@@jimmynguyen5075 Exactly. With the stew not thick enough, how can that not be called out by the chefs when everyone is wining about seasoning rice or julienning vegetables more neatly?!
They gave him 45 so they knew it was never gonna to be but so thick. They knew he was going for a starchy saucy bean casserole dish with braised sausages and he delivered. His flavors were on point. He got everything on the plate. He won. He's already the goat in this group (and company) and FOR ONCE he came in with a little swag and he backed it up. Quit being haters.
Mike and Barry: I regularly cook this. Jamie: I've never cooked this. ... Mike and Barry: Absolute chaos. Jamie: An absolute symphony of mise en place.
I don’t know but it feels like Jamie is James favourite child He’s always more supportive of him and takes his side And I really like that Edit: Just finished the video and never mind that was brutal especially the last bit about under seasoned rice
Sorry, but he's never made it before and it really shows. There were so many problems with the technique in my opinion. He should never fry on high heat with sesame oil, it turns bitter. It is a garnish oil, not cooking oil. And the rice cooking part was painful to watch. In the end, the flavors didn't come together. I think Jamie should have stuck to something he knows best, it is a midweek meal challenge after all.
That bi-bim-bop was not done well... Jamie might have eaten it a lot but he either wasn't paying attention or eats it at a bunch of fusion places that don't make it right. He cant even say the word correctly. You also aren't supposed to burn the rice unless you are making a different variation of the dish and then you defiantly don't serve it like that.
I’m quite shocked that Jamie didn’t win, his dish clearly was the most thought out, the best plated, and according to them tasted great, plus he’s under the budget. It’s fine Jamie you’re the winner in our book.😂😂😂
Poor Jamie! He looked so heartbroken and I was genuinely impressed with his dish especially with it being the best looking which is a huge accomplishment for him. His sad face breaks my heart lol
They always, always, always fail Jamie in every single competition honestly I don't understand why. I don't feel pity for him but it's just that if hes done so well then he definitely deserved it but they never let him win.
@@sanim03 that seems to be a nitpick, either the other 2 dishes had to be amazing, even with Barry very bold beginning. They could be grading Jamie on a much harsher curve
@@artypyrec4186 possibly but if we are to take the whole concept of mid week meal for 10 pounds or less, that’s a lot of work and his rice wasn’t good which is the main component of the dish that was cooked besides the meat. His rice very likely just wasn’t good at all.
@@GoldenPugita they liked the curry and thought the flatbread was ok especially at that cost range. If you dislike it especially without trying so be it. 🤷🏾♂️
Jamie's dish would've fed a whole family without a problem, and be leftovers for lunch next day. Under seasoned rice!? Please give me a better excuse. Mikes dish was the smallest portion I saw that's why the price was so low and Barry's looked pretty good but just some soup with sausages without any dipping bread is going to get boring after two bites and he used whole 10 pounds. **Jamie was a winner here!!!** #JusticeForJamie
@@firstname4337 I'm just say that from what I see. The veggies were not marinated or seasoned, only blanched with boiled water. I might have salted them a bit to draw out the moisture. I agree though since none of us actually tasted the dish, it's hard to decide on flavor. That's why I trust James's and Ben's taste buds.
@@AlanHope2013 the solution to what? If you read my comment carefully I never said there was a problem. I expressed how I was feeling which is different. I hope you did manage to make yourself feel superior to a random stranger you don't know, tho. Cheers.
The chefs thought canned beans and sausages won outright lol. This win for barry is a crime 😂. Even if it doesn't have the most complete flavors it was a completely more competent and complete dish.
WTF?! Jamie made his $9 meal look like $15 ro $20 AND he pushed his skill levels but he's third? Barry cooked up something he does a few times a month and he gets first from both chefs (until Ben hears the amount spent) and he's rated first? Jamie's face @16.:14 is all of us. Jamie, mate, you did the best! Followed by Mike; then Barry.
"Pushed his skills"? He made steak, eggs and rice with mushrooms. Hardly the culinary achievement of the season. The entire point of the battle was to show the right combination of flavour, budget, and cooking time.
I said this on another comment bcs the chefs got hate bcs they didn't vote Jamie as the winner. Jamie's dish looked the best, I agree. But I don't think it taste the best. The rice looks plain, and the veggies are not really seasoned (they're supposed to be that way tho). The thing is, he missed out on the sauce. All he did is put gochujang on the side of the plate, which won't give any taste to the dish. Bibimbab is supposed to be mixed all together in a bowl. The rice, veggies, and sauce needs to be mixed, it'll look like fried rice. You're supposed to make a bibimbab sauce to go with it, usually gochujang mixed with soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, etc. I know this bcs I'm Korean, and seeing the dish that Jamie made, I can only imagine that it taste quite bland, no sauce, only rice and salted veggies, the only thing that might save the dish is the meat. He did well tho for someone who never made bibimbab.
But it's ultimately based on flavor, not appearances. It sounds like he didn't add enough flavor to his dish, which is why it didn't win. That's fair in my book.
@@dankarkaroff6077 One of the videos on the youtubes showing a event feature of the dish did it the way I think Jamie could have done it. They unveiled the oh 20 or so foot wide bowl of all the ingredients all ready in the very large bowl and the mixing and adding of the sauce was the public event part, then serving to the people in attendance :) (Taste of Wisdom Ep03 Gochujang, the Biting Flavor of Korea at 15 mins in if you search for it)
Seriously, Barry’s butcher contributed more to the meal than he did. If Mike hard made four flat breads and not one cut in four it MIGHT be closer between him and Jamie but as a meal goes I’m team Jamie.
Poor Jamie. He's like that kid in school who practiced to audition for the school play, but lost the role to the Troy bc idk. Jamie's it seemed like a lot effort midweek. Maybe anniversary/birthday in a midweek.
Barry's looked like he could have popped into the Co-op on the way home and got all his ingredients, Jamies' looked like he might have had to shop a bit. They should do a Shop and Drop challenge where the time taken to shop for the goods is deducted from the overall time.
Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) Jamie messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
@@deprofundis3293 Versus: Incredibly bad time management, blatant cheating by going over budget and simply NOT meeting the actual requirements of the challenge. Barry fucked up his stew by not actually starting on time which prevented him from reducing it properly. Mike's time management was so bad he could only make 1 flatbread for 4 plates and a pittance of curry. Like I'm pretty sure this was meant to be a challenge to help give meal ideas to the working poor and those in poverty. Well I don't know any working poor or anyone working class who would buy Mike's dish if they only had ten bucks for supper. The stew I could see being debatable on certain days (except for the fact that he definitely went way over budget and is lying.)
Jamie's dish looked the most interesting, the healthiest and the best value for money. I think he was robbed, maybe by the rice being cooked badly but he DESERVES another go at that dish. Please make it again for us?
Bibimbab is supposed to be mixed before eating. Bibim means mixed, and bab means rice. That's why they're usually served in a bowl, to make them easier to mix. They'll look kind of like fried rice after mixing. The vegetables are sautéed with light seasonings. The key to a good bibimbab is the sauce, which Jamie neglected, sadly :'). He could've won if only he did the sauce justice. Mixed the gochujang with some soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, sesame seeds, a bit of sugar, and you' re good to go. Very simple. The hardest part of this dish is the prep. Anyway, well done Jamie. You did a good job for someone that never made bibimbab.
