- We are Sorted, a group of mates from London
exploring the newest and best in the world of food
whilst trying to have a few laughs along the way.
(laughing)
We've got chefs, we've got normal (beep),
and a whole world of stuff for you to explore,
but everything we do starts with you.
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- Hello, welcome to Fridge Cam.
I'm Jamie and this is Ben.
- Now today, Jamie, our resident steak man,
goes up against our chef, James,
in an ultimate steak battle.
- Yeah, we've teamed up with Miller and Carter
who have a set of steak restaurants here in the UK.
- They've also sent us a steak expert who's gonna teach us
how to cook world class steaks and then at the end,
judge to see if Jamie can indeed beat the chef.
- No pressure then.
- All right boys, you ready?
Your time starts in three, two, one, steak!
- Right, I'm going for a top of the range,
classic filet steak served perfectly rare
with a parsley butter, twice fried chips,
and a beautiful, rich, indulgent peppercorn sauce.
What could go wrong?
Absolutely everything.
First up, my sauce.
Beef stock, brandy, Worcestershire sauce,
double cream, Dijon mustard, peppercorns,
all into a pan, simmer down,
get a lovely pouring consistency.
It will be delicious if I do it right.
- Today I am doing the most amazing rib eye steak
with twice fried chips and a classic Bearnaise sauce
because Jamie can't make the Bearnaise sauce
so I thought I would do it.
I'm gonna start with my Bearnaise sauce,
which begins with a reduction of white wine vinegar
with shallots and bay leaves and tarragon and pepper.
It's just the perfect sauce for steak.
Two egg yolks, tablespoon of reduction.
Now whisk over a bain marie.
- Jamie is quite nervous.
He's doing the Mike thing,
where he has to watch a pan boil.
- I am pretty nervous because if you're gonna do
the ultimate steak battle,
you need to cook the ultimate steak.
James and I got prepared for this a few days ago.
We visited steak school.
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- We're gonna cover everything
from where the steak comes from
to how we need to treat the meat
when it comes through the back door,
to actually then the sexy bit,
which is cooking the steak.
I'm gonna give you all of the knowledge
that you need to cook the perfect steak.
Fairfax are actually our supplier for all our meat
and that's where all of our steaks are cut.
All our steaks are cut by master butchers.
Guys that have been doing it all their life.
It's the old school way of doing it
and it's the right way of doing it.
All of our steaks are aged for a minimum of 30 days.
- So the longer you age the steak for,
is the flavor more intense? - Yeah it is, yeah.
So the time and effort it's taken to get to us,
we need to put all that passion and time and effort
into the steak to get it on the plate.
- Usually Jamie's the man bringing the sass
in these battles but he's quite timid.
He's hiding away from the situation there.
- I am going to rename my sauce, if that's all right.
So I'm gonna be serving my beautiful,
rare filet steak with a mustard
and peppercorn sauce.
- Did you overdo the mustard?
(laughing)
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- It's so mustardy.
- Finished my Bearnaise sauce.
It's on the back of the oven.
It's keeping warm.
Next up, chips.
- Right, James and I are both using
the same recipe for our fries.
Twice fried, steak cut.
It means there's nowhere to hide
because we're making the same recipe.
If his are better than mine, I'm done.
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- He's not done steak cut.
(laughing)
- [James] I'm just gonna go with the flow.
- If you had to place a bet, who would you back?
- [Baz] It has to be the chef.
- I have made my sauce, I've cut my chips.
They're waiting to go in the fryer.
Meanwhile, I'm going to make my parsley butter.
Jack told us he would be judging our steaks
on the following criteria or hallmarks.
Correctly seasoned steak using four part salt,
one part pepper.
Diamond grill lines,
the right cook for the specific cut of steak,
and homemade parsley butter slowly melting on top.
That's parsley and butter and salt mixed together.
- That's ultimate to you, then that's, blimey,
then you go with that.
If that's ultimate to you, if that's ultimate to you.
- What's he got there?
- [Ben] He's making...
- Oh, hahahaha.
- The thing is, you don't just wannna plunk
some parsley butter on top of your steak
so I'm gonna go for some lovely little flower shapes
and see if we can pop that out at the right time.
