Daniel Rankin is a dog dad to a cute little pug called Fraser, he’s a content creator, a self-taught baker and a Samoan man who’s redefining masculinity one cheeky, flirty, sexy, flour-covered reel at a time (Follow him here: https://www.instagram.com/mancancooknz/).
Chances are you’ve seen his topless baking videos on Instagram or TikTok:
Sometimes with some guilty pleasure cheesy songs
Usually with his adorable little dog Fraser
And ALWAYS with some sex appeal and visible torso.
But in this conversation, you’ll get to know the man behind the wild social media success
We talk about:
+ Growing up overweight in Samoa and learning to cook out of necessity as a teenager living alone in Auckland
+ How heartbreak, business stress, and COVID led him to therapy, and a new chapter of vulnerability and healing
+ The intense behind-the-scenes effort that goes into a single one-minute video
+ Going viral with 10M+ views and what Neil Patrick Harris has to do with it
+ And how many unsolicited dick pics he gets on an average week.
Dan is introspective, thoughtful, vulnerable and quietly powerful. He might be your new favourite follow on social media.
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