closed captions describe the music at the end as "bombastic classical music" - such theatre. Brilliant.

A friend of mine had his WEDDING cake made out of cheese!! There were some amazing cheeses and some preservatives and pickles that were amazing that I would’ve never have brought myself!

Love Ben throwing shade and getting all the sass back! 😆😆😆

Before this episode I would almost have used "gourmet" and "pretentious" synonymously on this channel. Jamie and Baz have pushed the definition of Gourmet for me with this without hitting pretentious so I say yes, they succeeded!

Yes! Thank you Jamie and Barry! I enjoyed Ben's attempts with the previous episodes, but this time the original dish planned was "upscaled" to make it gourmet, not turned into a fancy dish that had similar properties to the original (which was what Ben's attempts were like).

It's really nice seeing the guys work so well together for once

I knew Baz and Jamie were up to some sort of shenanigans as soon as they lifted the closh 🤣 great job guys! that looks delicious!

Now this is exactly what the series should be! Took the brief and made it gourmet while still being the brief!! Love it!

They followed the brief! As for Gormet, I believe everyone normally thinks of it as something that is your average thing like a pizza and then elevates it with different ingredients/techniques to still be a pizza, but tastes so much better because of the extra work or changes to ingredients.

Yes! This had me in stitches but also rather intrigued. My intrigue was sated as the final product, and how it was presented, was sensational! Well done! It is worth it to sit up here in Australia till 1 am for the next episode!

Love Bens sass on the double standards of homemade

I’ve watched your channel for years and I mean YEARS. I just love everything you do. Thank you all!!!

To my mind, gourmet items provide an experience. This was unquestionably an experience. Definitely a gourmet cheese and cracker to me!

I was just watching the beans on toast gourmet episode. So sweet.

Ben is saltier than all cheeses combined

Jamie and Barry said it perfectly. Ben kept changing the brief and never went anyway near the original briefs and then made entirely different dishes that already existed. Delicious looking and probably amazing tasting, but not what was the brief. While I would have preferred different cheeses, this actually fulfils the brief and looks kinda cool. Good job gentlemen!

Thank you guys (and everybody behind the scenes that helps). Good stuff.

Barry's "on your own" reaction made me do a full on spit take. 🤣 Thank you!

I had a gourmet confetti cake at my wedding. It was awesome!

Aaaaand the format has been saved!!! Excellent work!! Elevated but not pretentious, and that presentation was pure performance art. Looked delicious, and ABSOLUTELY gourmet!

I have to say again....the Ebbers of today is sooo much different than the Ebbers of a dozen years ago. It's truly delightful to see him enjoy and sass back at The Lads gentle ribbing.

I love the boys justifying the challenge just by saying "Gourmet" at the end of each instruction.

I think it's important to clarify the difference between a gourmet (someone with refined taste who enjoys fine food and drink) and a gourmand (someone who is extremely and often excessively fond of eating and drinking). I feel that Ebers is more a gourmet than a gourmand. Regardless, I definitely think this is gourmet given the presentation being done at your table.

That presentation!! Absolute delight to watch!

Yes...the boys elevated the humble cheese board to a share platter with new and inviting combinations...and the way they served it was almost avantgarde in it's dressing...kudos Barry & Jamie...you did it!!

Would love to see a challenge where the normals think it's a normal challenge but the curve ball is that it gets swapped and the three have to cook the other's dish. Just to see them panic

I didn't realize it was Barry creating the drawings of the food! That's awesome, and he really does have so much artistic talent. :)

Yes this was! I really loved it ! Would totally make this for myself.

Love this - the teamwork, the presentation - all of it

I guess I'm both surprised and happy to see that the vision for a gourmet cheese and crackers board is not just... charcuterie. They actually made things, instead of just doing a board with really fancy cheeses and meats.

Wallace would love this episode "Cheese!" - Wallace (Wallace and Gromit)

Love it, the food, the banter, superb.

