*classic French cooking* Barry: In my head it's like a biryani Ah yes. The most french of french frenchie dishes

"I can't even start by saying it looks great". SAVAGE JAMES

For some reason James' "I'm in a video and I'm not cooking!" Was adorable and the boys dispare filled " Veloute" was brilliant

The lobbing of the “parsley” across the bench was amazing 😂😂

“Oh No. What are you doing?” elicits a Pavlovian response from Barry 😂

“Pass it on Jamie has appeared out of nowhere!” Yeah we need more pass it on now that you mention it

never thought i'd shout "rice is not a load-bearing object!" in my life, but then this video happened.

When my great grandma died I inherited all her mom’s cook books from 1910. There’s a recipe in there called a “iced ham”. You make royal icing and put it on a boiled ham. Wtf

Page: The guys’ combined age Row: Root of above sum, rounded up

OK but how adorable was James when he said "I'm in the video, I'm not cooking! "

"That sauce will be horrible" later "I want more sauce" :D

8:25 It took me a second to realize why Barry's, "Could you find the green plate with the red rim?" crack was so good.

"He's lost his alpha, but Barry hasn't gained it. That's the problem." 😂

Baz asking color blind Jamie for a red rimmed green plate is savage. I love it.

We need James + Jamie to cook together as the two winners

"Pass it on Jamie has just appeared from nowhere." Mike lmao😂😂

I couldn't stop laughing when Jamie threw the spinach to Barry for herbs.

I love how the normals have actually upgraded to "foodies" and "home cooks" :')

I think Jamie did pretty well! And James' face at one point where he just looked horrified was fantastic.

When my husband and I were newlyweds we picked up a WWII Era cook book made from recipes submitted by alumni from a women's college. We had to go to my Grandma to get some translations for things like "pet milk" and "tablet of yeast". So I'd love to see the normals trying a recipe like that.

I still say you need to get Ben and James to cook from “The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy” from 1747. Maybe have them make some boiled beef or some syllabub.

James was so happy when they HAD to make a voluote.

3:35 Actually, Spafford, french cuisine is the ultimate exercise in redundancy.

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Pass it on Jamie appeared out of nowhere made me laugh in a way that my girlfriend wondered if I lost it

The 'herb' pass and dunk is worthy of appearing in a next season intro. Had a word with my herbs, they say page 146, line 11.

"It tastes so french" Soooo butter

Mike: "The fact that there is something that looks edible on the plate... fair play, that's amazing!" Baz and Jamie stumbling over a very low bar there. Page 222, line 11 please. Page

Page: 191 Line: 4 Reason: The cookbook is from 1914

Golf presenter voice: "oh. He's having a breakdown..."

Thank you for having proper subtitles with the video! :) If only more youtube creators thought of deaf/hard of hearing people! Please, keep up the good work. It made me click on almost all of the ads that I got, it made me so happy.

I'd like to see one of the chefs make that dish to see how it compares

James: Yay Im not cooking! James 5 minutes into the video: omg pls pls let me do it

A Pass It On: Christmas edition would be nice.

James's pure glee at other peoples sadness is truly heartwarming =)

We need a compilation video of every time someone says, "Veloute!" Please! Also, page 85, line 12

Can we talk about how Barry asks Jaime for the green plate with the red rim... but Jaime is colorblind!

Barry smashing his head on the counter to "a reduced veloute" is a whole mood.

The interesting part of this reference book is that it was published at the start of the armageddon that France experienced. Was a different age for sure.

Page: 239 Line: 20 Reason: Everyone starts at the front, so change it up. When was the last time you used the LAST recipe in a cookbook??? Also if the cookbook has an appendix or something similar, who knows what the recipe could be!!!

James looks like he wishes he could use that electric shock gadget on Jamie and Barry lmao

When Jamie slapped the ramekin, then slapped Barry with the book, he clenched Head chef; not because he did a better job, but because that's what a French head chef would do. edit: Page 166 Line 16

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James and Mike’s reaction when the tower of rice crumbled under the weight of the chicken supreme 😅😂😅😂

James reaction to everything they were doing is everything and makes it so much better.

Pass it On: Christmas Edition

Watching old videos, James calling Barry the sous chef is some serious foreshadowing for four years later...

Page 111, line 11 And yes, Jamie was head chef though he went a bit... mad with power?

it's episodes like this one that make me feel like you could replace Jamie and Barry's dialogue with the aggressive clucking of chickens and it would still be a fine episode. Page: 48 Line: 6

That was amazing! And yes, Jamie did deserve that head chef from James. Try whatever is on page 167, Line 14. No idea what is on there, I just want to see the Normals try and make it.

Page 200 Line 14 I died when Jamie went running for herbs and failed so hard 😆

I love doing old recipes and trying to figure them out!

Smug judgemental Chef James is my favourite 57 and 19

"have you read the recipe?" I love James!

