Barry Lewis (born 15 July 1982) is a British cook, author and founder of the website MyVirginKitchen.com
A self-taught cook, Lewis began filming recipe attempts online from his home in Weston Super Mare in 2010 when he saw Jamie Oliver on a television show. After being signed up by Oliver to appear on his YouTube channel Lewis attracted media coverage. His cookbook, entitled Dinner's On, was published in May 2014.
Lewis set up MyVirginKitchen as a way to inspire himself to learn to cook. He was working at the time as a quantity surveyor for Wates Group and would make recipe videos in the evenings in an attempt to gain confidence in the kitchen.
Each video consists of Lewis cooking a recipe for the first time to inspire others to do the same; hence the name 'virgin kitchen.' Over time his reluctance to cook slowly began to turn into a passion; and a broad range of cooking videos were being uploaded including simple dinners, cooking with kids and stunts such as cooking using hair straighteners. Eventually, Lewis was discovered online by the man who originally inspired him, Jamie Oliver. Lewis decided to take a sabbatical from his surveying job to push his cooking passion further as a career.
Barry Lewis may refer to:
Victor Barry Lewis (born 9 December 1952) was an English cricketer. Lewis was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.
Lewis made his debut for Dorset in the 1971 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. From 1971 to 1992, Lewis played 149 Minor Counties matches for Dorset, with his final appearance for the county coming against Wales Minor Counties in 1992.
In 1983, Lewis made his List-A debut for Dorset against Essex in the 1st round of the 1983 NatWest Trophy. From 1983 to 1992, Treagus represented Dorset in 6 List-A matches, with his final List-A match for the county coming against Hampshire in the 1st round of the 1992 NatWest Trophy.
Barry now runs his own business, V B Lewis Building Design Ltd out of offices in Sturminster Newton, Dorset.
A lewis (sometimes called a lewisson) is one of a category of lifting devices used by stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block, or winch. It is inserted into a specially prepared hole, or seating, in the top of a stone, directly above its centre of mass. It works by applying principles of the lever and utilises the weight of the stone to act on the long lever-arms which in turn results in a very high reaction force and friction where the short lever-arms make contact with the stone inside the hole and thereby prevents slipping.
The name lewis may come from the Latin levo -avi, -atum meaning to levitate or lift, but the Oxford English Dictionary Online states, "the formation and the phonology are not easily explained on this hypothesis", preferring "origin obscure", and speculating that the term may derive from a personal name. The Romans used the lewis. The specially shaped hole that is shaped to fit the device is known as a lewis hole. Lewis holes in the uppermost masonry coursings are neatly repaired with matching indented plugs after the stone has been set in place.
Lewis (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who was associated with Middlesex and made his first-class debut in 1830.
Lewis is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies along the western edge of the Montes Cordillera mountains that surround the Mare Orientale impact basin. This crater has been heavily disrupted by the formation of the basin, and it is covered by ejecta from the impact leaving only an uneven depression in the surface. The outer rim is roughly circular, and the interior is uneven.
Somebody tell me why we landed here on the planet left
stranded
We suffer in this land then we leave it empty-handed
Experience a fraction of eternity then vanish
I never took advantage, I just took it all for granted
In my youth man, I used to smoke a quarter a night
Was bored of my life, ignoring all the glorious sights
I was lost getting caught up in all the hype
It took me ten years to get my priorities right
I'm up close and personal with my daily abuse
But all you fairies say spare me cause you're scared of
the truth
Why oh why must everyone be in disguise
You get nothing out of living lies
Why? Cause everybody needs to hide
Why oh why must everyone be in disguise
You get nothing out of living lies
Why? Cause everybody needs to hide
You know I really think it's funny
When you're flaunting all your automobiles
Cause I know that money's something that you oughta
conceal
The more you reveal the more we know it all isn't real
I bet you frauds keep talkin' till your coffin is
sealed
But it's ok, you behave in anyway that you want
Cause I can look you in the face and know you're fakin'
the funk
So take a second and brace yourself for taking this
punch
You may leave a little shaken when I break through your
front
Why oh why must everyone be in disguise
You get nothing out of living lies
Why? Cause everybody needs to hide
Why oh why must everyone be in disguise
You get nothing out of living lies
Why? Cause everybody needs to hide
I was just another white kid who suffered an identity
crisis
I ain't the only one I know that many are like this
So I did it how I did it never cared if they liked it
Kids got so excited they was ready to bite shit
Me getting on the mic is just like getting a license
To be hittin' all you critics that are stereotypin'
My only problem is I got plenty of vices
But I'll keep on writin' till I'm ready and ripe
Why oh why must everyone be in disguise
You get nothing out of living lies
Why? Cause everybody needs to hide
Why oh why must everyone be in disguise
You get nothing out of living lies