We challenged chefs of three different skill levels–amateur Billy, home cook Emily, and professional chef Yuji Haraguchi–to make us their take on teriyaki. We then asked expert food scientist Rose to explain each chef’s choices along the way. Which teriyaki dish do you want to tuck into first?
00:00 Intro
00:44 Prepping Protein
01:35 Making Sauce
03:47 Cooking Rice
04:51 Cooking Protein & Sauce
07:28 Garnish & Side Dish
09:31 Plating
11:12 Tasting
12:03 Food Scientist
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21 Comments
Billy has committed a felony and must be imprisoned! 😂
I was a regular watcher of this channel about 4 -5 years ago. I just decided to pip back, because i love teriyaki.
To see Emily become a level 2 chef is heart warming as it is awesome!
Congratulations Emily, you deserve it!
Microwave rice cooker is insane
Do people really use those?
love how they got the whitest guy imaginable for the level 1
When did they make Emily level 2
That bag of marinade he put on his finished dish had raw chicken in it. Can't find anybody better than this????? Hope no one sees this and does the same.
I wonder who will be the next level 1 chef to move up to level 2 chef.
Coincidentally, I have the same rice cooker as the one used by Emily (which also my sister's name). For the record, I've had this rice cooker for 22 years and it still works perfectly.
i haven't watched this in a couple years. Glad to see that emily has progressed
love the science perspective
the level 1 chef’s chicken looked like if you blended a McNugget and reshaped it like playdoh – 11:11
Okay Yuji, now is just showing off 4:47
The level 1 chef dish is actually not bad. Only lacking in color. Chicken marination time too brief and not velveted. Teriyaki sauce amount is also too thin of consistency. You need more generous amount of sauce there…
level 1 plate looks like a taylor swift song
Emily's been in so many episodes, she levelled up
I agree with everyone else, they should have made it clear, that Billy brought the marinade back up to temp.
Wait did the Level 1 chef just add raw chicken marinade to ready to eat food? The cross contamination…
Emily and Chef Yuji 🫶🏼
Omg it's the recarination of the food carving guy 😂
One of the best things i ever ate was an eel teriyaki
I like how emily leveled up!! Congratz girl!!!