Push your culinary skills up a level and create incredible pizzas at home using Jamie’s principle bread dough recipe. Jamie shows how to experiment and be creative with his Italian favorite.
Category: Best Of
Jamie’s Story
This captivating documentary follows the life and career of Jamie Oliver, the internationally renowned celebrity chef and restaurateur. The documentary takes an intimate look at Jamie’s life journey, from his early days cooking in his parents’ pub to becoming a global celebrity superstar. It examines Jamie’s struggles with dyslexia, his commitment to his family, and his mission to educate people about healthy eating and fight against childhood obesity. Take a rare glimpse inside Jamie’s world as he guides you through the places he calls home – London and Essex – and shows how he is changing the world, one plate at a time.
Chicken & Leek Pie with Mash
Learn the key principles of pastry making, which can be applied to both sweet and savory pastries. Then, while the dough is resting, Jamie teaches you how to poach chicken for super-tender results, create a sumptuous mashed potato, steam fresh greens, and make an umami-packed gravy. Bring it all together for the best pie, ever.
Jamie gets together with mentor, best friend, and chef Gennaro Contaldo to cook up an Italian classic. Learn how to transform a few ingredients into an unforgettable savory pasta dish, with plenty of tips to get carbonara right every time.
Mushroom & Eggplant Shawarma
A vegetarian shawarma like you’ve never cooked before. Learn how to marinate and roast humble vegetables, turning them into a total crowd-pleaser. Then, pack the flame-roasted veg onto homemade flatbreads with DIY pickles, tahini-yogurt, dukkah, feta cheese, and fresh herbs.
Green Ravioli
Yes, you can make world-class ravioli at home, and Jamie shows you how. Learn to take your pasta-making to new heights as you color and flavor the dough, roll out your sheets, and prepare a herby ricotta filling with a simple butter sauce. Perfect for weekend cooking with the family, Jamie teaches how a little patience turns into unforgettable meals and memories.
Take a walk in the woods with Jamie, light a fire, and learn his secrets to making the most luxuriously silky eggs. Experience the sounds in this special ASMR lesson as you discover it’s all in the technique. No instructions, so listen and watch closely!
Indoors or out, unlock the secrets to making the best spaghetti ever. Be bold with humble ingredients and learn how to craft Jamie’s fiery pasta arrabbiata, packed with chilies, anchovies, tomatoes, and garlic. Find out why vodka is the magic ingredient for a game-changing sauce, and how to add a crunchy twist to any pasta dish with a herby pangrattato.
Pan-Seared Salmon & Couscous
Tasty, colorful, and full of the good stuff, learn how to prepare pan-seared salmon and seasonal vegetables, couscous, and harissa yogurt in just 10 minutes. Drawing from decades of experience and his own dedicated Nutrition team, Jamie shows you how balanced, healthy eating can be both satisfying and delicious
Jamie’s Sunday Roast
An iconic British Sunday roast you’ll want to make again and again. Take a journey through Jamie’s memories to discover the dishes that come together to make an epic feast. Transform your roasts into unforgettable meals by learning how to make the best roast beef, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, vegetable sides, classic condiments, and a rich, homemade gravy. Seconds, please!
Bread, Two Ways
Now that you know how to make Jamie’s principle bread dough, learn his tips and tricks for making pillowy focaccia with a crunchy bottom and a show-stopping pesto twister bread.
This classic Italian sauce is both versatile and easy to make. Jamie guides you through the nuances of achieving an intensely flavored homemade pesto. Don’t miss his game-changing secret ingredient.
Squash Curry
Jamie teaches you how to max out on flavor with this heart-warming veggie dish, ideal for any day of the week. Learn how to make a nutritious curry from scratch, balance spices, and cook perfectly fluffy rice.
Grilled & Roasted Stone Fruit
Learn how to transform stone fruits into a show-stopping dessert. Jamie uses peaches, nectarines, apricots, and plums, but you can use whatever fruit is in season.
A Celebration of Salad
Everything you need to know to make the ultimate salad! With Jamie’s guidance, you’ll learn the principles of building crunchy, delicious, and satisfying salads. Discover new ways to combine vegetables, fruits, greens, proteins, cheese, herbs, and toppings, all to achieve true salad greatness.