- [Baz] Jamie, just a reminder.
You're cooking for a chef, not your daughter.
- It won't come out pink though Baz.
That's not the way these things work.
(laughing)
That's good.
- I've done everything but cook my steak
and that is a problem for me
because that's the bit that I'm really nervous about.
Really, really, really nervous.
- Very nervous about this bit.
I don't want it to end up mustardy.
- I've chosen a rib eye.
- Personally, I'm a rib eye guy.
It's the most consistent steak for me.
Now if you cooked a rib eye to rare,
you may well have to slightly chew your steak.
That's because you haven't broken down the fibers
and you haven't broken down the fat in that steak.
- So just to confirm, are you going for medium
or medium well?
I just wanna know
what we're aiming for. - I'm going for medium.
- You're going for medium?
- Yeah, you've gotta get it for medium right?
- I think you should, if you say it, you should--
- What are you going for, mate?
- I'm cooking a filet, so it's completely different.
- Now the filet has got minimal fat through it
so we wanna cook that rare
because you don't need to break down any of the fats
or the tissues within the filet.
If you go for the filet, cook that on the top of the grill,
because where it's rare, we're gonna rest that
on the side for five minutes for a rare
because you want to get it to room temperature.
The last thing you want is a cold steak,
the filet steak to be cold in the middle.
- Diamond grill marks.
- Every single steak should only be turned three times.
You go two o'clock, two o'clock, ten o'clock, ten o'clock.
Perfect diamonds every time.
For me, the cook has got to be there
but the diamonds have got to be there as well.
And it'll be a yes or no for me,
it'll be they're either there or they're not.
- Okay, I'm going, I'm going in, I'm going in!
- I usually season my steak before it goes in the pan.
I don't know what to do
because you're gonna do it differently and we've been, ugh.
- I mean I'm gonna do it the way I was taught to do it.
- I know!
- By the person that's going to be judging the steaks.
- I know, oh I'm so nervous,
I'm going to do a little, going to do a little season.
A little season.
- A little season? - A little season, yeah.
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- Ah, how long do I leave it?
- You don't know? - Usually with a rib eye,
okay with a rib eye,
you cook it at a slightly lower temperature.
- Yep. - For longer,
but because I really want those griddle marks,
I've stuck it at a high temperature.
- Yep.
- I might leave it a little less time in the pan
and stick it on the oven afterwards
but I am terrified of that. - I mean what you could do
is just follow what Jack said to do,
that feels like the more sensible option.
- Yeah he said to cook it at a slightly lower temperature
- Right. - For longer.
- Cool, cool, cool. - But--
- Now you're saying you're not going to do that.
- I can't wait for you to cook your steak.
Oh and also something I've always done is do a two, ten
and then turn it over. - Yeah, yeah.
- Do I do that, do I do what I know?
Do I do what we were taught at steak school?
This is harder for me than it is for you
because I have preexisting bad habits.
- Ah! - Oh, oh, oh, oh!
- I went my way.
I did it my way.
- Yeah how did that work out Frank Sinatra?
- [Jamie] 12 o'clock, two.
- I think it might have been a little bit hot
when it went in.
- Ten seconds until my first turn.
- The diamonds are looking good I think.
- Good grill line.
30 seconds until my next turn.
I didn't season this side.
I've been worrying about this so much
I didn't even put a timer on.
- I'm gonna put this is the oven.
I am gonna put it in the oven.
I think I have to. - Serve up!
No, not underneath me.
Not underneath me!
- Three minutes! - Ahhh!
- Time to start plating!
- Look at these grill marks!
- My steak is definitely cooked.
Not sure how it's cooked, I'm hoping medium.
My Bearnaise is ready to go.
My chips have been fried for the second time.
They look amazing.
I just need to cut my butter, wait for steak to rest,
and that's it.
I'm thinking of putting a cheeky salad on the side
because green looks nice and watercress tastes nice.
- It's a steak battle, not a salad battle.
- 30 seconds guys, come on!
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- 10, nine,
eight, seven,
six, five,
four, three,
two, one, step away from the steaks.
Let's get me to the steaks.
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- Haha, I'm shattered.
