Karen Martini

Chef Karen Martini 's acclaimed career includes two-hatted stints at Melbourne Wine Room and Sydney's Icebergs Dining Room, as well as her own ventures - the latest of which is the ambitious Hero, in Melbourne's iconic ACMI building, where she is a founding partner and creative food director. For more than a decade, Karen has been resident chef on Australia's longest-running lifestyle television series, Better Homes and Gardens. She is a regular columnist for Good Weekend , she is in-demand at...See more

Chef Karen Martini 's acclaimed career includes two-hatted stints at Melbourne Wine Room and Sydney's Icebergs Dining Room, as well as her own ventures - the latest of which is the ambitious Hero, in Melbourne's iconic ACMI building, where she is a founding partner and creative food director. For more than a decade, Karen has been resident chef on Australia's longest-running lifestyle television series, Better Homes and Gardens. She is a regular columnist for Good Weekend , she is in-demand at events and festivals, and she is the author of eight cookbooks. Her newest book, Cook , is by far her most comprehensive and ambitious, cementing her place as the voice of a generation and an authority that will endure in readers' lives for decades to come. See less