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20 Chefs Share The Most Important Tool in Their Restaurant
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Today, Bon Appétit is asking 20 chefs at top NYC restaurants what the most important tools in their kitchens are. From George Motz’s smashula at Hamburger America to Kellogg’s Diner’s gelato machine (presented by Amanda Perdomo, formerly of Kellogg's Diner), find out which tools these chefs need the most to keep their restaurants running smoothly.

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Every Tool An Iconic NYC Bakery Uses To Make Bread & Pastry
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Edan Leshnick, head pastry chef at Breads Bakery in New York, takes us behind the scenes to demonstrate and explain every tool he and the staff use in preparing their supremely popular baked goods. Joined for the tour by Darwin Castillo, head of the bread department, get an in-depth look at a professional high-volume bakery in action - with massive dough mixers and immersion blenders supplying roaring deck ovens.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Ruffles
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How do they make those perfect rrridges in Ruffles? Well, that's the question Claire has to answer, isn't it? Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make gourmet Ruffles. Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
The Very Best Potato Gratin
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Our potato gratin has layers of starchy, cheesy, buttery goodness. Fire this dish up at any holiday meal and you'll have guests drooling. A layer of Gruyère and Parmesan is the key to a golden brown top crust. When simmering the cream, make sure it’s over gentle heat (if it over-reduces, it will break).

Get the recipe: Potatoes au Gratin
Chris Makes Potato Rosti
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Join Chris Morocco in his home kitchen as he makes potato rosti. Shredding and squeezing out potatoes, just like when making latkes, helps create a supremely crisp rosti that serves as a base for eggs and dressed greens. An oven finish means there’s no flipping required, keeping this dish nice and simple.
Sheet Pan Sausage, Potato, and Greens Gratin with Buttered Breadcrumbs
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A perfect fall gratin with sausage, greens, and potatoes.
Sam Makes Ruffled Milk Raspberry Pie
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Join chef Samantha Seneviratne as she makes Ruffled Milk Raspberry Pie. Galatopita, or ruffled milk pie, is a Greek dessert in which phyllo is baked directly into a simple custard. It’s prepared in stages so the top stays buttery and crisp while the bottom turns into a sort of phyllo bread pudding.
Pro Chefs Share Their Favorite Kitchen Tools
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Join Claire Saffitz, Brad Leone, Chris Morocco, Gaby Melian, Andy Baraghani, Sohla El-Waylly, Amiel Stanek, Alex Delany, Carla Lalli Music, Priya Krishna, Rick Martinez, Christina Chaey and Molly Baz at home as they show us the kitchen tools they value the most. If you don't already have these, you may want to consider adding them to your kitchen collection. Filmed on 3/19 and 3/23/20.
Working A Shift At A Famous New York Doughnut Shop
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Ever wonder what it's like to work a shift at a famous doughnut shop in New York City? Step behind the counter and into the kitchen with DeVonn Francis as he's given a crash course on how to keep the dough rolling by head pastry chef Jessica Bone and Leslie Polizzotto, co-founder of The Doughnut Project in New York.
Making Pastry in Hollywood With 2 Michelin Stars: A Day at Providence
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“In a tasting menu restaurant, everybody gets a dessert. So if you have 80 a day, you gotta have 80 desserts a day. We have to be very fast. There's only a couple of other restaurants in the city that has two Michelin stars.” Go behind the scenes at Providence with pastry chef Mac Daniel Dimla for a day crafting decadent desserts in the heart of Hollywood.
Every Item In A Cheesemonger's Toolkit
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Nicola Bailey, a cheesemonger at Eataly in New York City, takes us behind the scenes to demonstrate and explain every tool she uses to prepare and present their famous charcuterie selections. From machetes and industrial meat slicers to mozzarella paddles and harp wires, see everything the pros use day in, day out.
Inside 20 Chefs' Knife Rolls: Pro Chefs Reveal Their Go-To Tools
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Ever wonder what tools top chefs use every day? Bon Appétit asked 20 of NYC’s best chefs to share the essential tools they keep in their knife rolls. From precision knives to unexpected gadgets, find out what these culinary pros can't live without during a busy shift.
