I feel like this missed a lot of good, simpler tips. For instance, one of the easiest things you can do is to just make sure that sauce/dressing/liquids of any kind are not slopped all over the place. Like when you place chicken piccata on a plate, make sure you don't let a big drop of its sauce fall onto an empty part of the plate (and clean it up if you do). Things like that are instantly noticeable, and incredibly easy to fix. Or the general hint that food shouldn't be planar: even macaroni and cheese looks better when it doesn't looks as flat as a pancake on the top. A lot of what the video demonstrated I would call "food decoration," where you improve the look by actually adding ingredients that you might not add normally. "Food styling" is more general, where you are trying to change the manner of presentation itself. Example: adding a topping with texture to a soup is decoration (type of styling), while slicing eggrolls in half on the bias and propping one half on the other is styling.
That's what I was thinking, that & Kenji Lopez-Alt would be cringing so hard inside we'd see his jaw twitch. It seems like You tube set him up on this one.
I mean, would it have hurt to add just a drizzle of balsamic to them to make it even better? If they didn't want the dark color, they could have used a poppy-seed dressing & no pepper.
I know! But they don't realize pre shredded cheese has starch coatings that are perfect for keeping a thick creamy soup, regular grated cheese would make it too gooey and more oily
Make all the food from the dinner scene of Coraline: Chicken Breasts, Mashed Potatos, Gravy, Rolls, Sweet Peas, Corn on the Cob, Mango Milkshake, and Chocolate Cake Perfect for Thanksgiving
there was none. this whole thing felt like a joke. the soup was crammed with stuff, the pasta looked like regular every day pasta, and the steak plating was ridiculous. he should have done this himself
The only reason we're looking for the twirls are because we were just told and shown that she was doing it. If i was handed that plate as a meal, whether at home or a restaurant, i'd just see spaghetti the way it always looks. The way Babish plates pasta using that fork thing looks far more impressive. I love your channel Babish but this episode was ridiculous.
I guess that this das the intention. They didn't want to teach how to make an absolutely incredible van Gogh style pasta, but to make something simple that embellishes the day to day meals.
@@jokingareyou2.028 wooooowwwweeeee, calm down. Considering your username it's very ironic how humourless you seem xD I actually love this channel, and this was a great video. The fact that they had to make an unfortunate editing choice doesn't detract from that, and is certainly very understandable with the high pressure RUclips release schedule. I am not hating on the channel, the video or any of the people behind it. I do however hate RUclips trolls that take every opportunity to attack others for their own sad gratification ;)
I think it would be cool to see a version of this where Babish plates something up how he normally would, and then Callie could offer advice on how to plate it differently.
Yeah, I would say this is one of the bigger struggles of styling. In a restaurant you would usually have heated ovens or heat lamps that keep the food warm while you fiddle with it. I would say, best tip at home is to first keep the plates/bowls warm in an oven before serving, seeing how a cold container will drain it the fastest. Then just, try to work quick. Also, 'mise-en-place', basically have everything already shredded/measured/cut/peeled/whatever to just dump on top and continue. 😉
I didn’t really notice them either, but it still looked good. Though in my opinion doing the same cheese and basil thing with a twirled nest of pasta looks better
Yeah, it sounded a bit Aussie in the intro at places, but it sounds like she's either been in the US for a long time, or is trying to hide it. Edit: wait, now it sounds like she's from the southern US. Weird
@@swirlingtoilets definitely not Australian. Alabama. Sounds like Lizz from Bamabass. She aint from Georgia though and it doesn't sound like Texas either.
I'm curious why you didn't add the parsley stems to the chimichurri. I've always understood the stems to be more flavorful than the leaves, and the texture wouldn't be an issue with blending.
Imagine thinking that “food stylist“ isn't an actual profession. Almost every time you see a picture of food in a magazine or see food in an ad it's professionally presented by a food stylist to look as good as it can. It's definitely a real job!
No not at all. You can tell that she's got a southern accent that she's trying so hard to keep out of her voice but she's failing. Also she's so extra with the plating, I think she's one of those basic white girls all over Instagram and Babish's plating is so much better and it feels like it's real, as opposed to hiding the initial dish behind toppings like this lady. Babish's food plating has purpose. This lady's plating is a disguise
@@just_a_tired_they_.2437 Advertising and serving food are different things. Food stylists and photographers will play with lighting and ingredients to make food look more appealing and desirable, and just that. No one will eat the photo of a dish. With the soup from this video, the potato skin chips are incredibly large for a spoon, and there's too much crisp combined with the bacon, however, it does have a fine look, especially if we could see a photo with proper work done on it. When it comes to actually serving that food, it's way better to keep the potato skin chips smaller, and hell, throw them out altogether. Bacon crisps carry the taste anyway, and you don't always have to think in the French way of "nothing must be wasted". And instead of scallions of chives you may want parsley on that soup, since, at least as far as I can tell, the sharp and pungent fresh onion taste would be too heavy, especially combined with bacon. But mellow that out with parsley, which would also look way way better imo with the darker green colour, damn that would taste good. So there, make a single serving of dump food and let your stylist play with it for your menu photos, but do your own thing when you're actually serving it. There's the difference.
