Karen Martini is the author of seven top-selling cookbooks, her most recent the gorgeous New Kitchen.

She enjoys a huge following through her weekly recipe feature in Fairfax's Good Food/Epicure liftouts, her role on the smash-hit series My Kitchen Rules, and her long-running segment as resident chef on Channel 7's Better Homes and Gardens, watched by more than 1.3 million viewers each week.

Karen's recipes are collected, stuck on the fridge and cooked in kitchens around the country every week.