How can something as simple as cheese on toast earn a Michelin star?
In this video, we break down Welsh rarebit — the iconic British dish made famous by St. John restaurant — and show how it becomes so much more than just cheese on toast. Inspired by Fergus Henderson’s nose-to-tail philosophy and stripped-back approach to fine dining, this is our home version of a legendary Michelin-starred classic.
VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
00:50 – Infusing the ale
1:25 – Making the roux
4:00 – Adding the ale
4:14 – Why we add milk
4:53 – The cheese
5:40 – Henderson’s Relish
6:15 – Adding cheese
7:12 – Chilling the Rarebit
7:40 – Brown Sauce
9:05 – The bread
9:30 – Butter mix
10:01 – Assembly and cooking
10:54 – Finishing the brown sauce
11:27 – Finishing the Rarebit
11:59 – Tasting
30 Comments
Wait how did you open the beer with a bread knife!
600 pounds for cheese on toast no f thankyou
I rather hve 0 gobshyt version 🎉
God bless the hendos
Is this actually tasty? I cannot imagine what it would taste like but it doesn’t look appetizing!
From Canada and I love all kinds of foods, but this is just beyond my frame of reference
Any chance of a written recipe?
10:33 excuse me sir?
I have a Granny Smiths Apple tree in the garden, so for the last two years I have made my own Brown sauce. I've gone from hardly using it, to having it with almost everything ! Plenty of recipes in Y/T to follow and it's so easy to make – everything goes into the pan together and you just let it cook away, before blitzing/straining. Well worth having a go…
Yikes, this dish might as well be called heat-attack-in-waiting…
I love how fine dining chefs like you say things like "the pomp and bullshit that come with fine dining" when that's what you do and that's where you eat when you want to dine out. You are the pomp and bullshit my guy and there is nothing wrong with it 🤷
And how much is that per slice in the restaurant I wonder?
So glad I'm not the only one swears like that 😂 I'm American but blame my quick temper on my very Irish heritage.
What a lot of poncing around for cheese on toast.
Henderson > Lea Perrins.
I wish I could get the real “New Castle” in the States again.
I'd imagine this to be quite salty…
im never gonna make this
Look, I'm no chef but I have been making (and eating) cheese on toast for around 30 years…the bread to cheese ratio is wrong, its far too 'bready', basics guys.
Yes to Hendos all day long!
The cook in my local McDonald’s has 3 stars
This guy is so down to earth. I love it.
Here in America we call this Nookie Dookie Toast.
Why no ingredients list?
This dude is a ROCKSTAR.
Just breadknifing through everything
Isn't this a 12 days old video?
Welsh Rarebit, with English Cheese, Dijon mustard…
At this point he’s literally baiting the Welsh to raise their dragon army.
The sandwich looks awful but it was well worth watching the 12 min video just to see you burn toast! haha
I thought he said dookie brown
Just wondering if this is at all like what both Hornblower AND Jack Aubrey ate at sea. They called it toasted cheese. Seems that they ate it almost every day as a treat or a snack. It always sounded so good
Gonna go eat a brick of cheese from the fridge now