Chef's Table: Pizza

[rickgregory]

Six episodes, including one with Richard Chrz hero Chris Bianco. On Netflix, this Wednesday

[SheilaAnn]

Looking forward to this!

[bbqLuv]

I saw it in the video, Pickles, yes pickles on a pizza. Proof pizza is an art.
Pizza and PBR, what's not to like.

[WayneT]

Thanks for posting this. I’ll be watching.

[Sid P]

Thanks Rick, I’m in.

[rickgregory]

Just bumping this since the series is live today.

[SheilaAnn]

I am 20 seconds in and had to stop. "$hit in, $hit out"

PREACH!!!

[WayneT]

He’s not mincing words, is he? Bronx talk!

[Richard Chrz]

He’s the dude of pizza.

[rickgregory]

Ok no one should watch this... unless you have pizza ingredients because you WILL want to make pizza. I'm watching Ep 2 and... I want to make something. Now.

[WayneT]

I need to make another batch of dough first.

[SheilaAnn]

Just finished ep. 4. I gotta tell you, I really enjoy all chefs tables that I have seen. I’m kinda over the slo mo, though.

back to pizza… after watching ep. 1, I (play) smacked my BF upside the head because he didn’t want to go into the neighborhood where Bianco is at night (some stupid rumor he heard). So we waited until the next day to go for lunch. They were closed and we had to drive home that day back to LA. Haven’t been back for spring training since because of work and the c-word. We’ll get there.

overall, so far, so good. I’m absorbing technique, technique, technique. We are stuck with the ingredients available to us here stateside and/or what we are willing to pay for.

That said, and not knowing what my fellow pizza Pitmasters use, I’ve seen some amazing pies here. I celebrate all of you!

[hoovarmin]

Just finished the Bianco episode. Really fun stuff.

[Murdy]

We watched it last night and really enjoyed it.

[FireMan]

Shoot, don’t have a TV.

[hoovarmin]

If you have a smart phone, tablet, or computer you can watch it on the Netflix App.

[WayneT]

Seriously, you don’t own a TV? You’re a better man for it.

[treesmacker]

Shoot, quit Netflix when they raised their prices and wanted extra for HD 4K.

[rickgregory]

For anyone who doesn't watch the Chef's Table series... a) what's wrong with you they're awesome!! but also...

They are really the story of the chef being profiled. It's not a recipe or how to series though they do show some stuff being made. If you watch a bunch some will likely inspire you, others will be of the 'that's interesting' variety and some might leave you cold. But I find it generally very interesting to hear how these chefs came to be where they are - their philosophies, their struggles and their take on where they are now.

[WayneT]

I watch it just to hear Vivaldi’s Winter at the intro.

[jhapka]

WayneT it gives me anxiety

[WayneT]

jhapka It is definitely one of Vivaldi’s high energy pieces in The Four Seasons. Maybe try Spring?

[WayneT]

OMG! Those focaccia rolls used in sandwiches in ep 1!

[WayneT]

SheilaAnn I have a follow up question. About how many of those sandwich rolls would you make from the 17 x 12 in focaccia dough formula? I’m thinking maybe freeze all but four of the resulting doughs for later. I’ll still plan to add plenty of oil in the sheet pan to fry the bottoms of the rolls. Whaddya think?

[SheilaAnn]

WayneT great question….just doing some rough math, I am thinking about 20 ea? It’s a standard restaurant size half sheet pan. Slice roughly 5x4. 3.5” by 3”.

Now if you had them fancy brownie cutter pans, you could have almost perfectly shaped rolls. 🤣🤣 for the record, I do not own these pans. 🤣🤣

[WayneT]

SheilaAnn My formula makes about 36 oz of finished dough so I went with about 6 oz for each roll. Yikes! That may end up being huge. I’m fermenting now so we’ll see what tomorrow brings. 🤞

[STEbbq]

This is just excellent. Love it and the earlier BBQ series of course. Just finished episode 2.

[STEbbq]

I did not realize until now that there are apparently eight prior seasons including ones on France and pastry. And the show creator directed Jiro Dreams of Sushi, another favorite.

I guess I have a lot of catching up to do!

[rickgregory]

STEbbq - I think the France episodes are worth doing as a group. Other than that, I'd just view the episodes that sound interesting first. The main series (the stuff that's not specifically themed like the Pizza and BBQ ones) don't have a season theme, i.e. they're not all from the same region or cooking style, so I'd view what interests you first.

I will say almost all are worth at least one viewing.

[Pobeque]

They do have the themed BBQ series, but don't miss out on the open fire cooking gawd, Francis Mallmann. Possibly the most ridiculous episode of them all

[SheilaAnn]

Pobeque is not wrong! About 4-5 episodes if I recall. Mallmann is off the hook!