The winner of the third season of "Master Chef" Olga Martynovskaya once dreamed of being a restaurant director. She wanted to move at a measured pace between the guests' tables and give orders in the kitchen. Olga did not change her dream, but only slightly modified it. Now her goal is to open her own restaurant, where she will already act as a chef. And the first step towards the realization of her dream was her participation in the Ukrainian culinary show "Master Chef".
On the birth of culinary talent
Olga Martynovskaya was born and raised in a village in the Mykolaiv region (Ukraine) in a family of teachers. Circumstances were such that she had to learn how to cook as a child. When the girl was 14 years old, her mother was diagnosed with an oncological disease that required a long treatment. And the chores of the kitchen fell on the shoulders of the future winner of the "Master Chef", and one of her duties was to feed her father and brother. Time passed and, fortunately, my mother was able to defeat the disease.
AfterAfter graduation, Olga entered the Nikolaev Agrarian University at the Faculty of Economics. While studying at a higher educational institution, the girl was a participant in the program of the student exchange association of France and Ukraine several times. There, in a two-month internship, she worked on a farm, was a florist in a flower shop, harvested grapes on plantations and slowly mastered the language.
Then the decision was ripe to start studying at a local university at the Faculty of Philology, in which her parents partially helped to pay for her studies, the girl paid for the other part from her own savings. At the same time, the girl worked part time in a pizzeria and in a company providing catering services. There she asked the chefs for recipes and the technology of cooked dishes.
Olga recalls that her interest in cooking came from a French woman from whom she rented an apartment. The woman allowed the girl to freely dispose of her kitchen, and she herself acted as a food taster. The landlady taught Olga Martynovskaya the art of making French sauces and let her study her own books. According to Olga, this Frenchwoman became her culinary teacher.
Lucky occasion
After watching the episodes of the second season of the Ukrainian culinary show, Olga Martynovskaya wanted to become a participant. Fearing misunderstanding on the part of her parents, she secretly filled out a questionnaire for the project. True, a little later she admitted this and realized that her fear was in vain. On the day when Olga was invited topodcast "Master Chef 3", she was in France. The good news was told to her by a phone call from her parents. The next day, the girl flew to Kyiv, and the only thing she took with her was a dish for the casting.
For Olga Martynovskaya "Master Chef" was an opportunity to stay working in Ukraine, because she was tired of the constant struggle for survival in France. