Maria Kalenska, born in Odesa, is a renowned food writer and culinary expert. She founded Ukraine\u2019s first cooking school, where she worked for five years before relocating to the United Kingdom. Maria contributed to the EU Geographical Indications (GI) project, helping to create Ukraine\u2019s first food and wine route, and founded Bessarabian Tours. She also ran the cookery school at Eastnor Castle in 2020 and volunteered as a chef, alongside Carousel restaurant, to support London hospitals during the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n
Maria collaborated on the \u201cBest Riedel Glass for Odesa Black Variety\u201d project to promote Ukrainian wine. In 2021, she moved to Berlin, where\u2014following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine\u2014she co-launched the \u201cBake for Ukraine<\/strong>\u201d initiative to address the food crisis caused by the war. Today, she divides her time between Germany and Ukraine and is working on a cookbook dedicated to the family cuisine of Odesa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5784,"template":"","pays":[169],"class_list":["post-5785","chefs","type-chefs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pays-ukraine-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n