Cooking from James May's cookbook | Ft. School of Wok

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  • čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
  • Although James May has a whole section of his cookbook dedicated to Asian Fusion, he still has a lot to learn. To take the next step in his culinary adventure, he's back at the ‪@SchoolofWok‬ to see if his stir-fried chilli beef recipe can be improved.
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Komentáře • 344

  • @StockportJambo
    @StockportJambo Před 2 lety +422

    "How are you feeling?"
    "As a person? Old. Slightly disappointed."
    Classic.

    • @BodywiseMustard
      @BodywiseMustard Před 2 lety +4

      Imagine how he'd feel if he wasn't a multimillionaire

    • @StockportJambo
      @StockportJambo Před 2 lety

      @@BodywiseMustard Much the same I'd imagine, since he echoes the sentiment of many of us (myself included) who aren't multi-millionaires.

  • @sshuggi
    @sshuggi Před 2 lety +710

    It's weird hearing James say the name Jeremy followed by a positive comment.

  • @mcmcnair97
    @mcmcnair97 Před 2 lety +418

    Hes done a bit more work than usual, but I'm putting this down as another episode of James tricks someone into making his lunch

  • @JoblyJohnny
    @JoblyJohnny Před 2 lety +293

    James may has taught me that there is never a wrong time for a chip butty

    • @aquaticpears3183
      @aquaticpears3183 Před 2 lety +11

      Except after you've already just eaten 2 of them and feel like death

    • @camh7204
      @camh7204 Před 2 lety +14

      @@aquaticpears3183 u mean, feel unstoppable and want more chip butty

    • @dominicsignorile9511
      @dominicsignorile9511 Před 2 lety +3

      Much Better than Cat Food!!! 😎👍🍺

    • @ChurchladyHmm
      @ChurchladyHmm Před 2 lety +2

      James may has taught me that I can let my hair air dry after a shower

    • @ZeroCrystal
      @ZeroCrystal Před 2 lety +1

      Bad time for a chip butty? Yeah, at NOPE O'Clock.

  • @Bellocks1
    @Bellocks1 Před 2 lety +118

    I love the strong “old dad” vibes from James. I am in my 30s and a dad, and this man’s vibes is what I aspire to.

    • @jaybird0312
      @jaybird0312 Před 2 lety +10

      I think many of us here aspire to be just like James. I know I do. In every way. He’s a very class act, that’s for sure.

    • @tomoliver4632
      @tomoliver4632 Před 4 měsíci +1

      You'll never be an old dad if your a dad in your 30s mate

  • @FH-ug2dg
    @FH-ug2dg Před 2 lety +42

    It's great to see James and Jeremy team up, again. I've followed the 'School of Wok' for a long time, and Jeremy knows what he's talking about. His teaching is excellent and it's great to see him getting the recognition he deserves.

  • @breembo
    @breembo Před 2 lety +45

    James may's when learning life hacks is the best thing.

  • @gregmuon
    @gregmuon Před 2 lety +80

    Besides this being a very enjoyable collab, I actually learned a couple things. Thanks!

  • @WaffleShortage
    @WaffleShortage Před 2 lety +38

    only james may would go do a video for a promotion of his own cookbook, and then just be like "yeah, you know what... whatever i put in the book is wrong."

  • @Czechbound
    @Czechbound Před 2 lety +3

    This is MUCH BETTER than watching a normal cooking show where they just do everything. Getting an "everyman" like James and then quickly showing the expert at the end and comparing the result is very, very effective. Well done !

  • @SilverScarletSpider
    @SilverScarletSpider Před 2 lety +14

    A little humility goes a long way Jeremy.
    James May is a better chef than Gordon Ramsey don’t you know?

  • @ulipeterson6112
    @ulipeterson6112 Před 2 lety +52

    James should have told him, that he beat Gordon Ramsay in a cooking contest once.^^

  • @scottamusmaximus2784
    @scottamusmaximus2784 Před 2 lety +6

    I find James May in the kitchen doing stuff thoroughly relaxing. This dish also looks like fun!

