Steven Lim's Birthday 2024 – November 10, 2024

Background

Steven Lim was born in Ohio, United States, on November 10, 1990. He is a Christian of Chinese-Malaysian descent. Lim’s father owns a grocery store and his mother worked at a local fast-food restaurant. He has a brother named Alvin. Although he is widely recognized as a YouTube personality, he is a chemical engineer by profession having graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. In 2012, he immediately joined Procter & Gamble as an R&D engineer after graduation. However, Lim continued to create content for his YouTube channel which was created in February 2008. He ultimately quit his job to work full-time on his posts and videos.As an American with mixed heritage, Lim constantly struggled with finding his identity and being comfortable in his own skin. Along with comedic skits and vlogs, his YouTube content comprised Asian-American cultural and societal subjects. He uploaded “The Things I Carried” on August 13, 2014, which was about the ways he had to deal with being Asian stereotyped. He soon found a niche audience of Asian-Americans looking for people with similar experiences, which inspired him to create more related content. In 2014, one of his videos “Asian Parents React to I Love You” went viral gaining over one million views on Reddit. Lim was soon discovered by a senior producer at “BuzzFeed” who offered him a fellowship in Los Angeles.Lim officially joined “BuzzFeed” as a junior video producer in 2015 where he got along well with his colleagues and was motivated by the creative working environment. He initially continued to create content directed at Asian-Americans such as “Asian Parents Have The Sex Talk With Their Daughters” but soon realized most of the audience could not relate. He worked on rebranding himself and created food-related content. First, he started a show titled “Feast Mode Hunger Squad” with a few colleagues where they would search for the best version of specific dishes in restaurants in Los Angeles.The series was a massive hit and after a few episodes, he focused on Taiwanese brunches. His co-producer wanted to try it out and in return, wanted him to try her favorite style of brunch. They roped in another friend and created “Co-workers Try Each Other’s Favorite Brunch Spots.” Lim realized he could still produce Asian-related content while making it relatable to wider audiences by centering his topics on things such as food. In 2016, Lim produced and directed “Mom vs. Chef,” a cooking competition show. In 2017, he launched “Worth It,” a food show that compares one dish or item of food across three different price points.“Worth It” became the most popular show on YouTube featuring famous international chefs and garnering over one billion views. In May 2019, Lim co-founded Watcher Entertainment, a production studio focused on creating unscripted television series that explore a variety of topics such as food and travel. He announced his engagement to his girlfriend Tammy Cho in May 2021 and they got married on October 29, 2021. The couple owns an Australian Shepherd called Ruth—named after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Lim is an introvert and in his spare time, he likes to play basketball, watch T.V. and relax at the beach. As of 2022, his YouTube channel has reached over 222,000 subscribers.