Outdoor Chef Life Biography net worth and lifestyle
In todays episode we will go over Outdoor Chef Life Biography net worth and lifestyle
This is a story of the efficient sushi chef, Taku Kondo, who has shared his passion for
the outdoors and cooking with the world by creating absolutely unique content.
Taku makes delicious meals while camping, catches purple spiny sea urchins, and even
travels the world.
His individual approach to cooking makes this channel super interesting and exciting for
people all around the globe who are getting inspired to try out such adventurous lives.
Adore sushi or wanna know how to safely eat seafood straight from the ocean to your plate?
Then you will definitely love this guy!
They say that if you do what you love, you are a happy person and there s nothing but
success that is waiting for you in the future.
This is exactly what can be said about Taku Kondo.
Taku Kondo is an American YouTuber who started his adventure cooking Outdoor Chef Life channel
back in 2018.
Right now, he has almost 550K subscribers and he was ranked under the category of top
YouTuber s net worth!
His channel is unique and catchy because he seems to be one of those who show the cooking
process in a truly individual way.
Well, he films while he goes out in nature, fishing, foraging on the coast and in the
woods and harvest what is around.
He then creates a dish using those ingredients he sourced directly from the ocean and forests.
Plus, he doesn t need a professional or home kitchen.
He does everything on site!
Sounds really cool, right?
As for the meals he cooked on his channel so far, you can see a spicy lingcod sandwich,
kelp burger, colorful seafood paella, and many, many other cool things.
Unlike numerous people who also search for their own ingredients and partly film the
process of cooking, Taku shows the ENTIRE cooking process.
On his videos you can see him catching fish, filleting it, and cooking it near the ocean
or while camping.
People are really in love with his channel and in just 2 years he has become one of the
most recognizable chefs on YouTube.
But how did he get there?
What led him to start filming these videos and where did this idea come from?
We will break it down for you in a bit, but first, hit the like button because we know,
you already love this story!
So how did it all start?
Well, the greatest charm in Taku s life has always been the ocean.
Taku grew in the Bay Area and started fishing with his dad when he was only 5.
Little Taku loved fishing so much and over time it turned into something more than just
a hobby.
His second true charm or passion has always been cooking, as when he was a teenager his
mother slowly instilled in him a love for it and Taku learned knife and plating skills
step by step.
But the third biggest passion in his life he discovered randomly.
After reading The Bay Area Forager book by Mia Andler and Kevin Feinstein, Taku realized
that foraging is something that he really likes.
It seems that fate gradually led Taku to where he is now, because as a college student at
San Francisco State University, it was too expensive for him to eat out in the city s
dining scene, so he had to cook nonstop instead.
Probably thanks to his nonstop cooking, his knife skills were getting better, and by 2016
(only 2 years before running his own YouTube channel), Taku realized he wanted to become
a sushi chef.
The first restaurant he worked for was Roka Akor in SF, but Taku was told that he would
work a month as a trainee and he would not get paid for it.
He agreed and worked 10 hours a day.
Besides that, he had to finish up school and deliver food to survive somehow.
Moreover, the chefs at the restaurant couldn't get his passion for foraging yet but a bit
later they began to respect Taku as became one of the best sushi chefs in the restaurant
which allowed him to show more of his creativity to the customers.
2018 was a game-changing year for Taku as he scored a paid job at San Francisco s Hinata.
People were absolutely fascinated by his culinary skills and were glued to him as he served
sashimi and sushi piece by piece.
The same 2018 Taku began filming his weekend foraging excursions.
He aired all the process with the roar of the ocean crashing behind him: from catching
to grilling.
And people did like it!
As Taku himself admits, his secret was that he took advantage of something that others
had never used before: he used the foraging aspect of the Pacific coast and he could make
everything look and taste amazing.
He says, "I saw an opening there.
I figured my background" In 2019, Taku bet with Hinata s owner: if
he hit 200,000 subscribers, he would quit and forage full-time.
Well, this actually happened!
Taku said, At the time, I had maybe a hundred subscribers, right? he says.
Before I know it, I'm there I was like, 'OK, well.
I actually quit!
' "I took that leap of faith ... you just sometimes got to go for it."
Look at Taku now!
Today, Taku is only 30 years old and his videos have already earned millions of views and
thousands of comments!
His content is unrepeatable and his fanbase is loyal and helps him out whenever he goes!
He sometimes asks his fans about new places he is going to visit, and they are always
happy to share the best locations with Taku."I feel like I have a friend everywhere I go,"
Kondo says with a laugh.
"Somebody will invite me to do something on a regular basis."
Yes, now Taku is not only exploring the place where he lives, Taku travels all around the
world!
One of the most recent places he visited was Alaska (like 3 months ago) and he stayed there
for the entire month.
I converted a sprinter van into a little RV, I put a kitchen and a bathroom and a bed in
there and [drove] it to Alaska, he says.
Whenever he goes, his camera woman follows him everywhere.
This adorable and pretty girl's name is Jocelyn and she is his girlfriend, however there s
no official information about their relationship status.
The two met back in 2015 when joined the same college committee and since that time they
are inseparable.
Obviously, the pair works together and it is so cute to see how compatible they both
are.
The couple is seen going on adventures together and this couple vibe adds even more individuality
to Taku s channel.
Can you imagine Outdoot Chef Life s videos without Jocelyn?
Nah, I refuse to even imagine it!
Speaking of net worth and YouTube earnings, according to different online resources, Taku
s net worth is estimated around $180,000.
Wonder how he earns that money?
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Let s get into it, Currently, Outdoor Chef Life channel has almost 550,000 subscribers
and has more than 60.8 million views in total.
If you take a look at some YouTube statistics websites, it is read that Taku earnes an estimated
$6,000 - $80,000 in a year calculating the daily views and growth of subscribers.
Moreover, Taku also has an Ig account with more than 50,000 followers and this account
gives him some money as well (around $200 - $350 for ads post).
Not as much as YouTube, but advertisers still reach out to Taku because they like his unique
way of representing things.
When asked what exactly led Taku's channel to success, he credits his success on Youtube
to his expertise as a chef.
A big part of my videos is the cooking portion so being a sushi chef and having those skills
really took my videos to the next level, he says.
People don t realize the potential of what a fresh ingredient can do.
[The ingredients I use] are not from the store.
They re all right here in front of us and we can turn them into a dish that would be
considered for a menu in a restaurant and that is what people love about my videos.
They see what is possible.
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