The delicious and always smiling Irene Walton is a talented chef and baker best known for her wonderful food and cooking-related Instagram posts released through her HomemadeByIrene account, which began back in 2012. She now makes regular YouTube videos about “her dead dad and the food he used to make”, partially to keep his memory alive and partially to feed her friends and herself, but mostly because it brings her joy to share. She is also very open about her own health issues and her eating disorder, orthorexia.

Walton was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She became interested in cooking at an early age, and was particularly influenced by her father. She first started posting to social media in 2012, and has since gone on to appear at VidCon 2019. She is known for using mostly homemade ingredients for her baking products.

Walton regularly connects with her legions of dedicated fans and followers through Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, posting photos and videos of new recipe ideas and cooking tips, as well as personal stuff, too. She also has her own YouTube channel, Irene Walton, which is full of wacky food hacks, weird cereals and kooky recipes.