Silvana Bini, popularly known as Nonna Silvi on social media, died this Saturday at the age of 85 in Montespertoli, Italy. The iconic cook, who conquered millions of followers to share traditional Italian recipes with her grandson, was the victim of a “sudden illness”.
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31/10/2026
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A italian cook Silvana Bini, known as Nonna Silvi on social networks, died early this Saturday, October 31, at his home in Montespertoli, Florence province. I was 85 years old.
In a statement released on social networks, the family indicated that Nonna Silvi was the victim of a “sudden disease”, which caused her death “in just 20 days”.
The elderly woman, who added millions of followers on social networks, “went surrounded by the love of her family, with her children and grandchildren at her side, until her last breath.”.
“ She stayed lucid to the end. Even in those moments, he kept talking to us, asking what there was to do and how the work was going. As he has always done: with the thought always focused on his family and everything we built together”, reads in the statement.
Family members describe her as “a unique woman, of a rare force, who dedicated to the family every tiny piece of energy in her body”.
Nonna Silvi became viral on social networks at the age of 81, when her grandson Gabriele decided to record videos of her grandmother preparing traditional recipes from Italy. In just four years, the elderly woman gathered about four million followers on Instagram and two million on TikTok.
Last year, 2025, she won the “Creator of the Year” award at the TikTok Awards and already this year, in May, she was sworn on Celebrity Chef in Italy.
“Have a good trip, Grandma. He continues to teach to make sweets, right up there ", highlighted the family members.