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'''Brothers Green''' was the Brooklyn-based brotherly cooking duo of Joshua (Josh) and Michael (Mike) Greenfield. Brothers Green currently host an online cooking show ''Brothers Green Eats'' on [[YouTube]] and host a Cooking/Music TV show with MTV international that airs in over 90 countries around the world. 2015<ref name="MTV">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mtv-international-launch-cooking-show-777079</ref>
'''Brothers Green''' was the Brooklyn-based cooking duo of brothers Josh and Mike Greenfield. Brothers Green formerly hosted an online cooking show ''Brothers Green Eats'' on [[YouTube]] and a cooking and music TV show with MTV international that airs in over 90 countries around the world.<ref name="MTV">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mtv-international-launch-cooking-show-777079|title = MTV International to Launch Cooking Show for Millennials| website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date = 24 February 2015}}</ref> In 2019, Brothers Green announced their split as a creative team, with Josh starting a new, less food-focused YouTube channel and Mike keeping and rebranding the Brothers Green channel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brothers Green is Officially Breaking Up |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNLDB4AgyfQ |website=www.youtube.com |language=en}}</ref>


== Origins ==
== Origins ==
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Josh (born 1985) and Mike (born 1988) grew up in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] in a Jewish family. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYq0D9tK2dk&pp=ygUScHJvIGhvbWUgY29va3MgbG94 | title=The Bagel Sandwich that New York Created | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>


Josh was a high school [[American football|football]] star but declined to play college football so that he could focus on his studies. He attended [[University of Delaware]] and graduated in 2007. He formed a band, The Canon Logic, with his friends and relocated to Brooklyn. After college, Josh began providing custom weekly cuisines to friends and neighbors.
Josh (born 1985) and Mike (born 1988) grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Josh attended [[University of Delaware]] and graduated in 2007 . He formed a band, The Canon Logic, with his friends and relocated to Brooklyn. After college, Josh began providing custom weekly cuisines to friends and neighbors.


Meanwhile, Mike was attending the [[University of Pittsburgh]] where he was studying architecture, and began to host catered events and small dinner parties for his friends to test his skills and hone his craft.
Meanwhile, Mike was attending the [[University of Pittsburgh]] where he was studying architecture, and began to host catered events and small dinner parties for his friends to test his skills and hone his craft.
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After graduation, Mike moved to Brooklyn with Josh where they started Brothers Green.
After graduation, Mike moved to Brooklyn with Josh where they started Brothers Green.


== Blogging and Vlogging ==
== Blogging and vlogging ==
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Mike and Josh started documenting their culinary jobs and experiments online. Mike started taking photographs of his daily food creations on Everyday Appetite while Josh was writing about his various food experiences on his blog called YIEatN which covered such topics as creative cooking and music.
Mike and Josh started documenting their culinary jobs and experiments online. Mike started taking photographs of his daily food creations on Everyday Appetite while Josh was writing about his various food experiences on his blog called YIEatN which covered such topics as creative cooking and music.


Their comical attitude and chemistry in the kitchen lent itself to home videos, and with the help of their film-making roommate, became their first cooking show, YuNork which parodied the opening credits to ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''.
Their comical attitude and chemistry in the kitchen lent itself to home videos, and with the help of their film-making roommate, became their first cooking show, YuNork which parodied the opening credits to ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''.
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== Success ==
== Success ==


In 2011 [[Rachael Ray]] approached Brothers Green for a burger cook-off on her show where they competed for [[Nick Jonas]].<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsrSJb51RGk Rachael Ray]'', Season 5, Episode 103, 2011</ref>
In 2011 [[Rachael Ray]] approached Brothers Green for a burger cook-off on her show where they competed for [[Nick Jonas]].<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsrSJb51RGk Rachael Ray]'', Season 5, Episode 103, 2011</ref> In the summer of 2012, Brothers Green was profiled by DnaInfo.<ref>''[http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120725/williamsburg/brothers-green-host-cooking-show-brooklyn-apartment/slideshow/217526 DNAinfo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312093834/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120725/williamsburg/brothers-green-host-cooking-show-brooklyn-apartment/slideshow/217526 |date=2013-03-12 }}'', Meredith Hoffman, Summer in the City, Brooklyn, July 25, 2012</ref>
In the summer of 2012 Brothers Green was profiled by DnaInfo.<ref>''[http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120725/williamsburg/brothers-green-host-cooking-show-brooklyn-apartment/slideshow/217526 DNAinfo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312093834/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120725/williamsburg/brothers-green-host-cooking-show-brooklyn-apartment/slideshow/217526 |date=2013-03-12 }}'', Meredith Hoffman, Summer in the City, Brooklyn, July 25, 2012</ref>


