Andrew Douglas Rea (born September 2, 1987; /reɪ/ RAY), also known by the pseudonym Babish, is an American YouTuber, cook, and author.
[3][10] Once his channel hit one million subscribers, he asked his good friend Sawyer Carter Jacobs (an attorney formerly employed for Condé Nast) to become his business partner.
His viewers noticed, leaving comments to that effect on his videos, and his fiancé, Jess Opon, along with his business partner staged an intervention, encouraging him to work more realistic hours and stop "obsessing" over his engagement numbers.
[3] Heeding their advice, he returned to a one-video-a-week schedule, and began the Babish Culinary Universe, inviting other collaborators to work on the channel, including Sohla El-Waylly, Alvin Zhou, Kendall Beach and Rick Martinez.
[12] Binging with Babish, published in 2019 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, includes 100 recipes from various seasons of the show and a foreword by Jon Favreau, of whom Rea is a fan.
[16][4] Rea announced his engagement with Babish Culinary Universe producer Jess Opon in an Instagram post on May 13, 2021.
[17] The two were married in Binging with Babish episode 9 Million Subscriber Special by comedian and Universal Life Church-ordained minister Joel McHale.