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Michal Ansky

Michal Ansky is an Israeli food journalist and television presenter, known as a judge on MasterChef Israel and as the founder of the Farmers Market at the Tel Aviv Port.

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Born: 11 October 1980, Jerusalem
Occupation: journalist, restaurateur, television presenter

Michal Ansky was born in 1980 in Jerusalem

Michal Ansky was born on 11 October 1980 and grew up in Jerusalem. Her father, Alex Ansky, is an actor and radio presenter. Her mother, Sherry Ansky, is a journalist and gastronomist.

She attended Gymnasia Rehavia high school. She earned a bachelor's degree in history and literature from Tel Aviv University in 2008. In 2009 she received a master's degree in gastronomic sciences in Italy.

At 17 she began writing a food column for the Jerusalem paper Kol Ha'ir. After the army she wrote for Walla and Ma'ariv and appeared on television. From late 2010 she was a judge on MasterChef Israel, and in 2012 she began a radio show on 103FM with Efrat Enzel.

In 2007 she founded the Farmers Market at the Tel Aviv Port, which later operated in 6 locations. In 2015 her ventures with Amir Bramly's Rubicon group ran into trouble, and she said she lost more than a million shekels. Several planned projects were cancelled, and others were settled with court approval.