We need the complete history of Ben

I could listen to Kush talk all day. What a great addition to Sorted.

“All I wanted was to be happy”. Bravo. May we all encourage our kids to have the same aspiration in their working lives.

Mike's so solid in an interview setting. Love his curiosity and the way he lays a foundation for a question. Easy to see him having been a great teacher in the past. And fuck oath, Kush has led an interesting life, what a lad.

Barely into the Podcast and Kush is all "I want to feed my child my cooking" and it hit like a truck. Food is such an important thing to human culture across the board, and it's one of the things I pay special attention to. Nothing was more human than Kush looking forward to that experience.

Kush is spot on with his advice. I've had 25+ years in the kitchen, the last 15 as Exec. It's grueling both mentally and physically, and there is a vicious loop with the lack of positive feedback. I had to get out of the vicious lifestyle a year ago. I now cook at hospital for patients and staff. It's so relaxing, compelling, and very satisfying. And to bring a chef's touch and plating for the patients is pleasing. However. I had a full plate come back tonight. The patient passed away between lunch and dinner. It hits you. I made his last meal. Another time, I had a patient being taken off a ventilator and she put in a request for the biggest double cheeseburger with extra extra extra everything and something chocolate and decadent. She knew it was her last meal. That one still gets me. I knew it, she knew it, and I did my damnedest to make the most insane thing I could. She ate the dessert first to make sure she had room and time. I still fucking cry when I think about it.

Unleash the Kush more often. His knowledge is boundless, so I say a cooking with Kush series is chronically needed.

Kush's story about the phone call to his dad got me teary. Honestly I love and respect him that much more now. That guy is an awesome human being ❤

Kush's story is wild, it explains so much about his special brand of chaos!

So I just want to say I knew Kush was a high caliber chef but I had no idea how high caliber, this man could go anywhere in the world and work and hes a chef at Sorted, its amazing how life works out. Thanks for sharing your journey with us Kush and keep it coming lads, you gentlemen feel like family and I always look forward to the next video, Cheers!

As a physician I can 100% relate to what Kush is saying about being down because of the environment in the kitchen. While in medical school, or more so residency, you're just expected to perform at peak with no mistakes with exceptionally long hours (sometimes 30+ at a time). You certainly hear it when you don't do well but there isn't much of a positive feedback loop when you're doing well. It can be crushing and I've taken that experience with the students and residents that I teach to make sure they understand when they are doing both bad or good. Everyone needs that. Kush, you've been wonderful to watch. Thank you for being candid about your experiences. I have no doubt it will be beneficial to others.

Yes to the suggestion of having the same chat with James!

Ebber's little "Not that one" when Kush is asked about a story of Ben is so good lmao

Kush explaining his insane history in three separate Michelin Starred restaurants Mike: We make you taste our food!

I have been following the guys since the beginning- was gutted when James left, and although I was reluctant to like Kush (because it felt like a betrayal), he is just so great that he wins you over. Genuinely cool guy and wonderful chef. I will always be partial to Ebbers as my favorite chef- but Kush is right up there too 😊

I really appreciate you guys continuing to post the podcasts like this on youtube! I never cared to get into any with spotify, or apple, or whatnot, but discussions like this with the small amount of people I follow are so great to listen to.

didnt think kush could become a more likeable guy than he already was but here you go. huge respect for staying open to change and value being happy more than the number of michelin stars. also thanks gor settling down so we can 'keep' you. what a history.

I really appreciate Kush's honesty in talking about Barry's sous chef title. He has a perspective on that title and what it means that most of us watching just don't have. Love his honesty.

I used to run out of West End Central Police Station in Savile Row over Covid, and Benares were extremely good to us. They gave us free takeaway meals for doing our job whilst the rest of London was in lockdown , along with all other emergency services. What a small world knowing that Kush was behind that! It was bloody delicious as well, I still fondly remember that biriyani.

Nice to see the podcast being posted on KZfaq!

Kush's comedic timing is so perfect! That sip at the end 😂 Also, very _very_ happy to hear Kush loves being on camera. Please unleash him more!!

