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BEAT THE CHEF: MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE | Vol. 9 | Sorted Food(TOMATOES) | SORTEDfood
AD| Get ready for another nail-biting Beat the Chef Mystery Box Challenge! Today we’ve challenged Ben and Mike to create a dish celebrating a tomato with a difference… the Intense Tomato!
But first of all they’re hearing from the experts at @BASFAgro about how seed breeding is used to create this super flavoursome ingredient – will they learn enough to show it off in the most creative and interesting way?
Can Mike beat the chef? Or will the pressure just get too INTENSE? Have a watch and choose your winner!
You can also check us out Behind the Scenes with the experts here: https://youtu.be/SFL_M-H-qjI
Nab Mike’s recipe here: https://bit.ly/37R3nns
Nab Ben’s recipe here: https://bit.ly/35B3QHK
Find out more about seed breeding and all the other work BASF are doing using the links below:
Twitter: @BASFAgro
Instagram: @basfagro_global
Facebook: @BASF.AgriculturalSolutionsGlobal
Website: www.sorted.basf.com
#SORTEDxBASF
If you’d like to find out more about Chef Franck, see below:
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Twitter: @FranckPontais
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In today’s Poker Face challenge each round brings 5 dishes: 4 tasty, 1 terrible. Can the boys keep a straight face, fool each other and figure out who got the nasty one?
VOTE AND HELP US WIN A WEBBY!: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/video-film/series-channels/food-drink
More Poker Face Food Challenges HERE: https://www.youtube.com/show/VLPLWLHJzWYH_EcsRfUMg-uFxDU2Y2vvx8Ts?sbp=QAE%3D
Chef Reviews and Rates PRETENTIOUS Ingredients BUT One is Fake!: https://youtu.be/yI3VKRKRFIo
STOP EATING BORING DINNERS!
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Why’s it so awesome?
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– Boost your confidence in the kitchen
– Reduce the stress of deciding what to cook EVERY day
– Make grocery shopping simple, with an automatically-generated list
– Cook more sustainably & reduce your food waste
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What happens if you just… don’t stop sending orders?
We put chefs Ben, James and Kush into a full restaurant-style service and then kept the orders coming non-stop. No breaks. No slowdown. Just constant pressure.
With pasta, pizza and seafood flying out of the kitchen, this quickly becomes a test of skill, communication and pure endurance.
The question is… can they actually keep up?
STOP EATING BORING DINNERS!
It’s easier than you think to cook up banging food… Click here to try Sidekick FREE for 30 days: https://onelink.sorted.club/vWe9/lx15b74h
Why’s it so awesome?
– Discover new ingredients and dishes
– Boost your confidence in the kitchen
– Reduce the stress of deciding what to cook EVERY day
– Make grocery shopping simple, with an automatically-generated list
– Cook more sustainably & reduce your food waste
Sign up for our Sorted Studio Pass – access exclusive BTS livestreams and loads more in our new YouTube Membership. Get more info here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyehHM_eo4g5JUyWmms2LA/join
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A simple fix for one of the most annoying kitchen burns 👀
Oven rack shields — smart safety upgrade or pointless gadget?
Do you use these in your oven?
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We’ve been nominated for a Webby Award (basically the Oscars of the Internet 🥹)… for this video!
So here’s a little BTS from How Many Cooks Can Spoil The Broth.
Yes… Mike and Baz really did drive around London in a Microlino.
Yes… they did look slightly ridiculous 😂
But this video is so much more than that. It’s a celebration of the London food scene, and the incredible chefs who make it what it is.
If you love what we do, your vote would mean everything! It takes 10 seconds – thank you! 💛
https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/video-film/series-channels/food-drink
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What happens if you just… don’t stop sending orders?
We put chefs Ben, James and Kush into a full restaurant-style service and then kept the orders coming non-stop. No breaks. No slowdown. Just constant pressure.
With pasta, pizza and seafood flying out of the kitchen, this quickly becomes a test of skill, communication and pure endurance.
