My name is Andrew Rea.

I make a YouTube channel called "Binging With Babish"

and today I'm doing the WIRED

"Autocomplete Interview" [words click]

[upbeat instrumental music]

Hey, what's going on everybody?

From "First We Feast", I'm Sean Evans

and this is "Hot Ones".

It's the show with hot questions and ever hotter wings.

Sorry.

First one.

Where does Andrew Rea

live? [paper clicks]

I live here in sunny New York City.

I live in SoHo right now and I'm currently in the terrifying

netherworld where I just had an offer accepted on a home

that I bought in Brooklyn but it's still on the market

so I'm just sitting freaking out.

The whole time during this interview know that I'm just

constantly freaking out in the back of my mind

about this house.

Anywho, I live in SoHo

and hopefully I'm about to live in Brooklyn.

Where does Andrew Rea

come from? [paper cracks]

I come from Rochester, New York.

Oh, you're from Rochester. [muffled speaking]

All right, what's your name, sir?

- [Cameraman] Cory.

- I come from cameraman Cory's hometown.

It's the birthplace of such fallen giants

as Kodak and Xerox. [chuckles]

I have a Kodak tattoo, actually.

This is my hometown pride tattoo.

A lot of people think that this is apparently

a symbol from "Dragon Ball Z".

I have not seen "Dragon Ball Z" so people will be like,

"Oh, sweet 'Dragon Ball Z' tattoo."

I'll be like, "Thanks."

This is actually the original Kodak logo from 1911.

EKC, Eastman Kodak Company.

I saw that, I thought it was so cool, first of all,

that a logo like this existed in 1911.

It was wild.

I wanted something that was a little bit of

like a Rochester hometown pride.

I also wanted a reminder to never get caught in my ways

and always be looking forward.

Unlike Kodak.

Where is Andrew Rea's recipe? [paper cracks]

I don't know. [laughs]

What does that mean?

Where's Andrew Rea's recipe?

You can find my recipes on any of my websites

bingingwithbabish.com, basicswithbabish.com.

That's probably what you're asking.

But is it a recipe for me?

Where is my recipe for who I am?

I can't answer that for you, bro.

Where is Andrew Rea with hair?

What's the [beep]? [laughs]

Where's Andrew Rea with hair?

Like in an alternate universe or something?

He's dead, I killed him 'cause he was insecure

'cause he was losing his hair. [laughs]

So next. [sign clacks]

How old is Andrew Rea? [paper clicks]

I'm 32 years of age as of September 2nd of 2019.

I was born in September 2nd of 1987

at approximately 5:08 p.m.

I don't know if that's true.

September 2nd, 1987.

How tall is Andrew Rea?

I'm five foot nine on a good day. [chuckles]

It's the truth.

I went to the doctor recently and she said,

"Okay, you're five foot seven."

And I was like, "Do it again."

And I stood up real straight and I managed to squeak out

a five 8.5 without shoes on so I wear these boots

they give me a solid half an inch [chuckles]

so I'm a respectable height.

But you're only as tall as you act.

Remember that, folks.

How does Andrew Rea cook? [paper cracks]

With pot and pans.

With a knife, sometimes.

Experimentally.

I'm very okay with making mistakes

and I make a point of showing my mistakes on the show

'cause I want people to not be discouraged

when they make mistakes in the kitchen.

To view them as the learning experiences they are,

both in the kitchen and in life.

This is way deeper question

than this person was anticipating.

How does Andrew Rea know? [laughs]

The answer to that is I don't.

I really don't know what the [beep] you meant by that.

[paper cracks]

How does Andrew Rea live? [laughs]

Are they always like this?

I've watched a few episodes, I don't remember them

being this existential.

How does Andrew Rea live?

One day at a time, mother [beep].

One day at a time, figuring it out,

just like everybody else.

Everybody's just trying to figure it out, okay.

Nobody knows what they're doing.

Everybody's trying to figure it out just like you.

That's the best advice that I ever got

and that's not what that was intended for.

I don't know that that was but I hoped that we gleaned

some useful information [sign clacks]

out of it.

Can Andrew Rea?

This should be good.

Can Andrew Rea age? [chuckles]

Yes, as we speak.

I have gotten about five years older looking

since we've been sitting here.

Can Andrew Rea read? [laughs]

Yeah.

Yep, that's how I read that.

Can Andrew Rea fly? [laughs]

I should have taken like a big bong rip

before I did this so I could--

I didn't realize that these were gonna be so, so out there,

these questions.

Can Andrew Rea fly?

No, I can't fly.

[paper cracks]

Did somebody actually ask that?

Was that an actual search term?

- [Interviewer] These were actual

search terms. - Can Andrew Rea fly?

- What?

Was it a typo?

All right, can Andre Rea podcast?

Yes, I can.

I have a podcast called "Bedtime with Babish"

where I read-- [chuckles]

No good way to describe this.

I always say, "Where I read adult bedtime stories."

And that always sounds pornographic.

And what it really is is Walt Whitman. [chuckles]

Things that grown ups might want to listen to

when they're falling asleep.

What's next? [sign clacks]

Andrew Rea

cookbook. [paper cracks]

Yes. [laughs]

So there's two of 'em.

Andrew Rea cookbook is available now.

Two cookbooks, actually.

My first one is called "Eat What You Watch"

and it's more of a, kind of a coffee table book.

It's food from movies and it's some very pretty photography

recreating the actual scenes from the movie.

It's cool.

My newer cookbook, the "Binging With Babish" companion

cookbook is the first hundred recipes from the show

and it is a must have for any Babish fan, young or old.

Maybe not too young because there's some profanity

and drug use.

Andrew Rea restaurant. [paper cracks]

One day.

One day.

I was planning on opening a brew pub this year

but that has been delayed to 2021

'cause I got some big stuff cooking.

Some big things coming out this year.

Very excited to share with you guys.

I can't share it with you just yet

but keep an eye out for it.

A restaurant, or brew pub is very much

in the p