Take your pasta-making skills up a notch with Jamie’s classic pasta bianco. Creamy, silky, and delicious, this dish is Italian simplicity at its best. Learn the principles of pasta sauces so that you can expand your pasta repertoire in endless new ways.
Unlock the secrets of homemade pasta and discover its joy and ritual. Learn Jamie’s fail-safe tips and tricks, and master the basics, such as how to activate the gluten, knead and roll out the dough, and hand-cut 8 different types of pasta.
Curried Goat with GBD Potatoes
Master your cooking skills and add flavorful dishes to your repertoire with this delicious curried goat and GBD potatoes recipe, prepared with a tangy green seasoning aioli. Learn how to caramelize, braise, layer flavors, and cook with intention as you taste each step along the way. Enjoy this delicious dish and refine your cooking skills.
Dario’s Story
“We do not do this work for the money,” begins legendary Italian butcher, Dario Cecchini, and nothing has ever been more clear. The gregarious, eighth-generation butcher is never without a smile on his face as he holds court from sun-up through supper time in his red-and-white-striped butcher shop and kitchen in Panzano, Italy. In this introductory story, follow Dario through a day in the life, which includes the real deal business of butchery, and hosting dozens of visitors a day for cantina-style meals in his dining room. He talks about the dignified and joyous life cycle of his animals, and the craftsmanship his team applies to the end product. He explains the inspiration behind his butcher for a day program, and how to identify the perfect steak. The story ends with a family-style dinner, where t-bones get passed between strangers so everyone can gnaw on the scraps. From the outside, it looks like a very long day, but Dario insists “he’s never worked a day in his life.”
Mustard Prawns
Learn how to make this regional specialty with jumbo fresh tiger prawns. Asma teaches how to make a traditional turmeric and salt marinade for the shrimp and Bengali-style boiled rice, a method, which according to Asma, is the healthiest way to eat rice.
Tomato Salad with Mint & Chili
Not just a tomato salad, Erez takes it to new heights by adding his favorites, mint, and chili. Learn how to make this Summery salad and get inspired by its flavors.
Red Pepper Salad with Almonds & Marjoram
Erez shows you his secret for burning and peeling peppers and roasting almonds. He pairs it with the nutty crunch of almonds and the fragrant marjoram, which is what makes this pepper salad totally unique, and supremely delicious.
Papaya Tabbouleh with Caramelized Peanuts
A spin on the regional Tabbouleh salad, with other variations offered in Erez’s class, this one stands out with the use of Papaya. Tangy, tart, and caramelized peanuts to add some crunch and sweetness. As Erez would say, “wowowowow”.
Peanut Braised Chicken with Coconut Carolina Rice
Braise poultry and simmer coconut rice in a flavorful miso and peanut mixture and you’ll have a warming, family-style dish. Learn how to to build flavor through caramelization and the secret to preparing perfect rice.
Kwame’s Story
Take a journey to Jamaica with chef Kwame Onwuachi, to discover the roots of his Afro-Caribbean food.
Oxtails with Rice & Peas
Kwame’s mom, Jewel, is in town which calls for a celebratory meal: braised oxtails with coconut rice and pigeon peas. And of course, no family gathering would be complete without a refreshing rum punch cocktail packed with fresh Jamaican fruits.
Jamaican Stew Peas
Kwame grew up eating this “pot of wonderful magic liquid” with his father: a stew dish with gungo peas (pigeon peas), red peas (kidney beans), salted meats, and coconut milk. Make a huge pot for the whole family to taste the love!
Jamaican Patties with Coco Bread
Beef patties are Jamaica’s ubiquitous fast food. Kwame teaches how to make the patty pastry dough, the beautifully seasoned beef filling, and delicious pillowy coco bread.
Pepper shrimp is one of Kwame’s favorite snacks. Growing up in the Bronx, he’d always chow down on the electrifying dish. Learn how to make this easy shrimp recipe, which is preserved in a spicy sauce.
Brown Stew Chicken & Fried Plantain
Learn how to blacken and braise chicken in a rich brown gravy with a hint of spicy Scotch bonnet pepper. Kwame serves it with fried plantains and Calypso aioli, making it a fantastic dish that will be a total crowd pleaser. The essence of Jamaica on a plate.
