Honestly Sortedfood videos are highlights of my week. I know Sunday and Wednesday I have a fun entertaining video waiting for me when I get home from work. It's so strange to think back to the first sorted videos I saw years and years ago back with Tom in them. It's been a long strange journey. I love cooking and baking and Sorted has brought me information and inspiration to challenge myself. I've cooked for friends recovering from health issues using Sorted recipes. I've fed my family with you and even transferred some of my skills to the large scale free community dinner I'm a part of. It takes a lot of inspiration to work on feeding over a hundred people a month in one day. Sorted has been a part of that. It's been a great ride. As for my interest in this convo, I love the talk about how you manage sponsored videos and colabs. Of all #sponsored content out there everything on Sorted has felt natural and relevant. It's not like you promoting or being sponsored by irrelevant things. It's clear your decisions on this revenue stream have been thoughtful and audience driven. Thanks to everyone at Sortedfood for all the dedication and engagement. You're making the future of content creation and online advertising better for your leading example.
What a lovely interview! Ben is even more eloquent here than he is on the show. Bravo to Barry’s Dad for being so supportive. It’s so awesome to have someone who says “go for it!” Sorted is not just a food channel but a comedy channel, a relationship channel, a science channel, and a travel channel. It’s so rich and well rounded that it’s one of the only channels that I consider to be “appointment” TH-cam. Even when it’s a sponsored video, the viewer never feels like they’re “being sold to.” Sorted weaves their sponsorships into their education seamlessly, and it’s a joy. ...and it’s been lovely to learn more about each of the players input and personality.
SORTED will eventually become a standard case study on how to build a brand - and what it means to surround yourself with talented and passionate people to lurch forward. Fantastic inserts as well! It reminds me of watching Mythbusters from the start - watching the team coalesce and learn how to tell stories while the rest of the world gets onboard. I also love hearing that Barry's dad was that big push to full-time.
I like how they slowly improve at cooking over time. In the old videos, all of the guys except Ben can barely cook. The three guys are always just behind Ben cooking and asking questions. But now they even face off against Ben or James and sometimes they win!
Thank you for this amazingly intelligent and insightful interview! It gives me great pleasure to see such depth of vision, coupled with an honest evaluation of contemporary life. As a 76 year old, it's always a pleasure to see that younger generations keep teaching me so much!
I love Ben and sorted could listen to him talk about things he is passionate about forever. It is always fun to hear someone talk about what they love and enjoy
1. Great Interviewing skills from Jennifer, well done! 2. "It's our wardrobe into Narnia and beyond that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE" - gonna aim to make something like that for my own life! 3. "It will work itself out" - love that for a Team dynamic, mature men making mature decisions!
Made me really appreciative of Jamie, Mike and Barry as well!. Jamie is always seen as spaffing but he has done amazingly in marketing for them! Mike and Barry as well with their creativity and perfectionism. It's so beautiful and they need more admiration!
I’ve watched Sortedfood for about 8 years. The community is the whole reason I love them! They bring up interesting conversations about food. A great example of that is when Ben went and learned about PGI Welsh Lamb. I am in college and Sorted is a big part of the reason I make meals from scratch.
Ben's comparison of FridgeCam to the Door to Narnia spoke volumes to how community oriented their content is. The chemistry between all of them as well as their natural manner of conversation with the audience is what keeps me coming back on high and low days. SORTEDfood is home to me. :)
I love SortedFood a lot. They are consistently amazing and I learn new things every time they upload. Mike's science videos are the greatest! (and it makes total sense he was a teacher before Sorted, I didn't know that!). I like what Ben says that they are constantly changing the food but food is always constant. Which is a very nice way to put into perspective that food is a common thread between all kinds of communities and is an objectively good thing in society and culture.
Love Ebbers, always had, always will. They get a positive response to sponsored content cause i always felt they respect us and wont ever force anything upon us, it is always Tasefully made. Pun intended. And MATE! Talking about insightfull..... Kickstarter livin crapout of this evolution of food idea! Sounds brilliant, you can have my money
I’m so glad that TH-cam kept giving me an ad to one of Sortedfood’s video they made for Tastemade’s channel. At first I continuously clicked the skip button but at one point I decided to watch the entire ad and it was the best decision I have ever made! They taught me that a recipe is just a guide and I have the freedom to make changes which can lead to all sorts of flavour combinations.
I love that the spon deal with Kenwood is so strong! I definitely noticed that Sorted's spon video are always weird and wacky which is the best sort of spon
That's on point, I really hate being sold to. And Sorted managed to keep it down. Their work with Kenwood has never got on my nerves because they keep it as a little extra to their own stuff and not make it the main point. Great work Sorted, keep it up!
I love that they dont just focus on making money. They stick to their core values, making good food, interacting with people, and having fun. You can see it when you watch the show and that's what I love about them. Next time have all the guys on..would be great fun!
