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There is a kitchen somewhere in Monroe, Washington, where the oven runs hot and the smell of melting cheese and warm tomato sauce fills the air. Long before the sold out stadium tours and the platinum records, a young boy named Benson Boone sat at that kitchen table. He was just a regular kid with a massive and untamed voice. He didn’t know he was going to eventually take over the music industry. He just knew he loved his mom’s cooking.
If you turned on the television this year, you probably saw him doing a wild backflip off a grand piano at the Grammy Awards. His breakout anthem, “Beautiful Things,” just took home the 2025 Song of the Year. He has become a global superstar. He travels the world and has the money to eat at the fanciest, most expensive restaurants on the planet.
Benson Boone – Beautiful Things (Live from the 67th GRAMMY Awards)
You might expect a famous singer to crave five-star meals. Benson even sings about sweet “moonbeam ice cream” in his song “Mystical Magical.” But his heart actually belongs to a very simple, savory dish.
During a recent interview, Benson was doing a taste test. He took a bite of a beautiful, fluffy dessert. He smiled and admitted that nothing in the world is truly perfect. But then, he quickly stopped himself. He made one very important exception. There is exactly one perfect thing on earth. His mom’s homemade lasagna.
Kiwi Snacks with Benson Boone
Even with the whole world watching him, his ultimate comfort food is the exact same meal he ate as a kid. And when he isn’t lucky enough to have a fresh plate of his mom’s lasagna, he reaches for his second favorite food. He pours himself a giant bowl of Lucky Charms. He is a massive fan of breakfast cereal. It is simple, sweet, and perfectly normal.
Watching Benson fly across giant stages while still craving his mom’s dinner leaves us with a wonderful, grounding thought. You can jump as high as you want. You can win the biggest awards in the world. But the absolute best things in life are usually the simple, warm memories waiting for us right back at home.