Agreed. Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) He messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
Yeah praised till they finally got to taste it. Looks Were deceiving in this case. So we as viewers gotta trust those who got to eat it (especially the chefs) then pass any judgement if at all
@@krisray9 Exactly. Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) He messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
9:06 Don't think we didn't see that absolutely horrifying attempt at a dab there, Mike. Don't think we didn't notice. It's the tail end of 2020, that's atrocious.
I don't think I agree - I wouldn't have liked to have been faffing about with all that after a hard day at work. I'd have gone with Mike, every time - easy, quick and vegetarian (you really don't need meat midweek).
Even though Jamie had more in his portions that he could have it for later as lunch or mid-day meal that he just got to warm up/recook some of it. I would love having the meal as a stress free relief meal that I already cooked
@@AnnabelSmyth The question wasn't "which one would you make" it was "which of theese three made the best dish" and I agree with Sarah, Jamie was robbed. His looked best, had the best colours. And yes meat is an essential mid week product.
As a vegetarian, I really appreciate Mike's contribution, and the fact that he scored so high. :) His dish looked and sounded amazing. Poor Jamie - he seemed so nonplussed and upset.
I'm a few weeks late but EXCUSE ME. JAMIE DESERVED THE WIN. Poor Jamie. I've never felt so bad for him before. Also, Bibimbap is supposed to be eaten mixed together. LOL. NOT SEPARATELY. So you cannot judge it separately for the components, you have to judge it when you eat it all together.
That was not a good bbibbimbap. He Britished the wrong rice, drained it because he didn't cook it correctly, and then had to freeze it and whatever. Sorted doesn't understand the practicality of rice in East Asian cuisine. I root for Jaime 80% of the time because he's an ADHD baby like me, but I would never recreate his bbibbimbap for my Korean MIL. But I 100% plan to recreate the other 2 recipes and serve the to my MIL.😳
I recall Barry doing that once, in a 5 minute challenge. It was a creamy past and bacon dish, if I recall, and he may have even won with it... (it was a while ago, exact specific elude me)
Jamie's is a sorted recipe from the Can't Be Arsed to Cook cookbook and Mike's is similar to James' dish in the chefs' Ultimate Curry Battle, so also a sorted recipe. I think all 3 normals took the easy way out this time!
@@radmoonable Yeah, I've had baigan ka bharta. But what's one country's porridge is another country's creative exotica, you know. James, of all people, won the curry chef battle for his 'burnt aubergine curry' which was essentially the same thing. Also, Koreans consider Bibimbap a pretty standard meal too, so I don't think it's exactly creative either.
@@chosethebluepill I think the big difference with what the normals cooked was that Barry and Mike admitted that these were dishes that were their own mainstays at home, whereas Jamie was making something he had never done before after researching what a good, cheap, nutritious and delicious meal would be and finding the answer in Bibimbap. Like the amount of times we've seen Mike put out vegetarian curry is notably more then once, its one of his mainstays.
i actually like that barry's approach was to be relaxed, not stressed, midweek. also his would left over really well, as well as mike's. i only need to feed two people, and sometimes the best part about midweek is just having leftovers. jamie really made something impressive for the money, and also still seemed relaxed making it, but i don't think the veg would last as nicely into the next day.
I mean tbh Mike should be last by portion size alone. His plate had maybe half the nutrients the other plates had, meaning 6.30 would be 12.60 for four plates. at the cheapest I would say it would take 10.00
If he had added more flatbread, it would’ve worked out. In the Caribbean, we eat something called roti and roasted eggplant (or baigan choka as we call it) and it’s very filling.
I understand if Jamie's dish was under-seasoned as whole, but to say the rice was under-seasoned doesn't really make sense to me? Speaking as an East-Asian who eats and cooks rice regularly, we don't season the rice when it's being cooked. For example, you won't see any Asian families adding salt to a rice cooker (not in my experience anyway 😂). The whole point of rice is to be a blank slate which then pairs with something flavoursome. Rice is supposed to taste 'plain'. That being said, of course rice actually does have its own 'sweetness' and beautiful fragrance when eaten on its own. For example, Japanese cultivars rice are delicious! It's why a simple onigiri can taste so amazing. Sorry, bit of a rant about rice! I just think there are some misconceptions when it comes to cooking/consuming rice in Western countries.
I mean, dont they put vinegar and mirin into sushi rice when making Onigiri? That would mean that the rice in Onigiri is seasoned, which is what makes it taste so delicious.
@@joaocardoso6697 rice vinegar and salt is used for sushi rice. Usually not for onigiri. Sometimes I mix furikake into my onigiri rice, but you don't have to. In its simplest version, onigiri is just balled up plain rice
@@LWT1331 The point of bibimbap (literally, mixed rice) is to season all the vegies as they're cooked (except cukes ofc) then mix everything together with a spicy (gochujang) bibim sauce. It's not dull at all. And bibimbap is from Korea which, last I checked, ISN'T IN THE WEST. 🙄
I mean, Barry's dish was incredibly British and Mike's was Indian - both of which were flavours that Ben and James were used to. I personally would love to have Jamie's bibimbap and replace the steak... with SPAM.
Nah I disagree, Jamie should’ve won that - he had all those authentic Korean flavours and made four hearty portions for less than a tenner, and I’m vegetarian but it looked bloody delicious
I seriously liked how Jamie's dish looked, and the price was extremely good. I don't trust Barry's maths one bit. Mike, though? I won't argue with that.
it hurts my heart looking at them eating the bibimbap like this and not mixing it well, and I'm not even korean.. the name if the dish literally translates to mixed rice..
Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) He messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
“Just coz you’re hiding in the corner doesn’t mean this is acceptable” takes me right back to every science class I spent reading a book instead of working. And now I’m fascinated by the science behind food and cooking, I think my teachers would want to smack me if they knew 😄 I love when Ben goes into his explanations and geeky stuff, it’s awesome to learn from someone who’s so passionate and knowledgeable 😊
@@aznxbb even if they copy/pasted on multiple comments, its not about having anything against jamie but giving constructive criticism so that if he happens to read even one of those comments, he can learn. It's similar to how professional chefs talk about practicing the basics still. It's just to improve.
I was pretty excited about the Bebimbop (seeing as how I live in Korea), but while it looks good, a good amount of the flavor of Bebimbop comes from the spicy sauce added to it. It's also traditionally served in a stone bowl (Dolsot Bebimbop) so that the egg can sorta mix with the rice as you push it down and have the rice get fried by the hot stone bowl right in front of you. You don't have to do it that way, but if you just do it the way Jamie did, you'll end up with what is essentially fried rice without the frying or the sauce. Some sort of spicy sauce would have gone a long way to really bring out the flavor of the dish. Typically it would be Gochujang. He did do soy sauce, so he might have been going for a less spicy version of the dish, but then you really have to bring out those other flavors to compensate for the lack of the spicy sauce. Bebimbop is a very simple dish, but to make it stand out, you do have to pay attention to those sauces/spices otherwise you're going to rely heavily on the meat flavor to carry you through.
