Josh Scherer
Josh Scherer, known as Mythical Chef Josh, hosts Mythical Kitchen and Last Meals, co-hosts A Hot Dog Is a Sandwich, and writes cookbooks that bring his food curiosity home.
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- Also known as
- Mythical Chef Josh
- Work
- Chef, host, food writer and cookbook author
- At Mythical
- Executive director of culinary content and host of Last Meals
- Early platform
- The Culinary Bro-Down food blog
- College
- UCLA track and field athlete
Mini bio
How it started.
Before the cameras, Josh was a food writer. His college blog, Culinary Bro-Down, paired playful cooking with essays and became a finalist for best writing in Saveur’s 2014 food blog awards. He also competed in track and field at UCLA, including the hammer throw.
From the page to the kitchen.
Josh worked as an associate food editor at Los Angeles magazine and published The Culinary Bro-Down Cookbook in 2017. In an interview with Mashed, he explained that sending a copy to Mythical led to a production job. Occasional appearances in front of the camera grew into hosting as viewers warmed to him.
A table for bigger conversations.
Mythical Kitchen launched in 2020, and Josh’s work now spans cooking challenges, cookbooks and the food-debate podcast A Hot Dog Is a Sandwich with Nicole Enayati. On Last Meals, he prepares guests’ chosen final meals and uses the food to talk about their memories, lives and mortality.
Food fans can make at home.
The Mythical Cookbook followed in 2024, bringing recipes from the Mythical world into home kitchens. Its dishes include Josh’s Perfect Steak Burrito, Grilled Cheese Ramen and Pop Tart Lava Cakes.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2024Rhett & Link Present: The Mythical CookbookAuthor
- 2017The Culinary Bro-Down CookbookAuthor
Shows and podcasts
- 2021–presentLast MealsHost
- 2020–presentMythical KitchenHost
- 2020–presentA Hot Dog Is a SandwichCo-host with Nicole Enayati
Food writing
- 2016Los Angeles magazineAssociate food editor
Awards
Quotes
The only thing I have ever cared about is food.Josh Scherer, The Harvard Crimson
In a July 2024 interview about food, culture and his work: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/7/20/josh-scherer-chef-mythical-last-meal-youtube/
Trivia
- He competed as a hammer thrower at UCLA before becoming known for cooking.
- He told Los Angeles magazine that his go-to dish was braised, then fried pork belly tacos with fish sauce caramel.
- To get better on camera, he studied TV chefs with a pen and paper, treating the process like an athlete reviewing game film.
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