Lynja
| Lynn Yamada Davis | ||||||||||
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| Born | July 31, 1956 New York City, U.S. | |||||||||
| Died | January 1, 2024 (aged 67) Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Other names | Lynja | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | YouTuber, influencer, chef | |||||||||
| Children | 3, including Sean | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2012–2024 | |||||||||
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Last updated: January 12, 2024 | ||||||||||
Lynn Yamada Davis (July 31, 1956 – January 1, 2024), better known by her online alias Lynja, was an American celebrity chef who was best known for her viral TikTok videos.
The idea for the videos came from her youngest son, Tim Davis, while they were in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.[2] He helped shoot and edit each of her "Cooking with Lynja" videos since 2020.[3] She frequently collaborated with Nick DiGiovanni, including a video in November 2021 where they broke the Guinness World Record for the largest ever cake pop, which weighed 97 pounds 8.52 ounces (44.240 kg).[4][5][6][7] She broke several other records with DiGiovanni, including the world's largest chicken nugget, which weighed 20.96 kg (46.2 lb),[8] and the world's largest sushi roll, which measured at 2.15 metres (7 ft 1 in) in diameter.[9]
In 2022, Lynja won "Best Food" at the 12th Streamy Awards.[10]
In 2019, she was diagnosed with throat cancer, which caused her voice to change. In 2021, she was also diagnosed with esophageal cancer. She died on January 1, 2024, at the age of 67 from complications of esophageal cancer.[3][1]
References
- ^ a b "About Cooking With Lynja". YouTube.
- ^ Makalintal, Bettina (July 24, 2020). "I Want This TikTok Grandma to Teach Me Everything About Food". Vice. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ a b Moses, Claire (January 12, 2024). "Lynn Yamada Davis, Whose Cooking TikToks Delighted Millions, Dies at 67". Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ "TikTok stars Nick DiGiovanni and Lynja create world's largest cake pop". Guinness World Records. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ "TikTokers team up to make world's largest cake pop". UPI. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ "Wait, What? Chefs Make Giant 44 KG Cake Pop; Set Guinness World Record". NDTV Food. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ "TikTokers bake world's largest-ever cake pop at nearly 100 pounds". pennlive. 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ "TikTok stars Nick DiGiovanni and Lynja create world's largest chicken nugget". Guinness World Records. 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Fastest time to fillet a 10 lb fish". Guinness World Records. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ^ "12th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-12-06.