I’ve been a SortedFood fan/fam/viewer/community member for many years already. I came here because Ben posted a link in his Instagram bio, and when I started watching this video this morning, there were 200ish views. I came back many hours later to finish watching and there are over 2k views! Just shows how engaged SortedFood people are. Jenny is a truly wonderful interviewer and it was a pleasure to listen/watch, edits were a cute addition. I loved that Ben spoke in the plural throughout the episode, almost exclusively and totally naturally. Shows the uniqueness of their approach and yet another example of something SortedFood does “unconventionally” with the intention of maximizing community and interaction!
What I wish for in life to find friends and loyal friendship like Ben, Mike, Barry and Jamie. I didn’t know they’ve been friends for that long, but that is truly incredible.
As a close to being a senior citizen, who has cooked from scratch for the last 35/40 years, must say I absolutely love SORTED. I learn somwthing from every video. Point my children (who are around your age) and their friends toward your videos all the time. Thank you, keep up the great work.
As someone who has pretty much been around since the start of sorted it was really nice to hear the more in depth story of sorted food. I wait for the day where sorted has a restaurant.
Excellent interviewer. Questions were thoughtful with meaningful responses. Kept my interest the whole interview. As a real Sorted fan, I am happy she was so respectful of Ben who is such a genuine and talented professional. I would like to watch another interview with her. I subscribed. .
Clicked the video, didn't realise how long it was, ended up watching the whole thing. I knew I love Ebbers, been watching SORTED since the e-a-r-l-y days, but big props to the excellent interviewer lady! Fun but letting her guest shine, but still insightful and carrying on from one interest subject to the other!
I came here via Sorted as I'm a huge fan of their channel & values, but I have to say, I left equally impressed at the interviewer. So professional, personable & able to draw so many thoughts and insights from Ben. Just great research, listening, follow-up questions and a v authentic & conversational approach. Subscribed instantly.
Love Sorted - have followed them since the early days. When I first watched I was vegetarian, and have since moved to being vegan but still watched all their videos - if I really like the sound of something I'll try and 'veganise' it, otherwise I just enjoy watching. Never knew Mike was a teacher but suddenly everything makes sense - I always prefer to watch him and Ben cooking as they're able to explain everything a bit better than the others :)
Outstanding interview with Ben Ebbrell from SORTEDfood! This will be your first "big" video, DV, but bigger days are sure to come! Congratulations, great work, and good luck with the channel!
I love his view on how food brings people together. It's so true but it's a fact that no one mentions, it's something that we all need and enjoy. These guys are the reason I started culinary school, and why I love cooking so much. Thank you for starting me down that path.
Ben spray painting the camera reminded me of a story I came accross at my previous job. Part of it was selling Tektronix measuring equipment and they, at the time (mid to late 90's), had a pretty good portable oscilloscope (the THS7xx series). One of its features was the capability to be controlled/configured via a null-modem serial link and send "a capture" to a computer over that same link. So GM got a hold of a fair few of those and decided to use a couple to monitor sensors in their robotic spray painting lines. Due to them being battery operated and having isolated channel architecture, they were a perfect fit for a process involving static electricity. They'd only get slightly misted with paint every cycle, but multiply this by the amount of cars GM produces and you can imagine they simply got caked with paint over time, rendering them useless for anything but remote operation. Cue a clumsy employee tasked with periodically recharging the scope's batteries: dropped it, knocked off a BNC connector. So the unit gets sent into Tektronix, out of warranty, with the request to change out the connector board. Now, imagine you're the tech who received this scope. I mean, from your perspective, the thing is ruined, being completely painted over several dozens of times. So, discussions back and forth; executive decision (GM is a big customer): let's just replace it and only charge for the repair. So engineers at GM simply got back a brand new portable oscilloscope, upon which they sent an e-mail back to Tektronix tech support asking if there was really no way Tektronix would fix the scope which they had sent in, as they had "willingly" sacrificed it in order to do what they did. This, imo., typifies engineers and how we relate to other highly skilled professions, like professional cooking.
I found it really interesting to learn that Ben used to do agency cooking work in such diverse environments! So many things to learn there. Great video and great Interviewer!
One of the best thing their platform gives is source of all types of foods; ethically sourced, fair wage for those producing items, new types of protein or cost conscious alternatives. All that have really opened my mind and changed my ideas of how and what to eat - quite a change at 60 plus.
I loved the talk about the wedding, I remember watching that video shortly after it came out. I follow Binging with Babish too and he's started a series about similar stuff, those small moments where someone who's created this community can use the resources they've gathered to give back to some of the exceptional people who made them who they are. Hearing Ben show respect and amazement for being allowed to be part of someone's life like that, and hearing just how zealously they threw themselves into the event was wonderful.
Sorted Food is amazing. Love it and have watched pretty much everything they've done over the years. I love Ben's subtle innuendos that can sometimes be easily missed. I love Mike's sense of humor and the ideas he brings in. I love Jamie's talent of "F"ing up but still kind of getting away with it. I love how you sometimes cannot tell what Barry is saying. I love James's way of thinking with food. Joy to watch. And it is so true that the friendship brings so much to the table. It's real and fun and we feel it at home watching these videos and enjoy the food even more because of it. Thank you Sorted Food! 😍 ♥
I loved hearing Ben talk about all the SortedFood community stories and how their videos have brought people together. My sister and I used to fight a lot in high school but watching their videos was one of the things that brought us closer together and now we're best friends.