I’ve enjoyed every make it gourmet video! Ben’s great at visually elevating a dish 💯

Absolutely nailed it boys! To me after you’ve “made something gourmet” it should somewhat resemble the original, involve fancy ingredients/techniques, give a similar taste but be different. One of my favourite recent videos!

As much as I absolutely adore Ben for his deep knowledge and skills relating food, sense of humour and everything, I must say that the boys were better at leveling up things to gourmet (tho, cheese board seems itself to be gourmet). The plating was more pretentious than gourmet, imho. Ben seemed so salty and hurt in this episode, especially at the beginning, questioning their choices and roasting them. But boy, as much as I like you, you made whole new dishes back then, it wasn't leveling up something existing, but making something new, barely resembling the original. 😅 You are knowledgeable and creative, but I'm sorry, it was kinda too creative. I would totally support new series - "Ben gone wild", "Ben's playground" or some name with creativity, because in itself these ideas were great, but not necessarily as gourmet versions of something else. I'm sure such series would be delightful to watch. 💜

I love this video format!!!!!

I loved the presentation, it was so much fun and the end result looked delicious!

I want to see Ben make Fairy Bread gourmet. (Well I want to see Ben's reaction to Fairy Bread because he is such a food snob.)

Anytime cheese is in the title you know its going to be a good video - because cheese is perfection

I Love this channel x literally it sounds crazy to say, but it's one of a few things that really helps with my low moods and depression... Just wanted to say Thank you guys for such fun, engaging content. It helps more than you know ✨

Yes. Absolutely stunning. The elements of ingredients are interesting and quite impressive. 👍

The most surprisingly delicious thing I’ve ever had on a charcuterie board, was at a brewery on Lake Superior in Minnesota. They had locally caught and smoked lake trout as one of the board’s components. We’re not big fans of fish, but tasted like some of the best bacon.

Not going to lie I personally loved Ben’s “gourmet” dishes, although they weren’t new or the original dish it was great to see similar dishes and ingredients to things we know, like beans on toast but taken to a different place and it shows me a dish I’d never seen or heard of before

I absolutely love scamorza cheese! There's a local pizza and pasta joint that serves an appetizer that's scamorza cheese melted over diced tomatoes and herbs and served with sliced of toasted French bread. It's so good.

Yes! So glad to see a little bit of the behind the scenes brainstorming. I think where Ben had previously gone wrong in this format is that for the majority of people, making something homemade instead of using prepackaging is in fact gourmet to us mere mortals… I mean normals ;) Edit: deseeding a pomegranate in water! Game changer!

I would love to see some bavarian "Obazda" on this! it's a perfect cheese cream made from camembert, cream cheese, butter, paprika, onions and a splash of beer. it's really, really good, especially with a prezel, but godly with any bread of choice. trust me, try it!!

The end was definitely a Mr. Bean moment

Yes! The boys smashed it out of the park. Well done!

Watching those guys played up made me actually laugh out loud. Thank you for that. I needed it at the end of my day. Also the look Jamie gave about having to open up that jar was classic.

“The food team did say it was ‘slightly insane’.” Wondering what the scale of insanity of the food team looks like. 👀

See now I want to see the unedited version of them 'plating the dish', mostly so I can see how much of it ends up on Ebbers.

Omg this was perfect and what we all wanted from this series

the 15 last secods have to be one of the best bloopers ever hahaha

yes go normals!! practically performance art at the end and had me on the floor laughing 🤣 but i bet it also tasted great!!

Now THIS is right up my street…looking to up my game from Dairylea on Jacob’s! 🤣

Yes. The dish has been elevated with all the different components. It looked yummy! 😋🇨🇦

I lost it at the spelt flour exchange at the beginning! I kept rewinding that bit and laughing all over again.