‘My ambition was just to be happy’ Going through a rough patch at the moment and this just encapsulates everything. Thanks guys

Kush is just a gem. Absolutely a perfect fit for the team and he’s easily my favorite to watch cook and teach at the same time. Would love an episode about the early years of the channel…the biggest challenges they faced, how they soldiered on, what they wish hadn’t changed and what they’re glad did. Just a real bts episode with all the boys sharing. Would also be cool to see more with the sorted team - let them tell some stories about the boys and their “finer” moments.

When Kush said "i just wanted to be happy and respected by my peers" felt that ❤

That realization ... "we got HIM to judge our food" is AMAZING. They have a literal top chef that could probably go run nearly any kitchen tasting Jamie's deep fried pickle. AMAZING

"Replacing"James was such a tall order and Kush 100% lived up. I've been watching sorted since 2018 and was so sad James left, but introducing Kush bit by bit and letting him become his own personality was amazing. 10/10 from both, always excited for any video either are in!

Anyone who's watched Kush cook knows he's impressive but hearing him talk through his whole CV/work history and all the incredible places he's worked, I'm even more blown away and what he's accomplished and how he talks about just wanting to be happy, that the dream was never to chase stars.

This is one of the best interviews I’ve seen for ages. It had all the highs and lows of working in a kitchen. Thanks for being so open and honest Kush 👍👍

I just saw this posted so haven't listened to it yet, but as someone who has been following Sorted for almost 10 years, Kush is amazing. A fantastic addition after James. I'm really glad you guys have been putting him on camera more. Dude is hilarious.

I desperately hope that Jamie was serious about an update video because there is nothing I want more than to hear chaotic Kush gush about his little girl’s introduction to food!

I remember watching Raymond Blanc's cooking shows and being impressed with Kush. if you guys could bring that footage that'd be great! 😂

Fantastic!! So fascinating to find out who Kush really is. Yes, please, we need the same from Curry & Ben as well. I understand that Ben has been there forever but would love to know what led up to Sorted in general. Thank you to Kush!! Brilliant video. 💖

idk why but it makes me happy whenever Kush is onscreen. Just one of those ppl & of course exceptional talent.

Kush is just so charming! Could listen to him talk for hours!

Still here advocating for Kush's series to be named ''KUSH IT TO THE LIMIT!!!'' would be an absolute delight!💯💯 wow this was absolutely amazing to watch!! got an exam to prep for and here i am watching you guys ramble on!! but totally worth my break!!!

I'd love to see a more educational spinoff series by Kush - deep dives into knife skills, making a puree, how to properly wear an apron? Idk.. anything he has a tip for that people wouldn't have thought about

Lads and the whole team, I just want to say a big big hearty thank you for including subtitles even in your podcasts. Words can’t explain how much I appreciate it. Proves once again how much you guys care for your audience and making it as accessible as possible. Much love xx.

As someone who has worked within hospitality for 16 or so years now and managed bars with large and small kitchens, I don’t think I’ve ever had the chance to sit down with any of the head chefs I’ve worked and talk about “work, but not work” quite like this. Might be something I take forward !

Man I'm loving these Under the Cloche pods. It's so great hearing about the journey everyone went through before sorted and all the other guests have been amazing. Keep making these please! Gotta get James on!!!!

This has been one of the best sit down chats you’ve done so far. I would love to see all of you have ago in the hot seat, it gives us all a fantastic inside to sorted food and yourselves. Thank you kush for a fantastic interview. Hope kush is there for years to come. Same as you all.love love love this channel ❤❤❤

58:40 - I know it's funny, but it also hits different after the stories of how often he had to leave his not-yet wife to go work far away for who knows how long. Seriously, kudos to his wife because that requires a tremendous amount of patience and love for your partner!

The additional focus on Kush makes your channel 1000% more engaging and interesting

What a great interview. I already had a lot of respect for Kush as a chef, but am even more impressed now.

WE LOVE KUSH!

I am so glad I sat down with dinner to watch this interview. It was fascinating, amazing and just great to listen to Kush tell the story of his food journey that has ended him up at Sorted. Thanks for sharing.

I’d love to see more of the podcast on KZfaq. This was a great episode. Hiring Kush to Sorted food was one of the best decisions ever!!

