“One thing that keeps me going is a lot of the comments and interactions that I get on social media, and through YouTube, where people are telling me like, ‘Oh, I love your channel, I've been making a few recipes a week, these are our new favorite things that we're cooking, we're eating in more, we're not taking out so much.’ And that makes me think that I'm leaving, like a positive impact in this world.”
– Angelo Todaro

By day, Angelo Todaro is a New Jersey-based health coach. From NFL players to suburban moms, he’s trained a wide variety of clientele in his decade as an elite trainer and consultant.

But on the side, Angelo is a burgeoning chef with a YouTube channel that has grown to over 30,000 subscribers. Since 2017, Angelo has been entertaining and educating the masses with his in-depth cooking tutorials of healthy and delicious dishes.

In this conversation on The Videocraft Show Presented by Video Husky, Jon Santiago goes into the weeds with Chef Ange about building a flourishing cooking channel on YouTube. They discuss:

• The lessons he’s learned from professional athletes in the NFL, MLB, and UFC that he applies to his journey as a content creator.
• The technical nitty-gritty of creating content for his YouTube channel, including his advice for shooting videos with a multi-cam setup
• The importance of finding mentors along the way as a creator (plus how to connect with them).
• Optimizing his YouTube thumbnails and titles.

And so much more...

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Relevant Links

• Chef Ange on YouTube
• Chef Ange on Instagram
• Oven Roasted Crispy Chicken Thighs (Chef Ange's first Youtube video)
• Mr. Make It Happen on YouTube
• How to Photograph Food: Compose, Shoot, and Edit Appetizing Images by Beata Lubas (Not sponsored)

Chapters

• (00:00 ) Intro
• (02:46 ) Start of conversation with Chef Ange
• (03:35 ) The start of Chef Ange’s fitness career
• (04:13 ) How his interest in cooking started
• (05:22 ) His first YouTube video getting 3 million views
• (07:13 ) How he learned to cook
• (11:03 ) His views on self-development
• (15:22 ) What he learned from his mother about the basics of cooking
• (19:23 ) What he learned from professional and collegiate athletes
• (22:07 ) What keeps him motivated
• (26:56 ) The importance of being consistent on YouTube
• (29:42 ) The process of improving his videos
• (33:17 ) The metrics that he pays attention to
• (34:34 ) Optimizing his YouTube thumbnails and titles
• (39:32 ) His strategy for improving his click-through rate
• (40:52 ) His content creation process
• (49:35 ) Knowing when he needed to outsource
• (54:06 ) Anyone can be a creator now
• (55:49 ) Best practices for shooting with multiple cameras
• (59:14 ) The cameras and lights that Chef Ange uses
• (01:01:58 ) His inspiration as a content creator
• (01:06:49 ) Tips for reaching out to potential content creator mentors
• (01:12:33 ) The first step to achieving your goal is just to START
• (01:16:01 ) Where to follow Chef Ange

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Production Credits

• Producer: Nikki Vicente
• Editor: Ingrid Sarayba
• Graphics: Paolo Lopez