I was introduced to SortedFood by my husband and I watched every video in three days time. What was really cool is that my 9 year old son wants to be a chef and my daughter likes to watch with us as well. So now, we watch twice a week as a family and my kids want to cook dinner. I love that SortedFood is family friendly and now I have a better idea on how it got to where it is. My favorite thing is that food is the catalyst for positive interactions and healthy thought process. Thanks for that.
I love hearing Ben speak. I find it amusing that in her questions, she kept trying to find and relate to experiences of insecurity but that's not everybody's experience. Maybe that is part of his success - that lack of fear of doing something new.
I loved the Origin story. When I "found" Sorted it was like meeting and making new friends. So, hearing the origin is very much like a friend sharing a part of their past. Like Ben, Mike would be my best friend also. Hope it never ends!
I have been watching Sorted for the past year. I didn't know they started the channel because they were trying to promote a cookbook. I love their dynamics and learning new cooking skills and techniques.
It was the "4 and a half chefy hacks" video where Ben taught how anything could be cut into pieces and get put into freezer and be used as a chefy touch in the future. Those lemon chunks do work very well in Gin Tonic. Just like Ben said.
My Wednesday, Friday and Sunday dose of Sorted helps me a lot to pull through some crappy weeks. I love how creative, full of life and relatable they are ❤
Honestly, I think I was most interested in the talk about when things were just starting out. Literally having a set in a shed. Knowing some of the struggles at the beginning makes me appreciate Sorted even more, and it's really inspiring to see where they are now when that's how things started out.
They've definitely got a lot of hustle. I think you're right - it's easy to see the glamorous and bright parts of success. But the parts that didn't go so well or where you second guess yourself are often overlooked.
I've been watching sorted since 2011 and im so so proud of how far theyve come. i truly feel like they have created such a unique and special community. I find it so interesting that something that has genuinely had such an impact on my life started with recipes on the backs of beer mats. And that only solidifies how humble and wonderful the sorted family are x
Awww! This is such a lovely comment. Yep - they're such down to earth and humble people, who really want to share their successes and not claim all the credit.
@@TheFlrom Hey Emily, Congratulations you have won Bens Signed Camera! Please email hello@digitalvoices.co.uk and we will get your address to send over the camera!
I'm thrilled my wife and I found SortedFood and really enjoyed this interview with Ben - their videos have become the default for what's playing on our TV and since I work from home, it's on a fair bit! We've discovered a variety of great recipes and techniques through their videos, and every Wednesday and Sunday we both look forward to what the latest is! Thank you very much for doing this interview (great interviewing skills btw!) and the one interesting thing / fact re: being entered into the draw for the camera: I never knew that Ben's go-to meal that was a step above takeout was quesadillas! Great work! :)
The thing i really loved was how ben kept getting back to the community, and that they are committed to not only listen to the community but actually have a conversation with us. The sorted community is one of the most positive I have seen, and I am thrilled to be part of it.
I just started watching Sortedfood just this past year. It gave me the courage to try new foods, and meal ideas where I would have others visit for dinner parties. They showed me to have some fun with cooking, and their videos gave me ideas to have fun with family, and friends. Possibly trying a shock collar challenge once or twice slightly drunk with friends. The stories have gotten around work of the dinner parties where someone told a friend of mine they hoped to get invited sometime because it sounded like fun. Now we have another friend to join us. Simply Put Ebbers, and Sorted made me more outgoing, and it has created great memories for me, friends, and family.
I’ve always wanted to understand and get into the background of SORTED and everything that built up a company who have made me love food. This is a simply superb interview and I’m grateful for it.
I think the point made about leading people out of their comfort zone or food rut was really good. I think finding a random recipe online or in a cookbook can be intimidating, especially when it includes a method or ingredient that is completely outside of your norm (the first thing that comes to my mind is boiled orange and olive oil muffins). Seeing someone do it first, seeing the mouthwatering results at the end, is a great motivator to experimenting and honing that skill.
Love this! Watched Sorted almost from the beginning. They are amazing and have gotten this senior citizen enjoying food more. Keep'em coming! Also happy to find a new channel to watch. Now subscribed to Digital Voices.
Found this while searching for Sortedfood-related videos since they were doing collabs in the US. Will def have to check this out while cleaning tomorrow
Thank you guys for teaching a generation how to cook again. I was not raised with scratch cooking and have learned cooking from you guys. It has become my passion and has had many other benefits. I like Ben talking about the team's partnership with Kenwood and a defining moment having their 'grown-up' team putting faith into the Sorted team.
It's interesting to note that whatever medium Sorted chooses to present through...they always promote food as a means of connection for them personally and for the rest of the Sorted fam. I would love to see a video about the evolution of food!!!
I discovered Sorted in 2018 after I lost my job and was totally depressed. Thanks for the help getting through that, guys. Quesadillas were a big staple of my diet back then, Ben.
When my husband showed me Sortedfood for the first time I hated Ben. Now I just love him and the whole channel. Thanks for doing that. I loved the interview.