The Right Way to Make Thanksgiving Gravy
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You want your gravy thick and delicious. Here's how to get it done.
How a Michelin Star Chef Makes Mashed Potatoes in 10 Minutes
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Michelin Star Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten joins Bon Appétit to make creamy mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving from his NYC restaurant, Four Twenty Five. Discover his restaurant-quality techniques you can emulate at home, using nothing but potatoes, cultured butter, and a pressure cooker to lock in flavor.
How NYC’s Best French Bakery Makes Perfect Croissants
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World-famous pastry chef Dominique Ansel (creator of the Cronut) joins Bon Appétit to demonstrate how to make the perfect croissant at his NYC bakery. Learn every step, from mixing and fermenting the dough to laminating with French butter, shaping, proofing, and baking for that signature flaky, golden crust and moist honeycomb interior.
We Tried Hong Kong’s #1 Egg Tart Spot
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Bon Appétit joins Lucas Sin at Gold Garden Cafe in Hong Kong to try their puff pastry egg tarts. Puff pastry filled with egg custard, these tarts are one of Hong Kong’s favorite sweet treats. Director: Nic Ko Director of Photography: Hanley Chu Editor: Nic Ko Host: Lucas Sin Producer: Mag Lam Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Production Manager: Janine Dispensa Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila Assistant Camera: Walter Lai Audio Engineer: Jonathan Ho Research Director: Ryan Harrington Researcher: Samuel Dic Sum Lai, Ketaki Malaviya Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo Assistant Editor: Andy Morell Colorist: Eduardo Araújo Director of Content, Production: Ali Inglese Senior Director, Creative Development: Dan Siegel Senior Director, Programming: Jon Wise VP, Head of Video: June Kim
Breaking Down a Striped Bass at Beach Plum Restaurant
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Beach Plum Inn's Lee Desrosiers shows us how to fillet a striped bass.
Every Tool A Sushi Chef Uses For A 30-Course Omakase
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Join chef Junichi Matsuzaki from the renowned Noz 17 in New York as he brings you behind the counter to demonstrate every tool he uses in preparing a 30-course omakase dinner.
20 Chefs Answer: The Best Shoes for 12 Hour Shifts
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Bon Appétit asks 20 chefs at top New York restaurants: what shoes do they wear in the kitchen? Birkenstocks? Danskos? Crocs?! Watch to find out the best footwear for long days working in some of NYC's busiest restaurants.
3 Michelin Star Chef Makes Her Most Difficult Dish
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Today, Michelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn is in the Bon Appétit test kitchen to make her most difficult dish: oysters, cucumber, and wasabi. Crenn is the first female chef in America to attain three Michelin Stars at her experimental restaurant, Atelier Crenn, in San Francisco.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Peeps
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It's that time of year again when peeps are on the menu. Peeps, those little birds full of cushiony marshmallow and coasted with the sugariest of colored sugar, come in all shapes and colors. Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make a gourmet version of peeps! Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
6 Pro Chefs Reveal Their "Secret Weapon" Tools
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Join professional chefs Susan Kim, Chris Morocco, Harold Villarosa, Rachel Gurjar, Chrissy Tracey, and Jessie YuChen in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as they reveal the specialized "secret weapon" tools they've come to depend on. From cookie-making dough guns to dried bonito shavers, some of these clutch items are sure to make good additions to your kitchen.
Pro Chef Learns How to Carve a $1,500 Leg of Ham
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Expensive ham doesn't get more expensive than genuine Iberico ham. A leg of Iberico ham can cost as much as $1,500 a pop, is aged for three years and is the product of exclusively acorn-fed pigs. Carving Iberico ham is truly an art form and we challenged Molly Baz to learn how to do it, with the help of Jaume Guerra from Despaña (@despananyc).
How to Crush Ice Into the Perfect Sphere
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We show you how to crush ice into a perfect sphere--a classy addition to your Old Fashioned. Produced by Gigi Dement Directed by Shandor Garrison Cinematography by Tony Burns Art Direction by Alina Uzlov Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich