The “Food Interview” Plague

Hot Ones, Last Meals, friggin' Sundae Conversations. There are so many interview shows that involve food in one way or another. Let's dig in and see what all the fuss is about!

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Outro song: Danny Gonzalez - "Yummy"

0:00 Food-based Interviews
1:07 Hot Ones
3:52 Sponsor
5:18 Chicken Shop Date
7:37 Dinner For Five
10:05 Mythical Kitchen
11:18 Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
12:05 Others + Why are they so beloved?

[wario]

Eating a meal has been THE social activity for all of human history. It makes sense in our technological era that we supplement our lack of community with videos of people eating food together.

[TheOneWithWen]

I'm Argentinian, over here there is a famous tv show called "Having lunch with Mirtha Legrand". It was this very very very fancy living room, Mirtha Legrand (who was 41 when the show started airing) and around 6 guests every week. They would eat lunch and talk about whatever. Every Sunday at lunch. The show has been airing for 56 years. It is still ongoing. Her granddaughter took over a couple of years ago, but I believe Mirtha came back this year.

The show started in 1968.

[mr.cheddar]

I actually recently did a presentation on malnutrition in the elderly and one of the risk factors is not having the social aspect of it, in other words elders may become depressed and stop eating because they don’t have anyone to eat with. So yes there is definitely a social aspect of eating.

[PrateekaKamath]

Danny's song at the end, what a crossover!

[Char_ab]

Scott Cramer is the perfect person to watch while eating🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[bnashee]

I genuinely usually HATE watching people eat, but something about shows like Hot Ones and mythical kitchen's Last Meals appeal to me so much because of the actual interviews and the context around them. I wouldnt watch interviews where the food is unrelated because the idea of just like. watching someone eat is gross to me. But i think its interesting when the food is relevant

[WhyYouWahYoo]

Last Meals is shockingly honest and deep most of the time, my easy favorite food interview show for sure

[Angryoyster]

I think what also helps is the fact it really breaks down the “awe” of celebrities. Like yah I eat and so does Jenna Ortega we are literally the same person. Like we all eat, poop, and sleep. And quite frankly I personally don’t wanna see celebrities poop or sleep. So eating works quite well.

[brandiepop]

last meals is definitely my favourite of these that ive tried to get into, not only is josh an extremely talented individual in many ways but the show has an extremely creative interview style talking about topics most dont bring up

[littleaudity]

it's the talking with your mouth full effect, honestly. immediately breaks down some of the social barriers and makes people more human

[Ruby-]

Considering giving food or eating next to each other is considered an act of friendship with many animals, I think our brains innately associate food as a sign to relax..it’s a universal thing we all need, and it’s easy to transition from just questions to a conversation.

[lucygarrett]

Wanna know what’s better than watching celebrities eat food? Eating food while watching Scott Cramer

[SenseiSeth]

I’m just picturing congress hearings from now on being one big mukbang

[sedrickdiggory]

In a similar vein, one of my favorite series on Youtube is Tasting History with Max Miller, where Max creates a dish using a historical recipe, then explores the context and history of that dish. For example, he did several videos on the Titanic where he made a dish from each class of passengers on the day of the sinking, then described what their experiences on the ship would have been like. Obviously, the food is there to grab your attention, but it's also an excuse to better understand the daily lives of people who lived decades, centuries, even millennia ago.

P.S. I was, in fact, eating while watching this video, so that call out really got me.

[sophiarose]

I don’t know if this is mentioned but I also think the relative affordability of food makes it more relatable. I might never be able to afford to vacation where these celebrities vacation, but I could probably afford a celebrities’ favorite meal after they mention it in an interview.

[route]

While in college I thought there are 4 kinds of people in everyone. A person at work, a person at play, a person while relaxing, and a person eating.

[NatLeRat]

Didn't realise I knew all the lyrics to "Yummy" by Danny Gonzalez but here I am

[nooble_]

using “yummy” as the outro song is just perfect

[DestinyR]

I heard somewhere families who eat dinner, phones put away, and have conversations, are happier. I feel like a similar psychology could be applied here

[kristin]

I love how "how dare you..?" is the best response to like everything.