Culinary blogger Irina Khlebnikova reveals the secrets of cooking both simple and complex dishes. One thing is invariable: her recipes are easy and pleasant to use, and the result will certainly please.

Biography of Irina Khlebnikova

Irina Khlebnikova was born in 1970 in Moscow. When she graduated from high school, she already knew how to cook well. Her mother taught her this. Although Irina was not going to get the profession of a cook, she believed that culinary skills would be useful to her in life. In addition, she really liked to mess around in the kitchen and invent new recipes.

Irina entered the university at the Faculty of Biotechnology. She dreamed of devoting herself to the study of various diseases (in particular, hepatitis), so she remained to work at the department. Then a family page opened in her biography: she got married, gave birth to a daughter, and a few years later, a son. Between decrees, Irina Khlebnikova tried to return to science, but in the 1990s it was impossible to live on the salary of a research worker. So she started trying new things.

Having tested herself in different areas of activity, Irina realized that she likes cooking most of all. By this point, she has mastered the skills of creating websites. Therefore, she created the site “Kukharka ru”, where she began to upload her recipes with photos and videos, and actively took up its promotion. Until now, this is her official website.

Recipes from Khlebnikova quickly became popular. Many wanted to cook the same delicious and beautiful cakes, meatballs, soups. Irina realized that short videos with her recipes began to flicker more and more often on YouTube video hosting, and decided to open her own channel.

Recipes of the channel “Cooking with Irina Khlebnikova”

The YouTube channel “Cooking with Irina Khlebnikova” has 1.43 million subscribers (as of the end of 2019). New videos with recipes for baking, cookies, rolls and many other dishes quickly gain tens and hundreds of thousands of views. Recipes that have been posted for a long time break records of popularity: gaining several million views.

All videos are grouped by type:

• meat dishes;
• confectionery;
• recipes from the site “Kukharka ru”.

Channel navigation is very easy. Irina, as a host, inspires confidence, as she is always smiling, calm, unhurried. She likes simple recipes for home cooking, she loves to bake pies, cook classic cakes with cream: “Pancho”, “Anthill”, cottage cheese cakes. There is a special selection dedicated to home canning.

Irina is attentive to the content of her channel: she carefully selects recipes, follows the wishes of active subscribers and always brings some individual nuance, that very “zest”, to each dish. The audience of the channel is constantly expanding, including through foreign subscribers. After all, for some time now all recipes have been dubbed with subtitles in English.

According to various estimates, Irina earns from 2 to 5 thousand dollars a month on her channel. But she does not disclose the exact amount. Judging by the reviews of dishes, household appliances and other goods, her financial affairs are going well. As an additional source of income, Irina has the official website “Kukharka ru”.

Personal life of Irina Khlebnikova

Successful culinary blogger Irina Khlebnikova is happy in her family life. The YouTube channel is a real family brainchild, because her husband is engaged in filming and editing. All videos are filmed in the kitchen, and this process sometimes takes a whole day. And how else, because the culinary channel is a real job, which must be treated with all dedication.

Source of personal photos: Instagram of culinary blogger Irina Khlebnikova.