Take a look at this short interview to know more about DJ BBQ, a famous food youtuber specialised in live fire cooking that participated in the latest campaign.
Where does the name DJ BBQ come from?
It came from an idea I had when DJ’n a festival up in Scotland on the banks of Loch Ness. I had a tent full of young people dancing and taking their clothes off. I thought to myself…”What the hell am I gonna do when I’m 50? I know, I’ll cook BBQ whilst spinning tunes and I created the world of catertainment”
3 words to define a « Youtuber »?
New Generation
New Media
TV is dead
3 reasons to watch your videos?
They are entertaining
The food is super yummy and delicious
I teach people how to handle live fire
What was your first video about?
Me puking off a boat in Australia filming a youth TV program called RAD for Channel 5.
Then I did a Brisket video
What inspires you?
Friends and music and my three boys.
Why are you part of Jamie Olivers’s Food Tube, the largest foodie community in Europe?
I DJ’d a party for Jamie Oliver’s “15-minute meal book launch” and he liked me. His team knew about me and my world of bbq and I was the first person signed up to the channel. Now look at em. 3.3 Million and the biggest food network in Europe.
If I say cooking, you say…
Party!
The strangest picture you posted on social networks?
A picture of my youngest son throwing the middle finger to the camera in front of a Trump Hotel sign. We can’t stand the guy and I ended up losing 300 followers. Don’t really care but I shouldn’t mix politics and IG.
Tell us about your latest project?
I just finished shooting my second book, FIRE FOOD, with David Loftus. Seriously, last week was the best week of my life.
Why participate at French Bon Appetit campaign?
I love FRANCE! I studied the french language in school and I use to live in Les Arcs when I was producing snowboarding movies in the 90s.
What will you remember of this experience?
The markets, the people, the cheese, and the wine.
The top 3 people you follow on YouTube?
I don’t watch YouTube. I don’t have time. I’m a single dad raising three boys and I work 7-day weeks. I wish I had time to watch YouTube.
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