Chef Woo Black Garlic Beef Ramen Noodles Chef Ramsay

Plant-Based•No Added MSG•High Protein

This is Chef Woo’s Black Garlic Beef Ramen Noodles, the cup ramen line that brought Gordon Ramsay on as one of its ambassadors. His name is plastered big across the front.

The big selling point is the protein. It has 20g of plant-based protein per cup, no palm oil and no MSG, and it’s made in the USA.

Produced in the United States by Palmetto Gourmet Foods.

What’s in the Package

Inside the cup you get a fried wavy wheat noodle disc with the seasoning powder, dehydrated soy-protein “beef” pieces, dried green onion, dried red bell pepper, and small dehydrated greens already mixed in.

How to Cook Chef Woo Black Garlic Beef Ramen Noodles Chef Ramsay

Hot water:

1. Fold back the lid and add boiling water to the fill line.
2. Close the lid and let it stand for 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Stir well and serve.

Microwave:

1. Fold back the lid and add water to the fill line. Always add the water before it goes in the microwave.
2. Cook on high for 2 to 2 1/2 minutes until it boils. Times may vary.
3. Close the lid and let it stand for 5 to 7 minutes. Stir well and serve.

How Does It Taste

The first thing I tasted was mushroom. Specifically, portobello. It tastes like a sweet mushroom broth, not a beef one.

It’s also too sweet. Way too sweet for a beef ramen.

The black garlic on the front of the cup doesn’t show up. I don’t smell it and I don’t taste it. James agreed.

The broth is okay. It’s just one-note. The noodles are the same Chef Woo protein noodles you get in the Chef Woo Roasted Chicken.

How Does It Compare

The closest one on the site is the other Chef Woo cup, the Chef Woo Roasted Chicken Flavor Ramen. Same noodles, same protein, but it’s not as sweet. If you’re going to get a Chef Woo cup, get that one.

For other high protein ramen, Immi has a little more protein and costs more, but I’ve never loved their flavors. Ramen Bae has around 21g of protein and a cleaner broth, and that’s the one I’d pick. There are better protein ramens out there than this Chef Woo Black Garlic Beef.

If you want a black garlic ramen you can actually taste, get the Nissin Black Garlic Oil Tonkotsu. And if you want a real Chef Ramsay experience, go to one of his restaurants, because this cup isn’t it.

How to Level Up Chef Woo Black Garlic Beef Ramen Noodles Chef Ramsay

Add salt. It’s too sweet, and a good pinch stirred in pulls it back.

I’d also add Spam. It gives you the salty meat this cup is missing.

Final Verdict

The Chef Woo Black Garlic Beef Ramen Noodles by Chef Ramsay is a high-protein cup with a celebrity name on the front and a seasoning that mostly tastes like sweet portobello mushroom rather than black garlic or beef.

The 20g of protein is nice. The flavor just doesn’t match the branding. It’s not bad, it’s just fine, and it’s one-note. I wouldn’t go out and buy it again. The Chef Woo Roasted Chicken is the better cup.