Gourmet Makes — Season 1, Episode 1: Pastry Chef Attempts to Make a Gourmet Twinkie
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 45 episodes • ★ 9.2/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About 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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Gushers
- E3Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Cheetos
- E4Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Kit Kats
- E5Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Skittles
- E6Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Lucky Charms
- E7Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Oreos
- E8Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Twizzlers
- E9Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Sno Balls
- E10Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Instant Ramen
- E11Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Snickers
- E12Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Pringles
- E13Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Ferrero Rocher