Maria Kalenska, born in Odesa, Ukraine, is a celebrated food writer and culinary expert. She opened Ukraine’s first cooking school, where she worked for five years before relocating to the UK. Maria contributed to the EU Geographical Indication project, establishing Ukraine’s first food and wine road, and founded Bessarabian Tours. She also managed the Cookery school in Eastnor Castle in 2020 and volunteered as a chef together with Carousel restaurant for London’s hospitals during the pandemic. Maria collaborated on the “Best Riedel Glass for Odesa Black Variety” project to promote Ukrainian wine. In 2021 she moved to Berlin where after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine she launched “Bake for Ukraine” to combat the food crisis during the war. Currently, she divides her time between Germany and Ukraine, writing a cookbook on the Cuisine of Odesan families.
Connect with Maria: mkalenska@myodessacuisine.com
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