[4][10][12] The video, in which Hollis describes the dish as tasting like "a good question mark", was viewed over a million times as of June 2022[update].
[4] Besides TikTok, Hollis also has substantial following on Tumblr, entering the site's top 20 list of web celebrities in April 2022.
[10] Hollis chooses recipes based on whether they meet his "three Ws" criteria: "wild, wacky, and wonderful".
[10] Hollis's videos sometimes also include discussions of his upbringing in Bermuda and clips of him performing jazz piano.
[9] Hollis has been noted for his animated personality and slapstick humor in videos;[3] Eater described his persona as "alternating between droll quips and cartoonish overacting" and "[feeling] like a Marx Brothers film on 2x speed",[10] while The Food Channel wrote that he "combines the zinging one-liners of Rodney Dangerfield with the oddball charisma of Ed Grimley (Martin Short circa 1984) or Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens circa 1983)".
The book's 101 recipes, spanning from the 1900s to the 1980s, include some of the highest-rated recipes from his videos, including but not limited to cornflake macaroons, ANZAC biscuits, Ricciarelli, and the homebake version of Buster Bars popularised in the 80's by the release of the Dairy Queen ice-cream bar of the same name.
[12] He told PinkNews that he had difficulty expressing his sexuality growing up, due to hostile attitudes in Bermuda, and that his TikToks are "my way of sharing myself to what I assume are accepting people, and it’s proven to be that way – and it’s made me feel a whole lot better about myself.