Can I just say, I have been a Sorted fan boy for a couple of years, and actually just bought some Kenwood stuff almost directly because of the fact that I saw the brand in their videos. It’s interesting to see how the trickle down effects of a few friends has impacted on even my life in Australia
Great interview, and interviewer, if I may say, and I learned a lot about the gents of Sorted food. I love the antics and bantering on the show; boys will be boys, and it's what initially drew me to watch the channel but through all of that, the food is the focus as it should be. I'm no chef but I'm a foodie at heart and appreciate what they're trying to bring to the table...no pun intended. Don't you love double entendres! Thanks Ben and Jennifer for presenting a side of Sorted we don't generally see in the Sorted videos. Best and cheers!!
OMG, yes this was an excellent interview, but whoever babified the 5... I had to stop myself from actually squealing out loud. 🤭🤣 So damn cute! 49:25 if anyone wants to squeal with me. Hahaha.
Have watched sorted for a while now and recently joined the club - great guys and great food (love #lostandhungry) Interesting to find out about sorted students so off to watch those videos!
I found the anecdote about the wedding and the barfi (sp?) really interesting. My husband is a huge fan and has been following the guys for years whereas I've only been watching just over a year - and one of the few foodie channels I follow and watch each update religiously as I love the dynamic between the guys as well as the content! Cheers SORTED!
Gosh, this talk was so inspiring & interesting. I'm studying innovation and sorted is such a great example of an innovative business. Also love me some behind the scenes! :)
I love his thoughts on the business how everyone working together for the same aim allows them to flourish. Really something that we can take into other companies to improve moral and goals! :)
One of Many interesting comments #BenBear made is "The Beauty of TH-cam Analytics is You can see Everything" , and the explanation that followed. Nice to know that My Many Views of different Sorted videos way over in Michigan, US , is noticed by the Sorted People. The humor and camaraderie along with the food is what keeps drawing Me back for another Serving of Sorted.
Discovered Sorted channel only about a year ago so I'm a newbie but I haven't been disappointed thus far. Great interview and will continue to watch from way across the Atlantic... the Caribbean islands subscriber
SortedFood has inspired me so much, I’ve changed recipes I’ve used for years and I loved the different week subjects they used to do. Probably the best in my opinion was the ‘Dorks With Forks’ week as it’s inspired me to write a 5000 word project with my Sixth Form on the Science of Food
I've been following Sorted for some time now and they've told some really entertaining stories from their beginnings... But the shed of a friend of a friend as a studio? That's hilarious and incredibly inspiring at the same time, considering how it all started and where they are now!
Sortedfood is the best channel out there!! It's such a great community, people are always so nice in the comment section and the five guys (Barry, Ben, James, Jamie and Mike) are just hilarious. They constantly push themselves forward and I appreciate that! 😊
That is possibly the best marketing idea I’ve heard in awhile. Given I’m in their age group that would make sense that it would work for me but still really smart.
Some of the Kentwood videos are my favorites. They are sponsored, but also give us tutorials with very common kitchen appliances and information on recipes...so great
Honestly Sortedfood videos are highlights of my week. I know Sunday and Wednesday I have a fun entertaining video waiting for me when I get home from work. It's so strange to think back to the first sorted videos I saw years and years ago back with Tom in them. It's been a long strange journey. I love cooking and baking and Sorted has brought me information and inspiration to challenge myself. I've cooked for friends recovering from health issues using Sorted recipes. I've fed my family with you and even transferred some of my skills to the large scale free community dinner I'm a part of. It takes a lot of inspiration to work on feeding over a hundred people a month in one day. Sorted has been a part of that.
It's been a great ride.
As for my interest in this convo, I love the talk about how you manage sponsored videos and colabs. Of all #sponsored content out there everything on Sorted has felt natural and relevant. It's not like you promoting or being sponsored by irrelevant things. It's clear your decisions on this revenue stream have been thoughtful and audience driven.
Thanks to everyone at Sortedfood for all the dedication and engagement. You're making the future of content creation and online advertising better for your leading example.
Beautifully said!
I love how he starts with a Bennuendo right off the bat! Classic Ebbers.
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Can we also talk about how they’ve given him the spot of #007? Will we ever hear the end of that?
How the actual hell did Mike have the time to do sorted while being a teacher?????? Absolute mad props to him
Most teachers, social workers oh hell most people all over the world have 2 or more jobs. Get educated, get off the HERO band wagon.
He had way more energy as a teacher than I did...lol!
"Size isn't everything" xD, typical Ben
😂😂😂
classic ben :P
What a lovely interview! Ben is even more eloquent here than he is on the show. Bravo to Barry’s Dad for being so supportive. It’s so awesome to have someone who says “go for it!”
Sorted is not just a food channel but a comedy channel, a relationship channel, a science channel, and a travel channel. It’s so rich and well rounded that it’s one of the only channels that I consider to be “appointment” TH-cam. Even when it’s a sponsored video, the viewer never feels like they’re “being sold to.” Sorted weaves their sponsorships into their education seamlessly, and it’s a joy.
...and it’s been lovely to learn more about each of the players input and personality.
Ben is so intelligent and eloquent, love hearing his thoughts. :)
SORTED will eventually become a standard case study on how to build a brand - and what it means to surround yourself with talented and passionate people to lurch forward. Fantastic inserts as well!
