On the first episode of Food Network Obsessed, host Jaymee Sire chats with YouTube sensation and Food Network judge Kalen Allen. Find out how he started making viral food recipe reaction videos that took him from full-time student to full-blown star in a matter of weeks. Kalen gets honest about staying true to your dreams, being an activist in the digital space and how he stays positive in light of it all. He also dishes on what filming was like for his new show Cakealikes and which celebrity judge had him starstruck. Finally, we hear about his five-cheese mac and cheese, his gateway vegetable and the food he would erase from the planet forever.

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