Born in Venezuela. A pear poached in red wine. 3.1 million TikTok followers. Storytelling as the recipe.
María Paola Núñez. Culinary content creator, storyteller. Based in Miami. TikTok, Instagram, YouTube.
María Paola Núñez is Venezuelan, now based in the United States. During the pandemic, she begins sharing recipes on Instagram from New York, first as a creative outlet, then as a true project. When she moves to TikTok, her first narrative video, a poached pear in red wine, told like a story, goes viral. Mandoka is born. A culinary world with a vintage, retro aesthetic, where every recipe is a story: the "pear story," roasted tomato soup, Sunday pancakes. 3.1 million TikTok followers, 1.1 million on Instagram, 600,000 on YouTube. Today based in Miami, a mother since last summer. A project that became a brand, a brand that became a refuge for millions of people.
