James Kavanagh | |
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| Born | 17 July 1989 |
| Nationality | Irish |
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| Relatives | John Kavanagh (brother) |
James Alan Kavanagh (born 17 July 1989) is an Irish social media personality, influencer, entrepreneur, television presenter, podcaster, and occasional DJ. He rose to prominence on Snapchat in 2015 doing vlogs and parodies.[1] He has since gained a large following online, amassing over 110,000 followers across Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. He is admired by his fans for his over-the-top reactions, observational humour and aesthetic choices.
In 2016 Kavanagh and his partner William Murray started the food company Currabinny.[2] Some of the pair's ventures include being finalists on RTÉ's The Taste of Success and producing their first book, The Currabinny Cookbook, which was published by Penguin in 2018 and won EUROSPAR Cookbook of the Year at the 2018 An Post Irish Book Awards.
Kavanagh has worked with many companies as an influencer, including Opel, Irish League of Credit Unions, Durex, Huawei and Coca-Cola as well as with various charities, including UNICEF. In 2018, he began his television career as the co-host of Ireland's Got Talent's companion sister show Ireland's Got Mór Talent on Virgin Media Television.