Eva Quintanilla

About

Mexican chef, food influencer, and digital creator known for appearing on the Disney+ Latin America cooking series The Kitchen Stand. She is also known for her Instagram and TikTok accounts where she shares easy Mexican recipes, comfort food classics, cooking tips, and viral step-by-step dishes with over 2.1 million Instagram followers and over 3.4 million TikTok followers.

Before Fame

She discovered her passion for cooking at around nine years old when her father sautéed onions in a pan and encouraged her to smell the aroma, which she says was the moment she fell in love with the kitchen. She studied International Gastronomy at the Universidad del Valle de México and completed internships at the Fairmont Mayakoba. She relocated to Spain to work and further develop her cooking skills. She began sharing cooking content on both Instagram and TikTok in 2021. She joined The Kitchen Stand on Disney+ Latin America as one of the featured chefs in 2024.

Trivia

She participated in the live masterclass series Maestros de la Parrilla: Sabores del Mundo from Walmart Express in 2022. She was selected as Chef of the Month by Cuisinart México in 2023. She was nominated for Influencer Gastronómico at the Gastrolab Awards 2025. She dislikes chayote.

Family Life

She was born and raised in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. She credits her father and grandmother for inspiring her love of food.

Associated With

She and Isaias Espinoza are both chefs and cooking content creators originally from Monterrey, Mexico.