Karen Martini
Chef
Melbourne chef, restaurateur and food writer Karen Martini has been cooking professionally for more than 20 years. She trained at top restaurant Tansy’s in the early 1990s and has headed restaurant kitchens including the iconic Melbourne Wine Room, white-hot Icebergs Dining Room in Sydney and her current artisan pizza restaurant Mr Wolf (which she runs with husband Michael Sapountsis) whilst winning countless chefs hats and other plaudits along the way.
Karen credits her mother and grandmother for inspiring her to follow a career in cooking. “Mum prided herself on making everything from scratch while my grandmother introduced me to spices and exotic ingredients that allowed me to experiment new ideas.”
Her kitchen career has been balanced by media commitments, cookbooks, charity dinners and much-loved recipe columns. She is a presenter on Channel Seven’s Better Homes and Gardens and a judge on the network’s top rating competition program, My Kitchen Rules.
A passionate ambassador for Ovarian Cancer Research, Karen aims to build the awareness of the silent killer that is often misdiagnosed.
Away from work, Karen finds relaxation watching crime shows and flower arranging.
In 2014, Better Homes and Gardens was awarded a record 12th Silver Logie for Australia’s Most Popular Lifestyle Program.
Karen credits her mother and grandmother for inspiring her to follow a career in cooking. “Mum prided herself on making everything from scratch while my grandmother introduced me to spices and exotic ingredients that allowed me to experiment new ideas.”
Her kitchen career has been balanced by media commitments, cookbooks, charity dinners and much-loved recipe columns. She is a presenter on Channel Seven’s Better Homes and Gardens and a judge on the network’s top rating competition program, My Kitchen Rules.
A passionate ambassador for Ovarian Cancer Research, Karen aims to build the awareness of the silent killer that is often misdiagnosed.
Away from work, Karen finds relaxation watching crime shows and flower arranging.
In 2014, Better Homes and Gardens was awarded a record 12th Silver Logie for Australia’s Most Popular Lifestyle Program.