This was not impressive. I learned more from typing "basics of plating" into a search engine. They didn't even talk about some of the simplest tips, like using an odd number of food and where to place them on the plate (~2 o''clock, 6 o'clock, 10 o'clock). And what the hell was with that bacon? Why cook 10 strips if you're only going to use about a third of a slice?
Sorry, but...did you REALLY ask why someone would make additional bacon? WHO cooks just enough bacon for a recipe? You always need extra to snack on, dude.
She is though!! Like you can HEAR her trying not to have her southern accent, and it pops out every now and again and it's frustrating like JUST BE YOURSELF WOMAN THIS VERSION FEELS FAKE
For me this styling was nothing special. I’d appreciate some “Fancy” styling more. Also,throwing “some greens” next to the steak seems very outdated to me.
Kryštof Krajník Yeah, I agree. I would’ve skipped the arugula with a two cherry tomatoes... just felt outdated as you said. I realize it’s for people with a ‘basic’ knowledge of cooking and playing but that just felt so passé.
She focuses on centering a lot, with no mention of the Rule of Thirds. It's fundamental to a truly gorgeous plate. You can make even Kraft Dinner look like a restaurant dish if you take the time to understand it.
Unless you're using a square plate the rule of thirds wouldn't really be important though would it? Since otherwise the middle square will always be the largest and most important section. Thus such a focus on the centre. You've also got the third dimension to worry about, people want to see food that is higher than wide, which makes it look more grandiose. That also furthers the focus on the centre of the plate
Does this stuff make the food actually any better? Or is this just some rich people shit that I won't understand? I get using quality ingredients makes a huge difference, but how pretty your plate looks?
@@calebdanielherman4913 I think it's the concept of "eating with your eyes first." If food LOOKS good, it can kind of trick your brain into thinking it tastes better than it actually is.
@@SmartyPoohBear Ah. So it is rich people shit that I won't understand. Thank you for clarifying for me. I want to enjoy this kind of stuff, but all I can think about is how extra all this stuff is getting in the way of me eating my food sooner.
Its really not as complicated as they are making it out to be, most of this episode was theatrics. Just look into typical garnishes for whatever you make at home on a weekly basis. This kind of stuff has a place in fancy restaurants and no where else, really.
I like to apply the basics of art principles like visual balance. Don’t put too much stuff on one side of the plate or bowl. Given what they were doing with the soup, they were totally focusing on placing things at the center of the bowl.
What a great idea for a Basics video, well played! Only note: Adding whole tomatoes may cause a Dinner guest to spurt tomato juice onto themselves or their guest. That's why they are usually cut. I've done it. It's been done to me.
I feel like she doesnt know what shes talking about. I'm a sous chef and all of my staffs plating is better than this "food stylist" with way more complex food.
You are a sous chef and yet you are watching amateur chefs trying to teach non-chefs how to make their food ever-so-slightly better. Pathetic as fuck bro.
@@arthrodea that looked almost pathetic imo, I'd love to see gordon ramsay tear into her after being served this lol don't get me started on the pasta though, watching her plate and even eat made me seriously doubt her dexterity. what was that twirling? did it even do anything? also, nobody needs a food stylist to be told "slap a few whole tomatoes you didn't crush up, basel, and parmesan on it" hell, my randomly poured out of the pan pasta looks comparable (university student here) he does it better. kick her out, andrew!
@@yehudakreps682 What are you on about? Lamo I think that you haven't even checked her out or what she does and you're just saying that to act cool or some shit lmao
I think it was meant to be more of a guide. Babish knows a lot about the techniques already but she just makes it easier for beginners like me to understand the process of plating :)
@@uhoh1860 tbh she didn't really seem all that competent to me, I mean the soup was more or less just "put stuff on the top so it's not just a white surface"(and it gives some bites a few extra flavours). the pasta didn't really look impressive, one could come up with using the tomatoes which are already in the pasta, a few leafs of basel and a bit of parmesan; she even looked quite clumsy to me when handling the pasta (whether twirling it or even eating). and the steak looked really average imo, chips and an undressed salad? seriously? I just felt like she didn't know enough about the things she was trying to teach. you don't need a "food stylist" to come up with these ideas. andrew should've done this on his own, his plates look better than these.
She definitely has some sort of Southern accent which has been infused with California Girl, and the longer it goes on the more she slips back to the Southern.
"Hot sizzling perfectly seasoned" When i hear that i dont think of steak. because that is the most generic description of every hot food ever. What a load of smoke. Regarding the Pasta - when a 2 Michelin starred chef (Marcus Wearing) Says that you cant really fancy up a bowl of pasta, then you cant. And you proved that point beautifully here. I love you man, but all those presentation things look meh at best. That steak one was terrible - dont put sauce underneath a steak - now i cant freaking cut it! (No wonder you cut away at that exact moment!) And butter on top of the steak could be in loads of shapes(quenelles, circles, heck even squares) but random lump is not great looking. Unseasoned leaves with some raw tomatoes in it also might win the award for most sad looking salad of all time.
couldn't have said it any better. this "food stylist" seemed not to have much of an idea what she was doing. pasta we just pour from the pan to the plate in our student home looks about the same. this was a waste, andrew. get rid of her (I mean do her if you fancy it but please don't get her on the show again).