The question is… can they actually keep up?
STOP EATING BORING DINNERS!
It’s easier than you think to cook up banging food… Click here to try Sidekick FREE for 30 days: https://onelink.sorted.club/vWe9/lx15b74h
Why’s it so awesome?
– Discover new ingredients and dishes
– Boost your confidence in the kitchen
– Reduce the stress of deciding what to cook EVERY day
– Make grocery shopping simple, with an automatically-generated list
– Cook more sustainably & reduce your food waste
Sign up for our Sorted Studio Pass – access exclusive BTS livestreams and loads more in our new YouTube Membership. Get more info here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyehHM_eo4g5JUyWmms2LA/join
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@Timlagor
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
We've got a time limit
Here's one I did two days ago
@Amyhourigan
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Good work Mike! While Ben’s was no doubt delicious and skillful, it wasn’t a new way of thinking about how to use tomatoes, yours showed great innovation. 👏👏👏
@monicareno4088
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
For me Mike is the winner. He made something totally original and outside the box. I also feel Ben got to cheat a little bit by prepping some things ahead of time instead of making something on the spot like Mike did. Mike has a really great demeanor and takes his losses with a smile and shrug and I also love how interested he is to learn everything. 😊
@timokampwerth1996
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I don't see how Ben won this. He had twice fermented Kombucha, which takes weeks, and his ribs marinated for 2 days. Mike did everything on the spot within the time limit. He clearly won because Ben didn't compete.
@marshaloneagle4646
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Both are a winner to me. Love the use of same ingredient(s) challenges, chef in or not. Really helps me to learn to think about how to use my weekly groceries in different ways.
@angelkisses5933
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I thought Mike should have won because I LOVE to try new an different foods an dishes an seeing that on the menu at a restaurant would deffo have me ordering it x
@briandstephmoore4910
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Normally bens dishes feel a little aloof for my Midwest tastebuds but those ribs look Fire!
@briandstephmoore4910
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I swear I thought 2 of the main 4 were German as much as they talk about the blitz🤣
@rachelblaquiere9134
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I really think if Mike tried to make a sweet but savoury cheesecake rather than a dessert it would've won. Swapping sugar for honey and adding a little vinegar, things like that. Tomatoing a cheesecake rather than cheesecaking a tomato.
@oscarcontreras
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Sorry, but I am more amazed by the fact that BASF is pronounced as B-A-S-F and not as a single word. I am a chemical engineer.
@wendellgee11
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Gazpacho, pico de gallo, tomato pie, open faced caprese sandwiches, pastas, guacamole….the uses of low liquid content are endless! I would pay top dollar for that breed!
@pony26
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
How is it fair to let the chef use ingredients prepared days ahead of time?
@bluereenie2
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
GM IS the same, just faster. There is no plant in a market that you eat that hasn't been genetically modified. Doing it at the genetic level (splicing genes) and blending two varieties by hand are different methods to achieve the same outcome.
@emilycreager2269
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
So I was doing laundry while I watched this, so I missed a few things. I was so cheering on Mike…until I saw Ben's, and I knew it was decided. Mike, I was so proud of you!
@nkhan4
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
@9:50 is that vinegar extract or vanilla extract?
@maryjoyspohrer256
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I absolutely LOVE how supportive they are of each other and there seems to be no ego problems. That meal looked fantastic, plus I learned that you can fry off the tomato skins and candy basil leaves!
@user-fw7wr9sq7e
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Who says having large watermelon increases waste? I can eat a whole one by myself.
@vlogerhood
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
The tomato breeder is absolutely correct to describe transgenics as just another tool. There is nothing inherently wrong or dangerous with transgenic breeding methods, and in fact it often replaces the far more random and wasteful mutagenic methods. The demonization of GM foods has been driven entirely by propaganda from competitive producers trying to convince consumers to pay more for objectively worse produce. Most of all "organic" produce, which is worse for the environment (requiring more energy, land, water, and pesticides), costs more to produce, and offers no benefits over traditional agriculture methods including transgenic crops. Throwing away an entire toolset that can be used to make better foods for our future is not wise.
