Bachelorette Nation (and America's sweetheart) Tyler Cameron opened his childhood kitchen up to Delish and we were not disappointed with the chaos we witnessed. While staying at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, Tyler's living with his quarantine crew including his brother Ryan, previous Bachelorette and Dancing With The Stars winner Hannah Brown, Bachelorette contestant Matt James, among others; everyone aside from Hannah made an appearance in his tour.
From the moment he begins his tour in Jupiter, FL, at least four of his friends are stuffed in the galley-style kitchen making ribs, sandwiches, cleaning dishes, and picking through the fridge. Most of our celeb kitchen tours include spotless countertops, perfectly placed flowers, and neatly color-coded cookbooks—but Tyler's space simply isn't like that.
"This is the first house I ever lived in," Tyler says: "I moved back in here when I was in ninth grade, and now this is my house. We love this place. This is home."
He begins highlighting his "standard 1973 microwave" and matching 1973 stove and attempts to show off the sink but the crowding of his friends comically is blocking the view. "Chaos. But it's cool, we'll get around it." He then squeezes around his friends to point out his favorite part of the kitchen: the freezer.
"That's where the ice cream is and I love ice cream," Tyler says. As he shoos out Matt to show Delish his favorite ice cream, he discovers it has a Ziploc bag covering the pint, and a lid half-covering that. Tyler looks over and sees his brother Ryan slathering ribs in mustard with his bare hands: "I've seen a lot of practices happening in the kitchen that I've never seen before."
Probably one of the most relatable parts of his kitchen includes the iconic junk drawer. Not only does it barely open, but once it does, Tyler finds his brother's high school diploma, coins, and an old jet ski key inside. "It's from our 1996 jet ski that's been stuck in the backyard for the last seven years," he explains. "I sunk it three times." Oh! OK!
When it comes to his most essential tools in the kitchen he has three go-tos: a toaster oven, a Keurig, and his late mom's apple peeler. "My grandma used this to make apple pies, my mom used this to make apple pies...this is something I can't live without. A lot of sentimental value to it." Tyler's mom passed away unexpectedly in March 2020 from a brain aneurism—since then Tyler and his brother's have stayed close in their childhood home.
Since being home, Tyler's favorite menu items to cook for his friends include steak and burgers. "My brother and I go back and forth on who makes the best steak. Typically I win." His friends in the background agree and second him on his burgers—which leads us to ask: may we PLEASE get that recipe?
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