Binging with Babish

Binging with Babish
Personal information
Born Andrew Rea
(1987-09-02) September 2, 1987[1]
Rochester, New York
Nationality American
Residence New York, New York
Website www.bingingwithbabish.com
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers 3.2 million
Total views 378 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of September 25, 2018.

Binging with Babish is a YouTube cooking channel created by American filmmaker Andrew Rea (born September 2, 1987) which recreates recipes featured in television and film. The series began in early 2016, and the channel has over 3 million subscribers.

History

The YouTube channel was created by Rea on August 21, 2006;[2] its name is based on The West Wing character Oliver Babish.[3] Three videos unrelated to Binging with Babish have been uploaded to the account, two in 2007 and one in 2010. The first episode of Binging with Babish was uploaded on February 10, 2016.[4]

Its first video to be widely circulated was uploaded on November 14, 2016, making the "Moistmaker" sandwich from Friends. The channel's growth has been driven by fans promoting its videos on Reddit and other social media platforms. Rea created a Patreon account to earn an income, and after reaching a monthly $10,000 goal, quit his day job to work full-time on Binging with Babish,[5] which is released weekly on Tuesdays.[6] He spent $6,000 on a Sony digital camera, lights, and editing software, and does the production, editing, and narration for the videos. The cost of each episode, according to Rea, "varies wildly" because of the expense of the food.[5]

Rea posts recipes for the dishes on his website,[7] and on October 3, 2017, he published a cookbook titled Eat What You Watch: A Cookbook for Movie Lovers, containing 40 recipes featured in film.[8] He started the series Basics with Babish on October 12, 2017, teaching cooking techniques.[3]

Content

Each episode reverse-engineers a recipe from a television show or film.[5] Rea films his torso and the kitchen of his Harlem, New York City apartment with a voice-over added in post-production. It contains dry humor[9] and is paced at a fast speed. After creating the dish as it originally appeared, some episodes includes Rea's interpretation of the recipe.[6]

The show has featured appearances from other YouTube food and cooking show hosts to help out Rea in some of his preparations, including Cocktail Chemistry's Nick Fisher,[10] Ashwin Ramdas from Ashwin Enjoys Nature,[11] You Suck At Cooking,[12] and First We Feast's Sean Evans.[13]

On some occasions Rea has hosted actors from the shows and films the recipes are sourced from. Filmmaker/actor Jon Favreau and chef Roy Choi appeared in an episode to make chocolate lava cakes from Favreau's film Chef, one of Rea's favorite films which he has featured numerous times on the show: Favreau ended the episode by presenting Rea with the carving fork prop used in a prominent scene from the film.[14] Maisie Williams of Game of Thrones fame appeared in an episode where she and Rea attempted to recreate Direwolf Bread.[15]

Biography

Rea's hometown is Rochester, New York.[16] He was taught to cook at a young age by his mother, who died when he was 11. He graduated with a BA in Film Studies[17] from Hofstra University and later worked as a visual effects artist.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Livestream #1 | Basics with Babish". YouTube. October 27, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2018. I'm a Virgo, I'm not a Libra. September 2nd.
  2. ↑ "Binging with Babish - About". YouTube. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Fuhrmeister, Chris (May 5, 2017). "'Binging With Babish' Turns Dishes From TV Shows Into Real Food". Eater.com. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Binging with Babish - Videos". YouTube. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Downes, Larry (August 4, 2017). "One recipe at a time, YouTube's 'Binging With Babish' is disrupting the content industry". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Shaffer, Claire (June 21, 2017). ""Binging with Babish" Faithfully Recreates TV and Film Recipes for an Online Audience". Newsweek. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ Bonem, Mark (August 16, 2017). "How the Star of Binging with Babish Went from YouTube Star to Cookbook Author". Food & Wine. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (October 3, 2017). "Binging With Babish's 'Eat What You Watch' Becomes Amazon's Second Best-Selling Cookbook On Its Release Day". Tubefilter. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ Feldman, Jamie (November 15, 2016). "This Is The Most Beautiful Thanksgiving Sandwich Video You've Ever Seen". HuffPost. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Binging with Babish: Twin Peaks Pancakes & Coffee (feat. Cocktail Chemistry)". YouTube. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Binging with Babish: Carol's Beet & Acorn Cookies (feat. Ashwin Enjoys Nature)". YouTube. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Binging with Babish: Clay-Roasted Thigh from Hannibal (feat. You Suck at Cooking)". YouTube. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Binging with Babish: Arrested Development Special (feat. Sean Evans)". YouTube. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Binging with Babish: Chocolate Lava Cakes from Chef feat. Jon Favreau and Roy Choi". YouTube. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  15. ↑ Rea, Andrew. "Binging with Babish: Direwolf Bread from Game of Thrones (feat. Maisie Williams)". YouTube. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  16. ↑ Rea, Andrew (November 28, 2017). Binging with Babish: The Garbage Plate from The Place Beyond The Pines (sort of) (Video). YouTube. Event occurs at 0:26. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  17. ↑ https://naibuzz.com/much-money-binging-babish-makes-youtube-net-worth/
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