Food Influencers on YouTube To Really Sink Your Teeth Into

Are you a self-proclaimed foodie? 

Or are you still very much in the midst of trying to find your way around a recipe book?

Whichever of the two you identify with, we just might have something to feed your curiosity. 

Food influencers. 

More importantly, food influencers on YouTube. 

With food being such a sensory experience, YouTube’s video format offers viewers the next best thing. Not only this, but long-form video is much more appropriate for influencers who explain recipe methods and teach their subscribers new skills. 

In this blog, we have composed a list of the top food influencers on YouTube who cater to all your needs; from learning new culinary skills to expanding your restaurant wish lists. There is something here to satisfy all cravings. 

You Suck At Cooking

Kicking things off, we have the nameless host behind one of YouTube’s most educational channels. Comedic, yet instructive, voiceovers are used to teach recipes that everyone can follow, no matter your experience level. 

You can expect to find every food group on this channel, from fudgestickles to Tikka Masala. Alongside step-by-step recipe videos, You Suck At Cooking also provides educational videos such as ‘41 Quick Food Tricks’, aimed at making people’s lives a whole lot easier in the kitchen. 

Joshua Weissman

With 7.4M subscribers, Joshua is one of the food influencers on YouTube you cannot afford to scroll past. Having trained as a professional chef after discovering his passion for cooking, you should know that you are in good hands when visiting his channel. 

His ‘But Better’ series teaches his audience how to recreate famous restaurant items, such as the McDonalds McChicken and the Chick FilA waffle fries, for a fraction of the price. Alongside this, his ‘But Cheaper’ series features delicious recipes on a budget and are often prepared and cooked in under 15 minutes. Perfect for families with small children or fussy eaters. 

The Icing Artist

Moving towards the realm of baking, our list of food influencers on YouTube would not be complete without mentioning The Icing Artist. If you weren’t a cake lover before, you will be now, as Laurie trials and tests cake decorating trends and turns store-bought cakes into masterpieces. 

Any of you with a sweet tooth are in for a treat. 

Not Another Cooking Show

Stephen Cusato believes that cooking should be a basic human skill. After all, the one thing we all have in common is that we need food to survive. To help bring this vision to life, Stephen creates educational videos that anyone can follow along with. His channel is stuffed full with helpful tips and easy-to-follow recipes for the next time you want to impress someone with your culinary skills. 

Mad Scientist BBQ

Vegans, vegetarians…feel free to scroll past this one, as we will be exploring the meatier side of food influencers on YouTube. 

Jeremy Yoder, host of Mad Scientist BBQ, combines his love of BBQ and his knowledge as a science teacher to create informative and delectable content for his channel. His videos teach his viewers how to BBQ all sorts of meat using all sorts of equipment. He runs viewers through the science behind common BBQ’ing mistakes and offers tips on how to take your grilling to the next level.

Tasty 

For those of you who see food as fun and experimental, this one’s for you. The Tasty YouTube channel is split into four categories – Tasty Junior, Tasty Happy Hour, Tasty Story and Mom Vs. Chef – to bring you content that covers almost every realm of the food world. So if you’re looking for the answers to how fortune cookies are made, or how to make flour flavour cheesecake, then look no further!

If you’re feeling fed up with eating the same food every day, want to expand your culinary skill set or simply want some entertaining food content to watch, then following food influencers on YouTube is the way to go. There are thousands of recipes to get you started on your journey and thousands more food influencers to discover with answers to questions you didn’t even know you had! So get searching and happy cooking!

FAQ’s

Who is the top food influencer on YouTube?

Buzzfeed’s Tasty channel, which has 21M subscribers.

Who is the best food reviewer on YouTube?

Best Ever Food Review Show is the most subscribed to food reviewing channel, but we would like to give an honourable mention to Mark Wiens too!