Andrew Rea Bio (Wiki)

Who is Andrew Rea?

Andrew Rea is an American chef along with a filmmaker. He also has a YouTube cooking channel under the name Babish Culinary Universe.

Andrew is also a social media star and has thousands of followers on different platforms. He won the 9th Streamy Awards in 2019.

Who are the parents of Andrew Rea?

He was born Andrew Douglas Rea in Mendon, New York, the US on 02 Sep 1987. The name of his mother was Annie and his father’s name is Douglas Rea.

Andrew’s ancestry is a mix of Polish-Italian-Welsh and has an older brother named David.

Talking about his academics, he attended Hofstra University and passed out in 2009. He studied Film Studies there.

Andrew Rea- Professional Life, Career

Andrew Rea after completing his studies worked at SwitchFX Inc as visual effects artist. But he left the job and started to focus on his culinary art. Now he is one of the popular faces in the food industry and has his own shows on YouTube.

His show Binging with Babish highlights those recipes which are shown on TV or in films. In this, he step-by-step prepares the meal. He also has another show titled Basics with Babish that focuses on basic recipes.

The third show was Stump Sohla. Along with Sohla El-Waylly, he hosted the show and it was aired for only 10 episodes. Moreover, this food artist wrote two cookbooks titled Eat What You Watch: A Cookbook for Movie Lovers (2017) and Binging with Babish: 100 Recipes Recreated from Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows (2019).

Social Media Fame

Andrew is available on social sites. His Facebook account is followed by over 617k people and his Twitter account has over 187k followers.

He also uses Instagram and has over 1 million followers. On this, he follows around 385 people. His Youtube channel has the highest number of supporters. The channel is named Babish Culinary Universe and it has almost 9 million subscribers.

It mainly contains content related to food, travel, and education. It was created in Aug 2006 and at present has over 1 billion views.

Some of Andrew’s most viewed videos are Binging with Babish: Steak, Eggs, and Gravy from Twister Binging with Babish: The Broodwich from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Binging with Babish: Croque Monsieur from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, etc.

What is Andrew Rea’s net worth?

As per 2023’s data, his estimated net worth of around $8 million. The yearly salary from his YouTube channel is around $157.1K – $2.5M.

Rumors, Controversy

This Culinary star is keeping himself away from rumors and is also not surrounded by any desperate scandals.

Body Features- Height, Weight

Regarding Andrew Rea’s body features, his height and his body weight are of average shape.

Moreover, his eyes are dark brown but his hair color is black. He likes to have his head shaved but not the beard.

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