(breaking eggs) (eggs frying)
- Hello, and welcome back to SORTEDfood.
Today, we're gonna be testing our Normal
to see if they can add another cooking badge to their score.
The question is
what are the scores looking like at the moment?
(chuckles and laughs)
Oh it doesn't read well for us.
- Some of you need to pick up your game.
Ready for challenge number one?
Yes, Ebbers!
Now last time we did a chef skills challenge.
The three of you worked together
and all got your basic teamwork badge.
If you remember,
you cooked up a breakfast feast for very picky family of
four at my B&B.
- (hushed voices) That's terrible management.
(others agreeing)
Well, today I've invited you back to work at my lunch deli.
(groans)
Let's take a look at the menu.
- Buddha bowls, sandwich bar, baked potatoes,
soup of the day.
(making a joke and snickering)
- Sorry. Yeah.
Oh that was the word you used.
- Ebbers, there are so many ingredients.
- It's very simple.
It's salads, sandwiches, soups.
- And the amazing thing about a deli
is that when you go in there, everything is really laid out.
- Remember, this is about teamwork.
We can give you 10 minutes to plan
and then 30 minutes of mise en place
before we opened the doors. You ready to begin?
- No.
- 3, 2, 1,
thinking time!
(bell dinging)
- It's gonna be a long 10 minutes.
- You'll do baked potatoes.
Then you'll do poached chicken thing, then grill.
- So shall I just do all the salad prep.
- I can do soup of the day.
- You can't get baked beans when you've baked potato.
Where's the chilli?
- I actually am ashamed of working at a deli already.
- I need to get a better job.
- Okay, boys.
I'm a punctual man. The deli opens at midday.
It's 11:30. It gives you 30 minutes of prep time beginning
in 3, 2, 1.
(bell dinging)
- I think we should've gotten our shifts to start earlier.
- Yeah. (chuckles)
- The one thing we didn't have last time
was any true leadership.
- We got a badge last time, Ebbers.
(snickering)
- I would say Mike has stepped up.
I think we've just more pushed it on him.
You are, you are head chef because we think you are the best
communicator here.
- Where's that come from?
- Right.
(bleep)
- That was the -- - The (bleep)
- -- sugar again. - sugar again!
- Seasoning triangle.
It's important to have - [Jamie] No!
- it in the kitchen.
- But why's it next to the pepper?!
And there's no salt?!
- So you've moved to separate stations.
You're all busy beavering away.
What you're beavering away on?
- Last time, it worked well for me, I was the saucier.
which I've instantly -- - He's talking about
how it went for him, "I" not the team.
Teamwork, teamwork.
How many times are we gotta say?
- Last time, it worked really well for me. (laughs)
And I was the saucier.
So I'm sticking to that.
I'm making all the sauces and the soup, which again,
I think classifies as a sauce.
- It's either that or a hot smoothie. One of the two.
- So today it's advanced teamwork we're looking for,
which means it's all about communication,
delegation, leadership, and sharing of not just tasks,
but kitchen space as well.
So that everything stays under control.
If one of you goes down, you're all going down.
So it's about teamwork.
- So the aim of the game is to conquer and divide.
Some of the things I'm doing,
I will have to hand over to Barry
at the end of the 30 minutes to finish. And likewise,
Mike will have to hand certain things over to me
so we can get it all done.
But, it's makes the most of all of our skills.
and the time that we've got. - Very confidently said, mate.
- I know. - I'd almost believed you.
- I know!
(both chuckles)
- [Mike] I think learnings from the last go
was that Barry took on too much
and then didn't get it all done at the end.
So we're gonna to mitigate that
by trying to share out the tasks a little bit more evenly.
And also not trust anything that Barry says.
- What happened to this teamwork thing that you mentioned?
- So the thing about a deli,
- Where you reckon will open by the way.
- A deli.
(silently chuckling)
- Oh my goodness.
- I've got some potatoes boiling away here.
That's gonna get used in our potato salad.
I've also just put a couple of jacket potatoes in the
microwave to cook through,
and then we're gonna crisp them up in the oven later.
- Obviously, you want all the foods tastes great,
but the real focus today is multitasking and teamwork.
I'm not looking for really fancy like tomato concasse.
We're just looking for bulk standard deli grub.
- That's good 'coz I don't even know what that is.
I am on salad duty,
which means chopping and slicing lots of salads,
making some croutons, couscous,
everything prepped and in bowls, ready for sandwiches,
paninis, Buddha bowls, everything.
- Excellent. Anybody know what a Buddha bowl is yet?