I feel like Barry has been secretly taking culinary classes because he wanted to be able to keep up with the chefs 😂 but I feel for Jamie who tries so hard on all these competitions but has only won a few of them. I thought visually Jamie's looked the best this time too
Im never been more offended with a battle result. Jamie deserved to get at least one win, he tried a new recipe and really did his best. This makes me sad
So he should get a reward for trying? No. That's not how competition works. You win or you lose based on the final result, and in this case, money spent, and ease of cooking.
This is the second time Jamie got completely shafted after some serious effort. First the spicy pokerface and now he works his arse off on this, ben and james sing his praises then just toss him to the wayside.
Imho, Barry had the only "realistic" midweek meal. Bc when i come home from work and wanna make a quick meal, neither do i want to julienne a ton of veggies in individual bowls which all have to me washed afterwards, nor do i want make a dough, kneading it, having to clean the workspace afterwards (lets be honest, flour goes where it wants, i.e. everywhere). I just want a dish where i chuck some simple ingredients into a single pot, cook it, and have a delicious meal without any fuss.
None of them had a realistic midweek meal. A realistic midweek meal is "open freezer, remove box, throw contents of box in pan/oven/microwave, heat until finished".
His was technically on budget as well. I guess they didn't count the spices and sauces used as they already had them. But that's cheating I think. There's no way Jamie's came to £10 after all the spices and soy sauce and sesame oil and veggies and gojuchang. They should do it again where they only use what they buy.
Eh. As a Korean, I know for a fact that Bibimbap is _definitely_ not something that should take that long. Maybe if you were trying to care about the presentation and whatnot it might take long I guess. 30 minutes tops, more like 10 considering Koreans would usually have most of the veggies already tucked away in the fridge(search up 나물반찬 if you want to know more). It's the textbook mid-week meal for us.
As a Korean, I'm slightly annoyed by the fact that the bibimbap isn't actually all mixed!! (Bibim means in Korean to mix!) But loved the fact that my country's lovely dish was represented here :) Also instead of basmati rice, try some steamed rice with some Japonica rice with gochujang (Korean chilipaste) and some sesame oil and it'll all be lovely. You can have great vegan options if you choose because it's all so versatile on what topping you would like on it as well. (Personally marinating some great mushrooms like what Jamie did with the beef works wonders as well as it soak up the soy then grilled or tofu)
Mike: made an appetizer for 4. Barry: you know he was over budget, and all he really did was add sausages to some beans. Jamie: well thought-out and perfectly cooked. I am used to getting under seasoned rice even at restaurants, and regularly season it myself to my own tastes. Clear winner: Jamie
@@thesurvivlist5440 No, Jamie didn't cook Chinese style fried rice. And as these guys have been criticized for, their pretty culturally insensitive about food. And the fact that they docked him points for correctly making the plain, mostly unseasoned rice that his recipe calls for because that's literally how this dish was meant to be put together versus not docking points for going well over budget or making a meal so small that you want seconds as soon as you finish.
Jamie looked actually hurt and confused. I feel for him, I thought he was the clear winner. Not unhappy for Mike, though, that was a cheap meal WITH homemade bread? Nice. As an idea for a video, how about a Sortedfood catch & cook challenge? The guys spend a morning fishing for their lunch, which they then have to cook.
I think Jamie made the best dish and was really creative with his time management, and should have been the runaway winner, but I think it's more of a Saturday brunch dish. Tomorrow evening I'm trying the sausage and beans recipe.
I salt the water with rice, a wrist flick though not a tablespoon. If you have to drain the rice you are using way too much water. It should all turn to steam. 1 cup of rice, 1.5 or 2 cup of water generally speaking. Hell I even think 3 might be ok but the rice is starting to become wet. 2 cups of rice and 3 cups of water is around what I used to use. That was normally enough rice for a couple days or so. Let it come to a boil first then turn it to low for between 15-30 minutes. Any more time and the rice on the bottom starts to burn. i.e. dont just let it sit on the burner on low forever.
@@chrismeister15 yup... it seems to be a native brit thing (based on a couple of vids i’ve seen, so guessing) to treat rice like pasta. which is soooo wrong.
@@sceptre1067 it is sadly, for the regular home chef I can forgive it because it's so prevalent but when professional chefs do it (looking at Jamie Oliver) it's a bit less forgivable, it's one of those simple things one can do to improve their cooking, I will say Jamie's rice at least didn't look like a soggy mess but I think that was it's second go in the wok that helped
Jamie looked so sad...why does it seem like he always gets the short end of the stick in these? I agree, Barry basically stuck canned beans and sausage in a pot, compared to all of the work he did with fresh veg and marinating meat, so that seems awfully odd that he didn't win for either chef.
I'm kinda new to the channel but I agree! from what I keep seeing, Jamie seems to mostly get the short end of the stick! I dont know howmuch longer I'll stick around.... it's hard to keep seeing the obvious difference in how Jamie is treated.
Because you're not gonna faff about with all that work midweek, the point was to make something simple, tasty, and filling for as little money as possible.
Sorted! You know when Jaime loses, the fans always pick him as the winner. 😂 Don't worry Jaime. We have your back. Your dish is a winner in my book too! Great video as always guys!
Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) Jamie messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
@@deprofundis3293 I know. Lol! It's a fun video. We all know he made mistakes. But his puppy dog face was a winner either way. My comment was in jest and wasn't meant to be overanalyzed. 😁
If you want to impress a girl on a Wednesday, then yea Jamie should have won, but if you have married the girl and you have two kids running around, then Barry wins every Wednesday
Well, now, give Berry some credit. An onion and some tinned veg is not that much, and if you catch the sausage on sale you can do quite well. I have often use sale or 'butcher's packs' in order to get proteins into meals when I was regularly cooking for 11 people when we were raising our children.
I'm actually surprised Barry's was as expensive as it was. A pack of sausages, two onions, a sprig of rosemary, garlic, a tin of tomatoes, a tin of beans, wine, & a couple stock cubes? If he just got a cheap bottle of wine, & maybe spent 5 bucks on the sausage, depending on what they counted as store cupboard ingredients, it easily could've come out to between 8 & 9 pounds.
I've found that a way to soften and brown sauteed onions very quickly is to add a pinch of baking soda. Sounds weird and I was skeptical at first but it really does work.
It's okay that Jamie's rice was under seasoned. James was salty enough for both.
oof
Jamie's just the worst
@@exquisitemeat5845 And Barry was ze wurst.
Zing!
He also did not wash his rice...
Barry complaining about his stew not reducing enough, after spending the first few minutes not doing anything; classic Barry
Called karma
@@YFB72 still won
@@jimmynguyen5075 Exactly. With the stew not thick enough, how can that not be called out by the chefs when everyone is wining about seasoning rice or julienning vegetables more neatly?!
It's a stew. The longer you give it, the better it's gonna taste. I never give a stew less than two hours
They gave him 45 so they knew it was never gonna to be but so thick. They knew he was going for a starchy saucy bean casserole dish with braised sausages and he delivered. His flavors were on point. He got everything on the plate. He won. He's already the goat in this group (and company) and FOR ONCE he came in with a little swag and he backed it up. Quit being haters.