Potato Salad
Never make another potato salad the same way ever again. Francis puts his spin on the Argentine barbecue classic side with a tangy mustard vinaigrette.
Ensalada Mixta – Lettuce & Tomato Salad
Francis doesn’t like salads that are busy and cramped on a plate. Instead, he leans towards the generosity of space. Learn how to make one of Francis’s favorite salads that he calls simple yet noble.
Railway Curry
Take a ride on the Darjeeling Express and learn how to make the Indian Version of meat-and-potatoes as Asma teaches life-changing cooking skills like how to properly blend spices, infuse oils, and layer flavors.
Asma’s Story
Asma Khan takes a culinary journey through the bustling streets and colorful markets of Kolkata, India to explore the nostalgic smells, flavors, and ingredients of her ancestral Bengali heritage. She chases childhood memories and meets with inspiring women, all on a quest to understand the influences behind the foods that define the chef she has become.
Whenever Asma thinks of home, she thinks of parathas, her favorite bread. Learn as Asma shows how to make this incredible Indian flatbread and teaches two methods of how to roll and cook it on the tawa, a flat griddle pan.
Saffron Chicken Korma
Asma teaches how to infuse saffron, blend masalas, build flavor profiles, and she even reveals her secret tips on making the ultimate homemade garam masala.
Tamarind Dal & Rice
Asma serves this lentil and rice dish in her restaurants and loves it for its complex simplicity, a sweet and sour dish with balanced flavors.
Saag Paneer
This Indian Version of creamed spinach is the perfect vegetarian side dish. It’s packed with flavor and so easy to make. While Asma uses spinach, this recipe also works great with kale, arugula, or swiss chard.
Matar Pulao
Matar PulaoAdd some extra excitement to your plain white rice and learn how to make this simple, straightforward, and ultra flavorful side dish. If you want to learn more about masalas (spice blends), this lesson is a must watch.
Samosas & Chutney
Asma teaches how to make India’s favorite street food, Bengali-style samosas (known as singara), that are stuffed with an aloo gobi filling of cauliflower, potatoes, peanuts, and seasonings like ginger and turmeric. She pairs it with a fiery tomato chutney.
“It’s rice pudding on steroids,” Asma says about ki kheer, a traditional Indian rice pudding that uses Gulab (baby basmati rice), and jaggery (palm sugar), and is known for bringing good luck and fortune.
Yellow Curry Chicken & Kachumber Salad
For the first time ever, Asma is making her family’s recipe with Middle Eastern and Persian roots. A recipe that has been cooked for generations, but never written down. She serves it with a refreshing cucumber and pomegranate salad.
Francis teaches how to make one of his favorite desserts. Learn how to make this refreshing dish and add it to your dessert repertoire. It may seem simple, but it’s loaded with supremely fresh and complex flavors and textures.
Sunday Asado
It’s Sunday on the island, and Francis and his team are preparing for a barbecue feast. In this short documentary, Francis takes you into his Patagonian world to discover the true meaning of the sacred ritual that defines Argentine culture: chorizos, steaks, ribs, sweetbreads, salads, free-flowing red wine, and great company.
Salt-Crusted Pears with Dulce De Leche
A simple dessert that only calls for 3 ingredients: Pears, salt, and dulce de leche. “When you cook a pear like this, all of the humidity of the pear stays inside so it’s very, very delicious,” Francis says.
Francis brings us to one of his favorite places on the island, near a beautiful waterfall, to cook trout fillets sandwiched between two crispy potato cakes. Learn techniques like the proper way to fillet a fish.
Panqueques – Dulce de Leche & Apple Pancakes
Francis teaches how to make two different panqueque desserts on the plancha that make him “very happy”: Dulce de Leche Pancakes and Granny Smith Apple Pancakes. These thin crepes are usually served for dessert, but also great for a sweet breakfast.
Francis invented the infiernillo or “little hell” oven about 20 years ago. Today, he proclaims his love for Patagonian trout as he fires up his small inferno to teach you how to make freshly-caught salt-crusted trout.
Eggplant Milanesa
This dish is a bestseller at Francis’s restaurant for a reason. Learn how to prepare this vegetarian spin on the humble classic by using the mighty eggplant. Francis teaches how to char, coat, and pan fry the eggplant with clarified butter.