- No. - Cool.
It's kind of a vegetarian salad bowl with the base of either
grain or potato or leaves and a mixture of toppings on top
and a mixture of options. - Barry, Barry.
- Barry!(chuckling)
- That's not how you roast garlic?!
- Yeah it is!
- How else are you gonna roast garlic?!
- You get a whole bulb, cut the top off.
Put some oil.
- It'll cook quicker. That was fine.
Double-checking... mayonnaise, egg yolks, oil
(Jamie Laughs)
- Egg yolks, a little bit of mustard...
And then oil slowly whilst whisking.
A sign of bad management
is the people that they employ.
- Baz, basic sauce, Badge. Mayonnaise.
You didn't get it first time round.
- Because I cheated. I tried to use the machines.
This time, I'm doing it all by hand.
- But you had to double check with me,
what goes in the mayonnaise.
- I think Mike is definitely in do and then think mode.
He's chosen to half his carrot
and then peel both halves.
(Barry loudly chuckles)
- [Mike] And sometimes you just have to take action.
How's everyone doing?
- Base of the soup is coming on nicely.
- One spoonful of Dijon. - You've got the sauce badge.
I'm just double checking with you. This is a teamwork.
- Just a teaspoon of Dijon
and then slowly start pouring your oil.
- Thank you, chef.
- That really hurt, Jamie.
'Cos he really wanted to take the Mickey and then he
remembered this is the teamwork badge.
And what he did, was helped Barry out.
The soup in the deli
changes everyday. What is it today, Baz?
- Today is sweet corn and
- Chicken.
- What he's written down here is soup and chicken.
So I've got onions, garlic,
a chicken stock here and now the sweet corn.
Onion soften, garlic soften.
And I'm gonna add some water and probably a little milk to this.
Then I'll blend it up.
I might put a bit of cream instead.
- I'm sure we can find you some cream.
If you want cream of chicken and sweet corn.
Crust are all in the croutons.
Boys,
you have had half of your mise en place time.
- Croutons,
- cloves of garlic, just oil as a toss, blend it in.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Bake them off is easier.
- I was gonna toast them,
but then the oven's been used.
- It's been used for two cloves of garlic.
- You can move those around if you want.
- Oh can we?!
- Hey, look! I'm making mayonnaise Jamie!
Who knew this' easy.
- We need quite a lot of it.
- You need mayonnaise
for various different elements on the menu.
And he's choosing to fry the tofu.
Pretty nifty, knife work.
- Right. Potatoes' ready for the potato salad.
When the Mayo is ready for it.
Chicken is poaching.
- Status update.
- I'll do couscous boys.
- I'm worried about the mayo I've made, but
it does make a spread.
- This is definitely salt.
- That's salt, yes?
- That is salt.
- Check it, but yes.
- I should start thinking about what I want for lunch.
- Okay. I'm gonna shout some stuff out.
Can we have a checker up a process? Salmon?
- I haven't seen it. It's gonna be in the fridge.
Oh.
- It's sliced.
- Excellent. - How are we doing, Baz?
Soup is nearly ready.
Just needs the chicken and little bit of sweet corn
and some seasonings and some cream.
- Excellent!
We've got the salad ready for the Buddha bowls.
We've got croutons on the go.
We've got the leaves, the fillings.
If I just start getting everything together now and laid out
- Six minutes remaining
- 'till we open the doors.
Chicken. Is it cook through?
- No.
Chicken was a bit rare, boys. So I'll put it back.
- A bit rare.
(snickering)
- I like it undercooked, but he calls it rare.
In, like, three minutes, we need to clear down here.
If the door is open, then we we've got,
we can't tidy up at the same time. I'm happy to help.
- Good observation from our leader.
- [Mike] Anyway,
how many people usually come to a deli?
- You never know.
- It's good to sell out though. Isn't it?
It proves like you want demands
to outstretch supply.
- Yeah and also,
you want to keep people waitin' around the block
because then, people think it's really popular.
- Perfect.
- What's barbecue sauce?
- Something sweet salty, a lil' bit smokey.
- Pomegranate molasses that'll be nice, wouldn't it.
- Use what you've got, combo what you've got, make it work.
- Why don't you come and do sauces here
and then we'll start moving stuff from the front.
- Somebody taking control. We liked this.
- But in a panicky way.
- A little bit of flapping,
but actually
- You're doing a wonderful job.
- Oh my goodness!
- Michael, not appropriate in the workplace.
(Baz chuckles)
(clapping)
- I'm gonna get some of that chicken out.