I just broke my jaw about three weeks ago and haven't been able to eat anything but chicken soup and nutrition milkshakes, needless to say I've lost an unhealthy amount of weight. Before, I was a food lover like no other and I hated rhymes. I'm a broken person now. The only thing that has gotten me through is binge... is watching as many of these videos as possible back to back (I wish there was a word for that) and making a long list of food I'm going to make when I'm allowed to chew again in 2-3 weeks. Thank you so much for getting me through each day until I'm healed.
@@nicholashilton2514 yep and that thing with the pasta twirling did feck all to it. babish's way looks way more impressive (twirling into a big one - or three, depending on the quantity). this looked like my pasta looks when I straight pour it out of the pan and add a bit of basel and parmesan, which isn't food styling but seasoning to me.
Puts spaghetti in a bowl, twirls for 10 mintes: cold food. Puts spaghetti in a bowl. Does not twirl. Warm food, looks exactly the same. Also: Dry freaking salad? I feel like Babish was held back a little here.
Yeah it's pompous bullshit that goes on in michelin starred restaurants, no one is doing this shit for friends and family, it's far too much effort and like you say, end up with cold food at the end of it, my friends and family don't give a shit if the plate looks pretty or not so long as it tastes good.
It’s good for people who want to go into the restaurant business. Not to mention some people are perfectionists. If you’re smart, it doesn’t take that much time, it only took so long for Babish because the lady was talking about why she was doing what she was doing.
@@Volaths Perhaps this video isn't meant for you and the techniques shown aren't meant for your friends and family. Perhaps it's for other people whose friends and families like to take a picture of their food before they eat it. Although I don't fully agree with taking pictures of food before eating it, I won't judge them and maybe you shouldn't too. Have a good day!
As much as I can see the benefits of presentation forward dishes I also believe the wow factor from delicious "ugly food" is underrated. I feel like it packs more of a lasting effect on how your food experience goes. for most people if they see a beautiful dish of steak, pasta, etc and expect a tasty dish but if you make something "ugly" taste amazing it will blow away expectations and keep people coming back for more.
I'm surprised by some of the comments because I feel like this is kind of a genius episode. Sometimes recipes briefly touch on serving suggestions but it's not like the beginning home cook really has much exposure to food styling. Taking pride in what you're serving and feeling you've made something beautiful is important, too! Sure the tips are basic, but that's the series, after all!
You should make the “Accidental Soup” from ratatouille
I wish to know the recipe
Thawesin Chatchalermvith that soup seems SO DELICIOUS
I second this. Sounds tasty
I would love to see this too
Yes, this sounds like a great idea
I'd also love to see this.
Can you start a new show called "Broke with Babish" so you can teach us how to cook something delicious on a really small budget
Budget with Babish
There's a show called struggle meals that really helped me with this.
A lot of that on brothers green eats channel
Being broke* with Babish
😂
When you have completed the entire game and are now completing side quests.
Haha good one 😄😄
Nailed it
Unless you're playing Red Dead 2, because then you're dead.
I don't know why I brought that up.
@@leoxu583 I haven't played it through fully yet. Thanks.
@@AslanW Sorry for the spoilers.
Imma be real with you, I feel like babish makes his plates prettier
yeah lmao he could do this better already what was the point of the video
that’s what i’m saying. she’s like... mediocre..? i don’t want to be mean
She's a photographer, not a chef. That's why. She has no knowledge of actual food.
Haylee Spence that would make more sense
Haylee Spence he did say she was a professional food stylist though?
Lol. Not gonna lie, I just came for the comments raging about pre shredded cheese and undressed salad 😂
You forgot Kocher Salt 😭😭
when he used the pre-shredded cheese.
I felt so betrayed
To be fair, the pre-shredded cheese has some extra starch like he's said before, which while it does impede melting, the starch also thickens the soup
Phrophetsam thought I was the only one. Even I grate my own cheese and I don’t have near as much skill in the kitchen as he does.
They were doing food styling, be thankful they used edible items at all.
Nasty...
Nnsmskekke
Who is that gorgeous creature?
Also the lady ain't bad lookin either
It feel so weird every time I see his face
sounds like your new around here, maybe you sould subscribe 🤷♀️
@@GrandpaSpaceOreo*AND SOME HAIR! HE DESERVES IT!*
You taking about are baba babish or the food?
@@dareokoski8158 ....This better be bait
Do Irohs tea from Avatar: The Last Airbender
yessssssssssss
Tea is just hot leaf juice uncle
@@ninnusridhar How could a member of my own family say something so horrible!?
@@muchdoge8351 The best part of that line is that literally everyone in his family is constantly saying completely horrible things, lol.
Leaves from the vine.....
"What are you thinking of when you think of steak?"
