Joe Tasker (YouTuber)

Joe David Tasker (born 30 July 1993) is an English television presenter, YouTuber and social media content creator. He has presented on CBBC since 2019.

Joe Tasker
Born
Joe David Tasker

(1993-07-30) 30 July 1993
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Teesside
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • social media content creator
Years active2013–present
PartnerJack Biggs

Career

Tasker presented CBBC HQ from 2019 to 2022, and is the co-presenter of Saturday Mash-Up! with Shereen Cutkelvin.[1] As of 2023, his YouTube Channel has approximately 220,000 subscribers.[2] Tasker also co-hosts the debate podcast Settle It with Lee Hinchcliffe.[3]

In 2022 Tasker co-hosted Bro's in Control for CBBC, along with Adam B and Adam’s brother callum beales.[4] A second series with Tasker and Beales was commissioned in September 2023.[5]

Personal life

Tasker was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He studied Performance for Live and Recorded Media at Teesside University, graduating in 2014.[6] He later moved to London in 2017 to pursue his radio and television career.

Tasker came out as gay in 2023 and confirmed that he had been in a relationship with fellow YouTuber Jack Biggs since 2019.[7][8]

References
  1. "Asian Network's Harpz Kaur and YouTuber Joe Tasker are the new presenters of CBBC's Saturday Mash-Up!". www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "Joe Tasker - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  3. "Settle It".
  4. "BBC Studios to make Bro's in Control for CBBC". 18 September 2023.
  5. "BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions to produce the second series of 'Bro's in Control' for CBBC". www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Joe Tasker LinkedIn".
  7. Tabberer, Jamie (14 February 2023). "CBBC star Joe Tasker comes out as gay and introduces boyfriend in cute video". Attitude.
  8. Hansford, Amelia (14 February 2023). "YouTube star and CBBC presenter Joe Tasker proudly comes out as gay". PinkNews.
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