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$1425 vs $13 Fettuccine Alfredo: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

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Professional chef instructor Frank Proto and home cook extraordinaire Emily are trading Fettuccine Alfredo recipes and hitting the kitchen for a cheesy showdown. We sent Emily an eye-popping $1,425 worth of supplies - everything she’d need to make Frank's decadent recipe, cheese wheel and all. Meanwhile, a modest $13 worth of ingredients was sent back the other way for Frank to finesse into something elevated in his style. Food scientist Rose dialed in to assist our dear Emily with a few questions she had along the way. Which Fettuccine Alfredo has you saying "Molto bene?"

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Director: Cory Cavin
Director of Photography: Joel Kingsbury
Editor: Morgan Dopp
Talent: Frank Proto
Talent: Emily Duncan

Sr. Culinary Director: Kelly Janke
Producer: Isabel Alcantara
Culinary Producer: Yekaterina Boytsova
Culinary Associate Producer: Jessica Do
Line Producer: Jennifer McGinity
Associate Producer: Alicia Aswat
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes

Camera Operator: Colton Huynh
Audio: Rachel Suffian
Production Assistant: Kayla Zimmerman

Post Production Supervisor: Stephanie Cardone
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
Graphics, Animation, VFX: Léa Kichler

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20 Comments

@BigRiceEnergy 4 years ago (edited)

“This is definitely on the simple side. With a little work, I can make it very difficult” 😂

@Perro_Picante 3 years ago

"most people throw the rind away"
Bro, most people don't even think to buy a $1400 wheel of parmesan

@Dragemonzcollecter 3 years ago (edited)

the fact that she said " Oh no.. Why would you trust me with this?" after she found out the price of that cheese... PERFECTION lol.

not to be that person but
(Edit) BROH WTH 2.9k LIKES IS RIDONCULOUS

@briannadau 3 years ago

I love Emily's reactions this entire video, this is EXACTLY how I would respond if someone gave me a $1400 wheel of cheese

@aw3855 4 years ago

Emily saw that giant wheel and immediately knew her pro was Frank 😂

@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty 3 years ago

Frank actually bought a $1,400 wheel of cheese for this. He is very confident in the home cooks.

@william6171 4 years ago (edited)

"if you break your pastas, the nonna's are gonna cry"

Proceeds to deep fry that pasta

@EmilyDuncan 4 years ago

My fridge is still 87% parmigiano 😂

@NP-uu6sq 3 years ago

Everyone yelling "FRANK!!!" right after receiving Frank's ingredients 😂

@WhiteDaft 4 years ago

Can we please talk about the staff moving Frank's 80 pound cheese baby? 😂

@Furetchen 4 years ago

Frank's gone absolutely mad and I love every second.

@marianoktm 3 years ago

As an Italian, I really loved that Frank clarified that Alfredo isn't an Italian Dish at all, but only something we sell to tourists.

@zaheela 4 years ago

I think Frank’s choice in the wheel of cheese was a subtle act of revenge for them constantly taking away his nice ingredients…

@basilisk4428 4 years ago

Frank is having a chaos arc, first he made carbonara into a pasta pie and now he is spending 1400 dollars on cheese. What a madman

@matthewcastellano9229 3 years ago (edited)

i think this is very important to note, if you are going to use a towel like he did make sure you dont use fabric softener in the dryer or air dry them, and id even go as far as not using fabric softener in the wash either, and use unscented soap. I made this mistake one time straining soup, wanted a broth as clear was water and i was like I'll just do it like the chefs at the restaraunt i worked at, and boom my soup tasted like april fresh downy with a hint of outdoor fresh bounce dryer sheets.

@Ryan_gogaku 4 years ago

Some time they should do the swap with two pro chefs like Esther and Frank, or Palak, and see what they do with each other's absurd ingredients. They would probably be very happy getting to actually make something extravagant.