It reminds me of watching Mythbusters from the start - watching the team coalesce and learn how to tell stories while the rest of the world gets onboard.
I also love hearing that Barry's dad was that big push to full-time.
I like how they slowly improve at cooking over time. In the old videos, all of the guys except Ben can barely cook. The three guys are always just behind Ben cooking and asking questions. But now they even face off against Ben or James and sometimes they win!
Thank you for this amazingly intelligent and insightful interview! It gives me great pleasure to see such depth of vision, coupled with an honest evaluation of contemporary life.
As a 76 year old, it's always a pleasure to see that younger generations keep teaching me so much!
Thank you. That's an incredibly kind comment ☺️
I love Ben and sorted could listen to him talk about things he is passionate about forever. It is always fun to hear someone talk about what they love and enjoy
1. Great Interviewing skills from Jennifer, well done!
2. "It's our wardrobe into Narnia and beyond that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE" - gonna aim to make something like that for my own life!
3. "It will work itself out" - love that for a Team dynamic, mature men making mature decisions!
Thank you very much! Loved the Narnia reference too.
Made me really appreciative of Jamie, Mike and Barry as well!. Jamie is always seen as spaffing but he has done amazingly in marketing for them! Mike and Barry as well with their creativity and perfectionism. It's so beautiful and they need more admiration!
I’ve watched Sortedfood for about 8 years. The community is the whole reason I love them! They bring up interesting conversations about food. A great example of that is when Ben went and learned about PGI Welsh Lamb. I am in college and Sorted is a big part of the reason I make meals from scratch.
Ben, this genuinely has to be one of the best interviews I’ve ever seen across any genre. You speak so eloquently and honestly. Truly excellent 👏👏👏
Hearing how business savvy all the guys are is very interesting. Im glad the friendship is real too tho
You Guys at Sorted are all AWESOME, and THANK YOU for your wonderful content.
Ben's comparison of FridgeCam to the Door to Narnia spoke volumes to how community oriented their content is. The chemistry between all of them as well as their natural manner of conversation with the audience is what keeps me coming back on high and low days. SORTEDfood is home to me. :)
I love SortedFood a lot. They are consistently amazing and I learn new things every time they upload. Mike's science videos are the greatest! (and it makes total sense he was a teacher before Sorted, I didn't know that!). I like what Ben says that they are constantly changing the food but food is always constant. Which is a very nice way to put into perspective that food is a common thread between all kinds of communities and is an objectively good thing in society and culture.
Mike was a music teacher! ☺
Love Ebbers, always had, always will. They get a positive response to sponsored content cause i always felt they respect us and wont ever force anything upon us, it is always Tasefully made. Pun intended. And MATE! Talking about insightfull..... Kickstarter livin crapout of this evolution of food idea! Sounds brilliant, you can have my money
He's a bit of a lad himself. 😎
I’m so glad that TH-cam kept giving me an ad to one of Sortedfood’s video they made for Tastemade’s channel. At first I continuously clicked the skip button but at one point I decided to watch the entire ad and it was the best decision I have ever made! They taught me that a recipe is just a guide and I have the freedom to make changes which can lead to all sorts of flavour combinations.
I love that the spon deal with Kenwood is so strong! I definitely noticed that Sorted's spon video are always weird and wacky which is the best sort of spon
I have to say he's one charming man.
That's on point, I really hate being sold to. And Sorted managed to keep it down. Their work with Kenwood has never got on my nerves because they keep it as a little extra to their own stuff and not make it the main point. Great work Sorted, keep it up!
As a long time watcher of Sorted Food, I loved this. Thank you for sharing their story.
Thank you for commenting and being so lovely!
Back of a beer mat is a great book title
Yeah Sorted should make a cookbook for students or sth which has exactly that size!
I love that they dont just focus on making money. They stick to their core values, making good food, interacting with people, and having fun. You can see it when you watch the show and that's what I love about them. Next time have all the guys on..would be great fun!
I’ve been a SortedFood fan/fam/viewer/community member for many years already. I came here because Ben posted a link in his Instagram bio, and when I started watching this video this morning, there were 200ish views. I came back many hours later to finish watching and there are over 2k views! Just shows how engaged SortedFood people are. Jenny is a truly wonderful interviewer and it was a pleasure to listen/watch, edits were a cute addition.
I loved that Ben spoke in the plural throughout the episode, almost exclusively and totally naturally. Shows the uniqueness of their approach and yet another example of something SortedFood does “unconventionally” with the intention of maximizing community and interaction!
Thank you very much. We've been overwhelmed by how positive and wonderful the SortedFood community are. It's truly been a joy to hear from all of you!
I tuned in to listen to Ben's voice and walked away with some really insightful and interesting history about the channel. ♥
"Size isn't everything"... mini chopper. Thank you for being you Ben ❤
haha - mini can be mega if used in the right instance!
What I wish for in life to find friends and loyal friendship like Ben, Mike, Barry and Jamie. I didn’t know they’ve been friends for that long, but that is truly incredible.
