About Bennett Rea

Bennett Rea is the host and creator of Cookin' with Congress, the viral social media series with over 800,000 followers and 350 million views where he recreates unhinged recipes from politicians, eats like presidents, and connects to everyday people through the insanity of American food. Bennett has a degree in Politics and worked in F&B for six years, teaching in-person cocktail classes and building beverage menus before creating Cookin’ with Congress. The series has been featured on NPR, CBS Sunday Morning, NBC, Eater, The Los Angeles Times, and more, blending history, comedy, cooking, education, joyous disgust, and a true love for everyday folks while roasting (sometimes literally) the foods of powerful politicians. Bennett has partnered with Ken Burns, PBS, The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, California Grown, and other educational organizations. His writing has been featured in Food & Wine, Business Insider, Atlas Obscura, and Cracked, and he trained in improv at UCB Los Angeles and iO West. When Bennett was six years old, he wanted to be the President of the United States and a chef at the same time. This is close enough.