Karen Martini
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Karen Martini is an Australian chef, restaurateur, writer and television presenter. She is currently executive chef of The Melbourne Wine Room in fashionable St Kilda
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Martini began cooking at a young age. At 15 she undertook work experience
including under veteran French-Australian chef Jacques Reymond, before learning classical skills from Tansy Good at her eponymous restaurant in Melbourne. Later during the ninetines, Martini held positions at Haskin's and the Kent Hotel, before Melbourne Wine Room in St Kilda's George Hotel. Martini also stars on a show called Better Homes and Gardens.
Martini was a featured chef alongside Stephanie Alexander at a major Slow Food Dinner in Turin, Italy in 1998 and has been a key presenter at The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. She has also contributed several articles to The Weekend Australian.
In August 2004, Martini became Food Editor of Sunday Life, the Sun-Herald and Sunday Ages magazine published weekly in Sydney and Melbourne.
In 2005 Martini was the resident chef on LifeStyle Cafe, a 13-part series on the LifeStyle Channel.
In June 2006 Martini released her first cookbook - Where The Heart Is, a collection of recipes with over 140 simple ways to enjoy creating, combining and consuming food.
Martini describes her food as "an expression of my heritage, a product of my curiosity and the result of my hunger".
Martini is also the brand ambassador for SPC Ardmona
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St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...
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Martini began cooking at a young age. At 15 she undertook work experience
Work experience
Work experience is the experience that a person has been working, or worked in a specific field or occupation.- Volunteer work and internships :...
including under veteran French-Australian chef Jacques Reymond, before learning classical skills from Tansy Good at her eponymous restaurant in Melbourne. Later during the ninetines, Martini held positions at Haskin's and the Kent Hotel, before Melbourne Wine Room in St Kilda's George Hotel. Martini also stars on a show called Better Homes and Gardens.
Martini was a featured chef alongside Stephanie Alexander at a major Slow Food Dinner in Turin, Italy in 1998 and has been a key presenter at The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. She has also contributed several articles to The Weekend Australian.
In August 2004, Martini became Food Editor of Sunday Life, the Sun-Herald and Sunday Ages magazine published weekly in Sydney and Melbourne.
In 2005 Martini was the resident chef on LifeStyle Cafe, a 13-part series on the LifeStyle Channel.
In June 2006 Martini released her first cookbook - Where The Heart Is, a collection of recipes with over 140 simple ways to enjoy creating, combining and consuming food.
Martini describes her food as "an expression of my heritage, a product of my curiosity and the result of my hunger".
Martini is also the brand ambassador for SPC Ardmona
SPC Ardmona
SPC Ardmona is an Australian-based company that specialises in large fruit packing and owns and operates a canning factory in Shepparton, Victoria. It has many workers and is one of the main sources of income for that area. It was formed in 2002 by the merger of the former Shepparton Preserving...
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