Karen Akunowicz

Chef Karen Akunowicz is the 2018 James Beard Foundation Award winner for Best Chef: Northeast and the 2020 James Beard Award finalist for Best New Restaurant in America. She is the Chef/Owner of Fox & the Knife Enoteca, Bar Volpe Ristorante & Pastificio and KA Pasta Company. Chef Karen has been touted “Boston’s Queen of Pasta” and her first restaurant Fox & the knife was called an “Instant Classic” by Food & Wine Magazine and named one of their “Best New Restaurants in America”. Chef Akunowicz became a fan favorite when she competed on Bravo’s Emmy-nominated show, “Top Chef” Season 13 and Top Chef “All Stars”. She was a finalist on The Food Network’s “Tournament of Champions 3 and 4. She has appeared as a judge on Top Chef, Top Chef Canada, America’s Worst Cooks, America’s Test Kitchen Next Gen and is a recurring Judge on “Beat Bobby Flay”. She was named one of the “21 Badass Women Changing the Food World” by Marie Claire Magazine and is the author of the cookbook “Crave: Bold recipes that make you want seconds” Countryman September 2023