Hopefully it's neatly cooked now.
- Last two minutes!
Mike, absolutely
loving the washing up in a deli where he moves
from one bowl to another bowl.
- Ebbers! I see a logic, I see a logic.
30 bowls for the customers.
Was this the soup?
- That's the -- ugh...
Is that stuck to the bottom?
- Literally scraping the barrel of this mayonnaise.
- Scraping the barrel, are we?
- I'm scraping the bottom of the pan.
- Soups good
Just chuck in a pulled chicken in there.
And, also we've got some extra sweet corn for them as well.
Then just need seasoning and tasting.
- One minute!
- Are you happy with that?
- Yep. Just needs the chicken.
If you can see if it tastes nice 'cos I got no clue.
- Oh.
Good.
- So far, pretty good teamwork. Lots of communication.
30 seconds to doors open.
- Okay,
we're gonna have to do a little bit of bringin' stuff
to the front as we go. But if we just get the orders in,
as long as stuffing ready, that's all the matters, right?
- Yep.
- Barry, how're we doing for time on stuff?
- I think everything I need to do is nearly done.
- That's actually delicious.
I haven't made burger sauce, but I'm gonna do that.
Blue cheese, cream--
- Coming to you right now.
- Okie dokie. - Oh no!
- Time is up.
- Can I have a ladle.
- Challenge number two.
First two customers in.
- Hi, nice to meet you. How are you?
- Sorry that you had no other choice, but to eat here.
What can I get ya?
- One toasted cheddar cheese,
tomato and mustard panini
and one Buddha bowl,
base of couscous
with pulled chicken, tomato, onion, cucumber,
and barbecue sauce.
- Toast their paninis. - Yeah, I'll do the panini.
- I'll start doing the Buddha bowl.
- So you want me to do nothing, sweet-talk him?
- Just get the panini ready.
- Thanks mate! - Do we have a broom?
'cos I feel like I need to sweep it up.
- Customer number two just walked in.
Tuna, mayo, jacket, please.
- That's you.
Where the tomatoes gone?
- I'm using it for my panini.
- Would you like any leaves for your Buddha bowl, Ebbers?
- Oh what've you got?
We've got spinach and we've got curly's.
(Jamie laughs)
- What you've got on the curly ones? . Oh, I think this a
- a rocket.
This is an Italian salad, actually.
- I'd like a little bit of that, yeah. Thank you.
- Would you like to make this into a meal deal?
We've got some Walkers crisps.
- [Ebbers] Are you eating that chicken?
(Baz laughing)
- No.
- Now good on the up-sale, you can work again.
- Yeah a can of drink?
- Two bottled waters I'd like, yeah.
- And panda pops?
- No, none of your slush puppy rubbish.
We've got an order
that just come through on the delivery app.
Two soups, one more panini.
This time, blue cheese, ham and spinach.
- I'm on the panini.
And the Buddha bowl base are potato salad, two soups,
smoked salmon,
and all of the salad. - Had anybody get any of that.
- No.
- (whispering) Silence is golden.
- It's a strange little deli.
It's actually only open for 25 minutes,
but you get an awful lot of orders in that time.
- Where the olive oil gone?
- I used it all for my croutons.
- All of it? - Yeah.
- Which customers are that for?
So, that's the very first one.
So that's gonna be number one.
Is that for customer three? Have you just done that?
That's the one that came in just last.
- Yeah.
- So that's that's customer three.
Customer two will go there.
- What's customer two?
- What d'you mean customer two?
- When have I touched soup?
Will do that thing where you just shout "two soups!"
and then someone will come pick it up.
- So I'm gonna ask you again. What was customer number 2?
- Two soups!
No. No. (laughs)
- Okay, we got a Buddha bowl.
Who wants a Buddha bowl?
- Is that the one coming with my panini?
- Is on the way. I've got ticket. Number one.
- A Buddha bowl and a ham and cheese.
(Jamie sneekering)
One Buddha bowl!
One tomato cheddar, panini with mustard.
Thank you very much.
Customer one leaves.
- Customer number two,
I'm still waiting on my tuna Mayo jacket.
- Tuna mayo jacket!
- Thank you. And that's speedy.
That's what we like.
- Jamie, did you put a whole chicken in this soup?
'cos it's now more chicken with a sauce than soup.
- Somebody else has just walked in
and seen the tuna mayo jacket
and said, "can I have the same please?"
- (bleep)
But can I have it spicy?
- What're you just gonna (snickering)
- Barry, what's the problem?