Mike and Barry: I regularly cook this.
Jamie: I've never cooked this.
...
Mike and Barry: Absolute chaos.
Jamie: An absolute symphony of mise en place.
Exactly right!
Can't stand James glad he's gone
@@dylanellis7773 Yeah his last comment at the end was just cruel.
@@TheLikenessOfNormal it was a joke among friends. It was fine they say similar in videos constantly
2 Chefs - LET CHAOS REIGN SUPREME!
I don’t know but it feels like Jamie is James favourite child
He’s always more supportive of him and takes his side
And I really like that
Edit: Just finished the video and never mind that was brutal especially the last bit about under seasoned rice
Until he underseasons his rice. ;-)
😂
There is the salt that was missing
Usually, I find James supports Barry the most.
That or he's completely against Barry. There's absolutely no in-between with those two.
lol that was a turn
Considering jamie had NEVER made the dish before, and considering the others regularly make their dishes, it was a great effort that deserved more.
Nah
Meh.
Yes
Counterpoint: His dish clearly required the most work and it was supposed to be a midweek meal.
Sorry, but he's never made it before and it really shows. There were so many problems with the technique in my opinion. He should never fry on high heat with sesame oil, it turns bitter. It is a garnish oil, not cooking oil. And the rice cooking part was painful to watch. In the end, the flavors didn't come together. I think Jamie should have stuck to something he knows best, it is a midweek meal challenge after all.
The First time Jamie takes something super serious , and was most chef like, he loses. You're the real winner in my eyes Jamie!
Agreed. Each dish had virtues, especially 1 pot cooking though so I think they all won on that,
That bi-bim-bop was not done well... Jamie might have eaten it a lot but he either wasn't paying attention or eats it at a bunch of fusion places that don't make it right. He cant even say the word correctly. You also aren't supposed to burn the rice unless you are making a different variation of the dish and then you defiantly don't serve it like that.
He's rarely on the same level as Mike and Barry.
Omg, they all look so good. You guys killed Jamie. I've never seen him so heart broken. That was so much work!
Jamie, I want yours over the other two.
Have you not seen what happened to Jamie during the lava cake battle...?
No, I have not. I guess I should go look for that video.
@@To42Reads Good luck!
Just watched it. Man that sucks!!
I think the real question is which of these three meals would you want to cook on a Wednesday after work?
Poor Jamie.. but Barry’s maths is suspicious AF and we definitely need, nay demand a receipt of proof !!
🤣🤣
What does having a receipt matter? It's not like he pays for stuff.
@@ncisheadslapper it’s cause in the last video, he messed up the maths
@@talialalalala he messed up the maths by not paying for his curry paste though. So it wasn't on their receipt.
@@ncisheadslapper Well yeah, it wasn't on their receipt because he didn't write it in there, duh! /s
I’m quite shocked that Jamie didn’t win, his dish clearly was the most thought out, the best plated, and according to them tasted great, plus he’s under the budget. It’s fine Jamie you’re the winner in our book.😂😂😂
ohmyworldyes!
I agree wholeheartedly!
The cynical part of me is thinking about the little side comment they made about how Barry's recipe is in their app
@@weaselsdawg Jamie's was taken from one of their books as well
Probably because the other two tasted better, and mike's was cheap af
Poor Jamie! He looked so heartbroken and I was genuinely impressed with his dish especially with it being the best looking which is a huge accomplishment for him. His sad face breaks my heart lol
That was my thought as well. They always give Jamie shit for his presentation and then when he finally does it really well, they don't like it.
he usually expects to lose and isnt surprised but this time he really thought he had it 😭
His meal looked like something i would proudly serve any day and not just as a "nice filler". He would've gotten my win 100%
They always, always, always fail Jamie in every single competition honestly I don't understand why. I don't feel pity for him but it's just that if hes done so well then he definitely deserved it but they never let him win.
And at the end the comment from James was just awful for Jamie
Jamie’s face at the end (when he was robbed) is literally how I felt all 2020
Bibimbap rice is usually plain, and “seasoned” with the accompaniments and gochujang at the table, with everything mixed (“bibim”) together, so..... 😶
Absolutely! The gochujang is what carries the seasoning of the dish - salty, spicy, umami...
Its almost like (again) they confused regional flavors and must think that all fried rice is chinese style.
my thought as well, the mixing is not there, the sauce is not there... I thought it was a fried rice
@@v1cl1m Kinda sad how it literally means like mixed rice and this happens, didn't expect much from them
Foreigners who don't know how to eat asian food properly xD
It’s ok Jamie I loved your dish. Plus just add some James’ saltiness to the rice and it would be perfect!!
Fantastic idea 😂
ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE HAD A HEAD TO HEAD TO HEAD BATTLE! *I’m going to pop some popcorn now*
You pop that corn mate.
missed it ;ˋ)
I would take Jamie's dish in a heartbeat over the other two great job all around but that bibimbap looked amazing
Jamie's dish was cutting up vegetables and grilling a steak. It was just presented nicely.
You're basing it on looks alone? mmkay
"Barry's meal was exactly 10 pounds"
*looks at the last video*
X: Doubt
"Plating is everything" Jamie's plate was amazing. *didn't even get considered* feels bad man
Only in Baz's world do things end up costing an exact tenner.
I'm sure he forgot to add the 30p for curry paste again =)
Jamie was robbed.
Jamie: *salty because he got UTTERLY ROBBED
James: *goes in for the kill*
How was he robbed with that shit rice? Jamie can do better than that.
@@sanim03 that seems to be a nitpick, either the other 2 dishes had to be amazing, even with Barry very bold beginning. They could be grading Jamie on a much harsher curve
@@sanim03 Shit rice? Bruh you mean shit flatbread and curry
@@artypyrec4186 possibly but if we are to take the whole concept of mid week meal for 10 pounds or less, that’s a lot of work and his rice wasn’t good which is the main component of the dish that was cooked besides the meat. His rice very likely just wasn’t good at all.
@@GoldenPugita they liked the curry and thought the flatbread was ok especially at that cost range. If you dislike it especially without trying so be it. 🤷🏾♂️
Oh my God, poor Jamie! Felt genuinely bad for him! Those bowls looked fantastic too. :[
Great meals all round though.
Jamie's dish would've fed a whole family without a problem, and be leftovers for lunch next day. Under seasoned rice!? Please give me a better excuse. Mikes dish was the smallest portion I saw that's why the price was so low and Barry's looked pretty good but just some soup with sausages without any dipping bread is going to get boring after two bites and he used whole 10 pounds. **Jamie was a winner here!!!**
#JusticeForJamie
You didn't taste the dishes, so you can't really say. To be honest, Jamie's dish had a lot of problems, and the flavor looks bland.
@@QuirkyQuillify Bibimbap has a sauce, it's supposed to be mixed in, that's user error.
@@QuirkyQuillify "flavor looks bland" -- that makes no sense at all -- flavor is something you taste or smell -- not something you can see
Jamie won for sure!
@@firstname4337 I'm just say that from what I see. The veggies were not marinated or seasoned, only blanched with boiled water. I might have salted them a bit to draw out the moisture. I agree though since none of us actually tasted the dish, it's hard to decide on flavor. That's why I trust James's and Ben's taste buds.
