Korean Englishman (Korean: 영국남자; RR: Yeonggungnamja; lit. "Englishman") is a YouTube channel created by internet personality duo Josh Carrott and Ollie Kendal. It features videos in Korean and English centring around South Korean culture and food.
Ollie Kendal is Carrott's best friend and partner, whom he met while attending SOAS in London. His father, Henry, was the vicar of St Barnabas Church, North Finchley.[11] He has a background in video production, as well as photography and graphic design. In 2013, he was pursuing a master's degree in biblical studies. In November of that year, he and Carrott incorporated the private limited company Kendal & Carrott in the United Kingdom.[12][13] Ollie is married to Lizzie Kendal and has a daughter named Juno.[14]
Channels
Korean Englishman
The channel initially featured the reactions of their English friends to Korean cuisine. Most famously, they introduced fire noodles to their English friends as a spicy food challenge in 2014; this later developed into the "Fire Noodle Challenge".[15][16]
They have since collaborated with both Western and Korean celebrities and organizations, including:[17][18]
In addition, Carrott, Kendall and Kook have been invited to Buckingham Palace twice and spoken with King Charles III on both occasions. The second occasion was a British-Korean state dinner featuring South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. The trio also sat at the same table as Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé of K-Pop girl group Blackpink, which led to Carrott offering to translate for Jisoo and Jisoo accepting.[21][non-primary source needed]
Jolly
Carrott and Kendal launched a second channel, "Jolly", in 2017, which produces a broader variety of content intended for a more global audience.[6] Both Kendal and Carrott frequently have friends and family on as guests, including Kendal's brother-in-law, Chris Lee.[22]
In 2019, over half of the channel's views came from Korea.[23]
Other works
On Carrott's 32nd birthday, Kendal published Carrott's (partially fictitious) autobiography, which was ghostwritten by his friends, with parts of the proceeds donated to Carrot Land Adventure Park in Ohakune, New Zealand.[24]
In October 2020, Carrott and Kook were criticised and later investigated by police after a video was uploaded on Gabie Kook's channel of Carrott and Kook receiving packages to their quarantine apartment in a way some thought were violating South Korea's COVID-19 quarantine regulations.[25][26][27] In April 2021, all the charges were dropped.[28][29][better source needed]
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