- There wasn't a lot to do, but just the pressure
of cooking the steak hanging over us the whole time.
- Right. - What have we got?
- So what we've got here is perfectly cooked rare
filet steak served with a parsley butter,
a mustard and peppercorn sauce,
twice fried chips with thyme, hint of garlic in there.
- Are we looking at diamonds
or are we looking at wonky squares?
- It just depends, if you turn that, it'll be a diamond.
- Yeah right, that's why we're here.
(laughing)
- Here we have a rib eye steak cooked medium.
Perfectly melted parsley butter on top, a Bearnaise sauce,
chips, twice fried, a little salad on the side.
- I've noticed that we've gone with different chips.
We're gonna be looking at the cook of the steak,
that's paramount, we going for it?
- [Jamie] Go for it.
- That's pink in there, well in that.
- Yes! - Well impressed!
I'm thinking a tad under-seasoned just because with a filet,
you do need to add quite a bit of flavor
because obviously we don't have that fat
to melt down but other than that,
that's a bang on steak there.
The butter was really cool.
Loved the innovation,
I mean that is what every chef would do.
That's something a little bit different
and a little bit cool.
Not good, that is, No I'm genuinely impressed.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
That's some good steak and chips.
That's some really good steak and chips.
- [Jamie] Oh yes!
- So if we flip this guy over,
that looks really, really good this side.
But we were overchared on this side,
hence why you gotta make sure you do that side.
- At least I didn't try to pull one over on you though.
I didn't serve the other side.
- No I'm with you, I got respect for that.
How is this cooked?
- It's cooked medium.
- Looking slightly under, ever so slightly.
Just needs a little bit more.
- Took it out two minutes early.
- So I'm gonna go to the flank of the rib eye
'cause this is the tastiest bit.
That's beautiful there.
And that's a really well seasoned steak.
How's this Bearnaise sauce, we looking at Bearnaise sauce?
- [James] Yeah give it a go.
- It is really, really nice steak but I am getting
all of that slightly overchared from this side.
That taste is coming through.
Chips are really nice.
(laughing)
I mean, they are delicious.
Look guys, this is decision time.
Do you feel that before we did steak school
you could've achieved this?
- Not like that.
- No. - No?
I would say what I loved about yours Jamie,
is that the diamonds are bonbon,
they're cooked bonbon, loved the sauce.
As much as I like the gimmick of the parsley butter,
it was a little bit less classy.
I would definitely have some more seasoning on that
and get some more flavor.
So James, with the rib eye, it eats really, really well.
The flank is fantastic, love the sauce,
big fan of the sauce.
Massive fan of the fries.
I would just say just make sure that next time
you've gotta turn that steak in the pan.
Look guys, I feel like I've made my decision.
I think a chef always knows best
and an amateur will always listen and take home the points
that we've gone through
so I'm gonna have go to with yourself Jamie.
Congratulations!
I would also like to share with you this pin badge.
- Oh yes!
- We use these at Miller and Carter.
- Yes! - And this basically signify
that you've passed steak school
and you can cook the perfect steak.
There you are my man.
Wear it with pride. - Thank you so much.
At the end of the day,
there are two amazing steaks there
and I don't think either of us would have made that steak
as good if we hadn't been through steak school
so thank you so much for everything
that you've taught us. - No worries.
Thanks for having me.
- If anyone wants more mustard sauce.
(laughing)
- And there you go, now, if you're a steak eater,
what is your favorite cut and how do you like it cooked?
Comment down below and let us know.
- Massive thank you to Jack and to Miller and Carter
for giving us all of their steak expertise.
If you want to find out more about them,
there's a link downstairs.
- But now. (upbeat music)
- Did you know, results from a recent survey
said that nine out of 10 people
have never tried steak tartar?
Apparently it's extremely rare.
(laughting)
- As we mentioned, we don't just make
top quality YouTube videos.
We fill the Sorted club where we use the best things
we've learned to create stuff that's hopefully interesting
and useful to other food lovers.
Check it out if you're interested.
Thank you for watching and we'll see you in a few.
(beep) - Very tight jeans on
today James. - No I don't.
They're normal jeans.
- For a little girl apparently.