Odds are you've seen a baking tutorial by Rosanna Pansino on her Nerdy Nummies YouTube
channel.
With billions of video views and over 10 million subs, she's a force to be reckoned with.
From baking with her grandma to baking before millions, here's the stunning transformation
of Rosanna Pansino.
The genesis of Nerdy Nummies comes from Pansino's formative years.
She told The Huffington Post that being a so-called nerd just came naturally to her
in school.
"I never called myself that, but it's what other people called me.
The things I enjoyed growing up were considered nerdy at the time.
I loved reading, science, video games, math and took AP calculus in high school."
She also inherited a love of baking from her family.
Pansino told New Media Rockstars,
"My grandmother loved baking and because of her, baking has always been a hobby of mine.
I have always loved being creative with my food and making themed sweets for my friends."
After college, Pansino moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.
But while she did get some work, like her stint on the reality show Scream Queens, her
career didn't exactly take off.
Pansino told Business Insider that her manager
"...encouraged me to start a YouTube channel as a way to practice speaking, entertaining,
and being more comfortable in front of a camera."
Pansino loved it, but her agent felt she was spending too much time on YouTube and not
enough time acting.
Pansino told Cosmopolitan,
"My agent pulled me into a meeting and told me I had to choose.
They said, 'You either have to quit your YouTube channel or I'm going to drop you.'"
Even though she wasn't making any money yet from her channel, Pansino decided to continue
with YouTube, investing her life savings into the enterprise.
The big gamble paid off, and within a year, her channel began to earn money.
“We just reached 1 billion views!"
Nerdy Nummies has proven so popular that YouTube alone couldn't contain its awesomeness.
In 2015, Pansino published The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook, which quickly became a New York
Times bestseller.
She told Tubefilter,
"I wanted the Nerdy Nummies cookbook to be an embodiment of the show.
I am a very visual learner so each recipe in the book has 6 or more step-by-step photos
walking you through the process.
The book has over 420 full-color photos."
Pansino released a second cookbook, Baking All Year Round, in October, 2018.
But she hasn't stopped there.
She also branched out in 2017 with a line of cookware created in collaboration with
the bakeware company Wilton, releasing a second collection in 2018.
You just can't stop awesome!
It's no secret that Pansino is in incredible shape, especially for someone who seems to
be indulging in sweet treats on a regular basis.
But there is a perfectly good reason for that.
She is consistently working out and is actually very careful with what she eats.
On her personal blog, she details her daily exercise routine, writing:
"For exercise, I go on a daily morning walk with my dog Cookie.
It isn't an intense workout but keeps me toned and gives me energy for the day."
“You get buff when you bake.”
“I believe it.”
“Think about Hunger Games, Peeta, he's making all that bread."
"Ro, I'm impressed right now!"
"Oh, yeah!"
She added,
"As for my diet…
I have never been able to diet.
I love trying new food, restaurants, and sweets everywhere I go.
Being extremely petite I'm a big fan of portion control.
I enjoy all food in moderation."
It's always hard to tell how much money a YouTube star makes, but it's safe to say Pansino
is doing okay for herself these days, with some estimating her net worth at over $10
million.
"Is Rosanna Pansino rich?
Oh my gosh, this is very personal!
That would be a yes."
But Pansino told CNBC that she doesn't do it for the cash, she does it because she loves
it.
"From the very beginning, right when I started making videos on YouTube, money wasn't even
a factor."
And despite working more than 100 hours a week, Pansino shows no signs of slowing down,
even winning an award from the Make A Wish foundation in October, 2018 for her work with
sick children.
Is there anything Pansino can't do?!