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Sonny Side

Sonny Side creates and hosts Best Ever Food Review Show, traveling for street food, local cooking and the stories of the people behind each meal.

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Overview

From
Minnesota, USA
Based in
Vietnam
Work
Food and travel filmmaker, director and host
Food show began
2015, while living in South Korea
Recognition
2020 Webby People’s Voice winner, Viral video

Mini bio

How it started.

Raised in Minnesota, Sonny moved to South Korea at 24 to teach English. He developed his filmmaking there and began making food reviews in 2015, aiming to make the kind of entertaining travel videos he wanted to watch.

Finding a home in Vietnam.

Sonny moved to Vietnam around 2017 to focus on the channel. What began as a small operation grew into a production team. His food adventures across Asia developed into a worldwide show, with a Webby People’s Voice win in 2020 marking an early milestone.

Making the show his way.

After shooting pilots for Food Network and Travel Channel that were not picked up, Sonny brought those production lessons back to YouTube. He directs as well as hosts, keeping the stories rooted in his own curiosity about food and people.

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Awards

Quotes

The show has never been about only food. It's always been about the culture and the people behind the food.Sonny Side, YouTube Official Blog, October 28, 2026

Trivia

  1. The name Best Ever Food Review Show was intended sarcastically, Sonny explained in a 2017 interview.
  2. In that interview, Sonny named snails, bánh xèo and shrimp paste among his favorite Vietnamese foods.
  3. Before food filmmaking, Sonny tried to build a career in radio.

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