TL;DR
- Guga reacts to Gordon Ramsay tearing apart five of his wildest cooking experiments
- The mac and cheese steak and ice cube burger actually worked, despite Gordon’s meltdowns
- Guga fully agrees that deep-frying a wagyu tomahawk was a mistake for first-timers
- The Nutella steak earned him the title of “big donut” but taught him the most about sugar and meat
- Underneath all the roasting, there’s genuine mutual respect between these two
The Mac and Cheese Steak
▶00:00 Guga opens with his viewer-requested experiment where he loaded mac and cheese on top of a steak in several different ways, including a compound butter version. Gordon watches the clip and his reaction is predictably brutal, calling it “not even good” and asking Guga if he’s constipated.
▶01:16 Guga fires back with total confidence: “Listen, I’ve done so many experiments. Yes, I was constipated with a few of them, but not this one.” He credits his viewers for the idea, saying he “never would have thought that putting mac and cheese on top of the steak would actually taste good.” He’s not backing down. “I have a lot of respect for you,” he tells Gordon, “it is not traditional to do something like this, but that’s what I love to do.” The experiment stays a win in his book.
The Ice Cube Burger
▶01:46 This one has a fun origin story. The technique actually came from Gordon’s own circle, specifically his friend Graham Elliot, who suggested sticking ice in the center of burger patties to keep well-done burgers juicy. Guga was skeptical at first but his comment section pushed him further: why stop at water? Try beef broth and beer. He did, and it worked surprisingly well.
▶02:34 Gordon is absolutely not on board. “It doesn’t make it juicy, it makes it bland, watering.” He compares the burger to the Titanic: “You’ve sunk the burger. It’s gray and full of water.” The dramatic Ramsay pause goes on so long that Guga jokes maybe he should be an opera singer.
▶03:04 Guga holds firm. “The experiment worked. It worked quite well. It was juicy and even though Gordon said that it was bland, it was not.” He also drops a solid food safety point: when you buy pre-ground supermarket meat and don’t know the blend, cook it all the way through. When he grinds his own? Medium rare. “Safety is number one priority.”
The Deep-Fried Wagyu Tomahawk
▶03:50 Guga went through a phase where he deep-fried every single meat there is and says 90% of it turned out delicious. Fair enough, that’s basically why KFC exists. But then he deep-fried a wagyu tomahawk in beef tallow. Even he knew this one was going to catch heat.
▶04:22 Gordon sees the wagyu going into the fryer and loses it. “You have to be kidding me.” And here’s the rare Guga moment: he agrees 100%. Not because it didn’t taste good, but because your first wagyu should never be deep-fried. His proper advice? Oven with indirect heat, then sear on cast iron. Or grill it for that charcoal flavor. “Do not have your first wagyu deep fried.”
The Steak Pizza with Max the Meat Guy
▶05:09 Guga teams up with his brother Max (from Max the Meat Guy) to cook a tom and jerry steak, basically a whole cow leg split in half. In Brazil it’s called carne do capitao (“captain steak”), the biggest cut on the animal. It’s from the round, so it’s naturally tough. Guga tried it several ways: butter, slow-cooked, sous vide. Then he handed one to Max, who turned it into a steak pizza.
▶05:56 Gordon’s reaction is a full-blown cascade of “no.” He calls them Tom and Jerry, then Dumber and Dumber, then just descends into “no no no no no” watching the toppings go on. Guga takes it well, saying the pizza looked great and that Max is “an extremely creative guy.” The genuine fun they have cooking together comes through even in a reaction format.
The Nutella Steak (a.k.a. “You Big Donut”)
▶06:44 This is the one. The experiment where Gordon specifically called Guga a “big donut.” Guga put Nutella on a steak, and it turns out sugar and meat together just don’t work. He couldn’t even play the full Ramsay reaction clip because of music copyright issues, but the verdict was clear enough.
▶07:14 What’s great about this segment is how Guga frames it. This is “probably the one that I have learned the most.” He’s not embarrassed by it. His whole philosophy comes out here: “If you keep cooking the same exact thing every single day, it gets boring.” Coming to Guga’s house means you might eat something amazing or something terrible, “but most importantly we’re gonna have a great time.”
Final Thoughts
▶07:45 Guga closes with real warmth. “Chef Ramsay, I have a tremendous amount of respect for you. I hope to meet you one day.” That’s what makes this more than a typical reaction video. Guga isn’t trying to clap back or prove Gordon wrong. He agrees when the criticism is fair (wagyu, Nutella) and stands his ground when the experiment genuinely delivered (mac and cheese steak, ice burgers). It’s entertaining, self-aware, and honestly kind of wholesome.
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