Grandpa Kitchen
Narayana Reddy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 |
| Died | (aged 73) |
| Other names | Grandpa Kitchen |
| Occupation | CookingYouTube |
| Years active | 2017–2019 |
Grandpa Kitchenis aYouTubechannel established byNarayana Reddy(1946 – 27 October 2019). He was fromTelangana,India.[1]In his channel he and his grandchildren cooked large dishes of food intended for orphans, making bothIndianand western dishes.[2]The creator's residence is nearHyderabad.[3]
Sanya Jain ofNDTVdescribed the resulting dishes as "mega-sized",[3]and Reddy used a wood-fired flame to cook instead of a modern oven. Reddy's son operated the YouTube channel itself. Reddy's trademark clothing consisted of adhotiand a white shirt,[4]and he also has a whitehandlebar moustache.[5]Anurag Verma ofNews 18wrote that two factors that made him popular on YouTube were the donations of food and the "seemingly modest approach to cooking".[6]
History
[edit]Reddy cooked large meals for members of his family, who visited from more comprehensive conurbations. He started a YouTube channel later catching from other family branches that his meals could be given to other-selves in the district.[2]Prior to his YouTube profession, Reddy was a gardener.[7]
His first video, "King Of 2000 EGGS," was uploaded in August 2017.[2]As of 1 November 2019, the channel built a subscriber base of 6.11 million,[7]with Indian and foreign viewers,[1]and included over 220 videos.[7]His first video was viewed on over 2.6 million occasions. HisPatreon,as of that day, had over 1,000 people subscribed to it,[2]and hisFacebookhad about 5,30,000 subscribed to it.[7]As of 1 November 2020 his most widely viewed video, of him making finger chips (a.k.a. potato chips a.k.a.french fries), had 55 million views.[4]A video showing him preparing a batch ofMaggi noodlesfrom 100 packets had a total of 27 million views,[7]and hismuttonbiryanivideo had over 13 million views.[6]He also made chicken biryani,[7]fried chicken,[1]chicken noodles,[7]chocolate cakes,[4]donuts,[7]gulab jamuns,[6]hamburgers,lasagne,[1]milkshakes,pancakes,[4]veganpizza,[5]potato wafers,[7]oreopudding,[1]andred velvet cake.[7]Members of his family chose to work for him to help produce videos in lieu of their previous employment.[2]
Reddy stopped uploading cooking videos due to health issues; his final before-mentioned video, uploaded on 20 September 2019, denoted "Crispy Potato Fingers".[1]A succeeding video was of him explaining his health predicaments.[6]Preeti Biswas ofThe Times of Indiastated he was "visibly diseased" in aforementioned video.[7]Reddy died on October 27, 2019, at age 73.[1]His family notified the public after his entombment ended,[2]via a YouTube video uploaded three days later on 30 October,[5]lasting about five minutes.[7]Within 24 hours the video had 89,110 views,[7]and by 1 November 2019, this increased to 3.3 million views and 142,192 comments from people around the world. There were also responses onRedditthreads.[5]His nephew Srikanth Reddy stated he and other members of the family have plans to continue Narayana's work through making subsequent videos,[2]the first of which was released on 6 November 2019. Now, they are expanding largely towards foreign themed foods, starting fromPhilippine adobo,alongside regular Indian food.[8]
As of Oct 7, 2023, Reddy's nephew made a crew member, Srinivas Reddy (who is a relative of Reddy's nephew) the new face of Grandpa Kitchen (essentially Grandpa 2.0), taking over the place of Reddy a little over 3 years after his death. Reddy's nephew, Srikanth, welcomed Srinivas in a live stream and said that the channel was getting less and less views after Reddy had died. Srinivas was a crew member for 2 years before taking over as the new face of Grandpa Kitchen. More info provided on Grandpa Kitchen's livestream:Grandpa Kitchen is Live 1
References
[edit]- ^abcdefg"Narayana Reddy of Grandpa Kitchen who used to cook for orphans passes away".The Times of India.1 November 2019.Retrieved3 November2019.
- ^abcdefgSuri, Manveena; James Griffiths (1 November 2019)."Beloved Indian YouTuber Grandpa Kitchen dies. Millions watched him make epic meals for orphans".CNN.Retrieved3 November2019.-Alternate link atArchived3 November 2019 at theWayback MachineCNN Philippines
- ^abJain, Sanya (1 November 2019)."YouTube's Beloved Grandpa, Who Cooked For Orphans, Dies At 73".NDTV.Retrieved3 November2019.
- ^abcdSuresh, Haripriya (1 November 2019)."'Grandpa Kitchen' fans around the world mourn Narayana Reddy's death, pay tributes ".The News Minute.Retrieved3 November2019.
- ^abcdCherian, Dona (1 November 2019)."The grandpa from YouTube's 'Grandpa Kitchen' died, he had over 6 million subscribers".Gulf News.Retrieved3 November2019.
- ^abcdVerma, Anurag (2 November 2019)."YouTube's Favourite Narayan Reddy Who Made Epic Meals for Orphans on 'Grandpa Kitchen' No More".News 18.Retrieved3 November2019.
- ^abcdefghijklmBiswas, Preeti (1 November 2019)."YouTuber grandpa chef, who fed the needy, dies in Telangana".The Times of India.TNN.Retrieved4 November2019.
- ^"Elephant Foot Yam & Mutton Biryani Recipe | How To Make Elephant Foot Yam & Lamb Meat Mixed Biryani".YouTube.6 November 2019.Retrieved8 November2019.