The Untold Truth of Binging With Babish

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

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4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Binging with Babish, is a YouTube cooking channel created by American filmmaker Andrew Rea (alias Oliver Babish) that recreates recipes featured in film, television, and video games in the Binging with Babish series, as well as more traditional recipes in the Basics with Babish series. The first video in the series was uploaded on February 10, 2016 and today the channel has over 10M subscribers and has expanded into the Babish Culinary Universe. Today we talk to Andrew about his origins and his struggles growing a cooking media empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I had the realization that none of my dreams were going to come true.
0:02.4	I'm out of this.
0:03.9	What the hell do I do now?
0:06.8	This is Andrew Ray.
0:08.3	YouTube sensation, Andrew Ray.
0:09.8	One of the most popular cooking shows in all of YouTube.
0:12.4	Andrew Ray, aka Binging with Babish,
0:14.5	built a media empire off of the back of his TV and movie-inspired cooking tutorials that get millions of views. This week, I'm going to be recreating Ratatoui, biscuits, canoli, who are making Arepas
0:25.4	One Koso from Enkanto.
0:27.4	Today, Binging with Babish has a larger following than most traditional food networks and celebrity
0:31.5	chefs.
0:32.1	He's growing his business with the help of his longtime business partner and friend Sawyer,
0:35.9	who is sitting in the room with us when we were recording.
0:38.0	Together, they're scaling his brand, adding new host to the channel, launching best-selling books,
0:42.5	and his very own line of cookware.
0:44.6	We interviewed Andrew right after he spoke to a group of creators at the Samsung Galaxy
0:48.6	Creator Collective in New York City.
0:50.5	We spoke to him about how he started the channel, the struggles that he faces as a creator,
0:54.5	and what it takes to build a modern media company.
1:01.3	Your name is not actually Babish.
1:03.8	Mm-hmm.
1:04.8	When you first started uploading content or when you first created the channel, did you want
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