I'm a little sad. I've seen Jamie produce great dishes time after time and he never wins. It's okay Jamie, we love youuu 💚
YES!!!
I think the solution might lie in you SEEING great dishes.
Whereas the judges are TASTING dishes.
Get my drift?
@@AlanHope2013 the solution to what? If you read my comment carefully I never said there was a problem. I expressed how I was feeling which is different. I hope you did manage to make yourself feel superior to a random stranger you don't know, tho. Cheers.
The chefs thought canned beans and sausages won outright lol. This win for barry is a crime 😂. Even if it doesn't have the most complete flavors it was a completely more competent and complete dish.
WTF?! Jamie made his $9 meal look like $15 ro $20 AND he pushed his skill levels but he's third? Barry cooked up something he does a few times a month and he gets first from both chefs (until Ben hears the amount spent) and he's rated first? Jamie's face @16.:14 is all of us. Jamie, mate, you did the best! Followed by Mike; then Barry.
"Pushed his skills"? He made steak, eggs and rice with mushrooms. Hardly the culinary achievement of the season. The entire point of the battle was to show the right combination of flavour, budget, and cooking time.
I said this on another comment bcs the chefs got hate bcs they didn't vote Jamie as the winner. Jamie's dish looked the best, I agree. But I don't think it taste the best. The rice looks plain, and the veggies are not really seasoned (they're supposed to be that way tho). The thing is, he missed out on the sauce. All he did is put gochujang on the side of the plate, which won't give any taste to the dish. Bibimbab is supposed to be mixed all together in a bowl. The rice, veggies, and sauce needs to be mixed, it'll look like fried rice. You're supposed to make a bibimbab sauce to go with it, usually gochujang mixed with soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, etc. I know this bcs I'm Korean, and seeing the dish that Jamie made, I can only imagine that it taste quite bland, no sauce, only rice and salted veggies, the only thing that might save the dish is the meat. He did well tho for someone who never made bibimbab.
But it's ultimately based on flavor, not appearances. It sounds like he didn't add enough flavor to his dish, which is why it didn't win. That's fair in my book.
@@dankarkaroff6077 One of the videos on the youtubes showing a event feature of the dish did it the way I think Jamie could have done it. They unveiled the oh 20 or so foot wide bowl of all the ingredients all ready in the very large bowl and the mixing and adding of the sauce was the public event part, then serving to the people in attendance :) (Taste of Wisdom Ep03 Gochujang, the Biting Flavor of Korea at 15 mins in if you search for it)
Seriously, Barry’s butcher contributed more to the meal than he did. If Mike hard made four flat breads and not one cut in four it MIGHT be closer between him and Jamie but as a meal goes I’m team Jamie.
Jamie, by far, gets my vote! That's exactly the kind of dinner I need to pick me up in the middle of the week.
You haven't tasted it, so how can you know?
Oh my heart! Poor Jamie's face made me want to go out and buy him another steak to make up for the judging!
He didnt even look angry.. just.. confused :'
He just looked sad...
Jamie’s sad look at 16:25 actually broke my heart.
Poor Jamie. He's like that kid in school who practiced to audition for the school play, but lost the role to the Troy bc idk.
Jamie's it seemed like a lot effort midweek. Maybe anniversary/birthday in a midweek.
Barry's looked like he could have popped into the Co-op on the way home and got all his ingredients, Jamies' looked like he might have had to shop a bit.
They should do a Shop and Drop challenge where the time taken to shop for the goods is deducted from the overall time.
Barry just cooked brown and somehow spent a tenner on just sausages and some beans.
Jamie was absolutely ROBBED!
Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) Jamie messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
@@deprofundis3293 don't forget uneven julianne of the veggies.
@@deprofundis3293 Versus: Incredibly bad time management, blatant cheating by going over budget and simply NOT meeting the actual requirements of the challenge.
Barry fucked up his stew by not actually starting on time which prevented him from reducing it properly.
Mike's time management was so bad he could only make 1 flatbread for 4 plates and a pittance of curry.
Like I'm pretty sure this was meant to be a challenge to help give meal ideas to the working poor and those in poverty.
Well I don't know any working poor or anyone working class who would buy Mike's dish if they only had ten bucks for supper.
The stew I could see being debatable on certain days (except for the fact that he definitely went way over budget and is lying.)
Jamie's is definitely the winner!!! His food looked amazing with all the different colours and textures. 100% the best meal!
Omfg poor Jamie honestly. He looks absolutely devastated
JAMIE GOT ROBBED. THAT WAS THE BEST LOOKING DISH
And the one I'd most like to eat.
@@mrhedgebull1658 Definitely this. Jamie is my clear winner...
(Also, there's the fact that I hate eggplant, and I'm not terribly fond of sausage._
@@mrhedgebull1658 same here. I'd honestly like to try all three, but Jamie's was the most appealing to me
Except that shiitake mushrooms would cost 8€ with that amount, the steak 5€, and all the rest of the veggies. There's no way he is under price
Best looking is not the same as best tasting
Jamie's dish looked the most interesting, the healthiest and the best value for money.
I think he was robbed, maybe by the rice being cooked badly but he DESERVES another go at that dish. Please make it again for us?
Bibimbab is supposed to be mixed before eating. Bibim means mixed, and bab means rice. That's why they're usually served in a bowl, to make them easier to mix. They'll look kind of like fried rice after mixing. The vegetables are sautéed with light seasonings. The key to a good bibimbab is the sauce, which Jamie neglected, sadly :'). He could've won if only he did the sauce justice. Mixed the gochujang with some soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, sesame seeds, a bit of sugar, and you' re good to go. Very simple. The hardest part of this dish is the prep. Anyway, well done Jamie. You did a good job for someone that never made bibimbab.
Well said! And thanks for for tip on leveling up gochujang. I will definitely need to give that a try :)
Agreed. Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) He messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
Yeah....no gojuchang, no mixing.....and they were eating it with forks and knives 😂
@@deprofundis3293 Bibimbap is usually made with just steamed rice, so the frying with soy sauce was 100% unnecessary.
Yes, I'd imagine his just taste like soy sauce n sesame oil
"You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half : 16:13 " [Cit. Bart Simpson]
Jamie, I feel you. I was like "WAT?" and then "WAT!?" How on earth Jamie is not a winner?
Cause its not a flipping Bibimbap
Because Ben doesn't understand a brief with set budget and thinks using less means extra points. It's been seen before.
Jamie was robbed. Barry's maths is welll dodgy & Mike wouldn't have cooked the bread if he wasn't reminded about it.
Jamie looks so devastated because they praised his dish throughout the episode then to find out he didn't win 😂
Not only didn't win but came in last!
He almost looked like he was gonna cry :,((
Yeah praised till they finally got to taste it. Looks Were deceiving in this case. So we as viewers gotta trust those who got to eat it (especially the chefs) then pass any judgement if at all
@@krisray9 Exactly. Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) He messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
So they appeared to be telling him he is doing well only to tell him he did wrong in the end. So British!
9:06
Don't think we didn't see that absolutely horrifying attempt at a dab there, Mike. Don't think we didn't notice.