As a close to being a senior citizen, who has cooked from scratch for the last 35/40 years, must say I absolutely love SORTED. I learn somwthing from every video. Point my children (who are around your age) and their friends toward your videos all the time. Thank you, keep up the great work.
That's what we love to hear... Food conversation and sharing passing from generation to generation! Thanks for commenting!
As someone who has pretty much been around since the start of sorted it was really nice to hear the more in depth story of sorted food. I wait for the day where sorted has a restaurant.
The way the guys found their way to each other sounds like a modern day love story. I love their friendship so much 💖
Excellent interviewer. Questions were thoughtful with meaningful responses. Kept my interest the whole interview. As a real Sorted fan, I am happy she was so respectful of Ben who is such a genuine and talented professional. I would like to watch another interview with her. I subscribed.
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Thank you very much. We're trying to produce more, but COVID makes it slightly more tough :) Thanks again! Ben is easy to be lovely to!
Clicked the video, didn't realise how long it was, ended up watching the whole thing.
I knew I love Ebbers, been watching SORTED since the e-a-r-l-y days, but big props to the excellent interviewer lady! Fun but letting her guest shine, but still insightful and carrying on from one interest subject to the other!
I learned the "Fridge Cam" was just as magical as I imagined it would be! Love watching you Ben!
I came here via Sorted as I'm a huge fan of their channel & values, but I have to say, I left equally impressed at the interviewer. So professional, personable & able to draw so many thoughts and insights from Ben. Just great research, listening, follow-up questions and a v authentic & conversational approach. Subscribed instantly.
Love Sorted - have followed them since the early days. When I first watched I was vegetarian, and have since moved to being vegan but still watched all their videos - if I really like the sound of something I'll try and 'veganise' it, otherwise I just enjoy watching. Never knew Mike was a teacher but suddenly everything makes sense - I always prefer to watch him and Ben cooking as they're able to explain everything a bit better than the others :)
Outstanding interview with Ben Ebbrell from SORTEDfood! This will be your first "big" video, DV, but bigger days are sure to come! Congratulations, great work, and good luck with the channel!
I love his view on how food brings people together. It's so true but it's a fact that no one mentions, it's something that we all need and enjoy. These guys are the reason I started culinary school, and why I love cooking so much. Thank you for starting me down that path.
Ben spray painting the camera reminded me of a story I came accross at my previous job.
Part of it was selling Tektronix measuring equipment and they, at the time (mid to late 90's), had a pretty good portable oscilloscope (the THS7xx series). One of its features was the capability to be controlled/configured via a null-modem serial link and send "a capture" to a computer over that same link.
So GM got a hold of a fair few of those and decided to use a couple to monitor sensors in their robotic spray painting lines. Due to them being battery operated and having isolated channel architecture, they were a perfect fit for a process involving static electricity.
They'd only get slightly misted with paint every cycle, but multiply this by the amount of cars GM produces and you can imagine they simply got caked with paint over time, rendering them useless for anything but remote operation. Cue a clumsy employee tasked with periodically recharging the scope's batteries: dropped it, knocked off a BNC connector.
So the unit gets sent into Tektronix, out of warranty, with the request to change out the connector board. Now, imagine you're the tech who received this scope. I mean, from your perspective, the thing is ruined, being completely painted over several dozens of times. So, discussions back and forth; executive decision (GM is a big customer): let's just replace it and only charge for the repair.
So engineers at GM simply got back a brand new portable oscilloscope, upon which they sent an e-mail back to Tektronix tech support asking if there was really no way Tektronix would fix the scope which they had sent in, as they had "willingly" sacrificed it in order to do what they did.
This, imo., typifies engineers and how we relate to other highly skilled professions, like professional cooking.
I found the channel last year looking for recipes and then binge watched almost the entire channel
Love them
Me too! ♡
I found it really interesting to learn that Ben used to do agency cooking work in such diverse environments! So many things to learn there. Great video and great Interviewer!
Ben is such a brilliant talented geek-he made an idea into a reality-every person's dream. Well played Ebbers-well played.
One of the best thing their platform gives is source of all types of foods; ethically sourced, fair wage for those producing items, new types of protein or cost conscious alternatives. All that have really opened my mind and changed my ideas of how and what to eat - quite a change at 60 plus.
I loved the talk about the wedding, I remember watching that video shortly after it came out. I follow Binging with Babish too and he's started a series about similar stuff, those small moments where someone who's created this community can use the resources they've gathered to give back to some of the exceptional people who made them who they are. Hearing Ben show respect and amazement for being allowed to be part of someone's life like that, and hearing just how zealously they threw themselves into the event was wonderful.
Sorted Food is amazing. Love it and have watched pretty much everything they've done over the years.
I love Ben's subtle innuendos that can sometimes be easily missed.
I love Mike's sense of humor and the ideas he brings in.
I love Jamie's talent of "F"ing up but still kind of getting away with it.
I love how you sometimes cannot tell what Barry is saying.
I love James's way of thinking with food. Joy to watch.
And it is so true that the friendship brings so much to the table. It's real and fun and we feel it at home watching these videos and enjoy the food even more because of it.
Thank you Sorted Food! 😍 ♥
This lady is good, knows what to ask and the subject.