Ben should make doner kebab gourmet using duck mince and other expensive food

This is the most gourmet cheese and crackers board I have ever seen in my life and it looks absolutely amazing!!! It actually makes me want to have cheese and crackers now for dinner. Thanks guys!!🤣

As I'm watching Barry and Jamie plate up at the end, I had this flash back from YEARS ago when Barry would do his "artsy" plating. Great job, guys. Makes me want to do the same thing for a lunch during this horrendous heat we are having. Thanks for another great episode. To answer your question: Definition of gourmet is "A connoisseur of fine food and drink". Definition of connoisseur is "someone who takes their food considerably more seriously than most". So in light of these definitions I would say the guys definitely took this to the gourmet level.

The ending and presentation was fabulous ! well done boys

If you hadn't shown the process of 'arranging' it, I would have assumed that somebody had tripped whilst carrying it over to the table. I'd still eat it though...

Absolutely yes! Good job boys! Standing ovation 😉👍 love the wild presentation and overall look of this dish...want to try it! Totally gourmet!

Yes. Look at how much fun you had mixing all over the plate. Trying this over here and that over there, finding what you liked someplace else and trying it with something new. I think that would MOST DEF please the Gourmand.

Cheese and Crackers plates/ boards are a staple meal for my kids and I especially during the humid Arkansas summers. Some new ideas for us!!!! It’s why I love Sorted!!!! PS. You forgot the sprig of Lavender.

Okay, but it'd be really funny to make the normals actually dress in full food safe gear and regulations with the full hair nets, gloves and everything for a episode to see how they remember to keep up with it

The boys are back in town

ABSOLUTELY gourmet! A person would pay big bucks at a fancy restaurant to have this assembled in front of them, and it all looks SO delicious!

Jamie (who appears to be around the same age as my kids) on spelt just managed to remind me of my late father and the logic I grew up with. I couldn’t have piano lessons as a child because we didn’t have a piano, so he explained. And then he answered my next obvious question with “it would be a waste to get one because nobody can play it”.

Gourmet has three different meanings to the world as a whole from my experience. #1 Dish is relatively unchanged but every ingredient has been elevated in quality and prepared expertly. #2 Dish resembles the original but ingredients have been changed or swapped out for rarer, more expensive ingredients. #3 Dish takes all the original ideas of the original dish and just turns everything on its head. (Grant Achatz, Heston Blumenthal if you need an idea of that) i think Ben's idea of gourmet falls under the thinking of #2 and #3 while the normal's idea of gourmet falls under #1 and #2. and nothing wrong with either side. so all the "make it gourmet" dishes have been gourmet just with different intensities of the above types.

I would've gone with a goats cheese cake with rosemary infused graham cracker crust and homemade grape or apricot jelly topping

You guys make me happy, Thank you :)

I love that they brought back the caper & sultana/raisin flavor pairing. I remember thinking that sounded so simple and interesting.

That took an unexpected turn lol 😆 but ya know, I think it’s gourmet high quality ingredients specialized cheeses and crackers specially treated items and the theatrics in and of it self is pretentiously gourmet lol 😆 and shocker of all… I’d gladly eat it! Well done boys

Jaimie never disappoints! He makes the show.

Love the final assembly!

I’ve never thought of doing a cheese board like this. It’s amazing!

Words cannot describe my hatred for that plating

Loved it! I was wondering how you make cheese and crackers gourmet than just "fancier crackers and cheese" but they got really creative with the presentation and the THEATER, which really upped it! Great job guys!

Genius! Love the idea of it being a dish instead of multiple separate things. Even if it makes it hard to save for later

Ben’s delighted smile at the end of the theatrics is pure gold!

Yes! This is what I wanted from this "make it gourmet". As much as I loved Bens fancy baked beans dealio, it wasnt what I wouldnt put under "make it gourmet". I would like the casoulet as its own recipe, love it. But its stretching the criteria I think. Get a tin of Heinz and go from there, or even more, one with the little sausages in the tin! This is that. Delivers. Gourmet cheese and crackers!

I would pay my 20 buckaroos for that and being super happy if I got served exactly that how it was shown. Great! Absolutely gourmet! Stay crunchy.

that is the best gourmet version i could have ask for, that presentation was priceless!

One of my favourite view ! Well done guys x