- I need some more tuna mayo.
- What'd you mean you need some more tuna?
- We're fine.
- [Ebbers As Customer] It's fine. It's fine.
- It's not fine.
How long you got?
Are you on a work lunch or - Yes, it won't take a moment
- We've got our two chicken and sweet corn soups.
- Blue cheese panini coming up, number three.
- Potato salad.
Just checkin' just checkin.
- How're we getting on in the blue cheese, ham
and spinach panini.
It's right here.
- Mike do you know the last order with the tuna mayo --
- Teamwork is looking good.
Orders are coming out mostly together.
- What can we do Baz?
- It's all good. It's all good.
Where's the mayo that's gonna go in the tuna?
Oh, it's on the edge of the bowl.
- It's not even mixed in yet. You (bleep)
Oy, teamwork!
You're not even supporting me.
Where's my kisses and hugs gone?
Do you want chilli flakes or chilli jam in it?
- Scotch bonnet pepper sauce.
- Why?
- He wants spicy tuna mayo.
Scotch bonnet sauce.
- In tuna mayo?
- He wants a spicy tuna mayo.
- Custom number two looked good,
but I want mine a bit spicy please?
- Are we doing this? How much?
- I mean not much.
(bleep) Yeah it'll be fine (laughing)
- One more Buddha bowl order, please.
Salad base, tofu.
- Tofu.
and a garlic Mayo.
- Would you like coleslaw with that?
- Ooh, what's in the coleslaw.
- Coleslaw stuff.
- Yes, please!
- Baz, that roasted garlic on the bottom of the oven,
is smelling really, really good.
- By really good, you mean burning, right?
(Jamie snickers)
Last minute before deli shuts.
- Did anyone try this tuna?
There's no spice in there, is there a spicy sauce?
You know what some chilli flakes on top--
- Have we got garlic mayo?
- Spaff, has the tofu been seasoned?
- Five orders today! Are you happy? They're all up.
- Garlic mayo is good. Yep.
- Yep. That's for the Buddha bowl.
- Okay.
- Service.
- Okay, boys.
I've been watching from the sidelines. I had a little snoop
when you finished and look at the state of the kitchen and
I'd tried your food and here's what I think.
- Oh.
- Being judged by your friend
is just not good environment.
- Also when management come in and snoop.
- That's a bad culture, Ebbers.
- You mind, he's been doing this all his life with us
even at school, we've finished our exams,
he walks around and goes,
- Ohh, he's got that one wrong.
- Presentation lacking pretty much throughout.
I think we know that it was quite rushed.
We're talking about simple deli,
but when it comes to the food and the preparation,
everything arrived in quite an orderly fashion.
Like it all arrived pretty quickly because of the
preparation.
This time there was less bickering and you chose somebody to
lead the way.
Mike.
However, Mike then put himself on the side
and most of the questions were actually targeted at Jamie.
Fine if that's where the information is, but is it coherent?
- Well I can speak English.
- It's better than me.
(chuckles)
The food itself. It all tasted pretty good.
The soup was probably more stewy than soupy.
Whereas the ham in the panini is less generous.
- They're so sad, look at it. - I know.
But it was all seasoned throughout
and Baz made a damn good mayo.
- Because he followed my instructions.
- One thing is key.
And that safety, every time a tin was opened, sharp,
jagged edges were left, lying around.
Knives were scattered everywhere.
It wasn't a particularly safe environment to be in.
- Sorry boys.
- With advanced teamwork in mind,
Oh, I forgot about that.
- We have to set the bar very high because after all the
bickering --
- You handed me this and pointed at pilaf
but I didn't check your work!
- I thought it was the same thing.
- Why did I?!
- You somehow got intermediate.
- I can thank the community for that. You are very generous,
- I think there were lots of good elements,
(bleep)
- but I'm not going to award the badge.
'cos I think there's things around safety,
around communication can still be better.
And when you're focusing on teamwork,
it doesn't mean you can let presentation and food quality
dip as well. So unfortunately not,
- That's fair.
- but the good news is,
Ben's pub opens in the evening.
You can come and do a shift there in a few weeks or months.
- Oh no.
- Well over to you guys.
Did you agree with Ben?
Comment down below with how you think
we got on.
- And let us know what chef skills challenges should we be
taking on next time.
- We didn't get bashed tonight,
but maybe you could give this video a Like
so we could walk over something, at least.
- Very nice.
- Maybe subscribe,
maybe a share.
- Sympathy likes. I like that.
- You (bleep)
- That's customer service, right there?