Samuel D Zien

YouTube Star

Birthday August 7, 1959

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Canada

Age 65 years old

#95,072 Most Popular

About

Canadian television cook, YouTube star, online content creator, social media personality, and cookbook author who is best known by Sam the cooking guy. He has gained popularity for posting food content through easy-to-make recipes and kitchen basics on his YouTube channel that has garnered 657 million views. 

Before Fame

He previously worked as an executive for a San Diego pharmaceutical company. In May 2011, he premiered The Sam Livecast, an Internet cooking show that took place in his home kitchen.

Trivia

He is the author of the books, "The Holy Grill," "Sam the Cooking Guy: Between the Buns: Burgers, Sandwiches, Tacos, Burritos, Hot Dogs & More," and "Just Grill This!" One of his most viewed YouTube video, with over six million views in total, is called "THE BEST BURGER I'VE EVER MADE (v2.0) | SAM THE COOKING GUY 4K."

Family Life

He is married to Kelly Zien. 

Associated With

In the year 2008, he appeared on NBC's The Today Show in a segment with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.