Oli Paterson
Oli Paterson, known as El Burrito Monster, makes giant burritos and playful fusion recipes, from birria lamb Scotch eggs to steak pizza wraps.
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YouTubeOverview
- Known online as
- El Burrito Monster (@elburritomonster)
- Work
- Food creator and recipe developer
- Background
- Studied mathematics at university
- Recognition
- Fortnum & Mason Content Creator of the Year, 2025
Mini bio
How it started.
Before El Burrito Monster became his full-time work, Oli studied mathematics at university. His Behind the Screens interview traces his food-content career back to lockdown, when cooking became the starting point for an online audience.
Making it his job.
Oli told Fab Communications that he was already spending his free time cooking, so he began sharing it online. He said roughly a thousand hours of work brought him to the point where he could leave his job.
What fans come for.
His recipes mix familiar dishes in unexpected ways. Birria lamb becomes a Scotch egg, while chimichurri steak goes into a pizza wrap. In 2025, he won Fortnum & Mason’s public-voted Content Creator of the Year award.
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Awards
Quotes
food is almost as much about the memory and moment than the taste.Oli Paterson, Fab Communications
Reflecting on a burrito he ate in Mexico at 13, which he says began his burrito obsession.
Trivia
- His burrito obsession began with one he ate in Mexico at 13.
- He told Fab Communications that, away from cooking and family, he would like to travel for food, ski in winter and enjoy water sports in summer.
- His 2023 YEARBOOK interview discusses making food videos for businesses including Barburrito.
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