About Broke Gourmet

Sometimes the best things in life start when you're not even looking for them.

Broke Gourmet didn't start with a business plan, a fancy kitchen, or dreams of becoming a YouTube sensation.

It started with sobriety.

I was looking for something positive to focus my time and energy on, and cooking became that outlet. What began as a way to keep myself busy turned into a hobby, and that hobby eventually became Broke Gourmet, a weekly YouTube cooking channel.

Armed with a tiny kitchen, a limited budget, and a sense of humor, I set out to prove that you don't need expensive ingredients or professional equipment to put a great meal on the table.

What I never expected was where that little hobby would take me.

Today, Broke Gourmet has grown beyond YouTube, with my recipes and stories appearing in The Everett Herald and Tulalip Times. Not bad for a guy cooking in a kitchen barely big enough to turn around in!

But through it all, the mission hasn't changed: make good food, keep it affordable, have a little fun, and hopefully inspire someone else to give cooking a try.

I'm not a professional chef. I'm just a guy who discovered that sometimes, when you change your life, you find a whole new recipe for living.

Welcome to Broke Gourmet.

Cheap Ingredients. Expensive Taste.