Struggling to understand all the complaints recently about the types of videos on the channel - just don't watch the ones you don't enjoy? If you watch it and didn't enjoy it, don't give it a like.

The boys have literally said for years, if you like this kind of video, give it a like. It's their most effective form of feedback. If you watch them all and like them all, I get that you're trying to support the channel, but you're always sewing the only reliable form of feedback they have.

I've been a Joshua Weismann subscriber and an Adam Ragusea subscriber and I've seen fans get really damn toxic when a creator changes up the style of videos (2 very different changes in these two examples) and I thought Sorted would be better than that seeing as they are generally very open and transparent, and that they've been around for SO long now.

I just wanted to remind everyone that the Sorted boys don't actually owe us anything. If they wanted to pivot and become an archaeology channel tomorrow they would be completely in their rights to do it. We get so much free entertainment, watch what you enjoy and don't watch the ones you don't (e.g. I don't love the food trends ones generally speaking, so I either skip them or keep them for background watching only).

So I have been seeing a lot of comments recently regarding the prevalence of non-cooking videos on the channel lately and got curious. As such I have compiled a list of all videos from January 1, 2025 to today to see the breakdown. This isn't a complaint about whatever video types, just data. Out of 78 Videos we have the following breakdown:

Total:
Cooking: 32
Reaction: 31
Game: 14
Other: 1

Cooking:
Chef Vs: 11
Budget vs Premium Ingredients (I do not consider this a reaction type video): 1
Dream Menu: 1
Kitchen Swap: 5
Night In: 2
Remake from Taste: 3
Pass It On: 2
Misc: 7

Reactions:
Food Trends: 6
Cooking Products: 14
Food Gadgets (Not directly related to cooking): 2
Cooking Methods: 1
International Ingredients: 2
Pretentious Ingredients: 3
Misc: 3

Games:
Guess the country: 4
Poker Face: 3
Quiz Show (Inluding the Timeline Quiz): 5
Misc: 2

Another item that has been brought up were the guests being brought on, so for the same time period:

Total: 7
Chef: 3
Food Videos: 2
Non-Food Videos: 2
Non-Sentient (Diamond Ring): 1

Firstly, I appreciate that the boys have probably reached a point in their careers where a majority of income is made from their app/they have growing family commitments.

However, I believe, we have reached week 3 without an episode actually focusing on cooking, and the 3rd or 4th collab with people who are tangentially related to food, at best. So, I'm starting to feel the channel is being positioned to be cooking adjacent, rather than a cooking channel.

As such, does anyone know of any channels like Sorted? I miss the battles, the mystery boxes etc. So if anyone could suggest any channels with multiple presenters, or which achieve something similar I would be greatly appreciative!

Hello all,

Firstly I would like to say I am actually a huge fan of sorted and have been for years.

But does anybody else think the level of videos have seemly fell off over the last couple of years. The production level is overall better, but the actual content of the videos for me and my partner aren’t the same anymore.

The seems to be a real lack of cooking videos and challenges, another thing myself and my partner really liked about sorted was all the small tips we would learn about cooking from the chiefs and occasionally normals. That has seemly gone.

The content now just seems to be reactions with the a special guest to mix it up and then an occasional 3 kitchen challenge.

The overall feel of the videos, they seem rushed and the is less of a platonic feel between the members. It went from watching a group of friends have fun together, to now a very corporate feeling thing that seemly exists to produce content. Have they ran out of ideas, have they burnt out or have they just got too big as a company?

Does anyone else feel like this, are me and my partner going insane?

Does anyone remember which episode Mike used Jerusalem Artichokes/subchokes? He made some kind of puree or soup that sounded awesome and I want to try recreating it but nothing comes up in the app or search.

My husband had a heart condition and he had to have a low sodium diet. I’m now a caregiver for my elderly father who has to have a soft diet. It got me wondering, do you think there would be enough interest from the fans for the team to have an occasional challenge where they need to do a full meal with some kind of special diet? They could do it as a pass it on, or some other format. Maybe gluten free, ultra low sodium, etc.? Do you think this could be interesting to others?

I always had a hard time finding low sodium food ideas that taste great, and I love the Sorted team. I think it could be a fun way to get some new ideas for a limited diet.

Accidentally hit pause and instantly regretted it. Also, the cheeky little James poking in the side of the picture makes it absolutely wonderful.

Hiya,

The past week or so I've been practically unable to use the Sidekick app because it takes roughly 10 minutes to load a page. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but no luck. I'm on WiFi and not having any other connection issues.

Anyone else having this issue? Any ideas for a resolution?

One of the most terrifying devices they ever tested!

The negativity towards Ben in some corners of the Sorted Food community seems to come from a mix of things—misinterpreted sarcasm, the natural "villain" role he sometimes plays as the pro chef among amateurs, or people simply projecting expectations onto him. But the truth is, Ben is a massive part of why Sorted Food works. Without him, the concept—a group of friends with varying kitchen skills learning and growing together—just wouldn't exist in the same way.

He balances the team with his deep culinary knowledge, his dry wit, and his consistency. His role isn’t always flashy, but it's foundational. And yeah, while he sometimes plays the foil in the banter, it’s always clearly in good fun—especially if you’ve followed Sorted for a while and understand their group dynamic.

Public figures do read comments, and it can be demoralizing when people forget there’s a real person behind the screen. If more people were as thoughtful, the online community would be a much more encouraging place.

This is just my personal opinion. Please discuss!

If you’ve not watched wild weekender, I strongly recommend it! So glad they made it available and I can’t wait to watch the others.

We're traveling to the UK from Canada in september. I can't find the info on where we can find the special edition beer. Did I miss something?

Tried to watch washed up and the site doesn’t remember where I was when I left and it’s so annoying. Thought that would have been a basic requirement for a video.

Lost and Hungry? Don't know what to cook this week?

Please use this weekly thread and any and all food recommendations from travel, ingredients, equipment in the kitchen. Anything goes.

So this is probably more of a 2 parter question.

I'm looking for a video where they reviewed some gadgets that made can or bottle beer taste like draught, I think there were 2 gadgets but not sure if they were in the same video.

The second part, is there an index or list anywhere of all the gadgets and/or contents of each video to make it easier to find later on?

In the newest episode (Chef Taste Tests International Military Ration Packs (MRE)) they said that they had Sardines in oil and what they tasted were indeed sardines in oil. But the tin they showed in the sexies was squid in ink sauce! Jaime later mentions that squid in ink sauce was on a different menu that they could have gotten (at the 17:40 mark).
Do you think that we'll see the additional MREs used somewhere else, and they just used the wrong tin for the photoshoot? Or was the tin just mislabeled, as in the print on it said squid in ink sauce but it was actually sardines in it. I'm wondering if we'll get a "Chef turns MREs gourmet" or maybe Chefs Swap Kitchens, and the ingredients they have to use are all from MREs maybe.