  • @GildaLee27
    @GildaLee27 Před 2 lety +8

    I love you, James May.

  • @rgkeys72
    @rgkeys72 Před 2 lety +4

    This is probably the best cooking video ever done. More working chefs need to show home cooks these foundational techniques! Thanks

  • @archonix
    @archonix Před 2 lety +293

    Must be strange talking to a Jeremy who actually knows what he's talking about.

    • @FishTheJim
      @FishTheJim Před 2 lety +12

      I was going to say that James is learning from another Jeremy. :)

    • @FishTheJim
      @FishTheJim Před 2 lety +22

      @@bodhi2932 Sometimes if you listen very carefully you can hear Jeremy's Genius over the droning of James May talking about Cheese.

    • @ghjong001
      @ghjong001 Před rokem +1

      Best of all, the first trick Jeremy taught him was how to use his cleaver as a hammer...

  • @roblawrence91
    @roblawrence91 Před 2 lety +3

    I never thought I’d learn anything from May cooking-wise. But this is one of the best informational videos I’ve ever seen. It’s also great seeing an old dog learn new tricks :)

  • @stalminenet
    @stalminenet Před 2 lety +12

    Funny to see another Jeremy also using 'speed and power' to get things done :)

  • @ostenfelnextpbenshored
    @ostenfelnextpbenshored Před 2 lety +5

    This is fascinating. I could watch James do tummy and head with a yummy dish in the wok for hours.

  • @ZietTiger
    @ZietTiger Před 2 lety +16

    These two have amazing chemistry together. I absolutely love these videos. I hope you make more together!

    • @coryman125
      @coryman125 Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed! I'm usually nervous going in to collaborations, but these two are a lot of fun to watch

    • @MrHuddo
      @MrHuddo Před 2 lety

      I concur. Greetings from down under 🍻

  • @daemonk756890
    @daemonk756890 Před 2 lety +2

    I could watch these two cooking for ages.

  • @Spacemonkeymojo
    @Spacemonkeymojo Před 7 měsíci +1

    I want to see James do more wok cooking! This was such a fun video!

  • @chenannabel6256
    @chenannabel6256 Před 2 lety +3

    As a Taiwanese, I have seen lots of chef doing that wok cooking skills. But it all feels so complicated and hard almost like an arts work to master lol. Everything comes out of the wok just tasted delicious.

    • @jaidee9570
      @jaidee9570 Před 2 lety +2

      My wife is Thai, she cooks everything without fuss or problems, she just cooks. She was amused when I suggested buying a "wok", she asked me what it was, here's it's got a special name, it's a pan. 😀

    • @chenannabel6256
      @chenannabel6256 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jaidee9570 YEP. My mom is brilliant at every dishes, but she never uses a wok. It is too heavy. The pan is her "wok" officially. ^ ^

  • @martinfey578
    @martinfey578 Před 2 lety +7

    James May's new Foodtribe series idea, " my cooking recipes ripped apart by chefs so you all don't make the same mistakes I did when I assembled the book."

  • @willadams9001
    @willadams9001 Před 2 lety +6

    I’ll be waiting for ‘Uncle Roger Reacts’
    Hai yaaa! I put my leg down from chair

  • @danb8568
    @danb8568 Před 2 lety +2

    Pure entertainment watching you guys. Thank you 🙂

  • @wearethemags6613
    @wearethemags6613 Před 2 lety +1

    James May is the grandmother everyone wants!

  • @shawnhampton8503
    @shawnhampton8503 Před 2 lety

    Amazing how much fine point technique there is to stir fry. To the casual observer it looks "easy" but, like most things that take knowledge, practice, and sills it is most certainly not. Great video!

  • @miguelonex53
    @miguelonex53 Před 2 lety +4

    Soon in US that will be awesome!!