A cow. I thought of a cow. And grass.
i know this old but you spitting
I feel like this missed a lot of good, simpler tips. For instance, one of the easiest things you can do is to just make sure that sauce/dressing/liquids of any kind are not slopped all over the place. Like when you place chicken piccata on a plate, make sure you don't let a big drop of its sauce fall onto an empty part of the plate (and clean it up if you do). Things like that are instantly noticeable, and incredibly easy to fix. Or the general hint that food shouldn't be planar: even macaroni and cheese looks better when it doesn't looks as flat as a pancake on the top. A lot of what the video demonstrated I would call "food decoration," where you improve the look by actually adding ingredients that you might not add normally. "Food styling" is more general, where you are trying to change the manner of presentation itself. Example: adding a topping with texture to a soup is decoration (type of styling), while slicing eggrolls in half on the bias and propping one half on the other is styling.
That's what I was thinking, that & Kenji Lopez-Alt would be cringing so hard inside we'd see his jaw twitch. It seems like You tube set him up on this one.
This video is honestly garbage. They assume home cooks are r*t*rded and cater to the lowest common denominator.
Everybody raging about the pre-shredded cheese and I'm sitting here like "undressed greens??!!!"
Green giant: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I mean, would it have hurt to add just a drizzle of balsamic to them to make it even better? If they didn't want the dark color, they could have used a poppy-seed dressing & no pepper.
We can be shocked at everything.
I know! But they don't realize pre shredded cheese has starch coatings that are perfect for keeping a thick creamy soup, regular grated cheese would make it too gooey and more oily
@@junkiejackflash But the pre shredded stuff has an awful texture and essentially no flavour
I like how Babish acted like he had no idea of what she's talking about and pretended to learn new things.
Fax. Shit isn't hard. Food stylist are a joke.
i felt this so heavily dude
@@wigglytuffgaming "Shit isn't hard" So I'm guessing you've done it before?
@@grimmparagon427 Yeah, you put the food on the plate and you make it not like dog shit - crazy stuff.
@@wigglytuffgaming Plating food isn't hard, Making it look restaurant quality delicious at home is a skill.
"We've been so heavy on potatoes let's try something new"
*cuts to them chopping potatoes for their next dish*
"i like this orange cheese with this beige-y soup"
ok
lmfao this whole episode was off man, i laughed when she said that too im glad you said it lool
This woman is so fucking fake like damn how can anybody STAND this?? She's so fake!
That spaghetti literally looks the same before and after twirling
PRESHREDDED CHEESE? Babbish, how did you let this happen on your show?
SteveTheMathMan he got laid.
Its cause shredded chesse has a extra protective layer thats added to it that prevents perfect melting but will help thicken soups
Thickens the soup mayne
Mystic It has extra starch, which thickens the sauce more than Andrew
Y'all saying it's starch but it's technically a fine sawdust. Called wood pulp or cellulose on the package. Its also in low-fat icecream
"Maybe this tomato lives right here. There we go. In our pasta, we can do whatever we want."
-Bob Ross, probably
Yeah, got that vibe as well when I heard that.
Here's a happy accident.
Since Thanksgiving is about a banquet of food, make the Dinner Banquet from Shrek 2:
Turkey
Lobster
Fondue
Banana
Crackers
Walnuts
Grey Fish
Roast Pig
Banana seems random lol
"Oh Mexican food!"
Babby clearly already knew everything the lady was talking about.
Yes... Good old *Babby* .
Sorry I first read baby celery and it’s not going away
“Bon Appetit!”
“That’s- the other show”
Make all the food from the dinner scene of Coraline: Chicken Breasts, Mashed Potatos, Gravy, Rolls, Sweet Peas, Corn on the Cob, Mango Milkshake, and Chocolate Cake
Perfect for Thanksgiving
Waheed Abdullah I've only now realised how much i need this
SAME I NEED THIS SO MUCH OMG
YESSA
Blip Blop
With the gravy train! Yes!!
Am I the only one that could see no difference before and after the twirling of the pasta?
there was none. this whole thing felt like a joke.
the soup was crammed with stuff, the pasta looked like regular every day pasta, and the steak plating was ridiculous.
he should have done this himself
The only reason we're looking for the twirls are because we were just told and shown that she was doing it. If i was handed that plate as a meal, whether at home or a restaurant, i'd just see spaghetti the way it always looks. The way Babish plates pasta using that fork thing looks far more impressive. I love your channel Babish but this episode was ridiculous.
I guess that this das the intention. They didn't want to teach how to make an absolutely incredible van Gogh style pasta, but to make something simple that embellishes the day to day meals.
Lol did you see how "excited" he was at that pasta?
"oh.. yeah... wow... look at that..."
It was like he pulled some random person from no where and she made she up
Andrew: "we're going to add an avocado to our chimichurri"
*Argentina has left the chat*
Martin Agniss además por qué de repente es vegano por haberle puesto palta? dónde esta lo no vegano del chimi?
Son estadounidenses chicos, deben de haber aprendido el concepto del chimichurri de un cubano y creen que viene de México
_[Muffled "concha de tu vieja" in the distance]_
Encima por qué lo procesó tanto? Parece puré
It's looks like more of the venezuelan style of the chimichurri, which has another name I don't remember 🤔🙃
She sounds like me on an essay trying to sound smart.
straight facts tho
Wtf why is a plussy fan here
Yessss
i knoww it annoyed me so much especially when she did such a mediocre job
This comes off like she lied about being a stylist to get on your show.
Why is that?