Immediately stopped video and checked out the first channel!! They look so young!!
Very nice interview. So nice to know the Sorted family is up to 15 people. I had no idea where the fridge came from. Thanks. :)
I loved hearing Ben talk about all the SortedFood community stories and how their videos have brought people together. My sister and I used to fight a lot in high school but watching their videos was one of the things that brought us closer together and now we're best friends.
I was introduced to SortedFood by my husband and I watched every video in three days time. What was really cool is that my 9 year old son wants to be a chef and my daughter likes to watch with us as well. So now, we watch twice a week as a family and my kids want to cook dinner. I love that SortedFood is family friendly and now I have a better idea on how it got to where it is. My favorite thing is that food is the catalyst for positive interactions and healthy thought process. Thanks for that.
That's incredibly sweet! It's great to see SORTED, TH-cam and food bringing families together ♥️
I love hearing Ben speak. I find it amusing that in her questions, she kept trying to find and relate to experiences of insecurity but that's not everybody's experience. Maybe that is part of his success - that lack of fear of doing something new.
I loved the Origin story. When I "found" Sorted it was like meeting and making new friends. So, hearing the origin is very much like a friend sharing a part of their past. Like Ben, Mike would be my best friend also. Hope it never ends!
I have been watching Sorted for the past year. I didn't know they started the channel because they were trying to promote a cookbook. I love their dynamics and learning new cooking skills and techniques.
It's so fascinating to hear all the inner workings of Sorted from a business standpoint!!! LOVE hearing everything that goes on behind the camera.
It was the "4 and a half chefy hacks" video where Ben taught how anything could be cut into pieces and get put into freezer and be used as a chefy touch in the future. Those lemon chunks do work very well in Gin Tonic. Just like Ben said.
My Wednesday, Friday and Sunday dose of Sorted helps me a lot to pull through some crappy weeks. I love how creative, full of life and relatable they are ❤
Honestly, I think I was most interested in the talk about when things were just starting out. Literally having a set in a shed. Knowing some of the struggles at the beginning makes me appreciate Sorted even more, and it's really inspiring to see where they are now when that's how things started out.
They've definitely got a lot of hustle. I think you're right - it's easy to see the glamorous and bright parts of success. But the parts that didn't go so well or where you second guess yourself are often overlooked.
I've been watching sorted since 2011 and im so so proud of how far theyve come. i truly feel like they have created such a unique and special community. I find it so interesting that something that has genuinely had such an impact on my life started with recipes on the backs of beer mats. And that only solidifies how humble and wonderful the sorted family are x
Awww! This is such a lovely comment. Yep - they're such down to earth and humble people, who really want to share their successes and not claim all the credit.
@@DigitalVoices i really hope to meet them one day after all these years and let them know in person what they really mean to us all! x
@@TheFlrom Hey Emily, Congratulations you have won Bens Signed Camera! Please email hello@digitalvoices.co.uk and we will get your address to send over the camera!
@@DigitalVoices Im totally not screaming right now....
I'm thrilled my wife and I found SortedFood and really enjoyed this interview with Ben - their videos have become the default for what's playing on our TV and since I work from home, it's on a fair bit! We've discovered a variety of great recipes and techniques through their videos, and every Wednesday and Sunday we both look forward to what the latest is!
Thank you very much for doing this interview (great interviewing skills btw!) and the one interesting thing / fact re: being entered into the draw for the camera: I never knew that Ben's go-to meal that was a step above takeout was quesadillas!
Great work! :)
Thanks! Yes - but since this interview, I've upped my quesedilla intake by about 500% 😂
@@DigitalVoices can't blame ya! They are delicious and if Ebbers vouches for them you can't go too far wrong! :)
Been watching Ben and Sorted for the past 8 years without fail, this is incredible!
The thing i really loved was how ben kept getting back to the community, and that they are committed to not only listen to the community but actually have a conversation with us. The sorted community is one of the most positive I have seen, and I am thrilled to be part of it.
I just started watching Sortedfood just this past year. It gave me the courage to try new foods, and meal ideas where I would have others visit for dinner parties. They showed me to have some fun with cooking, and their videos gave me ideas to have fun with family, and friends. Possibly trying a shock collar challenge once or twice slightly drunk with friends. The stories have gotten around work of the dinner parties where someone told a friend of mine they hoped to get invited sometime because it sounded like fun. Now we have another friend to join us. Simply Put Ebbers, and Sorted made me more outgoing, and it has created great memories for me, friends, and family.
Everything was very interesting! What a nice program! Thank you! 😊
Immediately had to look up sorted students and it was everything I wanted! Its so awesome to see the channel and all the guys at their start!
I’ve always wanted to understand and get into the background of SORTED and everything that built up a company who have made me love food. This is a simply superb interview and I’m grateful for it.
I think the point made about leading people out of their comfort zone or food rut was really good. I think finding a random recipe online or in a cookbook can be intimidating, especially when it includes a method or ingredient that is completely outside of your norm (the first thing that comes to my mind is boiled orange and olive oil muffins). Seeing someone do it first, seeing the mouthwatering results at the end, is a great motivator to experimenting and honing that skill.