It's the tail end of 2020, that's atrocious.
LOL!
Omg! Jamie killed this! He should’ve won! He was under budget and both Ben and James had almost no complaints on the the flavors. Jamie was robbed!
I don't think I agree - I wouldn't have liked to have been faffing about with all that after a hard day at work. I'd have gone with Mike, every time - easy, quick and vegetarian (you really don't need meat midweek).
Even though Jamie had more in his portions that he could have it for later as lunch or mid-day meal that he just got to warm up/recook some of it. I would love having the meal as a stress free relief meal that I already cooked
@@AnnabelSmyth it’s an ultimate battle, though? Not an “as chill as possible” battle
@@AnnabelSmyth The question wasn't "which one would you make" it was "which of theese three made the best dish" and I agree with Sarah, Jamie was robbed. His looked best, had the best colours. And yes meat is an essential mid week product.
jamie had a fantistic LOOKING bowl of food with burnt egg and raw veg
As a vegetarian, I really appreciate Mike's contribution, and the fact that he scored so high. :) His dish looked and sounded amazing.
Poor Jamie - he seemed so nonplussed and upset.
As a meatarian I also liked Mike's dish and cannot wait to try my hand at it.
yes but to be honest that's the saddest bibimbap bowl I've ever seen =))
Yesss I really like it when they make Vegetarian dishes ♥️ finally something I can eat
I am not vegetarian but I am looking to cut down on meat consumption and Mikes dish looked very appealing.
@@ClarkIsSuperman-iw9gu Already tried his flatbread recipe, its nice! Still have to try making the curry though.
I'm a few weeks late but EXCUSE ME. JAMIE DESERVED THE WIN. Poor Jamie. I've never felt so bad for him before. Also, Bibimbap is supposed to be eaten mixed together. LOL. NOT SEPARATELY. So you cannot judge it separately for the components, you have to judge it when you eat it all together.
100%
That was not a good bbibbimbap. He Britished the wrong rice, drained it because he didn't cook it correctly, and then had to freeze it and whatever. Sorted doesn't understand the practicality of rice in East Asian cuisine. I root for Jaime 80% of the time because he's an ADHD baby like me, but I would never recreate his bbibbimbap for my Korean MIL. But I 100% plan to recreate the other 2 recipes and serve the to my MIL.😳
Also, them eating bibimbap with fork and knife hurts my soul. Where's yo spoon?!
How about all normal's go for their "signature" dish. As in what they feel the most confident in and cook a lot
I recall Barry doing that once, in a 5 minute challenge. It was a creamy past and bacon dish, if I recall, and he may have even won with it... (it was a while ago, exact specific elude me)
Give them a budget/time thing maybe? So the more they spend the less time they have?
a few years back they did a series on each of their signature dishes
id like to see them do a battle using only things that can be stored in the pantry.
That's a big pantry.
Can goods jarred and bottled supplies and dry goods
I can’t see how Barry won as he took a pack recipe and just added lemon zest. As well as being an arse! Mike and Jamie’s dishes both look amazing.
Jamie's is a sorted recipe from the Can't Be Arsed to Cook cookbook and Mike's is similar to James' dish in the chefs' Ultimate Curry Battle, so also a sorted recipe. I think all 3 normals took the easy way out this time!
@@chosethebluepill shame, but they all looked great.
@@chosethebluepill Mike's dish looks very similar to a standard indian dish called baigan bhartha anyway. So doesn't require any creativity.
@@radmoonable Yeah, I've had baigan ka bharta. But what's one country's porridge is another country's creative exotica, you know. James, of all people, won the curry chef battle for his 'burnt aubergine curry' which was essentially the same thing. Also, Koreans consider Bibimbap a pretty standard meal too, so I don't think it's exactly creative either.
@@chosethebluepill I think the big difference with what the normals cooked was that Barry and Mike admitted that these were dishes that were their own mainstays at home, whereas Jamie was making something he had never done before after researching what a good, cheap, nutritious and delicious meal would be and finding the answer in Bibimbap.
Like the amount of times we've seen Mike put out vegetarian curry is notably more then once, its one of his mainstays.
i actually like that barry's approach was to be relaxed, not stressed, midweek. also his would left over really well, as well as mike's. i only need to feed two people, and sometimes the best part about midweek is just having leftovers. jamie really made something impressive for the money, and also still seemed relaxed making it, but i don't think the veg would last as nicely into the next day.
Well just cook the leftovers together into an asian style fried rice, but taking out the cucumber. Probably could be good for the next day.
I'd still be hungry after Mike's dish, sooo I don't think his would feed 4 at that price
Yeah it's a 2 person dish at best. And a hearty lad like myself would finish it alone.
@@kaldo_kaldo such a lad
I've made this dish before and can recommend - it fills you up more than you think!
I mean tbh Mike should be last by portion size alone. His plate had maybe half the nutrients the other plates had, meaning 6.30 would be 12.60 for four plates. at the cheapest I would say it would take 10.00
If he had added more flatbread, it would’ve worked out. In the Caribbean, we eat something called roti and roasted eggplant (or baigan choka as we call it) and it’s very filling.
I understand if Jamie's dish was under-seasoned as whole, but to say the rice was under-seasoned doesn't really make sense to me? Speaking as an East-Asian who eats and cooks rice regularly, we don't season the rice when it's being cooked. For example, you won't see any Asian families adding salt to a rice cooker (not in my experience anyway 😂). The whole point of rice is to be a blank slate which then pairs with something flavoursome. Rice is supposed to taste 'plain'. That being said, of course rice actually does have its own 'sweetness' and beautiful fragrance when eaten on its own. For example, Japanese cultivars rice are delicious! It's why a simple onigiri can taste so amazing.
Sorry, bit of a rant about rice! I just think there are some misconceptions when it comes to cooking/consuming rice in Western countries.
I mean, dont they put vinegar and mirin into sushi rice when making Onigiri? That would mean that the rice in Onigiri is seasoned, which is what makes it taste so delicious.
From India here, this is the first time I've seen white rice being salted while being boiled🤣
@@joaocardoso6697 rice vinegar and salt is used for sushi rice. Usually not for onigiri. Sometimes I mix furikake into my onigiri rice, but you don't have to. In its simplest version, onigiri is just balled up plain rice
In the west we do it all the time. Not adding salt to rice sounds awfully dull.
@@LWT1331 The point of bibimbap (literally, mixed rice) is to season all the vegies as they're cooked (except cukes ofc) then mix everything together with a spicy (gochujang) bibim sauce. It's not dull at all. And bibimbap is from Korea which, last I checked, ISN'T IN THE WEST. 🙄
Watching Barry start really relaxed and confident then just waiting for the stress level and panic to set in is what a sorted battle is about 😂
I can't tell if the way Jamies face dropped at the end was absolutely hilarious or depressing.. maybe a nice mix of both😂
He looked so crushed, and I agree with him.
I mean, Barry's dish was incredibly British and Mike's was Indian - both of which were flavours that Ben and James were used to. I personally would love to have Jamie's bibimbap and replace the steak... with SPAM.
Jamie got absolutely robbed!! He wins in my book!!
