Daymon "Daym" Patterson: From Wal-Mart Manager to Travel Channel Host

If you’re looking for ways to make the most out of your lunch break, just look to Daymon “Daym” Patterson’s Daym Drops YouTube channel for inspiration (or drool-inducing entertainment).

By reviewing fast food during his own down time as a Wal-Mart assistant manager, Patterson amassed millions of views on YouTube, and is now the star of his own Travel Channel show, Best Daym Takeout, premiering July 31. For its latest feature, Mediabistro talked with the burgeoning star about how he used the video platform to take his career to a whole new level:

I started out filming my neighborhood, doing little news reports and uploading them.

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