Caramelized Carrots
All you need is three carrots, a handful of thyme, a bit of cream, olive oil, and a cast iron pan to make Francis’s latest hit vegetarian recipe. You’ve never tasted carrots quite like these.
Francis shares this favorite tortilla española recipe, a classic Argentine dish with Spanish roots. While it’s possible to use any onions available, Francis’s secret is combining three types of onions for sweetness.
The Perfect Steak With Chimichurri
Learn from the key principles of live-fire cooking and make the perfect steak with a classic chimichurri sauce. Get the essential tips to master the art of live-fire cooking, and make the ultimate steak with a delicious herbaceous chimichurri sauce.
Potatoes, A Love Affair
A symbol of the Andes, potatoes are very special to Francis. Over the last 50 years, he has developed a unique tuber devotion. So, buy yourself a big bag of papas and learn from Francis nine different ways of how to cook the mighty potato.
Eggs – Fried & Scrambled
While there are many ways to cook fried and scrambled eggs, Francis has his preferences. Learn Francis’s simple and delicious tricks and techniques of making the perfect fried and scrambled eggs.
Chapa Veggies with Vinaigrette
Francis brings life to vegan cooking and teaches his daughters’ absolute favorite Christmas dish: a platter overflowing with a colorful assortment of seasonal vegetables. Learn how to perfectly choose, cut, and cook fresh vegetables on the plancha.
Empanadas
Francis teaches how to make two empanada recipes: baked meat empanadas with onion, eggs, and olives; and fried cheese and onion empanadas. This family-friendly dish is easy to make for the kids or to serve at a party.
Francis’s Roasted Chicken with Rescoldo Vegetables
Learn from Francis in his open-air kitchen, the quincho, as he shares two of his seven signature cooking methods utilizing live-fire: hanging and slow-roasting ingredients over heat and the rescoldo, burning vegetables in ashes. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to watch and learn these ancient cooking techniques.
Francis’s Story
Every class begins with a YesChef original documentary film. In Francis Mallman’s Story, go on an adventure to the wilderness of Argentina to visit Francis on his secluded island in Patagonia. Experience his passion for open-fire cooking and how it shaped his food, philosophy and beliefs. Discover his roots and life journey, as you meet the people he has inspired, and the food that defines him.
Feel at home with this comforting apple pie recipe. Each pie bursts with a heaping cupful of sautéed apples. Nancy loves to top each pie with a big mound of vanilla gelato, and so should you.
Contorni
Nancy serves dinner in her Italian garden with a cascade of contorni that highlight the season’s best: roasted tomatoes with thyme & black olives; roasted cauliflower with caraway seeds; baked cabbage with olive oil; and baked onions with sage and vinegar.
Learn the eggplant essentials, like how to score, salt and sweat them to release any bitter juices. Caramelize onions, “candy” your garlic, and top with whey to take this dish to another level. An unforgettable side at your next dinner party.
Stewed Celery with Herbs & Persian Lime
The recipe was inspired by Nancy’s celery and burrata dish at Mozza Bar, a plate that chef Deb Mikhail said that “celery can actually be cool.” Doctored up with turmeric, crushed Persian lime and fresh mint, this dish is bright and vibrant.
Roasted Potatoes with Bagna Cauda
Learn how to coax the best texture and flavor out of earthy butter potatoes by first confit-ing them in oil, butter, garlic cloves, fresh rosemary and sage.
Ocean Trout with Castelfranco & Wild Arugula
Ever wonder how a chef conceives a new dish? Watch Nancy’s creative process from the farm truck to first bite in pursuit of a seasonal and delectable dish. Learn how to compose a plate to account for color, texture, moisture, depth and of course, flavor.
Nancy’s Caesar Salad
From fried parsley and orange zest to shaved cauliflower and bagna cauda croutons, this Chi Spacca Caesar salad creation is bursting with texture, flavor, and originality.
Chi Spacca Pepper Steak
Join Nancy with Chi Spacca’s executive chef, Ryan, as they both share the techniques, secrets, and inspiration behind their dramatic and famous Chi Spacca Pepper Steak: a special pepper-crusted steak served with bacon and charred scallions.
