Gary Eats

[Hot_Dogs_Or_Toes]

Just discovered this thread. I can't stand him. Thank you.

 

[Sabbie]

He was so patronising to that chef who was actually the manager. Like he needed to be told he cooked the food right. Chef looked at him like he was a complete idiot. Which he is. Who can I blame for finding this twat.

 

[Sakkiedekock]

He's probably joined the same agency as Hannah Ricketts.
She's also gone down the same rage bait route with the hotel reviews.
It might explain those strange London vlogs where they all met up.
It pays well until he gets bopped.

 

[Sakkiedekock]

Exactly, he may live not live in a mansion but I'm sure he has lots of cash in the bank.

Certainly...

ChatKFC says:

Gary Eats is probably earning roughly:

£5,000–£10,000 per month from YouTube ads

Possibly £10k–£15k+ total including sponsorships/freebies/other platforms

Main reasons:

Around 450k+ subscribers

Likely 4–6 million monthly views

Food channels usually earn decent ad rates compared with gaming or prank content

Big caveat:

If most views are Shorts, earnings could be much lower

Viral long-form videos pay far better

In short:
Comfortable full-time income, but probably not “Dubai penthouse and rented Lamborghini” money. More “nice semi-detached in Essex and an air fryer the size of a tumble dryer.”

What would he earn for one video with 650K Views in the 1st 24 hours

If a video did 650,000 views in 24 hours, a realistic estimate is:
£500–£1,500 if it’s mostly Shorts traffic
£2,000–£5,000+ if it’s a normal long-form review video with strong UK/US viewers

For his sort of channel, I’d guess:

Around £2k–£4k for that one video
…just from YouTube ads.

Me thinks he doth protest too much.

See the Darren John Thread to see who has tried to jump on the bandwagon.

 

[Shabbar]

I like Gary. The more cringe and embarrassing stuff he does the better for me. I guess the only thing that’s sort of stupid is how easily pleased he is by a place that makes really basic, reheated, frozen food, if that place is a small independent and run by some sort of salt of the earth chef/owner. But I don’t really watch him for anything other than his partridge like personality.

One thing that elevates him for me is that food influencers are pretty much just in it for a free meal or to get paid to do an undisclosed ad. And at least Gary seems to have some morals around that

 

[TheAJ]

ok so in additionto him complaining about the tiktoker doing exactly what he does he's also outright lied 3 mins in, saying how he always asks permission to film, a number of times this has been proven untrue not least at marco pierre whites restaurant where he had the whole debacle with the waiter

 

[TheAJ]

Certainly...

ChatKFC says:

Gary Eats is probably earning roughly:

£5,000–£10,000 per month from YouTube ads

Possibly £10k–£15k+ total including sponsorships/freebies/other platforms

Main reasons:

Around 450k+ subscribers

Likely 4–6 million monthly views

Food channels usually earn decent ad rates compared with gaming or prank content

Big caveat:

If most views are Shorts, earnings could be much lower

Viral long-form videos pay far better

In short:
Comfortable full-time income, but probably not “Dubai penthouse and rented Lamborghini” money. More “nice semi-detached in Essex and an air fryer the size of a tumble dryer.”

What would he earn for one video with 650K Views in the 1st 24 hours

If a video did 650,000 views in 24 hours, a realistic estimate is:
£500–£1,500 if it’s mostly Shorts traffic
£2,000–£5,000+ if it’s a normal long-form review video with strong UK/US viewers

For his sort of channel, I’d guess:

Around £2k–£4k for that one video
…just from YouTube ads.

Me thinks he doth protest too much.

See the Darren John Thread to see who has tried to jump on the bandwagon.

+ the danny and garry channel, + book sales

 

[constancehardbroom]

That restaurant wants closing down its a health hazard

It’s got a 4 on scores on the doors it also wants closing down for charging £15.50 for a jacket potato

 

[PuritySpiral]

The only thing I can think of to do with his Mum, is that he's found forums like this where people have begun to question his back story of being a full time carer and how that squares with the content he's putting out these days. That's hardly abuse though.

 

[TheAJ]

The more cringe and embarrassing he gets, the more I can’t watch it fair enough, everyone has different takes on it. I do however think it’s not moral to plaster unsuspecting workers ,over the internet for click bait.

said it before ill say it again, people are not content for grifting wannabe influencers

 

[TommyAGS]

I also refused to watch it but just a negative title will give people preconceived ideas and we all know how reluctant people are to change their minds in any way thus even if they dont watch the video hundreds of thousands of people will think negatively of the restaurant by default

It really is disgusting.
Putting the boot into a small business for a few greasy clicks on a low effort YouTube channel.

 

[eloise b]

His "sister" in his comments saying how lovely he is how he dont deserve the hate.....

