Nat's What I Reckon

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Nat's What I Reckon
NatsWhatIReckonLogo.jpg
Born1980s
New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • stand-up comedian
  • musician
  • writer
PartnerJulia Gee (2016–present) [1]
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genres
  • Cooking
  • comedy
  • Australian culture
Subscribers469 thousand
Views31.9 million
Last updated: July 2024
Website www.natswhatireckon.com

Nat's What I Reckon is an Australian YouTube channel featuring Nathan "Nat" Bartolo, a Sydney-based stand-up comedian, mental health advocate, [2] rock musician and social commentator. [3]

Contents

The YouTube channel presents a mixture of content ranging from trade show reviews, cooking tutorials and social commentary, with Dave Grohl, [4] Carl Cox and Yael Stone among the channel's fans. [5] He has collaborated on his YouTube channel with Machine Gun Kelly, [4] [6] Mighty Car Mods [7] and Briggs.

As of July 2024, the channel has over 469,000 subscribers and over 31.94 million views.

In December 2020, Bartolo released a book titled Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag's Rules for Life, which was awarded the Booktopia Favourite Australian Book Award for 2020. [8]

History

Bartolo grew up in Sydney, Australia. He describes his childhood as being "difficult" with periods of suffering from anxiety and depression. [3] He attended the Hillsong Church where his father was a minister. [1] He left the church while still a teenager [4] and spent time backpacking throughout India. [1]

He attended a Waldorf school before studying singing and guitar at a private college in Sydney. [1]

The YouTube channel began in 2006 and featured regular videos titled "Is it shit?", where Bartolo would review a variety of topics and decide if the topic was worthwhile. [9]

In 2016, Bartolo met his partner Julia Gee, known as Jules, via a dating app. [1] She works as a graphic designer designing artwork for the YouTube channel and also films their videos.

In 2019, Bartolo was an ambassador for the UNSW Big Anxiety Festival. [1] [2]

In 2020, the channel began featuring healthy cooking segments when a stand-up comedy tour featuring Bartolo was cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdowns across Australia. [5] Bartolo noticed supermarkets were low on stock for jar sauces while fresh produce remained on the shelves during panic buying due to the coronavirus pandemic. [10]

Bartolo turned to healthy cooking and eating after having a lung removed [11] due to complications from tuberculosis. [1]

In September 2020, Growcom, a Queensland government–funded horticulture body, announced a partnership with Nat's What I Reckon as part of their Eat Yourself To Health campaign. [12]

On December 6, 2020, Bartolo was the guest programmer on the Australian music video television show Rage . [13]

In July 2021, Bartolo appeared on the ABC long-form interview television show One Plus One with Courtney Act. [14]

In 2021, Bartolo released two organic wines with Nat's What I Reckon branding—named Reckon Roger & Ian's Boating Wine and Nat's What I Reckon Cheeky Redders Greenache—in a collaboration with Built To Spill and Dreaded Friend winery. [15]

Bartolo is a musician with two Sydney-based bands, including as a singer and guitarist for Keggerdeth and drummer for the band Penalties. [1] [16]

In 2025, Bartolo made a guest appearance on the Network 10 Australian television sitcom, Ghosts.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kruzmetra, Matthew. "'Absurd, Mediocre, Mundane': Nat's What I Reckon's Crusade Against Mainstream Australia". Vice. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Nat's What I Reckon is here to help you make bolognaise the right way — with milk". ABC News. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Don't dress for success". TEDx Sydney. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Hoffman, Lily (19 April 2021). "Nat's What I Reckon on Machine Gun Kelly, having a 'scrambled head' and Perth Comedy Festival". Perth Now. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 Valentish, Jenny (29 April 2020). "Nat's What I Reckon: the sweary, ranty YouTuber who's become an isolation cooking sensation". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Langford, Jackson (18 June 2020). "Machine Gun Kelly is the latest guest on 'Nat's What I Reckon'". Music Feeds. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Chats What I Reckon w @Mighty Car Mods (BRACE YOURSELF)". YouTube. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Favourite Australian Book Award". Booktopia. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Smithies, Grant (9 December 2020). "A Ratbag's Rules For Life: YouTube star Nat's What I Reckon's unusual cookbook". Stuff. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "How a YouTube video about jar sauce sent Nat's What I Reckon viral". Good Food. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  11. ↑ Alves, Vera (23 May 2020). "Coronavirus: How Nat's What I Reckon became an internet sensation thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic". NZ Herald. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  12. ↑ Jones, Matthew (15 September 2020). "Growcom partners with internet sensation". Produce Plus. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  13. ↑ Forbes, Lucy (30 November 2020). "Nat from Nat's What I Reckon guest programs rage". ABC Australia. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  14. ↑ Act, Courtney (5 July 2021). "One Plus One: Nat's What I Reckon". ABC. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "NAT'S WHAT I RECKON Death to shit wine!". Built To Spill. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  16. ↑ Bradley, Chris. "AN OVERDUE CHAT WITH NAT FROM NAT'S WHAT I RECKON". Grass Fires. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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