We challenged chefs of three different skill levels – amateur John, home cook Gabi, and professional chef Sim Cass from the Institute of Culinary Education – to bake a fresh loaf of banana bread. Once each of them had presented their creation, we asked food scientist Rose to weigh-in on their choices. Which one of these beauties would you take a slice of first?
Check out the level 3 recipe on the ICE blog: https://www.ice.edu/blog/pan-de-platano-caribbean-plantain-banana-bread
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4 Levels of Banana Bread: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious
34 Comments
Is it absolutely necessary to add sugar?
buh naw naw
Pathetic "scientist" with pathetic teacher stick
I always detested the look of the lengthwise banana toppings. I find it awful looking
Seems like a waste to use premium sea salt in something like this where the flavor won't come through. Standard table salt or kosher salt should be fine.
Dude level 3 ain’t even making banana bread at this point 😂
Why is this so woke
Chef Cass sounds like the actor David Warner
Ridiculous
5:26 nutmeg makes you dream- nice one chef 😂
Nutmeg poisoning can make you stay high for a while, sleep 20h or experience hallucinations apparently 😂
After watching this, I literally winged it 😂
Hi😊
Get rid of #1 and 2. I just want to listen to the pro.
Anyone else hearing Minions say Banana everytime they say it in the video?
Love that for the most part this recipe is the same as corn bread, simply swap out corn flour for bananas. You can also add brown sugar to both, which makes either lovely.
These videos are absolutely useless.
He lost me at hold back on cinnamon
Level 3 banana bread guy: "This isn't banana bread"
If you're going to talk about eugenol why didn't you mention cinnamon and nutmeg not just cloves? So we can understand the use of these in our banana bread.
And you said plantains are seedless berries but plantains have seeds in them.
The title is also confusing saying 4 levels. There were only 3 cooks., where's the 4th level?
Thank you!
where's sim recipe??
I really wish the chef had used actual overripe bananas. I don't have access to plantains where I live. I do have bananas that go overripe. So I really wanted to know what he would have done.
Where do I get plantains
I think # 2 dropped because of the oat Milk .
I find mine drop when I use Oat flour 😢
How do we get the recipe for chef # 3. .
Great job everyone 🎉
I didn't know "Dean of Bread-baking" was a job title one could have, and that I now want.
This is a lovely video ❤💯
There is also that woman who makes woke banana bread
Who tf is penny?😭✋🏻
0:30 Yeah, she lost as soon as she said "Gluten-free".
Sim sounds like he'd be a great Hogwarts Professor
Just put on some globes and reach in and mush them between your fingers. Or better, just toss it into the mixer with the paddle and slowly increase speed until medium and blend until you reach the desired consistency.
Could not help but consider Level 2 Chef was thinking about something else when describing the parchment paper.
Level 3 didn't even make banana bread
Who is here after Gabi (Level 2 Chef) won Next Level Chef!