@@C_Bat omg spam that’s such a good idea! I might have to try that now 😅
Poor Jamie was crushed. Tried to play it off but, ouch!
Nah I disagree, Jamie should’ve won that - he had all those authentic Korean flavours and made four hearty portions for less than a tenner, and I’m vegetarian but it looked bloody delicious
“How’s your poached rice?” - Benjamin David Ebbrell, 2020.
There is a reason why Ben has my heart 😂 #TruthBombs
I seriously liked how Jamie's dish looked, and the price was extremely good. I don't trust Barry's maths one bit. Mike, though? I won't argue with that.
it hurts my heart looking at them eating the bibimbap like this and not mixing it well, and I'm not even korean..
the name if the dish literally translates to mixed rice..
And where is the gochujang? LOL
16:20 - this will show up in a top 10 anime betrayal list somewhere, I swear.
I just wanted to hug Jamie at the end there. He looked so disappointed and sad. I would have totes picked his dish.
Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) He messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
I give this round to Jamie as he's showing how much he likes to try new dishes ..Instead of comfort food !!
“Just coz you’re hiding in the corner doesn’t mean this is acceptable” takes me right back to every science class I spent reading a book instead of working. And now I’m fascinated by the science behind food and cooking, I think my teachers would want to smack me if they knew 😄 I love when Ben goes into his explanations and geeky stuff, it’s awesome to learn from someone who’s so passionate and knowledgeable 😊
We're as confused by the judging as Jamie lol
@@deprofundis3293 Uncle Roger would be fuming, don't let him see this.
@@deprofundis3293 you literally copy and pasted this comment on everyone that wanted Jamie to win...what do you have against him...tf
@@aznxbb even if they copy/pasted on multiple comments, its not about having anything against jamie but giving constructive criticism so that if he happens to read even one of those comments, he can learn. It's similar to how professional chefs talk about practicing the basics still. It's just to improve.
I was pretty excited about the Bebimbop (seeing as how I live in Korea), but while it looks good, a good amount of the flavor of Bebimbop comes from the spicy sauce added to it. It's also traditionally served in a stone bowl (Dolsot Bebimbop) so that the egg can sorta mix with the rice as you push it down and have the rice get fried by the hot stone bowl right in front of you. You don't have to do it that way, but if you just do it the way Jamie did, you'll end up with what is essentially fried rice without the frying or the sauce. Some sort of spicy sauce would have gone a long way to really bring out the flavor of the dish. Typically it would be Gochujang. He did do soy sauce, so he might have been going for a less spicy version of the dish, but then you really have to bring out those other flavors to compensate for the lack of the spicy sauce. Bebimbop is a very simple dish, but to make it stand out, you do have to pay attention to those sauces/spices otherwise you're going to rely heavily on the meat flavor to carry you through.
YES thank you!
I feel like Barry has been secretly taking culinary classes because he wanted to be able to keep up with the chefs 😂 but I feel for Jamie who tries so hard on all these competitions but has only won a few of them. I thought visually Jamie's looked the best this time too
“... We left the rice cause it was under seasoned” DAM! That was some serious, Chef shade!
bibimbap was supposed to be mixed!!!!!!!! ughhhh these brits
What even were they doing with the gochujang lol, did they dip it in gochujang
@@Fiberfairypilipinas doesnt it usually have like a red sauce on it
It was only fair that Jamie under seasoned the dish for James; since James over seasoned his pasta in pass it on.
@@M1911pap yes. it's called Gochujang and they should've been mixing the entire thing. meat and all.
Barry‘s smile in the first minutes should be countered with his face when he realized that he lost the pass it on for the whole group
Im never been more offended with a battle result. Jamie deserved to get at least one win, he tried a new recipe and really did his best. This makes me sad
So he should get a reward for trying? No. That's not how competition works. You win or you lose based on the final result, and in this case, money spent, and ease of cooking.
I was sure Jamie would win, looked delicious.
The way that Jamie was done at the end. Fell for ya man
nah jaime deserved the win for sure especially since that was his first time making it
Okay that blooper KILLED me but Imma need an explanation for why they can't / aren't conferring around the corner anymore 😂
Social distancing?
I dont think so? They clearly arent distancing during the eating portion
@@hhannahh7835 That'll teach me to comment in the middle of a video...
James sounding so much like a teacher - "just because you're hiding in the corner doesn't mean this is acceptable" :')
This is the second time Jamie got completely shafted after some serious effort. First the spicy pokerface and now he works his arse off on this, ben and james sing his praises then just toss him to the wayside.
Imho, Barry had the only "realistic" midweek meal. Bc when i come home from work and wanna make a quick meal, neither do i want to julienne a ton of veggies in individual bowls which all have to me washed afterwards, nor do i want make a dough, kneading it, having to clean the workspace afterwards (lets be honest, flour goes where it wants, i.e. everywhere). I just want a dish where i chuck some simple ingredients into a single pot, cook it, and have a delicious meal without any fuss.
I just leave the veg on the cutting board until it's time to serve (but I don't blanche the veg either). Great use for leftover rice or steak.
None of them had a realistic midweek meal. A realistic midweek meal is "open freezer, remove box, throw contents of box in pan/oven/microwave, heat until finished".
@@cryofpaine Definitely not, making a one pot stew in about 30 min. is definitely a midweek meal.
His was technically on budget as well. I guess they didn't count the spices and sauces used as they already had them. But that's cheating I think. There's no way Jamie's came to £10 after all the spices and soy sauce and sesame oil and veggies and gojuchang. They should do it again where they only use what they buy.
Eh. As a Korean, I know for a fact that Bibimbap is _definitely_ not something that should take that long. Maybe if you were trying to care about the presentation and whatnot it might take long I guess. 30 minutes tops, more like 10 considering Koreans would usually have most of the veggies already tucked away in the fridge(search up 나물반찬 if you want to know more). It's the textbook mid-week meal for us.
“No. We ate the steak. We left the rice because it was under-seasoned.”
Holy frick. James just went Nuclear.
As a Korean, I'm slightly annoyed by the fact that the bibimbap isn't actually all mixed!! (Bibim means in Korean to mix!) But loved the fact that my country's lovely dish was represented here :) Also instead of basmati rice, try some steamed rice with some Japonica rice with gochujang (Korean chilipaste) and some sesame oil and it'll all be lovely. You can have great vegan options if you choose because it's all so versatile on what topping you would like on it as well. (Personally marinating some great mushrooms like what Jamie did with the beef works wonders as well as it soak up the soy then grilled or tofu)
Did he drain his rice? With a colander? Where's Uncle Roger when you need him. HAIYA!!
I was thinking the same thing
Exactly
Haiyaaaaa-a...
A sieve
Sorted have been draining their rice for years, it still makes me cringe. Someone should set Uncle Roger on them lol
im not sure how to recover from exposure to mike *WHISKING ONIONS*
Mike: made an appetizer for 4.
Barry: you know he was over budget, and all he really did was add sausages to some beans.
Jamie: well thought-out and perfectly cooked. I am used to getting under seasoned rice even at restaurants, and regularly season it myself to my own tastes.
Clear winner: Jamie
"Well thought-out and perfectly cooked" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jamie couldn't even make his dish correctly.
