Speaker A
Hi, I'm Gayton, and we are the cast of Stranger Things. We are about to be challenged in ways we've never experienced. We'll face kitchen chaos, ridiculous tests, and maybe each other.
Stranger Things cast compete in fun, quirky culinary challenges testing basic kitchen skills in Epicurious' entertaining series.
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Key Takeaways
- Basic culinary skills can be challenging under unusual conditions.
- Teamwork and communication are crucial in timed cooking tasks.
- Sensory skills like smell and touch are tested in creative ways.
- The cast's personalities add humor and engagement to the challenges.
- Epicurious successfully combines cooking with pop culture entertainment.
What the video covers
- The Stranger Things cast participate in a series of culinary challenges designed to test their basic cooking skills.
- Challenges include peeling hard-boiled eggs, making sandwiches with upside-down goggles, measuring cereal and milk by weight, and identifying waffle flavors blindfolded.
- Contestants face eliminations after each round, with only one crowned the Epicurious Culinary Champion.
- The egg peeling challenge emphasizes careful shell removal with any tool, with the last finisher eliminated.
- The upside-down goggles sandwich challenge tests dexterity and spatial awareness under visual impairment.
- Teams work together to pour cereal and milk to hit an exact weight of 200 grams, with the closest team advancing.
- The final round involves blindfolded contestants smelling and identifying the order of three different Ego waffles.
- The cast members show humor, stress, and camaraderie throughout the competition.
- Gayton emerges as the winner, with Eleven showing strong knowledge of waffles.
- The video blends cooking, competition, and entertainment with a playful Stranger Things theme.
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Speaker A
One by one, we'll be eliminated. Only one of us will make it out with the title of Epicurious Culinary Champion.
Speaker A
I'm scared. Egg. You are an eggsheller. Use any tool necessary to carefully peel the shell off a hard-boiled egg. The smoother, the better.
Speaker A
Wait, what's the rule? Raise your hand when you're done. Last to finish is eliminated.
Speaker A
Ready? Ah. What are you guys doing? It just started. What's the plan? How do you crack an egg? All right, guys.
Speaker A
What's the plan? I don't like the method that I—I'm really stressed. Oh, I broke the yolk. The yolk has been seen. Yolk has been seen. We're going to salvage. IT'S GOING TO BE FINE.
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You're going to be fine. So, if I'm cracking the white off, that's okay. Done. No way.
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Oh, wow. Chicken. That's done. Done. Is everyone done? I'm done. Is everyone done? Oh, Finn is eliminated.
Speaker A
You know, when I joined this show, I feel like we all had alliances that I think were pretty strong, and I just feel like no one is loyal. Like, I've just given everything to this game and like, yeah. I don't know. I'm going to go back
Speaker A
to my restaurant in Prague and really start peeling eggs, and then we'll see if these guys are going to be mad.
Speaker A
Upside down. You are an inverted chef. Put on the upside-down goggles and fix a mini sandwich with the tools given.
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Bread, spread, veggie, and protein makes the sandwich complete. Last to finish is eliminated. Ready?
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Wait, no. Wait, hold on. I need to—just let me just—Oh my God.
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Oh, this spread is a mile in my shoes. Wait, what is it? Veggie, meat, spread.
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Spread. I'm done. Where's the cheese? I've been done like a while ago. Oh my God. There it is. I'm done.
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GOT IT. OH MY GOSH. LOOK. Who won? Me. I won. Sadie is eliminated. I think I won.
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You know what? I felt really confident after the first round, but the inverted goggles were really not for me. And the sandwich was too tiny.
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So, I got confused with the spread bottle, too. I didn't know where it was on the table. But don't break my heart.
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How's it feel, Sadie? I'm excited to just watch now. It's kind of stressing me out a little bit.
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Cereal, you are master milkers and cereal spillers working in teams of two. Obviously, you must pour each into your corresponding bowl.
Speaker A
I volunteer to be a milker. I will be the milker. When time is up, mix the elements together to hit exactly 200 g of material. The team closest to desired weight moves on to the final round. The losing team is eliminated. Ready?
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I'm a little bit, uh, preoccupied with what's up. What's going on here? I don't—I don't—Okay, so half. So, all right. So, pour it out. That I'm going to do eight tables.
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I would do eight tables. Wait, we're supposed to do both or just one? Like, that's giving me like the—the glass itself is heavy. So much.
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That's 100 for sure. Really? Yeah, it's 100. Exactly. 100 g. No, you're lying. Wait, I can look at things and just know what they are 'cause I feel heavy.
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Okay. No, Noah. Noah, let go. Let's go. I don't know. I don't know. Sorry. Sorry.