None of what she did looked even remotely as good as how Babish plates his stuff up. Definitely a weird episode.
Alyssa Stevens she really didn’t know what she was doing
To be honest that potato soup looked sloppy
This is what I was thinking the entire episode 😂
I feel like I'm watching an infomercial.
Now the Binging with Babish styling kit is available for only 3 easy payments of $9.99 from Babco.
@@recoil53 for a bag of pre shredded cheese and some potato peels? count me in!
And I feel like I need to drink every time I hear "beautiful"
You should watch the latest basics video it’s literally an infomercial for nutribullet
The lighting and camera change at 1:22 was so abrupt I legit thought they had cut to a different room for a second xD
College of Foliage I thought I was hallucinating!
Good catch, very true
Shut the fuck up you hater
@@jokingareyou2.028 wooooowwwweeeee, calm down. Considering your username it's very ironic how humourless you seem xD
I actually love this channel, and this was a great video. The fact that they had to make an unfortunate editing choice doesn't detract from that, and is certainly very understandable with the high pressure RUclips release schedule.
I am not hating on the channel, the video or any of the people behind it. I do however hate RUclips trolls that take every opportunity to attack others for their own sad gratification ;)
@@jokingareyou2.028 don't be a bitch
I want to see him collab with Joshua Weissman 👍
When the unstoppable class meets the immovable posh.
You know what's better, B roll…
Binging with B-roll.
Josh and Babish disagree on a lot of their techniques. In fact, recently, it seems Josh makes his videos in response to Babish’s.
Trinity Johnson I’d love for that to happen
I like to think that babish just eats microwave macaroni and ramen when he’s not making food for videos.
"If i saw that on instagram i'd be like why r you posting prison food?" 💀 BRO
Babish in his mind be like:
*Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written*
Absolute comment excellence
Ngl, that salad at the end looked dummy sad with those whole tomatoes
with stems still on lol this is food for a magazine cover not human consumption
It's a salad. They're sad by default.
Tru tru
ThatRipOff chicken and dried cranberries in a salad is good. It’s been a long time since I’ve had it, but not all salads are sad.
@@erronblack308 If adding meat to a salad is the only way to make it enjoyable, you don't want a salad. You want meat. Just go eat a proper meal.
Making the "accidental soup" from ratatoulle!
Like so he will seee🍅🥣
I think it would be cool to see a version of this where Babish plates something up how he normally would, and then Callie could offer advice on how to plate it differently.
Watching her struggle to get some pasta was low-key funny.
Me: Ooh, a special guest!
Her: "Tray magniffeek"
Me: Oh no... the comments are gonna have a field day...
Babish came when she described the steak
Watch him
What time
Derpy Bear 0:50
Babish failed no nut november
He coomed
@@oneconarguy5019 you are not welcome here
A true stylist would just eat shredded cheese straight from the bag
what I want to know is if the food is still hot after spending five minutes plating
Yeah, I would say this is one of the bigger struggles of styling. In a restaurant you would usually have heated ovens or heat lamps that keep the food warm while you fiddle with it. I would say, best tip at home is to first keep the plates/bowls warm in an oven before serving, seeing how a cold container will drain it the fastest. Then just, try to work quick. Also, 'mise-en-place', basically have everything already shredded/measured/cut/peeled/whatever to just dump on top and continue. 😉
@@lauramihalek agreeeeed!
The soup was so pale in the thumbnail, I thought it was a plate.
13:16 "I think we should definitely try and eat this one now"
*Grabs the lettuce*
When you’re so early there are no memes
Haha, chef!
Just learned is name is andrew
It's free real estate!
That's not possible, scientists say that memes were most likely here before the big bang.
The cook in me: "Oh, that's interesting. Really nice looking plates."
My lizard brain: "JustPutItOnTheFuckingPlate! IWANNAEATIT!"
As long as you don't slop it down like a TV lunch lady.
@@recoil53 - THWACK - "NEXT!"
@@FlameOnTheBeat it's all turning to poop, anyway.
”tastes as good as it looks” so not very good huh, damn.
9:45 just gives up on the tomato 😂
Skyrim's foods for thanksgiving, the Gourmet's stews, the sweet rolls, the cliff racer from Bee and Barb, and many mores
Honestly I'd love to see Babish do an episode on the foods of Skyrim, and of Oblivion for that matter.
I wanna see a white-gold tower. Mead and cream seem like they go excessively well together
Mightve been the angle, but I really couldn't see the twirls she made with the carving fork
Same I wasn’t sure where she was going with it but it looked great in the final picture
I didn’t really notice them either, but it still looked good. Though in my opinion doing the same cheese and basil thing with a twirled nest of pasta looks better
Thanks for posting a styling video. This is the first one I've seen where the food is still safe for consumption after.
This was not great. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk
**Standing Ovation for your Ted Talk!!!**
“You know what I mean?”
*Babish chewing*
*Babish chewing more*
“Unfortunately,” *chewing intensifies* “yes”
callie: bon appetit!
babish: ehhh that's the oTHer show
Anyone else feel like she's trying to hide her accent?
Yeah, it sounded a bit Aussie in the intro at places, but it sounds like she's either been in the US for a long time, or is trying to hide it.
