Daniel Rankin A.K.A Man Can Cook
Daniel Rankin runs one of New Zealand's most successful baking Instagram pages -
Man Can Cook
.
He takes an Only Fans approach...Mixing recipes with shirtess photos, pouring stuff over his abs, and cute photos of his pug Fraser.
And for the next month he's bringing those skills to the
Starship Hospital's Big Bakeoff
. Daniel speaks to Perlina.
Photo:
RNZ/Calvin Samuel
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