This could easily have been twice as long and I’d have happily have watched it. I’m watching it again now for the second time, after all. Kush has been a great addition to Sorted. Not only does his natural “chaos goblin” energy mesh beautifully with the natural mayhem resulting from a group of disparate people and a kitchen, but, and somehow, this isn’t as contradictory as it sounds, his sense of discipline as a chef has affected the boys cooking for the better.(also glad to hear that he agreed with most of the community, that Mike HAD that last dish, and Barry wasn’t really sous chef material….no shade on Barry but a sous chef is there to keep things on course, not to be all “….oooooohhh SQUIRREL!!!!!!…..”) He still amazes me every time he’s in the kitchen…..this man is a virtuoso and the kitchen is his instrument and it’s a pleasure to watch him play.

Kush is such a gem of a person. A fearless, honest person and a lovely dad.

This was fascinating, but yes, please do the same with James! I want to hear HIS take on what it was like to end up in front of the camera!

Love that the podcast is back. Love listening to Kush and the rest of the team hang out at chat (kinda like the old podcast). Not sure if this would be the right video to comment on for another video recommendation but considering Kush just had a daughter (congrats) and the rest of the team has kids (minus Ben & James, I think…) I would love to see a video about cooking as first time parents. Y’all’s videos are keeping me wake, sane, and entertained as I navigate being a first time dad myself. Keep up the amazing work and thank you for all that you do.

I wasn’t going to watch this as it seemed a bit long. But it was worth every second and flew by. Great stuff.

Kush is wonderful! Sorted is really fortunate to have him on board. Ben and the normals, if he ever gets that itch just give it a good scratch and make sure he stays. Love him! 🥰

this was such a great episode, amazing to know more about kush. i have been stoked about the energy he brings since he started appearing on screen. had a great time watching this

This was so great! Please can you do a podcast for each of you (including James) as although I have been watching you guys for years I have no real idea of your individual histories apart from the fact that you have all known each other since school, and I think it would be fascinating! ❤

I so enjoyed this format and loved hearing the career progression of Kush. I’ve been following Sorted for 14 years. Thank you. ! Keep these coming.

I love that you're all just yourselves!!! Sometimes youtubers have their characters andnthe podcast sounds weird because they gone from being their character to just a person having a chat. But you all are just yourselves. Been watching for about 12 years and you're all so fantastic to listen to

Kush is such an addition to sorted, I’m so glad you all saw his potential, brilliant cook, personable, wicked sense of humour, funniest I saw him was safety officer, had me in me in stitches 😂

I love watching Kush. This was great. Each one of you should do the same thing. Folks like me that haven't been following y'all for many years, have no clue how you met, how it got started etc.

I just wish this was 2 hrs. Soo interesting!

truly loved hearing kush's story and like, kind of when he joined sorted cause I had been watching since before james joined but I never really realized "oh hey, theres this new face". Genuinely so much fun and I can hear the nostalgia through these stories. Love it

Genuinely an incredible video, probably my new favorite after all these years of watching! I'd love a James episode and I'd love more of you all just chatting, get some of the crew involved too

Can we have a video of the other Sorted boys helping Kush with his patio so that he never leaves

I have taken Kush's motto about working for happiness not for personal wealth and it honestly does help so much. The wealth and possessions will come with it but mental health is everything we have.

A BIG Thanks. Kush. What an amazing journey you have had. I am 71 an old electrician for most of my life. and then a computer engineer for the time being 😊. Thanks to the Sort it. Team. I have seen you guys in the earlier day's. But only a small amount. Now it seems that i have now for sometime now been solidly looking at you, lot 😅😅😅 Thanks boys.

I couldn't stop smiling the entire video! Kush is LEGENDARY. What a cool cat. I love the Sorted cast. You're all so charismatic and comforting! Great interviewers and conversationalists

Mike is such a brilliant interviewer - please have him on every podcast ❤️

Loved the episode guys! Could literally listen to Kush talk all day! Would love an Ebbers and James episode to go alongside it too! The holy trinity of sorted chefs!

As a kid when I was asked what did I want to be, I said I want to be happy; Kush, you are my hero. Happiness is the highest goal❤

This was wonderful, thanks guys! Kush is so funny and interesting and I could have listened to the guys chat for two or three hours without even realising!