Those of us on low sodium diets would most likely find the salt level quite nice.
@@thesurvivlist5440 No, Jamie didn't cook Chinese style fried rice.
And as these guys have been criticized for, their pretty culturally insensitive about food.
And the fact that they docked him points for correctly making the plain, mostly unseasoned rice that his recipe calls for because that's literally how this dish was meant to be put together versus not docking points for going well over budget or making a meal so small that you want seconds as soon as you finish.
I missed this format, so glad it's back
Jamie looked actually hurt and confused. I feel for him, I thought he was the clear winner. Not unhappy for Mike, though, that was a cheap meal WITH homemade bread? Nice. As an idea for a video, how about a Sortedfood catch & cook challenge? The guys spend a morning fishing for their lunch, which they then have to cook.
I mean Mike made a lovely snack, not really a meal
Loves Barry laid back approach and winding the others up
0:55 ‘Burnt Aubergine Curry Flat Breads’ is the most British way to say ‘Aubergine Tikka Masala and Paratha’. Good one, Mike!
It was actually Baingan ka Bharta.
Fat bread, please. :D
@@subobose Baingan Bharta meets Chicken Tikka Masala without the chicken. Gross.
@@TheNinnyfee It was sad to look at that fatbread.
Can you beat a Sorted video on a sunday afternoon...i dont think so😍. "I already want barry to lose" James really does say what were all thinking😂
Generally I agree with the chefs but... They missed the mark here. Jamie deserved the win over Baz
I think Jamie made the best dish and was really creative with his time management, and should have been the runaway winner, but I think it's more of a Saturday brunch dish. Tomorrow evening I'm trying the sausage and beans recipe.
how they don't post recipes anymore!
Wow wow...that a complete hidden stunner...i absolutely thought Jamie would win this after that lovely bowl of food... absolutely wow
Me: Oh nice, I think Jamie might win this one.
Judges: [...]
Me: ...
Everyone's faith in Barry's arithmetic tanked after that budget relay evidently
I can hear Uncle Roger: "Haiyaaaaaaaaa, no drain the rice, you f***ed up!"
yup! as a person who has used a rice cooker since the 90s, and always washes rice first, I heard Uncle Roger’s voice too.
Also....salting the water for the rice?? I’m Asian and we never salt the water when cooking rice
I salt the water with rice, a wrist flick though not a tablespoon. If you have to drain the rice you are using way too much water. It should all turn to steam. 1 cup of rice, 1.5 or 2 cup of water generally speaking. Hell I even think 3 might be ok but the rice is starting to become wet. 2 cups of rice and 3 cups of water is around what I used to use. That was normally enough rice for a couple days or so. Let it come to a boil first then turn it to low for between 15-30 minutes. Any more time and the rice on the bottom starts to burn. i.e. dont just let it sit on the burner on low forever.
@@chrismeister15 yup... it seems to be a native brit thing (based on a couple of vids i’ve seen, so guessing) to treat rice like pasta. which is soooo wrong.
@@sceptre1067 it is sadly, for the regular home chef I can forgive it because it's so prevalent but when professional chefs do it (looking at Jamie Oliver) it's a bit less forgivable, it's one of those simple things one can do to improve their cooking, I will say Jamie's rice at least didn't look like a soggy mess but I think that was it's second go in the wok that helped
From the moment I saw the dishes I was like "jamie's taking this" and by the looks of things, he thought so too.
Jamie looked so sad...why does it seem like he always gets the short end of the stick in these? I agree, Barry basically stuck canned beans and sausage in a pot, compared to all of the work he did with fresh veg and marinating meat, so that seems awfully odd that he didn't win for either chef.
I'm kinda new to the channel but I agree! from what I keep seeing, Jamie seems to mostly get the short end of the stick! I dont know howmuch longer I'll stick around.... it's hard to keep seeing the obvious difference in how Jamie is treated.
@@abilenereese3279 Nah, they're good mates, they're not purposely putting Jamie down. Watch their other videos! :)
Because you're not gonna faff about with all that work midweek, the point was to make something simple, tasty, and filling for as little money as possible.
Sorted! You know when Jaime loses, the fans always pick him as the winner. 😂 Don't worry Jaime. We have your back. Your dish is a winner in my book too! Great video as always guys!
Everyone is just being swayed by colorful veg and fried egg (ie, looks over actual flavor.) Jamie messed up the rice, which was his main ingredient. He literally had to drain it with a colander, which you should never have to do. And he didn't refry it as intended. AND he didn't make a sauce for it like you're supposed to have for bibimbap, so along with underseasoning his rice, it was bland and the wrong texture. It's no wonder he lost.
@@deprofundis3293 I know. Lol! It's a fun video. We all know he made mistakes. But his puppy dog face was a winner either way. My comment was in jest and wasn't meant to be overanalyzed. 😁
Please bring back pass it on reaction. We loved it.
Who is „we“?
@@xnuntius me
@@xnuntius me and my friends. You got an issue with that?
And me
Yessss please I loved it
Jamie got robbed.
Also, berry doesn't start on time.
Berry: this would be even better with more time.
Ben and james: facepalming
Mate, it's Barry, not Berry. Other than that, 100%.
@@vidzeerox he gets the a back when he earns that grade in maths and time management
If you want to impress a girl on a Wednesday, then yea Jamie should have won, but if you have married the girl and you have two kids running around, then Barry wins every Wednesday
yeah seriosuly dude knew he had a time limit and decided to waste time just to...look cool or something.
Jamie not only lost twice, but was decimated by that roast 🤣
Justice for Jamie. Also release Barry's receipt. I don't trust his math
Jamie did really good plating, something he normally gets grief over. That looked delicious.
Well since we can only eat with our eyes on here and Jamie's dish was beautiful, I think Jamie won.
I can't see the lack of salt!👀
Draining the rice? Something is wrong here, I can feel it.
So so wrong with wet rice
HAIYA UNCLE ROGER SAY ALREADY HAIYA
HAIYAAAA
Have another colander from auntie Hersha! Haiyaaaa
Haiyaaaaa
Jamie won, no question. Sausage and canned beans for $10? How was that even close? Also there is no way Barry is under budget.
“Barry’s dish is too expensive for what it is”
“Barry’s dish is more expensive than what it is”
Well, now, give Berry some credit. An onion and some tinned veg is not that much, and if you catch the sausage on sale you can do quite well. I have often use sale or 'butcher's packs' in order to get proteins into meals when I was regularly cooking for 11 people when we were raising our children.
I'm actually surprised Barry's was as expensive as it was. A pack of sausages, two onions, a sprig of rosemary, garlic, a tin of tomatoes, a tin of beans, wine, & a couple stock cubes? If he just got a cheap bottle of wine, & maybe spent 5 bucks on the sausage, depending on what they counted as store cupboard ingredients, it easily could've come out to between 8 & 9 pounds.
Poor Jamie! I thought that it was a clear win for him. And then further behind Mike with Barry last
I kind of wanted to hug him in the end
I'm joining the public outcry here, Jamie was robbed.
I've found that a way to soften and brown sauteed onions very quickly is to add a pinch of baking soda. Sounds weird and I was skeptical at first but it really does work.
Jamie not washing his rice hurt my feelings.