By COLlive reporter
Tens of thousands in Ukraine are now more knowledgeable about Jewish dietary laws thanks to the hit TV competitive cooking game show “MasterChef.”
On the current season of the program, which challenges amateur cooks to impress judges with their skills under a deadline, is a Chassidic Lubavitcher named Uriel Stern.
Wearing a black yarmulka and proudly sporting a reddish beard, Stern is the first religious Jew to appear on the Ukrainian version of the program.
A member of the Chabad community in the capital city of Kiev, Stern didn’t hold back when he was asked why he was checking the eggs after breaking them open.
He also explained the process of checking lettuce for bugs or insects which are forbidden to eat according to halacha.
So while he was competing for the title of the next best chef in Ukraine, this Lubavitcher managed to do some shlichus, while explaining to the hosts and the public what kosher means.
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never trust a skinny cook……….. ya why is he shukling??
they dont have to taste it
Btw its Russianness!!!!
is the lubavitch master chef
I know him, a geshmake yid, where can I see the full video.
I watched the entire show in Russian online and he just makes it without tasting. Also at the end they all drink wine and he doesn’t.
This is Russian, not Ukrainian, but they are speaking very quickly compared to how people speak on the street here in Ukraine. First they talk about liquid (juice) from eggplant, and then he goes on to explain that he checks each egg individually to make sure there is no blood. Over here we are expert in kashering non-kosher facilities (in every city we do it for chassunes and events that are held in fancy non-kosher halls using shul affiliated catering) and while I don’t turn on the TV and therefore never saw the show, I am sure that someone was… Read more »
Its not ukrainain its russian…why is he shukeling? Its making me dizzy…
Yes, they can have some issues. The main one is the kashrus of the kitchen. And what if they ask him to cook unkosher meats?
It may be a KH, but on the other hand, there are real issues. Or maybe he kosherized the kitchen before the program began. Who knows.
He was using his own dishes for show and before the show he would kosher the electric stove.
what happened to english subtitles? NO one here basically can speak ukranian!!!! but thats really cool! go him!!!
This is AWESOME
we need more of these guys with real Jewish, chassidishe pride, no trying to hide behind other facades, or trying to be ‘accepted’ and normal by “them”
translation please?
How exactly does the taste the food he makes?
can we get translation??
I thought they used the commercial kitchen supplied by the television.
How does he taste the food?