It's really nice to hear someone talk so glowingly of Ebbers, he's clearly had a big effect on people

I knew Kush was good, but I didn't know he was *that* good. I felt like leaving a £50* tip and a five-star Yelp review after wathing this. It was brilliant - really great interview. *If I left a £50 tip, it'd cost me only another 750,000 years before I could afford my own private yacht. So - you know - priorities...

Those guys that took Kush on had the right mindset about what makes a great chef. Shout out to Kush's mom, she's a real one.

This was wonderful, thank you to the crew and especially Kush!

a chat with James is VEEERY MUCH needed!!

Its 3.30 am here in Australia. I was just going to watch the first 5 minutes. But Kush's narrative is compelling. Thanks for this. And with baby brain too.

That was so interesting! It’s wonderful that all your storys collided together and you made such a good channel out of this. Thanks for doing this! 😊

Half an hour in and already learned so much about the man, the industry... Life! Taking my wife to the 9th restaurant for her birthday based on Kush stating it's his favourite a few weeks ago.

i love these podcasts. everyone's so good at keeping it interesting, i can't even believe i listened to a whole hour of just you guys talking without skipping anything.

I LOVE this! Its great getting to learn more about each of you and oh my goodness, Kush, your accomplishments are fantastic, well done! Thanks so much for sharing yourselves with us❤

Did he say Rioja and Monster?! What a GREAT episode and i loved seeing it on YT! What a great life!

Absolutely loved this. Really interesting learning about Kush’s journey. Defo an opportunity to hear from Ben, James, and all the other chefs you’ve had on over the years

More of these, I quite enjoyed this!

I'm at uni atm and there is this expectation for me to be at the top of my industry to do all these high level things. I always thought to myself I just want to be happy is that not enough? Hearing Kush say that all that other stuff wasn't the dream and he just wants to be happy which changes constantly of course was really comforting. I've been watching the channel for a long time and just want to say thank you for creating the amazing videos you have. I hope you keep going for as long as the channel makes you happy :)

Kush is the reason the fridge camera is gone? Thank you so much Kush. You saved everything.

Love this format, love also that it is videotaped, watching on Saturday morning is my new treat. Would love to see James talk about his journey too. Congratulations on becoming a dad🐨🦘🐨🦘😃

This is one of my fav videos so far. What an interesting and fun bloke Kush is

I never realized James was responsible for so much of the developments on Sorted. He did a wonderful job. The quiet achiever.

I can't stop laughing at Mikes Story lol 😂😂😂 also I love Kush :)

Yes yes this will be my daily binge podcast! This is awesome really really looking forward to the future episodes!

REALLY enjoying the new Under the Cloche series. Great addition to the channel!

Just when I thought I couldn’t appreciate Kush more! Him talking about just wanting to be happy is incredible and his dedication to his craft is so inspirational 👏🏻

brought me nostalgia on that starting right away on prep. Used to clock in, throw a banter "scarnon cvnts!" (australian, mind you), then immediately head over to my section either starting the day or passing over, "hows the prep, what else needed to be ticked off". I swear even 4 hours of prep work isnt enough on some very hectic days.. cant believed i used to work for 13+ hours a day. oh! and Im known as a banana. Yellow outside (asian) white inside. hahaha!

Fantstic episode boys. My respect for Kush has grown even greater. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your true story.

I'm really enjoying these podcast interviews guys! This is great!

One hell of an episode! Loved this! Great to get to know Kush better! Thank you Kush!

What a fabulous and insightful conversation! Thank you!

Kush kept me hooked the whole video - a huge feat considering my focus issues 😂. I love his whole vibe, what a fascinating life he has lead so far. Love this, keep up the good work guys ❤

this is EXACTLY what friday needed.

I'm so happy that this has happened. Been looking forward to listening all day. Just got home, got washed up and changed, and hit play

Loved this! Such an interesting interview on Kush's journey, and going behind the curtains of the restaurant industry. And from someone so genuine and down to earth. Also we both said "Yay!" out loud at the idea of doing a similar interview for James. We hope all of you will take a turn in the guest seat, especially Ben!