About
Benjamin Dylan Hollis (born September 7, 1995) is a Bermudian social media personality and baker. Hollis creates TikTok and YouTube videos of himself making, sampling, and commenting on unusual vintage American recipes. He had over ten million followers on TikTok as of October 2024, as well as over two million subscribers on YouTube. Hollis has appeared on Good Morning America and The Kelly Clarkson Show.
His first cookbook, Baking Yesteryear, from Penguin Random House, became one of the most pre-ordered books in the history of its publisher, surpassed only by A Promised Land, Becoming, and Spare. Released in July 2023, it debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Sellers list and remained on the list for an additional fourteen weeks.
== Early life ==
Hollis grew up in St. George’s, Bermuda, and attended Warwick Academy. In 2014, he moved to Laramie, Wyoming, to attend the University of Wyoming, where his longstanding fascination with mid–20th-century American culture led him to study 1940s big band jazz, as well as purchase and daily-drive a 1963 Cadillac Series 62, which he named “Ernest”. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2021.
== Career ==
Hollis began using…
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