Tineke "Tini" Younger is currently immersed in a heart-wrenching loss. The culinary influencer shared a devastating news of the demise of one of her twin baby girls with husband Antoine Wright Jr. "This isn't the post I ever thought I would share once the twins arrived, unfortunately earlier this week we lost our sweet girl Arya (Baby A)," she wrote on Instagram on November 26. "We made it to almost 36 weeks, so close to being done and getting the girls to term, but I had a placenta abruption and we lost our sweet girl."
Despite the abruption—where the placenta separates from the inner wall of the uterus before delivery, per the Mayo Clinic—their second baby girl was born and "is doing really good and breathing on her own." "They both are so beautiful and Arya will always be celebrated," Tini continued. "Her sister will know she is a twin and has a beautiful twin sister."
The 24-year-old, who didn't share the name of her surviving daughter, explained that she'll be taking a break from social media to grieve, adding, "Not sure for how long but I promise I will be back." As the Next Level Chef alum rose to fame on social media with her jaw-dropping skills in the kitchen, she's kept followers up to date on her and Antoine's journey together—from their engagement and wedding to now, as they expand their family.
So, it was only fitting that when she announced her pregnancy, she did so with a cooking tutorial. "Today, we’re gonna be putting a bun in the oven," Tini said when introducing the June video. "We need Antoine’s help for this. It’s a two-person job." While making the dough, Tini hinted that "two is the magic number today," with several more references throughout the video to the number. When she opened her oven to check on how her bun was cooking, she revealed a black sign that read "bun in the oven 2025."
"Hold on, that’s not right," Tini said before confirming her twins with a new sign reading: "2 buns in the oven 2025." She confirmed the news in a subsequent Instagram post featuring her and Antoine in the kitchen wearing baby shirts that had "sous-chefs" written on them. Tini captioned the sweet moment, "2 sous chefs on the way." Tini and Antoine—who have been married since November 2024—announced they were expecting twin girls in July, admitting they were both convinced they were having baby boys before they learned the sex. In a TikTok video, the couple opened a box to reveal hot pink balloons and pink, symbolizing they were having two girls. After jumping up and down with excitement, Antoine lifted Tini and spun her around.
