Pizza chef throws a bowl of flour in own face when prankster makes him jump in Maryland [video]

Dough! Moment pizza chef throws a bowl of flour in his own face when prankster makes him jump

  • Lindsey Cissel’s colleague Antonio Herman, 32, was spooked by her in a prank
  • Footage filmed in Maryland on New Year’s Eve shows him tipping the flour 
  • Their New York J&P Pizza colleagues watch on as ‘I Feel Good’ plays on cue
  • Mr Herman steps back, spluttering, caked in flour and resembling Jack Frost


This is the moment a pizza chef threw a bowl of flour over himself when a colleague made him jump for a hilarious prank video. 

Footage filmed by Lindsey Cissel, 33, at New York J&P Pizza in Mount Airy, Maryland, show her creeping up on her colleague Antonio Herman, 32, as he mixes up dough ingredients in a bowl.

She leaps out just as the start of James Brown’s ‘I Feel Good’ screeches out, making Mr Herman jump and throw the contents of the bowl in his own face. 

She can heard laughing as Mr Herman comes back into shot, covered from head to toe in flour. 

 Footage filmed at New York J&P Pizza in Mount Airy, Maryland, on New Year’s Eve shows Lindsey Cissel, 33, a general manager, pranking her colleague Antonio Herman, 32, by scaring him

The video, which was made on New Year’s Eve, has been viewed more than 34 million times. 

In the footage, James Brown screams out right on cue as general manager Mrs Cissel jumps out at Mr Herman. 

As he tips the bowl up in fright a cloud of flour fills the room and she can be heard laughing as more colleagues watch on in the background.   

Emerging from the cloud, Mr Herman looks unimpressed, his face and hair now completely white.

He chucks the bowl on the counter as he coughs out flour from his mouth and nose. 

A cloud of flour fills the room

Mr Herman puts the bowl down on the side

Mrs Cissel successfully scares Mr Herman as he tips the bowl up in fright and a cloud of flour fills the room. He puts the bowl back on the counter, unimpressed 

Mrs Cissel said: ‘I was trying to scare him right on cue with the sound I used.

‘It was so funny! Until I saw the mess he had made after.

‘He was a good sport as always. We always have fun at work. I was really pleased with how the video turned out.’

The viral footage has racked up 4.2m likes on TikTok and commenters have found it hilarious. 

One commented ‘Omgggg no way’ while others poked fun at his appearance, saying Mr Herman resembled ‘Puff the magic dragon’ and ‘Charlie Chaplin’ after the funny stunt.

Others wrote ‘it’s snowing!’ and ‘Omg it’s the flour coming of his mouth and nose.’ 

The video is part of a TikTok craze called the ‘I Feel Good’ scare prank where people film themselves spooking friends and family with the tune as the soundtrack. 

As Mrs Cissel steps back, she films Mr Herman, who is covered from head to foot in flour, resembling Jack Frost

As Mrs Cissel steps back, she films Mr Herman, who is covered from head to foot in flour, resembling Jack Frost

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