  • @samchapple6363
    @samchapple6363 Před 2 lety

    Thank you food tribe for introducing School of Wok ☺️

  • @maybeken
    @maybeken Před 2 lety +1

    What you need to do with veg with wok is that you need to first do something called 走油 which literally means run it thru the oil so you get the moisture out, take them out before you put them back to wok with things like meat.

  • @simeonorive145
    @simeonorive145 Před 2 lety +6

    I notice James head shakes when he concentrates with hand tasks increasing.

  • @Mistahhuntah
    @Mistahhuntah Před 2 lety +3

    If you follow this recipe in the book it makes a HUGE amount.

  • @WaffleShortage
    @WaffleShortage Před 2 lety +2

    request for next vid- james may makes peas and fish-finger stir fry in the bunker

  • @pauliusthemad3498
    @pauliusthemad3498 Před 2 lety +15

    James May needs to release errata for the recipies then just a little page of "do this instead it's better"

    • @rgkeys72
      @rgkeys72 Před 2 lety +1

      Encyclopedia’s used to publish a year book and a bunch of stickers you would paste onto encyclopedia articles referencing the year book page with updated info, he could do that.

  • @simewood2040
    @simewood2040 Před 2 lety +1

    You guys are terrific! and educational. 🙏🏻

  • @SWR_Quackula
    @SWR_Quackula Před 2 lety +3

    I just bought a wok from the local charity shop courtesy of James
    and then discovered the apartment I'm moving into has induction hobs, and said wok won't work on them

  • @jeanlongsden1696
    @jeanlongsden1696 Před 2 lety +18

    what is it with James being told he is doing it wrong by Jeremys?

  • @travisspaulding5835
    @travisspaulding5835 Před 2 lety

    Abridged cookbook… coming to a bookstore near you soon

  • @grizzly._.
    @grizzly._. Před 2 lety +4

    I look forward to James May's "Oh Wok!"

  • @mattmartin15
    @mattmartin15 Před 2 lety +1

    Professional chef is also professional at patience.

  • @abeautifullifechannel
    @abeautifullifechannel Před 2 lety +3

    Food! May! Fun!

  • @rattijuoppo5539
    @rattijuoppo5539 Před 2 lety +3

    Very nice!

  • @MisterSynonym
    @MisterSynonym Před 2 lety +1

    You can tell that Jeremy is a passionate educator.

    • @MrHuddo
      @MrHuddo Před 2 lety

      Absolutely. It’s captivating

  • @markainsley231
    @markainsley231 Před 11 měsíci

    I cam recommend Jeremy’s book. Takes the fear out of a wok

  • @pietvanvliet1987
    @pietvanvliet1987 Před 2 lety

    13:25 Thank you Lucy. Made me smile.

  • @Veilingmeat
    @Veilingmeat Před 2 lety

    As a subscriber to Foodtribe and a fan of James, having watched him attempt this stirfry, I feel like I have in fact done this myself now and will never need to attempt it personally!
    ...Result!

  • @ScenesThroughTravels
    @ScenesThroughTravels Před 2 lety +1

    A Plate of happiness James

  • @arronbloomberg605
    @arronbloomberg605 Před 2 lety +3

    Great video

  • @Johnny.f.face1
    @Johnny.f.face1 Před 2 lety

    Never was a chef’s jacket tailored more perfectly

  • @trongkhainguyen7628
    @trongkhainguyen7628 Před 2 lety

    SPEED AND POWER for the cooking right there.

  • @jaimel2037
    @jaimel2037 Před 2 lety

    “It’s better, annoyingly “…classic May😂😂

  • @bigdaddigaming
    @bigdaddigaming Před 2 lety +2

    I think it's amazing how they all know how to use chopsticks, I spent the first 30 years of my life growing up in England and the past 20 here in America and I don't have a clue how to use chopsticks, and of all the hundreds of Asian restaurants and takeaways I've been too I've never even once been offered or had a chance to even try to use chopsticks, I wonder how people who have never been to a country that uses chopsticks learns that skill

    • @thomasmccourt215
      @thomasmccourt215 Před 2 lety +1

      At home ?