Edit: wait, now it sounds like she's from the southern US. Weird
Alabama. Sounds like Lizz from bamabass. She aint from Georgia though.
I’m literally so confused by her voice
@@swirlingtoilets definitely not Australian. Alabama. Sounds like Lizz from Bamabass. She aint from Georgia though and it doesn't sound like Texas either.
Yeah. Listen on how she says "saws"
nice display
what makes my food beautiful..
is when i find fries at the bottom of the Mcdonald Bag
I'm curious why you didn't add the parsley stems to the chimichurri. I've always understood the stems to be more flavorful than the leaves, and the texture wouldn't be an issue with blending.
Have you ever eaten parsley? No the stems do not have more flavor than the leaves.
You can’t just make up job titles
Professional food stylist: That’s where you’re wrong kiddo
Imagine thinking that “food stylist“ isn't an actual profession.
Almost every time you see a picture of food in a magazine or see food in an ad it's professionally presented by a food stylist to look as good as it can. It's definitely a real job!
drinking game: take a shot every time they say "pretty"
Or "texture."
I don’t think this lady is legit
She def dtf
No not at all. You can tell that she's got a southern accent that she's trying so hard to keep out of her voice but she's failing. Also she's so extra with the plating, I think she's one of those basic white girls all over Instagram and Babish's plating is so much better and it feels like it's real, as opposed to hiding the initial dish behind toppings like this lady. Babish's food plating has purpose. This lady's plating is a disguise
@@just_a_tired_they_.2437 Advertising and serving food are different things. Food stylists and photographers will play with lighting and ingredients to make food look more appealing and desirable, and just that. No one will eat the photo of a dish. With the soup from this video, the potato skin chips are incredibly large for a spoon, and there's too much crisp combined with the bacon, however, it does have a fine look, especially if we could see a photo with proper work done on it. When it comes to actually serving that food, it's way better to keep the potato skin chips smaller, and hell, throw them out altogether. Bacon crisps carry the taste anyway, and you don't always have to think in the French way of "nothing must be wasted". And instead of scallions of chives you may want parsley on that soup, since, at least as far as I can tell, the sharp and pungent fresh onion taste would be too heavy, especially combined with bacon. But mellow that out with parsley, which would also look way way better imo with the darker green colour, damn that would taste good. So there, make a single serving of dump food and let your stylist play with it for your menu photos, but do your own thing when you're actually serving it. There's the difference.
This was not impressive. I learned more from typing "basics of plating" into a search engine. They didn't even talk about some of the simplest tips, like using an odd number of food and where to place them on the plate (~2 o''clock, 6 o'clock, 10 o'clock).
And what the hell was with that bacon? Why cook 10 strips if you're only going to use about a third of a slice?
It was def very specific to certain dishes versus basic tips for any dish
They clearly used more bacon to prepare dishes off camera, dude...
kevlar5150 You sounds like a pretentious dickhead
alize0623 you sound like shut up your stupid
Sorry, but...did you REALLY ask why someone would make additional bacon? WHO cooks just enough bacon for a recipe? You always need extra to snack on, dude.
She is either over acted or very fake, I feel like I'm in the food Network
The Internaut it feels like He showed her then gave her credit
She is though!! Like you can HEAR her trying not to have her southern accent, and it pops out every now and again and it's frustrating like JUST BE YOURSELF WOMAN THIS VERSION FEELS FAKE
@@just_a_tired_they_.2437 exactly
For me this styling was nothing special. I’d appreciate some “Fancy” styling more. Also,throwing “some greens” next to the steak seems very outdated to me.
It's called BASICS with Babish dude. "Nothing special" is the whole point. It's teaching people who know absolutely nothing about food.
@@ArtemisScribe thank you, all these pretentious "experts" in the comment section
@@ArtemisScribe Pretty sure anyone with a brain could plate as good as they did
Kryštof Krajník Yeah, I agree. I would’ve skipped the arugula with a two cherry tomatoes... just felt outdated as you said. I realize it’s for people with a ‘basic’ knowledge of cooking and playing but that just felt so passé.
Yes. That steak plate looked like what a kindergartner would make in a drag and drop "what does dinner look like" computer program.
She focuses on centering a lot, with no mention of the Rule of Thirds. It's fundamental to a truly gorgeous plate. You can make even Kraft Dinner look like a restaurant dish if you take the time to understand it.
Unless you're using a square plate the rule of thirds wouldn't really be important though would it? Since otherwise the middle square will always be the largest and most important section. Thus such a focus on the centre. You've also got the third dimension to worry about, people want to see food that is higher than wide, which makes it look more grandiose. That also furthers the focus on the centre of the plate
i wouldnt do rule of thirds on a bowl thats the shape of a circle. might work on lasagnia though.
Does this stuff make the food actually any better? Or is this just some rich people shit that I won't understand? I get using quality ingredients makes a huge difference, but how pretty your plate looks?
@@calebdanielherman4913 I think it's the concept of "eating with your eyes first." If food LOOKS good, it can kind of trick your brain into thinking it tastes better than it actually is.
@@SmartyPoohBear Ah. So it is rich people shit that I won't understand. Thank you for clarifying for me. I want to enjoy this kind of stuff, but all I can think about is how extra all this stuff is getting in the way of me eating my food sooner.
