Karre Mastanamma

{{Short description|Indian centenarian}}

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| citizenship = {{Flag|British India|name=British Indian}} (1911-1947)
{{Flag|Dominion of India|name=Indian Dominion}} (1947-1950)
{{Flag|India|name=Indian}} (1950-2018)

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| birth_name = Karre Mastanamma

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| birth_place = Andhra Pradesh{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/world/asia/mastanamma-india-chef-dies.html | title=World's Oldest Celebrity Chef, an Indian Great-Grandma, Dies at 107 | last=Schultz | first=Kai | date=December 6, 2018 | work=The New York Times | access-date=January 14, 2021 | language=}}

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| known_for = Indian cuisine

| notable_works = Baingan bharta

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| years_active = 2016-2018

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Karre Mastanamma (10 April 1911{{cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/108555/106-year-old-mastanamma-andhra-pradesh-oldest-youtuber/|title=This 106-Year-Old Cook From Andhra Pradesh Is a YouTube Sensation With Over 5 Lakh Subscribers!|date=16 July 2017|website=The Better India}}{{cite web |last=Iyer |first=Lalita |url=https://www.theweek.in/webworld/features/society/mastanamma-cooking-youtube-sensation.html |title=Meet 106-year-old Mastanamma, India's latest YouTube sensation |work=The Week |date=6 May 2017 |access-date=1 February 2019}} – 3 December 2018) was an Indian centenarian who became a popular chef on YouTube with millions of followers.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mastanamma-dead-indian-cooking-youtube-channel-recipes-ingredient-a8668951.html|title=Mastanamma: The Centenarian who became a YouTube-cookery sensation|date=6 December 2018|website=The Independent}} At the time of her death in 2018, she had 2 million followers on YouTube. Despite having little knowledge of technology and only a basic education in rural Andhra Pradesh in southern India, Mastanamma, filmed by her grandson, became an Internet sensation following her first recording making a Baingan bharta (aubergine curry) in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/karre-mastanamma-obituary-dk3csml8s|title=Karre Mastanamma obituary|date=15 December 2018|publisher=|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}} She died in Gudiwada, her native village near Tenali in Guntur district on 3 December 2018.

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