Gourmet Makes

Pastry chef Claire “Half-Sour” Saffitz attempts to make gourmet versions of popular snacks and desserts without the hard-to-pronounce chemical ingredients.

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First Aired on

Jul 18, 2017

1 seaons till May 29, 2020

Popularity: 7.0651
4 votes
Networks
(US)
Production

Condé Nast Entertainment (US)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Pastry Chef Remakes Gourmet Pop Tarts at Home

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 45 episodes

Season 1

Aired

45 Episodes
  • Episode 1Pastry Chef Attempts to Make a Gourmet Twinkie30 min

    Bon Appetit's Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz attempts to make a gourmet Twinkie without the hard-to-pronounce chemical ingredients. The first test is Genoise cake, an Italian sponge cake. For the creamy filling, Claire uses 7 minute frosting. The second test is yellow cake and buttercream filling. Next comes chiffon cake, a light cake that uses vegetable oil. Finally, with some help from Test Kitchen Manager Brad Leone, Claire decides to "Frankenstein" the recipe.

  • Episode 2Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Gushers30 min

    Do you gush with curiosity over little, chewable sugar blobs filled with goo? Claire Saffitz deconstructs and improves one of our favorite childhood candies - Gourmet Gushers!

  • Episode 3Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Cheetos30 min

    You love Cheetos. But do you know how to make them? Pastry chef Claire Saffitz goes on a 3-day experiment to make and improve on Gourmet Cheetos!

  • Episode 4Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Kit Kats30 min

    Some nibble away at the chocolate shell first; others may split the wafers apart before eating. They may have their preferences, but what what they may not know is their routines help to reverse engineer what it takes to make one in the first place. Claire Saffitz is up to the challenge to make Gourmet Kit Kats!

  • Episode 5Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Skittles30 min

    Claire Saffitz takes on another challenge, this time to recreate the tastes of the rainbow... Skittles, Gourmet-style.

Crew & Team

Christine Malanga

Assistant Chef

Rhoda Boone

Other

Kevin Dynia

Cinematography

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