‘Stranger Things’ Cast Test Their Basic Culinary Skills | Epicurious

Quick Overview

Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp won the final Waffle Challenge against Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo after three rounds of increasingly difficult culinary tasks, culminating in a blind taste test of Eggo waffles, with Millie Bobby Brown securing the victory.

Key Points: The cast of Stranger Things participated in three culinary challenges: measuring cereal by weight, making a mini sandwich while wearing prism glasses, and a final blind taste test of Eggo waffles. In the Cereal Challenge, teams of two had to pour cereal and milk to hit exactly 200g of material; Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp's team (198g) came closest and won that round, while Millie Bobby Brown was declared the overall winner. The Waffle Challenge required 'waffle whisperers' to identify three different Eggo waffles blindfolded by smell alone, with Millie Bobby Brown correctly identifying all three. The mini sandwich challenge required 'inverted chefs' to assemble a sandwich using bread, spread, veggie, and protein while wearing upside-down goggles. Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp were paired against Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo in the final two rounds, with Millie Bobby Brown ultimately winning the championship trophy (08:05). Finn Wolfhard wore blue prism goggles for the challenges, and Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp often interacted playfully, including holding hands during one task (06:14).

Context: The video features the main cast members of the Netflix series Stranger Things—Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, and Sadie Sink—competing against each other in a series of lighthearted, basic culinary challenges hosted by Epicurious. The cast members are split into pairs for some challenges, wearing aprons and various novelty eyewear, such as prism goggles, to intentionally hinder their performance.

Detailed Analysis

The video showcases the Stranger Things cast participating in three distinct cooking challenges: The Egg Challenge, The Cereal Challenge, and The Waffle Challenge, all designed to test their basic culinary skills under absurd conditions. The competition pits the cast members against each other, often in pairs. In The Egg Challenge (00:28), contestants had to peel a hard-boiled egg, with the last person to finish being eliminated. Finn Wolfhard was the first eliminated (01:26). The Cereal Challenge (03:11) required teams of two to measure cereal and milk to hit exactly 200g on a scale; Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp's team weighed in at 198g and advanced to the final round, while Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo's team was eliminated (03:36). The final challenge, The Waffle Challenge (05:54), involved blindfolded 'waffle whisperers' smelling three different Eggo waffles to identify them: Buttermilk, Belgian, and Blueberry (06:19). Millie Bobby Brown correctly identified all three flavors, securing the victory and the championship trophy (08:05), much to the celebration of the rest of the cast.