Its not his sister is it its likely gary on a made up account

 

[Sabbie]

100% lies. He couldn’t even concoct a good story up.

“Couple of people gets cameras out” So why haven’t they posted it on FB like all good gammons do?

 

[Rosie glow]

Gary had major beef that he was asked not to film in Gordon Ramsey's restaurant the amount of times he said "its fine" emphasised that name dropping all the other youtubers who had filmed was childish too
Then he proceded to film his entire meal anyway

 

[Sakkiedekock]

This is getting ridiculous now.
The grift that keeps on grifting.
Is he trying to get money for a set of dentures?

 

[Sakkiedekock]

Smells of agency pr bullshine.
He'll be on GBeebies or GMB soon crying for donations from his gammon followers.

 

[ChickenLicking]

I used to like Gary and his videos and still do enjoy the odd couple, back when they were simple, light hearted, checking out some of the good food this country has to offer in both well known and hidden gem establishments (for those I could let the odd fast food chain slide as theyre not somewhere i go anymore so it can be interesting to see current trends). But the descent into rage bait slop is disgusting, manifesting into half the comments on that latest potential food poisoning curry takeaway being racist shit (at the time of writing this they hadn't been removed). The misleading titles and not to mention the stupid shocked or deep in thought thumbnails that've been out of trend for, in social content terms, an age. The pop up table also has to be one of the dumbest gimmicks I've seen in quite some time yet he and danny seem to think its the most original and hilarious bit in decades. It definitely feels like that group who seem to have gravitated together (though Harrison seems to have managed to be intelligent enough to steer clear of what i'll be generous and call bad content decisions) are feeding off eachother and using one anothers ideas in a race to the bottom.

And I know its clearly a winning formulae views wise for him but jesus christ is he going for the Guinness book of records achievement for most fish and chip shops reviewed?! How can you not be bored making the same thing over and over let alone being a viewer. Going back to my point of unoriginality with every single one apparently being either the best or worst in history if the titles are to be believed

Finally, as someone who actually works in the restaurant industry and not someone who as far as I think we've been informed didn't just grow up with parents who owned a pub? (feel free to correct me if more info has been given in a video I've missed) some parts are outright (I think intentionally) dishonest. Specifically when referring to things as 'not worth the money' or 'overpriced' etc (I grant you in some cases eg Salt Bae restaurant this is fair and true). I say intentionally dishonest because in some videos he acknowledges costs of rent, running, wages, quality of produce etc but in others its ignored entirely i presume to get the reaction of a lot of people who don't think about those things with the 'oh i could make that at home for half the money' mindsets. A recent example that comes to mind would be where he's reviewing i believe a hotel cafe that serves 'the most expensive pastries in the country' then comparing it to Greggs, without any consideration of location, atmosphere, the experience of a highly trained brigade of patissiers, the high quality ingredients vs takeaway, made by a machine, frozen, with the cheapest ingredients possible to keep margins high, Greggs. The industry especially now needs much better ambassadors, not people/wannabe influencers slagging it off.

Without too much stretch of the imagination in Garry's very formulaic shtick: 'has he got too big for his boots? I'll let you decide. Buh bye' *walks off muttering to myself into the distance while trying to dodge people and/or traffic*

You're spot on. I'm the OP of this thread and I actually used to enjoy watching his videos. Some of it was because he looks like my late husband, who wasn't a huge fan, declaring Gary to be 'boring and repetitive.'

He's got such a limited vocabulary when describing food. As his YT fame has grown he's showing his true colours of being downright aggressively rude to his son during filming, despite describing it as 'banter'.

 

[SwiftieNewRomantics]

do we really need another middle aged loser giving us his opinion on greasy takeaway food.

I have read in previous vlogs some commenters suggesting it’s his son answering in the comments anyway I’ve also been wondering if that person who he pinned on YT (ie. had the dogs set on them) is even real, I genuinely hope not. Cos I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes, but call me cynical

I’m not sure which one would be worse honestly

 

[SwiftieNewRomantics]

Some pointing out their distaste in Greeno comments. One said they like the videos, but getting a little tired of all the advertising, as they pay £12.99 to remove advertising. He replied “you’re getting tired of one advert per month”

He also disagreed with another over the value for money etc regarding HF, person raised some valid points. one said you’re obviously being paid to plug them etc. just losing credibility with each one..

Tiny little man who can’t handle criticism

 

[The OG]

Where was he filming this epic? In the street? Why? He could have done it at home or in his Fiesta, would make more sense than standing outside somewhere with Joe Public passing by.

well quite particularly given the level of risk he appears to be under-someone tell RAVEC quick so they can consider his security-for such a high profile figure