Quattro Condimenti with Mozzarella & Fett’unta
Transport Osteria Mozza’s legendary mozzarella bar to your next dinner party and pair it with four delicious condiments: Salsa Romesco, Basil Pesto, Caper Relish, and Black Olive Tapenade, and served with Fett’unta — grilled bread drowning in olive oil.
Nancy’s Story
Every class begins with a YesChef original documentary film. In Nancy Silverton’s Story, take a journey to Italy and California to discover her sources of inspiration, culinary knowledge, and never-ending pursuit of delicious. Go to the places and meet the people most important to Nancy, and uncover what has shaped her. Uncover the food that defines her and prepare to get into the kitchen in her lessons.
Open Fire Grilled Steaks & Vegetables with Kalbi Butter
Want to cook steaks better on the grill? Watch this lesson. Edward explains how to check for doneness, manipulate the fire and accomplish a smoky taste.
Oysters & Grits in Bourbon Brown Butter
Edward revisits the Southern classic dish of shrimp and grits with his own unique take that combines his love of bourbon and oysters.
Braised Tofu & Radish with Ham Salt
Learn how to create a flavorful, luscious silken tofu dish with a fatty broth, braised daikon, and an apple-ginger purée. Master knife skills and learn how to cut radishes into perfect cubes and matchsticks with Edward’s guidance. Plate an elegant dish that will impress your dinner guests.
Kohlrabi Kimchi
Edward shows how to make kimchi from kohlrabi, a dense vegetable that holds up well when fermented. Beyond the kohlrabi, expect the usual kimchi suspects like Korean chili flakes, scallions, garlic, and ginger to tantalize the taste buds.
Edward’s Story
Every class begins with a YesChef original documentary film. In Edward Lee’s Story, take a journey to Kentucky to discover his surprising origins and food philosophies that will change the way you cook and look at food. Meet the city and people that influenced him and his Southern-Korean cuisine. Uncover what defines him on this inspirational adventure, before learning hands-on in his lessons.
Fried Chicken with Gochujang Sauce & Slaw
Learn how to make classic shallow-fried chicken with Edward’s Korean-inspired gochujang sauce, and a side of tangy and bright Asian pear slaw. Get the best tips for achieving crispy chicken skin and juicy interiors. Master the art of shallow-frying chicken with Edward’s easy-to-follow recipe.
Aharoni’s Lamb Schnitzel-Pops
Chicken schnitzel is the most popular food in Israel, but this new Version will blow your mind. Erez meets up with legendary Israeli chef Israel Aharoni who teaches him how to make schnitzel-style baby lamb chops.
Erez’s Fish
Gain confidence in the kitchen and learn how to make the most delicious fish recipes, two ways: oven-baked fish with grapes and tomatoes, and fish crudo with berries and chilis.
Harissa Chicken with Green Tomato & Peach Salad
Join Erez alongside best-selling cookbook author, Adeena Sussman, to create this amazing Harissa chicken dish featuring green tomato and peach salad. Learn how to make harissa, marinate, grill, and a fresh summery salad.
Hummus Mezze
Mezze is an assortment of small dishes eaten as an appetizer or light meal. From hummus to falafel to Arabic-Israeli salad, and all the dipping sauces, serve this spread at a dinner party and your friends will love you.
Pita
Pita – the deliciously edible envelope – can be stuffed with almost anything. Learn how to bake the Middle Eastern staple in your home oven, and how you can turn the pliable pita dough into Sficha and Manakeesh, two Middle-Eastern pizzas.
Erez teaches a simple, sweet, summery cake straight from his childhood. This quick confection is based on a batter of butter, flour, sour cream and lemon zest, and topped with juicy fresh apricots that are roughly halved and dunked waist-deep in the batter.
Israeli Breakfast
Erez teaches his quintessential Israeli breakfast: fiery-hot Shakshuka, alongside a fire-roasted eggplant salad and refreshing cucumber salad, served beside his beloved Challah bread.
Challah
Bake two of Erez’s signature stuffed challah breads, one woven with fennel & sage blossoms, the other stuffed with savory Kashkaval cheese and garlic confit. These loaves are true centerpiece stunners.
Erez’s Story
Get to know Erez as he takes you on a journey from the market to the farm, from the city center to the countryside, from the past to the present to uncover his story and modern Middle-Eastern cuisine.