Quarantined Chef Is Gaining Millions Of Views On TikTok For Showing How To Cook Gourmet Meals Using Basic Hotel Room Appliances
Not a big fan of what hotel restaurants have to offer, but love to feast on blueberry pancakes for breakfast? You might be in the shoes of Jago Randles, who was staying in a hotel room for the mandatory 14-day self-isolation as he travelled to Canada to start his new job as a chef.
Originally from the UK, the 23-year-old proved that necessity is the mother of all inventions and didn’t waste his precious time, nor spend tons of money for take-out or ready meals. With a little bit of imagination, armed with a kettle, coffee machine, and clothes iron, he created the most appetizing dishes—anything from Asian-style salmon with steamed bok choi to blueberry pancakes to a steak bathed in blackened peppercorn sauce.
Chef Jago Randles started cooking full-blown meals in his hotel room while in quarantine
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The hotel room only had a few basic electronic devices
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Which the chef smoothly repurposed to serve his needs
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Jago might have started a new trend for travellers on a budget who can’t afford expensive meals out, or he’s about to be cursed by hotel workers worldwide for encouraging future indoor bacon sizzlers. In his TikTok account called Isolation Kitchen, he shows that you can cook using common devices. Bringing with him just the most basic chef utensils, he had groceries delivered to the door and in no time (unless, of course, it’s slow-cooked chicken wrapped in bacon on mashed potatoes with mushroom sauce,) he would be ready to present his hungry social media followers with a succulent menu.
He starts with showing the ingredients needed and proceeds to grill the food on a parchment paper-covered clothes iron simultaneously placed on an ironing board. The iron occasionally also serves as a stove to boil a pot for strawberry coulis or sauces for topping up the main dishes. And the coffee machine doubles as a bain-marie or sous vide depending on what meal Jago is cooking.
The chef’s Isolation Kitchen channel on TikTok now has over 158k followers
Image credits: Jago Randles
Image credits: Jago Randles
Image credits: Jago Randles
@jagoscrandlesHotel room cooking pt.1 ##food ##foryou ##fyp ##chef ##cooking♬ original sound – Jago Randles
Some of the videos attracted more than a million views and acquired Jago’s Isolation Kitchen on TikTok over 158 thousand followers and 5 million likes. Even the utterly outspoken Gordon Ramsay, a British chef who currently holds 16 Michelin stars and is quite famous for his critical opinions, acknowledged the hotel room cooking pioneer and mentioned Jago on his social media.
Turns out you don’t need a lot to produce a personal culinary channel or, um, well, to cook a meal in the most minimal conditions.
His most-watched video features breaded chicken topped with a fried egg
Image credits: Jago Randles
Image credits: Jago Randles
As far as conditions go, Jago would even complement his meals with a glass of wine and bring the self-made hotel room dining experience to a completely new level.
Share all of your creative cooking solutions you’ve had to come up with in the comments!
And even Gordon Ramsay approves it
@gordonramsayofficial##duet with @jagoscrandles This looks better than many dishes I’ve had in Hotels ! ##ramsayreacts ##fyp ##tiktokcooks ##foodtiktok♬ original sound – Jago Randles
Check out this video of fluffy blueberry pancakes that people can’t say no to
@jagoscrandlesHotel room cooking Pt.12 ##food ##foryou ##fyp ##foryoupage ##cooking♬ original sound – Jago Randles
And, of course, a glass of wine to complement yet another culinary delight
@jagoscrandlesHotel room cooking Pt.6 ##food ##foryou ##fyp ##chef ##cooking♬ original sound – Jago Randles
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My thought exactly. The iron was ok but the electric kettle? I've seen videos of people washing their undies in those things!
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Why do my clothes smell like fish, and my coffee taste like asparagus?
Yeah if you're pro chef probably you know what you are doing buuuuut...... cannot emphasize how bad this idea is for regular person to do this. Theres legend how staff (from certain asian airline) was fired over cooking on iron. hotel guests from neighboring rooms weren't happy, then hotel management weren't happy, then staff's employer (who paid for hotel stay) was not happy after receiving bill for destroyed appliances from all hotels where they did the same on regular basis.... DO NOT COOK ON IRON :)
you can use heated hair straightener ,In the movies Gilbert grape ,staring Johnny Depp he used Iron to do grill cheese sandwich
Asians do this in their dorms, they use the water cooler to cook food the heated side where warm water is.
My thought exactly. The iron was ok but the electric kettle? I've seen videos of people washing their undies in those things!
Load More Replies... Why do my clothes smell like fish, and my coffee taste like asparagus?
Yeah if you're pro chef probably you know what you are doing buuuuut...... cannot emphasize how bad this idea is for regular person to do this. Theres legend how staff (from certain asian airline) was fired over cooking on iron. hotel guests from neighboring rooms weren't happy, then hotel management weren't happy, then staff's employer (who paid for hotel stay) was not happy after receiving bill for destroyed appliances from all hotels where they did the same on regular basis.... DO NOT COOK ON IRON :)
you can use heated hair straightener ,In the movies Gilbert grape ,staring Johnny Depp he used Iron to do grill cheese sandwich
Asians do this in their dorms, they use the water cooler to cook food the heated side where warm water is.
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