@GuvernorDave
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I like the BASS BASS BASS
I like the 9:44
@kevinlorren7951
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Kinda unfair to Mike. Ben was given extra time to complete his dish.
@Sjivje
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
"Yes, you can compare it with that. Ja 👍" Gotta love us Dutch people and our ways of beautifying the English language LOL.
@lookforward2life
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Mike, that was such an impressive dish! seriously. It was beautiful and I wish I could even imagine what that might taste like.
@kevinlorren7951
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Kind of a fake mystery when Ben had extra time ahead to marinate his ribs. Seems to me the whole set up is skewed in favor of the chef
@neilambasing7501
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
tomato cheesecake? Wow who would have thought about it? That is beyond normal. It is normal plus plus
@craigsayer8710
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Are them tomatoe seeds for sale yet ? If so where can we buy them?
@shannonsmith4174
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbboooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
@Robbsart
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
tomato is a fruit so no reason why not Michael xxx my wife's comment.
@NerdyMusicChef
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Just realized that this is the same chef from the recent French cuisine video 🤦🏾♂️. Which are two of my favorite videos!
@GonzoDonzo
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Ben deserves a few knocks for cheating with ingredients several days ahead of time.
@numen7778
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
15 minutes seems to pass differently for Ben. We hear “15 minutes”, he hears “here’s like 2 weeks”.
@ThomEvertse
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
1:58 jes joe ken comper it wit det ja
Zou deze guy Nederlands zijn? 🇳🇱
@SheepdogSmokey
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I was in the hospital when this launched, it was very nice to have Sorted when waiting to hear what was wrong with my foot, and honestly, Mike won.
@litahanegraaf3450
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Yo that tomato guy is totally dutch 😂
@aujinchoi8900
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
i coudlnt remember where i saw tomato and basil in a dessert and then it finally hit me almost a year later LUCA SEASON 4 MASTERCHEF
@KevinJamesLaw
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Twice now. Mike lost to Ben. Stop pairing these two up!
@TheGodsrighthandman
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Last time I heard of BASF they made Cassette Tapes
@nadiahardiman1462
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
What do you mean to avoid waste? Are you saying you can't/don't sit down and and eat half a watermelon in one sitting? 🤔
@Maghanashi
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Really wasn't a fan of this at all. Ben had far too much stuff pre-prepared and Mike made a solid dish in the allotted time. That's without mentioning that this #AD is ridiculously heavy-handed. Incredibly offputting.
@mfowl777
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Dude….that cheesecake was extremely clever. I was so on board with Mike's idea the very second he finished explaining his idea. I don't care he lost, it's a really clever recipe and a good talking point on deserts with a twist.
@jetlagjack2925
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Were the fried tomatoes skins actually successful?
@user-by4jc5tb6c
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Love this!
@CharlotteKandy
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Bens i would want to make (if I had the skills and time) and devour during dinner.
Mikes I would love to try at a crazy high end restaurant for dessert.
@benjaminli3808
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Dehydrated tomato crisps with a bit of sugar (maybe larger grain sugar to have more of a texture) would've been a thing for that cheesecake. Kind of like a candied orange peel.
@robseaman6694
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
You know what Bens dish is great, for a chef but can I just say Mike’s looked incredible and had that thinking out of the box genius. Really impressed. Mikes face when he turned to see Bens was priceless. Can I also just add please ban Jamie from ever looking into the camera saying low and slow ever again. Good god I almost threw up 😂
@annez1681
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
won't finish watching this one. I know you need ad revenue, but as much praises sung for your ad partner, there's the same amount of critique.
@OmaLowne
December 30, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Watermelon and fresh tomatoes, add an oignon, garlic, rice vinegar, olive oil, season….Sift it, best summer gaspacho ever!