Speaker A
Try that. Do it over that. We've lost. I think that's appropriate. They might overdo it. If they overdo it, then we're set. Then we're set. It's better to go under. I think my team is not talking to me. They're going to do
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too much. No. No. NO. NOAH. NOAH. STOP. STOP. STOP. NOAH. Trust me on this. Cereal doesn't weigh a thing.
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I'm not even joking. I think you guys killed it. All right. One more. One more. One more.
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We got—Oh, he's done it. Milk on THE—Whatever happens, this has been so fun.
Speaker A
We love each other, and I love you so much, and we love this. But do you know what this made me realize? I really need to understand me too.
Speaker A
What 200 g? I know nothing about. I have no sense of reference, and that is also disturbing.
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Okay, it's 158.5. That's 159.5. I just want you to know that working with you has always been a pleasure.
Speaker A
Okay, we saw the same speech before. You got a speech. We got a speech.
Speaker A
Yes, that's right, Gayton. Shut up. I love you. And I'm really proud of our ability to maybe have been really good at measuring things by sight.
Speaker A
Ah, [Music] 113. They beat us. We're against each other now. If I am to plummet in defeat, I'd like to do it next to a friend.
Speaker A
Boo. Tomato, tomato. Gayton wins the lotto. Uh, no. Wait, I have a question. No.
Speaker A
Can we do like a Hunger Games where we both eat the berries? This feels like, um, Squid Game.
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Yeah, it's kind of scary. Waffle. You are a waffle whisperer. Blindfolded, you must smell three different Ego waffles. Remove the blindfold to reveal your choices.
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Correctly guess the order of waffles and win it all. Ready? Oh, okay. What kind of—That literally smells like nothing. Like, it smells like a regular—The first waffle is buttermilk.
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The second waffle is Belgian. Good. The third waffle is blueberry. Know what that is?
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No, you don't. Are you lying? No, I do. All right. Cool, cool, cool, cool.
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Yeah, we're dabbing each other at the—Get a little more. I CAN'T SMELL. You got to see me.
Speaker A
A goat or something. Oh, okay. Oh, there's homestyle and buttermilk. Second one. I'm thinking 'cause I feel like this—
Speaker A
I don't know what's the difference between buttermilk and homestyle. There's butter and there's not.
Speaker A
Homestyle, then we're going to do cinnamon. And then we're going to do blueberry.
Speaker A
Mine is homestyle, the Belgian, and the blueberry. The first one smelled like apple. And that is the one at 11 Eats.
Speaker A
So I'm pretty sure that's—that smells like the one in Starbucks. And that I—I smelled a blueberry. So seems like a pretty open and shut case to me.
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I'm going to do a switch. No, you can't. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE—NO, BECAUSE HE—YOU KNOW WHY? NO, IT CAN'T. BECAUSE—BECAUSE I'M CONFIDENT, AND he's trusting my confidence, but he's not trusting himself.
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I was thinking this originally. I'm thinking homestyle, Belgian, and blueberry. He's doing mine 'cause he knows I'm—because I thought that for—Yes, you are. I know.
Speaker A
I swear. I swear. He's lying. Okay, let's just see the results. He has TO DO THIS.
Speaker A
THAT IS WHAT YOU WENT WITH. AND you have to stand by that. Okay. It was homestyle. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker A
No, no, no. But wait, but you did it. It looked the same. It's homestyle.
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Cinnamon, blueberry. But then the result—Okay. The correct order was buttermilk, Belgian, blueberry. Are you joking?
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Millie is the winner. I'm more right. I GOT MORE RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. CAN I JUST HAVE A LITTLE WHIFF?
Speaker A
YEAH. That's it. That's it. OH, THAT'S IT. NO, THEY DON'T. This smells more disgusting.
Speaker A
So, I would like to state that—Ow. Sandwich. What? Okay, I would like to say that I originally went with Belgian. Maybe we can rewatch the footage because I did feel like I picked up the Belgian second. So, I think it would be a tie.
Speaker A
But lose with grace. Fine. I claimed the—I claimed the loss. Sorry. Sorry. Okay, I lost. Thank you so much.
Speaker A
Hi. I don't know if this is the right time, but I have to catch a flight.
Speaker A
Wow, YOU GOT [Applause]. I kicked the Belgian. I swear. Oh, you're such a sore loser. But I take great pride in this. Thank you very much. I did this for England. Thank you very much, everyone. I am so proud. And
Speaker A
honestly, I did not have much hope at the beginning with Sadie and the egg. I thought I'm screwed here. But when it came to Egos, Eleven knows them best.
Speaker A
Thank you.
Topics:Stranger ThingsEpicuriouscooking challengeculinary skillskitchen gamesegg peelingupside-down gogglescereal measurementwaffle tastingcelebrity cooking
