Andy Cooks

Andy Cooks is the channel of Andy Hearnden, a New Zealand-born chef working in Australia whose quick, cheerful recipe shorts made him one of the fastest-growing cooks on YouTube from 2022. Every short comes with a full ingredient list in the description, and longer videos answer questions like which beef makes the best burger.

Burgers and chicken sandwiches are among his most-watched videos. His homemade Zinger burger, with a hot sauce brine and a spiced flour, has been watched many millions of times, followed by a Korean fried chicken burger, a buffalo chicken burger and a wagyu burger with caramelised onions and blue cheese. He tests smash burger temperatures and cooking patties from frozen with Chris Young, argues about burger structure, makes a Balkan pljeskavica, a classic Aussie burger with pineapple and a Filet-O-Fish that he says is healthier than a McDonald’s meal, and asks chefs including David Chang, Matty Matheson, Curtis Stone and Ben Shewry how they make burgers at home.