Epic meal time update#
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I'm most excited about how we've really scaled up our meal, they're on another level now at this point.

Epic meal time series#

Harley: The biggest thing with the TV series is, there's a lot that we can capture on our own, but the thing that we really can't is the scope and the scale. We spoke to Harley about the buzz behind the series:Įpicurious: What were you most excited about with a TV series that you can't really do with a YouTube channel? The aptly titled Epic Meal Empire takes all of the craziness and amplifies it for TV, with meals that are more insane than ever.

Epic meal time update#

We reached out to Morenstein’s management for comment and will update if we receive any response.The YouTube channel, headed by former substitute teacher/amazing beard-haver Harley Morenstein, has garnered a massive amount of subscribers, and it was only a matter of time before all of that epicness could no longer be contained on just a computer screen. When asked why he left, Lemco simply stated that, “Business just got in the way of it being fun.” We reached out to Lemco who declined to comment except to agree with Perrault. With great success, trouble often follows it’s something both ex-members struggled with leaving them ultimately alienated. As it often happens when basement-made projects become overnight successes, priorities shift and the spirit of that initial creation often fades. It got to the point where I couldn’t trust Harley as a friend and Harley and his brother as business associates.” said Perrault.Īlthough Lemco and Perrault have left the show, regulars David Heuff, Josh Elkin and Ameer Atari still appeared frequently on the channel even creating a spin-off cooking show “ Handle It,” which is often sans Morenstein.įor Lemco and Perrault, their departures came at a time when the fuck-all attitude of Epic Meal Time was coming to end. “There were many promises made over the years that were not kept. Yet, Perrault hinted at multiple “broken promises” issued by the channel’s founders. With a booming merchandise business including a line of cookware and a cookbook, Morenstein seems to have leveraged this simple idea into a full-fledged corporation. The Epic Meal Time YouTube channel currently has over 5 million subscribers and is one of the most rapidly growing brands online. “Other than Harley, no other member of the crew had any ownership of the company.” “Essentially, I felt like I wasn’t being treated fairly considering the value I brought to the show,” Perrault explained. The sudden disappearance of Lemco and Perrault was followed by a rush of theories and rumors across YouTube and Twitter, but the actual reason for the crew members’ departure was largely unknown.Īccording to Perrault who spoke with NMR recently about his split from the show, both former cast members quit due to conflicts with Morenstein and his brother who is also a co-founder. Several months later in the upload “Meat Cake,” Epic Meal Time regular Tyler Lemco can be seen briefly, but from that point on Lemco is as absent as Perrault, leaving the crew strangely fractured.

As early as January 8, 2013, the sullen, surly character “Muscles Glasses” - played by Alex Perrault - was no longer appearing in Epic Meal Time videos. If you’ve been watching Epic Meal Time for long enough then you’ve noticed that the 5 – 7 man crew has dwindled within the past year. But what’s strange is that Morenstein, for the majority of the video, is alone. In it, Epic Meal Time co-creator Harley Morenstein talks directly into the camera while creating yet another edible monstrosity, this time on top of a sombrero. There is something strange about Epic Meal Time video “The Edible Sombrero.” While the title alone should be the biggest indicator for bizarre content, this particular video is troubling for an entirely different reason.