Josh Scherer (born April 25, 1992) is an American chef and

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who is best know as the host of the YouTube channel Mythical Kitchen. Prior to hosting Mythical Kitchen, he was also the culinary producer for the YouTube web series

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. He has also written two cookbooks, including The Mythical Cookbook, which became a #1

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Early life

Josh Scherer was born on April 25, 1992, in

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, to Russell and Henny Scherer. He has one younger brother, Jon Scherer. He grew up in the Little Saigon neighborhood of

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. Scherer graduated from

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where he played varsity basketball. He attended

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before transferring to the

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(UCLA). While there, he was a track and field athlete, competing in men's hammer throw, discuss and shot put.

Career

While in college Scherer ran a food blog called ''Culinary Bro-Down,'' which later inspired his first cookbook of the same name. Three months after starting it in 2013, it was nominated by

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in the Best Food Blog Awards category. Scherer also said that he honed his cooking skills by watching the

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. Additionally he began writing about food for ''Mojo,'' a column in the blog for UCLA's

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. From late-2014 until mid-2015 Scherer was a columnist for

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, where he wrote articles about food, primarily for a column called ''Bite Club''. From 2015 to 2016 Scherer was a senior food writer and associate food editor for

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. In 2017 he released his first cookbook The Culinary Bro-Down Cookbook, inspired by his blog of the same name, that he ran while in college. After sending a copy of his cookbook to Mythical Entertainment that they liked, he was brought on as the culinary producer for the YouTube web series

. In 2019 he began hosting his own spinoff show called Food Fears. In 2020 he launched the YouTube channel Mythical Kitchen. The channel's most well know series, Last Meals, where a guest shares what their last meal would be and then eats that meal, has featured many famous guests. That same year Scherer launched the podcast ''A Hot Dog Is a Sandwhich'' that he co-hosts with fellow Mythical Kitchen chef Nicole Enayati. In 2024 Scherer and the YouTube comedy duo

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released the cookbook ''The Mythical Cookbook''. It was a #1

in the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous category for one week.

Personal Life

Scherer is married to Julia Levy Scherer, who he married in 2024. He is

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Awards and nominations

Bibliography

References

External links

YouTube channel
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