Max Miller (YouTuber)

Max Miller (born March 30, 1983) is an American YouTuber and cook known for being the creator and host of Tasting History, a culinary and history fusion web-show that recreates ancient or historical recipes and explains the history around them.[1][2]

Max Miller
Creator and host of Tasting History, Max Miller
Born (1983-03-30) March 30, 1983
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Alma materArizona State University
Spouse
Jose Mendoza
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(m. 2021)​
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2020–present
Genres
Subscribers1.62 million
Total views146 million
100,000 subscribers2020
1,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: August 16, 2022

Early life

Miller was born on March 30, 1983, in Phoenix, Arizona.[3] He had an interest in history, and at six or seven, he started reading about Charles Cornwallis at the Siege of Yorktown that ended the American Revolutionary War in 1781, writing a report on it for fun.[4]

He attended Arizona State University and earned a classical music degree, moving to New York City to train for Broadway theatre.[5]

Career

Miller moved from New York City to Los Angeles to pursue voice acting. He was hired at Walt Disney Studios in marketing before going into film distribution.[6] During this time, he and a friend went to Walt Disney World while on vacation, but the friend was sick the entire time and they spent most of the time in the hotel. They started watching The Great British Bake Off and became inspired as he had not cooked before.[7][8] He then began cooking on his own, first baking a Battenberg cake.[9]

After being inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Miller began to bring cakes and give mini lectures on them to his co-workers, and one of them suggested that he create videos on the topic.[10] On December 23, 2019, he created the Tasting History channel.

In 2020, Miller was furloughed from Disney due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and started to spend time on the channel.[11][12] He relegated himself to his upstairs as he did not want to get in his fiancé's way, who was still working at Disney.[13] He started producing videos and uploaded the first episode of Tasting History in February 2020.[14] He continued to create videos throughout the pandemic.[15]

In January 2021, Tasting History reached 500K subscribers on YouTube.[16] On February 22, 2021, publishing company Simon & Schuster announced that they would be publishing Miller's cookbook in 2022 via Tiller Press, with executive editor Anja Schmidt stating that the company was "thrilled to translate [Miller's] voice to the written page, complete with his recreated recipes and the history behind each one."[17][18][19]

On April 14, 2021, he released a video titled "I Quit" explaining that Disney had contacted him to resume his job, but that he had quit his job at Disney and had become focused on the channel itself.[20]

Personal life

Miller is openly gay.[21][22] In October 2021 he married his longtime fiancé Jose Mendoza.[23][24] They have two cats named Jaime and Cersei.

References
  1. Finley, Tara (December 16, 2020). "TRAVELING BACK IN TIME WITH TASTING HISTORY'S MAX MILLER". LA Weekly.
  2. Vintzileos, Jennifer (October 2, 2020). "Max Miller – Tasting History". Starry Constellation.
  3. Rodriguez, Alexander (April 5, 2021). "Max Miller has Extravagant Food for Any Time with Tasting History". Metrosource.
  4. Tapia, Nancy (September 15, 2020). "Tasting History With Max Miller [Exclusive Interview]". LRMonline.
  5. Valdespino, Anne (January 26, 2021). "How YouTuber Max Miller ramped up 'Tasting History' during his furlough". Orange County Register.
  6. Sauer, Devan (December 22, 2020). "This Rising YouTuber and Phoenix Native Is Full of Food History". Phoenix New Times.
  7. Lips, Allison (10 December 2020). "Max Miller on His YouTube Series 'Tasting History,' Inspiration from British Baking Shows & Christmas Pudding". The Pop Break.
  8. Majumdar, Simon. "Simon Majumdar Interviews the Creator & Host of "Tasting History," Max Miller". Eat My Globe.
  9. Starr, Michael (November 2, 2020). "'Tasting History' host Max Miller cooks up yesteryear treats". New York Post.
  10. "INTERVIEW: TASTING HISTORY'S MAX MILLER". 812filmReviews. March 4, 2021.
  11. Newby, John (September 22, 2020). "Max He recreates Ancient Culinary Delights With 'Tasting History' (Exclusive)". Pop Culture.
  12. Watsky, David (September 30, 2020). "Cook Like An Ancient Roman Using This Salt Alternative From 'Tasting History With Max Miller'". WBBM-TV.
  13. Ferber, Lawrence (September 24, 2020). "Savor the Past Through Gay YouTuber Max Miller's 'Tasting History'". Edge Media Network.
  14. Shea, Ryan (October 14, 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: Max Miller Dishes on His Wildly Popular YouTube Show 'Tasting History'". Instinct.
  15. Benardello, Karen (December 4, 2020). "Interview: Max Miller Talks Tasting History (Exclusive)". Shockya News.
  16. "TASTING HISTORY WITH MAX MILLER Reaches 500K Subscribers on YouTube". BroadwayWorld. January 5, 2021.
  17. Price, Jason (February 23, 2021). "Simon & Schuster's Tiller Press To Publish Tasting History Host Max Miller's Cookbook in 2022". Icon Vs. Icon.
  18. Struble, Cristine (24 February 2021). "Tasting History by Max Miller will be transformed into a cookbook". FoodSided.
  19. "Simon & Schuster Announces 'Tasting History' Cookbook". Nerds and Beyond. February 25, 2021.
  20. Miller, Max (April 14, 2021). "I Quit". YouTube.
  21. "EXCLUSIVE: Max Miller Dishes on His Wildly Popular YouTube Show 'Tasting History'". Instinct Magazine. 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  22. "Savor the Past Through Gay YouTuber Max Miller's 'Tasting History'". EDGE Media Network. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  23. @tastinghistory1 (October 9, 2021). "Officially wed. Let the cocktails and champagne flow!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. "Tasting History with Max on Instagram: "We are wed! #wedding #hawaii thank you @tedbaker"". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
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