Followed by [[New York Magazine]]'s Grub Street.<ref>''[http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2012/07/here_are_the_brothers_green.html Grub Street]'', Here Are The Brothers Green, July 25, 2012</ref>
Followed by [[New York Magazine]]'s Grub Street.<ref>''[http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2012/07/here_are_the_brothers_green.html Grub Street]'', Here Are The Brothers Green, July 25, 2012</ref> In 2012, Mike and Josh executed contracts to star in their own cooking show on YouTube's Hungry Channel. On November 19, 2013 Josh and Mike competed in Food Network's ''[[Chopped (TV series)|Chopped]]''. Josh was eliminated in the appetizer round, Mike was eliminated in the entree round.<ref>''[http://www.foodnetwork.com/chopped/cloche-call/index.html Chopped] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234443/http://www.foodnetwork.com/chopped/cloche-call/index.html |date=2013-12-02 }}'', Episode CQ1713H, November 19, 2013</ref>
In 2012, Mike and Josh executed contracts to star in their own cooking show on YouTube's Hungry Channel.
On November 19, 2013 Josh and Mike competed in Food Network's Chopped. Josh was eliminated in the appetizer round, Mike was eliminated in the entree round.<ref>''[http://www.foodnetwork.com/chopped/cloche-call/index.html Chopped]'', Episode CQ1713H, November 19, 2013</ref>


The Brothers Green finished taping their first television show with MTV international which came out in the spring of 2015<ref name="MTV"/>
The Brothers Green finished taping their first television show with MTV international which came out in the spring of 2015.<ref name="MTV"/>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 23:11, 25 November 2023

Brothers Green was the Brooklyn-based cooking duo of brothers Josh and Mike Greenfield. Brothers Green formerly hosted an online cooking show Brothers Green Eats on YouTube and a cooking and music TV show with MTV international that airs in over 90 countries around the world.[1] In 2019, Brothers Green announced their split as a creative team, with Josh starting a new, less food-focused YouTube channel and Mike keeping and rebranding the Brothers Green channel.[2]

Origins

Josh (born 1985) and Mike (born 1988) grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a Jewish family. [3]

Josh was a high school football star but declined to play college football so that he could focus on his studies. He attended University of Delaware and graduated in 2007. He formed a band, The Canon Logic, with his friends and relocated to Brooklyn. After college, Josh began providing custom weekly cuisines to friends and neighbors.

Meanwhile, Mike was attending the University of Pittsburgh where he was studying architecture, and began to host catered events and small dinner parties for his friends to test his skills and hone his craft.

After graduation, Mike moved to Brooklyn with Josh where they started Brothers Green.

Blogging and vlogging

Mike and Josh started documenting their culinary jobs and experiments online. Mike started taking photographs of his daily food creations on Everyday Appetite while Josh was writing about his various food experiences on his blog called YIEatN which covered such topics as creative cooking and music.

Their comical attitude and chemistry in the kitchen lent itself to home videos, and with the help of their film-making roommate, became their first cooking show, YuNork which parodied the opening credits to Dexter.

Success

In 2011 Rachael Ray approached Brothers Green for a burger cook-off on her show where they competed for Nick Jonas.[4] In the summer of 2012, Brothers Green was profiled by DnaInfo.[5]

Followed by New York Magazine's Grub Street.[6] In 2012, Mike and Josh executed contracts to star in their own cooking show on YouTube's Hungry Channel. On November 19, 2013 Josh and Mike competed in Food Network's Chopped. Josh was eliminated in the appetizer round, Mike was eliminated in the entree round.[7]

The Brothers Green finished taping their first television show with MTV international which came out in the spring of 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "MTV International to Launch Cooking Show for Millennials". The Hollywood Reporter. 24 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Brothers Green is Officially Breaking Up". www.youtube.com.
  3. ^ "The Bagel Sandwich that New York Created". YouTube.
  4. ^ Rachael Ray, Season 5, Episode 103, 2011
  5. ^ DNAinfo Archived 2013-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Meredith Hoffman, Summer in the City, Brooklyn, July 25, 2012
  6. ^ Grub Street, Here Are The Brothers Green, July 25, 2012
  7. ^ Chopped Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, Episode CQ1713H, November 19, 2013

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