    • @clockwork9827
      @clockwork9827 Před 2 lety

      youtube. always youtube

    • @bigdaddigaming
      @bigdaddigaming Před 2 lety

      @@thomasmccourt215 Cant even buy chopsticks to try at home, where I'm from in England they was at the time unavailable and where I currently live in America there unavailable
      And I'm not paying a bunch of money online to get a couple of sticks to eat with

    • @StockportJambo
      @StockportJambo Před 2 lety

      @@bigdaddigaming You can buy packs of them on ebay for a couple of dollars. Also, it's just practice... just like using a knife and fork is, although you were too young to remember.

    • @pheart2381
      @pheart2381 Před 2 lety +1

      @@StockportJambo I'm british and often eat with chopsticks out of preference,especially rice. I dont even notice I'm doing it,except when I try to pick up a whole cherry tomato! Rice definitely tastes better with chopsticks. Daddi,once you get the hang of it you will wonder what the trouble was,and chopsticks can last years. I keep a short pair in my handbag for emergencies.

  • @Drinkyoghurt
    @Drinkyoghurt Před rokem

    James May having a cookbook shows me that my dream of owning a Pagani is not that far fetched and unrealistic.

  • @thechosenone8590
    @thechosenone8590 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant

  • @ItsToXxy
    @ItsToXxy Před 2 lety +3

    Need some more bunker videos

  • @JesusisJesus
    @JesusisJesus Před rokem

    Excellent cooking lesson.

  • @gmrick1412
    @gmrick1412 Před 2 lety

    Jeremy says veggies first, then meat. I'd think meat first so that the veggies would be less likely to become too soft or not hot enough at end. I'm trying to learn and this point would seem to be an important part of the process.

  • @CincinnatiDan
    @CincinnatiDan Před 2 lety +1

    Ms. Lucy Brown actually eating and willingly… she’s growing!

  • @stumaclean111
    @stumaclean111 Před 2 lety +1

    James’s School of Wok or James’s Wok of shame? Well done!!

  • @gildardo
    @gildardo Před 2 lety

    The best how to thanks to James May's.

  • @ShepFL002
    @ShepFL002 Před 2 lety

    So with your pub you should also make a Parsnip Gin Barrel Aged Spruce Tip Dunkel to go along with this dish.

  • @jordansmith4040
    @jordansmith4040 Před 2 lety +2

    cooking is a skill one can become proficient in from the comfort of their own home.

  • @peterxyz3541
    @peterxyz3541 Před 2 lety

    Love this!!!

  • @danielwebster9442
    @danielwebster9442 Před 2 lety +1

    Would love to be eating this right now!

  • @korosi1862
    @korosi1862 Před 2 lety

    awesome video

  • @gamershadow1
    @gamershadow1 Před 2 lety +1

    @FoodTribe Please fix the audio for later episodes if possible. The frying sound is completely drowning out the speaking.

  • @fdk7014
    @fdk7014 Před 2 lety

    Top video this time! Thanks!

  • @adawg6791
    @adawg6791 Před 2 lety

    James may is a legend

  • @andrzejbryll5379
    @andrzejbryll5379 Před 3 měsíci

    James being humbled by a professional😂

  • @pl7868
    @pl7868 Před 2 lety

    really like these wok shows :)

  • @anderss1293
    @anderss1293 Před 2 lety +2

    Jeremy Pang is amazing! Thanks for the info. James, stick to the cars...

  • @DiegoMartinezCoria
    @DiegoMartinezCoria Před 2 lety

    Y'all really should get Jeremy to do a couple more episodes, he's a great presenter.

  • @craighorton9398
    @craighorton9398 Před 2 lety

    The "soft and crunchy " concept.

  • @craighorton9398
    @craighorton9398 Před 2 lety

    Great show. I would suggest that you use lard and salt and pepper.

