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Gourmet Makes

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

Jul 18, 20171 seasons45 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Seasons

Season 1

45 episodes

Premiered Jul 18, 2017

Episodes

1–6 of 45

Ep 1

Pastry Chef Attempts to Make a Gourmet Twinkie

Jul 18, 2017

30m

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.

Ep 2

Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Gushers

Dec 20, 2017

30m

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!

Ep 3

Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Cheetos

Mar 21, 2018

30m

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!

Ep 4

Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Kit Kats

May 2, 2018

30m

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!