And now 4 years later, Barry is once again the sous-chef. Time is a flat circle

We need more of this. SO MUCH MORE Please make this a regular format!

Barry saying that it’s a Biryani is the same energy as Jamie’s Paella

Amazing how after all these years they are still "normals" 😂

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻MORE! Page 148, line 10. I LOVE watching the twists and turns as even highly skilled chefs try desperately…SO GOOD!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💋💋💋💋💋💋💋🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🇺🇸🌸

I get endless giggles from the chorus of "Veloute" from Jamie and Barry

11:10 I got such strong vibes of the game Overcooked when he threw that XD

James hugging the wall when Jamie drowned the chicken & rice is a definite mood

This book has turned out to be one of the best purchases the guys have ever made across the 13 years since the channel’s inception 😂😂 not only does it feature as the catalyst for the chaos in multiple videos but it also has so much potential to provide learning for people of all abilities as well as practice of the variety of cooking techniques and knowledge of ingredients. Even Ben, who is trained and has lots of experience in professional kitchens, was able to learn a variety of different sauces that are traditional in French cuisine which he had no knowledge of before

My head hurts so badly from trying to be quiet while old lady wheeze laughing. I have to pop an aspirin and take a nap now.

Page 47, line 17, please! Can't wait to see you guys cook from this book again! Mike, you don't get off the hook that easily! You've got to cook from this book as well! And maybe you guys can make a battle out of it in the future??

Ive suddenly realised why james isnt allowed in these sorts of videos... He's adorable and so sweet ❤️

I haven't laughed this hard on one of your videos for quite a while. Good job guys!

These duo is the most chaotic pairing I've ever seen

As soon as I read the word Veloute in the book from the close up, I wanted one of them to say it and then they both did👏🏻👏🏻🤸🏻‍♀️

I love this I want more like this. You should do a series going up 10 years each time so 1920,1930 and so on

I know I'm a bit late to this but it seriously inspired me so I made this today for myself and my wife and it came out brilliantly. Thank you for the idea.

We need more of these boys

I'd love to see another one of these, but at the very end, when the normals produce their result, one of the chefs brings out their version, and I'd love to see how not similar they look.

Should totally try war recipes. Imperial War Museum London has a WWII cookbook thing that's full of interesting recipes!

comedy gold - - - more classic recipes for these pair

186 number 14 :) SO looking forward to some more of these. James' reactions were hilarious

When the tower of rice fell, I laughed out loud🤣

Poor James. He had to basically tie his hands up and suffer as they kept messing up

Hi guys! I'm actually at cooking shcool in france where we study the Escoffier and i must say this was really funny to watch ! You guys did a pretty good job i'll be glad to see more of that

Page 52 line 4 Just because whatever it lands on will be awesome to watch. Also, the laughter and pain that Mike and James had while overwatching Jamie and Barry was precious.

I feel like when they're asked questions, it feels like school. "So why are you choosing this?" "Um, I think this is the right answer?"

Pass it on: Christmas edition sounds amazing! And as for the pages 158 and 7

This s GREAT!!! More from this book! I love this! And If you manage to work JANICE into this, I would love this even more!!!

So glad you guys turned up on my feed happy new sub who new cooking could be such fun

Page 201, Line 17 This was an especially fun video! Love James’ reactions! 😂

Who else thinks since Mike hasn’t done a recipe yet he should do one on his own 😂

Love this series! Next one to review: Dinner with Mr. Darcy: Recipes Inspired by the Novels and Letters of Jane Austen

Love this sauce! I make a large batch (excluding the cream) and freeze in small amounts. I use chicken tenders and serve with sautéed asparagus. I can get it on the table in 10mins.....the family LOVE it! Thanks so much!😊

Next time: Jaime as head chef, Ben as his true Sous Chef

They should use this book more often and do a battle with it, chefs vs. normals and see what is the better interpretation of the dish!!!

Page: 69 OBVIOUSLY I don’t even care the line number. Page 69

FAVE video! love the chaos

James: its gonna be really nasty Jamie: oh yess boys!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Page 213, line 13. I just loved Mike. "Did I put milk there?"

I'd like to see you do a competition of normals vs chefs, but use the oldest cookbook you can 'google'. Before the late 1800's/1900's, recipe books were called 'receipt' books and you can find receipt books that handle food or household goods, or both.

This is a quality video. Loving the classic french ‘challenge’ to normals. I think you got a series here boys. European techniques challenging normals. Tv gold.... 245 n 9

Pg 119 Ln 15 “This is silly.” Quite. 😆

Ooh! Someone said Christmas Pass-It-On. I need this.

I regularly (like, a couple times a year) reference a cookbook from 1905 (iirc my grandma brought it to Canada from England when she came here after WWII). I can't remember the exact recipe i use from it, scones i think, but it's soo good, i love that cookbook.

I put this video on as background while i write my shopping list.. the list did not get written but that was thoroughly entertaining !