  • @rhyswilliams4893
    @rhyswilliams4893 Před 2 lety

    The amount of smoke when the pro was cooking. I must be a pro

  • @franzdoreza5230
    @franzdoreza5230 Před rokem

    And use more oil, like half a ladle or a few tablespoons..the hot oil is cooking the food..

  • @nigelclark7360
    @nigelclark7360 Před 2 lety

    Excellent cooking

  • @TheAxeaman
    @TheAxeaman Před 2 lety

    James is an awesome student.

  • @PixelSchnitzel
    @PixelSchnitzel Před 2 lety

    James should do like I do and watch School Of Wok. He'll enjoy what he learns. :-) LOL. BTW, I learned about School Of Wok from this channel. THANKS!!!

  • @davidkalavsky1760
    @davidkalavsky1760 Před 2 lety

    beautiful toss James

  • @TheTwoFingeredBulldog
    @TheTwoFingeredBulldog Před 2 lety +2

    Wok and roll baby.

  • @samueljack3648
    @samueljack3648 Před 2 lety +3

    I really wish May would start doing a Keith Floyd and drink during these things

    • @brianartillery
      @brianartillery Před 2 lety +2

      One of the world's great wonders: Keith Floyd cooking something whilst hammered. Once seen, never forgotten.

  • @TheOriginalFreak
    @TheOriginalFreak Před 2 lety

    so happy to hear that I am not the only one who says "...I've wasted so much of my life..." LOL

  • @mch1684
    @mch1684 Před 2 lety

    The Muzak is spot on.

  • @austenpowers
    @austenpowers Před 2 lety

    Would love a cooking course with this guy

  • @Glamrock01
    @Glamrock01 Před 2 lety +6

    "I played all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order"....classic line for the informed among us....😎😎

  • @michalmarcinkiewicz1980
    @michalmarcinkiewicz1980 Před 2 lety +4

    Does anybody else see Robert Plant in the new shaggy version of James May?

    • @Elwaves2925
      @Elwaves2925 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah but I see more of the Big Yin. When I first saw James' current look, that's who I thought of first.

    • @glynprice3815
      @glynprice3815 Před 2 lety

      @@Elwaves2925 me too

  • @0farmerjohn0
    @0farmerjohn0 Před 2 lety

    More of this collaboration please,

  • @d.l.whitton6260
    @d.l.whitton6260 Před rokem

    I used a thin carbon steel wok for years, but then I got an induction hob 😮. High powered but couldn't use my round wok anymore. Got myself a Skottsberg carbon steel wadjan (fits my Indonesian/Scottish ancestry) but you cannot toss a wadjan 😢. Do you think it's possibly to use a flat bottom classic (thin and cheap) wok on an induction hob??

  • @felipe7k
    @felipe7k Před 2 lety +2

    What happened with the audio ….??????

  • @Mike_5
    @Mike_5 Před 2 lety

    James May has been to Matalan and kitted himself out with a stylist check shirt specially for the occasion

  • @christianvalenzuela9528

    Welcome to a Chef's world...

  • @dark4x440
    @dark4x440 Před 2 lety

    With all this new found cooking, and deep frying everything you find if in Scotland, where's the haggis Mr Slowly?

  • @akolade2354
    @akolade2354 Před 2 lety

    He's the man of all trades

  • @williebauld1007
    @williebauld1007 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m hungry now!

  • @venom5809
    @venom5809 Před 2 lety +3

    There's hope for guys named Jeremy in this world after all. LOL

  • @jakemacgregor-boyle6397

    Nothing like a wok toss 😁

  • @FenrirYT13
    @FenrirYT13 Před 2 lety

    James head is twitching when cooking. He has a WOK Tick now

  • @websterforrest
    @websterforrest Před 2 lety +1

    Love watching 'Isambard Kingdom May' & Jeremy Pang doing stuff in the School of Wok studio kitchen! Pity the sound quality has let you guys down in this one though... Would be a great video to see Jeremy in James's pub making a steak and kidney pie or something! :D Can't wait for the next video!