When you said plating pasta, I was like I better see Chef's fork
“… a 1920s orphan novel food. ‘May I have some more, please?’l
And so it was that my upcoming Jazz Age reimagining of “Oliver” was born!
Me: i need to work on my sleep schedule
Also me: *watching basics with babish at 2am*
This is very Sandra Lee, Semi-Homemade.
Me: Oh so pretty
Also Me: if I did this it would take too long, now it’s cold
Its really not as complicated as they are making it out to be, most of this episode was theatrics. Just look into typical garnishes for whatever you make at home on a weekly basis. This kind of stuff has a place in fancy restaurants and no where else, really.
Who has the time for this? I love this channel but my kitchen lives in real life circumstances.
The pace was off on this one, sorry Babs!
I like to apply the basics of art principles like visual balance. Don’t put too much stuff on one side of the plate or bowl. Given what they were doing with the soup, they were totally focusing on placing things at the center of the bowl.
What a great idea for a Basics video, well played!
Only note: Adding whole tomatoes may cause a Dinner guest to spurt tomato juice onto themselves or their guest. That's why they are usually cut.
I've done it. It's been done to me.
sorry we should leave this style of food styling in early 2000’s
beemobile98 I agree I like BA’s style of food plating way better.
Can you guys explain the differences?
@@KianOntong13 We want our food to look like it was made with love by an imperfect human, not designed by some cold marketing team.
especially the steak... weak AF
Kian Ontong If I was looking for specific differences it would be like not perfectly placing all the cherry tomatoes and the greens in spaghetti.
The last time I was this early, Alton Brown had hair 🙃
This comment made my morning lol
miso wtf
HAH!
I would like this comment but I want to keep it at 69 likes.
My favourite part about this video is the bit where she thought Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist was written in the 1920’s.
I feel like she doesnt know what shes talking about. I'm a sous chef and all of my staffs plating is better than this "food stylist" with way more complex food.
I agree - the worse was the plating of the steak, with a separate pile of potatoes and weird fluff of undressed salad.
The name of this show is “Basics with babish “ key word being basics.
You are a sous chef and yet you are watching amateur chefs trying to teach non-chefs how to make their food ever-so-slightly better. Pathetic as fuck bro.
@@arthrodea that looked almost pathetic imo, I'd love to see gordon ramsay tear into her after being served this lol
don't get me started on the pasta though, watching her plate and even eat made me seriously doubt her dexterity. what was that twirling? did it even do anything? also, nobody needs a food stylist to be told "slap a few whole tomatoes you didn't crush up, basel, and parmesan on it" hell, my randomly poured out of the pan pasta looks comparable (university student here)
he does it better. kick her out, andrew!
@@arthrodea Babish literally made a "basics" episode for tonkatsu ramen. Authentic ramen isnt basic at all and takes hours just to make the broth.
Food "stylist" that refers to shredded chedar as "orange cheese". This was basic and bad... :/
weaselGRM She never said to use cheddar, she say she liked the look of an orange cheese, and the show is literally called basics with babish
She seems like she don't really know what she talking about
She seems like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Sorry that sentence kinda pissed me off
@@yehudakreps682 he's not disagreeing with you, moron, he's arguing that your sentence structure was woeful, which it was.
Lewis Jenkins thank you, you can’t really argue basic grammar, it’s either right or wrong
@@yehudakreps682 What are you on about? Lamo I think that you haven't even checked her out or what she does and you're just saying that to act cool or some shit lmao
@@jjfranki did u even scroll through the comments? There r a bunch that said the same as mine and they all have a ton of likes so stfu
I dont know abou this, all of it looked pretty average. Babish' plating skills are better!!!
I think it was meant to be more of a guide. Babish knows a lot about the techniques already but she just makes it easier for beginners like me to understand the process of plating :)
@@uhoh1860 tbh she didn't really seem all that competent to me, I mean the soup was more or less just "put stuff on the top so it's not just a white surface"(and it gives some bites a few extra flavours). the pasta didn't really look impressive, one could come up with using the tomatoes which are already in the pasta, a few leafs of basel and a bit of parmesan; she even looked quite clumsy to me when handling the pasta (whether twirling it or even eating). and the steak looked really average imo, chips and an undressed salad? seriously?
I just felt like she didn't know enough about the things she was trying to teach. you don't need a "food stylist" to come up with these ideas.
andrew should've done this on his own, his plates look better than these.
I feel like she's trying to hide her accent.... Let that southern accent fly!
To me it sounds like a southern Missouri accent not quite southern and not quite northern but that's just Missouri
She definitely has some sort of Southern accent which has been infused with California Girl, and the longer it goes on the more she slips back to the Southern.
Andrew Beshears Definitely not Missouri, Missouri is more country sounding, I’m thinking Tennessee or Georgia.
Definetly sounds like a south Missouri accent, I sound similar but not quite as heavy
derek Brogan I’ve lived in southern mo my entire life and never hear people talk like that.
