Andrew Rea is a film school grad, turned self-taught chef, turned YouTube sensation. Currently with over 3.5 million subscribers on YouTube, Andrew and his channel Binging with Babish has taken the site by storm through his artful and accurate recreations of some of the most famous culinary creations throughout film, TV, and video games. The name Binging with Babish comes from the character Oliver Babish from the TV series, The West Wing, one of Rea’s favorite TV series. The channel’s first viral hit that rocketed the series’ popularity and growth was a video in which he recreated The Moistmaker Thanksgiving sandwich from the TV series, Friends.
Rea started in his own humble home, moved to a New York City apartment, and has now recently acquired a studio kitchen/apartment combo in which he and his business partner, Sawyer, work out of. Rea and his series are the perfect embodiment of taking an unsuccessful situation, in this case Rea’s film-making career, and adding a new element, his passion for the food and film worlds, and turning it all into a more than successful career and bright future.
Rea’s work is amazing. I need to try to make myself The Moistmaker sandwich, I’m sure it would add even more value to my life!
This is so cool! Such a unique way to express yourself and make money while doing it! There should be more people who put themselves out there like him.
This is a great example of creating a niche in a market. Rea has combined people’s love of movies and television shows with their love of food. There are few topics that a large segment of the population could be interested in, and Rea has ingeniously brought the two together and combined them with his abounding creativity and skilled videography and technology skills. He was able to synthesize a few of his passions and come up with a successful output, and I think this is a very admirable accomplishment and something we should all aspire to do.
This is a very creative way of being able to be open and still have a livelihood. More people should put themselves out there like you.