I made those muffins recently. I'd never thought to boil an orange. They were magnificent! 😍
Love this! Watched Sorted almost from the beginning. They are amazing and have gotten this senior citizen enjoying food more. Keep'em coming! Also happy to find a new channel to watch. Now subscribed to Digital Voices.
Thank you!
Found this while searching for Sortedfood-related videos since they were doing collabs in the US.
Will def have to check this out while cleaning tomorrow
Thank you. Let us know what you think ☺️
Thank you guys for teaching a generation how to cook again. I was not raised with scratch cooking and have learned cooking from you guys. It has become my passion and has had many other benefits.
I like Ben talking about the team's partnership with Kenwood and a defining moment having their 'grown-up' team putting faith into the Sorted team.
gosh i just cant express how much i love what they dooooooooo they are so amazing
It's interesting to note that whatever medium Sorted chooses to present through...they always promote food as a means of connection for them personally and for the rest of the Sorted fam. I would love to see a video about the evolution of food!!!
I discovered Sorted in 2018 after I lost my job and was totally depressed. Thanks for the help getting through that, guys.
Quesadillas were a big staple of my diet back then, Ben.
When my husband showed me Sortedfood for the first time I hated Ben. Now I just love him and the whole channel. Thanks for doing that.
I loved the interview.
Watched sorted for ages love the take on the psyhical books being a different feeling.
Can I just say, I have been a Sorted fan boy for a couple of years, and actually just bought some Kenwood stuff almost directly because of the fact that I saw the brand in their videos.
It’s interesting to see how the trickle down effects of a few friends has impacted on even my life in Australia
Ben is truly awesome
Great interview, and interviewer, if I may say, and I learned a lot about the gents of Sorted food. I love the antics and bantering on the show; boys will be boys, and it's what initially drew me to watch the channel but through all of that, the food is the focus as it should be. I'm no chef but I'm a foodie at heart and appreciate what they're trying to bring to the table...no pun intended. Don't you love double entendres! Thanks Ben and Jennifer for presenting a side of Sorted we don't generally see in the Sorted videos. Best and cheers!!
Thank you very much. Really appreciated
Love Sorted food! Who would have thought that the Mini chopper is Ben's favourite gadget!
Hahaha! I know!
Love this video and the background of the channel
OMG, yes this was an excellent interview, but whoever babified the 5... I had to stop myself from actually squealing out loud. 🤭🤣 So damn cute! 49:25 if anyone wants to squeal with me. Hahaha.
Love Ebbers- he is why I watch Sorted.
Food evolution! Yes please! Freak that would be cool!
Have watched sorted for a while now and recently joined the club - great guys and great food (love #lostandhungry)
Interesting to find out about sorted students so off to watch those videos!
Uh oh! Lower your expectations!
I found the anecdote about the wedding and the barfi (sp?) really interesting. My husband is a huge fan and has been following the guys for years whereas I've only been watching just over a year - and one of the few foodie channels I follow and watch each update religiously as I love the dynamic between the guys as well as the content! Cheers SORTED!
Gosh, this talk was so inspiring & interesting. I'm studying innovation and sorted is such a great example of an innovative business. Also love me some behind the scenes! :)
It's incredible that Kenwood gave you so much leeway with what you did
I love his thoughts on the business how everyone working together for the same aim allows them to flourish. Really something that we can take into other companies to improve moral and goals! :)
It's nice to hear about the somewhat organic way things came together and how that resulted in such an awesome channel.
Because of Sorted, I just found Digital Voices. Great interview Ebbers.
One of Many interesting comments #BenBear made is "The Beauty of TH-cam Analytics is You can see Everything" , and the explanation that followed. Nice to know that My Many Views of different Sorted videos way over in Michigan, US , is noticed by the Sorted People. The humor and camaraderie along with the food is what keeps drawing Me back for another Serving of Sorted.
I too love my mini chopper. I got one even before I splurged on my stand mixer!
Discovered Sorted channel only about a year ago so I'm a newbie but I haven't been disappointed thus far. Great interview and will continue to watch from way across the Atlantic... the Caribbean islands subscriber
SortedFood has inspired me so much, I’ve changed recipes I’ve used for years and I loved the different week subjects they used to do. Probably the best in my opinion was the ‘Dorks With Forks’ week as it’s inspired me to write a 5000 word project with my Sixth Form on the Science of Food
Great to hear... hope the project went well!
I've been following Sorted for some time now and they've told some really entertaining stories from their beginnings... But the shed of a friend of a friend as a studio? That's hilarious and incredibly inspiring at the same time, considering how it all started and where they are now!
This was a great interview. Good, insightful questions, and Ben's answers are interesting and honest. Great watch.
Sortedfood is the best channel out there!! It's such a great community, people are always so nice in the comment section and the five guys (Barry, Ben, James, Jamie and Mike) are just hilarious. They constantly push themselves forward and I appreciate that! 😊
That is possibly the best marketing idea I’ve heard in awhile. Given I’m in their age group that would make sense that it would work for me but still really smart.
Some of the Kentwood videos are my favorites. They are sponsored, but also give us tutorials with very common kitchen appliances and information on recipes...so great