"Hot sizzling perfectly seasoned" When i hear that i dont think of steak. because that is the most generic description of every hot food ever. What a load of smoke. Regarding the Pasta - when a 2 Michelin starred chef (Marcus Wearing) Says that you cant really fancy up a bowl of pasta, then you cant. And you proved that point beautifully here. I love you man, but all those presentation things look meh at best.
That steak one was terrible - dont put sauce underneath a steak - now i cant freaking cut it! (No wonder you cut away at that exact moment!) And butter on top of the steak could be in loads of shapes(quenelles, circles, heck even squares) but random lump is not great looking. Unseasoned leaves with some raw tomatoes in it also might win the award for most sad looking salad of all time.
Don't agree with everything above but this was definitely the worst video Babish ever made.
couldn't have said it any better. this "food stylist" seemed not to have much of an idea what she was doing. pasta we just pour from the pan to the plate in our student home looks about the same.
this was a waste, andrew. get rid of her (I mean do her if you fancy it but please don't get her on the show again).
'I like to create pretty swirls with the sour cream'
@5:31 creates sour cream dumps.
"professional food stylist" lmao
Aka instagrammer who gets ad revenue because she is attractive
Everytime she looks directly in the camera i feel my soul being eaten.
0:10 hand gesture on point xD
Wow the first video from Babish that I have disliked :( The food “stylist” was pretty underwhelming. Sorry
GAy
I can get down with some parsley. I look for every excuse to add parsley to most things I make.
I love her southern accent it’s so comforting
Not nearly as comforting as Babish’s voice overs though
Why did you do this, Babish? None of this was even ‘styling’.
Karen Phillips feels like a favor for a friend
Pfft karen gtfo go be mad at your local store manager
@@StoneColdFlea okay but dont lie about being a professional she clearly isnt.
She’s not even that good
He's just tryna fuck
This is about making the food more photogenic, not necessarily more appetizing
I just broke my jaw about three weeks ago and haven't been able to eat anything but chicken soup and nutrition milkshakes, needless to say I've lost an unhealthy amount of weight. Before, I was a food lover like no other and I hated rhymes. I'm a broken person now. The only thing that has gotten me through is binge... is watching as many of these videos as possible back to back (I wish there was a word for that) and making a long list of food I'm going to make when I'm allowed to chew again in 2-3 weeks. Thank you so much for getting me through each day until I'm healed.
i hope you're eating to your heart's content now, mattjones
you should make Rhett and Link Rabbi-vent-turducken-ig
it would be impressive
could even get a crossover on the go
6:28 I don't know about that one chief
don't want to be the arse but I wasn't really impressed with any of them...
Oy Blech SAME. They should’ve placed the soup in a much more shallow bowl. I don’t know.. this just felt pretty amateur to me.
@@nicholashilton2514 yep and that thing with the pasta twirling did feck all to it. babish's way looks way more impressive (twirling into a big one - or three, depending on the quantity). this looked like my pasta looks when I straight pour it out of the pan and add a bit of basel and parmesan, which isn't food styling but seasoning to me.
Puts spaghetti in a bowl, twirls for 10 mintes: cold food.
Puts spaghetti in a bowl. Does not twirl. Warm food, looks exactly the same.
Also: Dry freaking salad?
I feel like Babish was held back a little here.
Yeah it's pompous bullshit that goes on in michelin starred restaurants, no one is doing this shit for friends and family, it's far too much effort and like you say, end up with cold food at the end of it, my friends and family don't give a shit if the plate looks pretty or not so long as it tastes good.
@@Volaths Don't be a philistine, we eat with our eyes, too.
It’s good for people who want to go into the restaurant business. Not to mention some people are perfectionists. If you’re smart, it doesn’t take that much time, it only took so long for Babish because the lady was talking about why she was doing what she was doing.
@@Ghonosyphlaids I mean, so long as it tastes good I couldn't give a fuck what it looks like
@@Volaths Perhaps this video isn't meant for you and the techniques shown aren't meant for your friends and family. Perhaps it's for other people whose friends and families like to take a picture of their food before they eat it. Although I don't fully agree with taking pictures of food before eating it, I won't judge them and maybe you shouldn't too. Have a good day!
A new challenger appears: Tiny Spatula!
3:22 "can i have some more please? No" - Callie 2019
As much as I love you Babish...it was, honestly, a very underwhelming episode :(
Still think you're awesome though!
Thats why it’s a bonus
As much as I can see the benefits of presentation forward dishes I also believe the wow factor from delicious "ugly food" is underrated. I feel like it packs more of a lasting effect on how your food experience goes. for most people if they see a beautiful dish of steak, pasta, etc and expect a tasty dish but if you make something "ugly" taste amazing it will blow away expectations and keep people coming back for more.
the music was a little loud this episode. other than that tho it was a sweet, thanks babish!
After all that beautification, enjoy your room temp soup, pasta and steak.
Professional food stylist? Hard to take that seriously.
She wasnt. At all.
This feels like a troll.
I'm surprised by some of the comments because I feel like this is kind of a genius episode. Sometimes recipes briefly touch on serving suggestions but it's not like the beginning home cook really has much exposure to food styling. Taking pride in what you're serving and feeling you've made something beautiful is important, too! Sure the tips are basic, but that's the series, after all!
*GASP*...Is that... PRE shredded cheese!?!?!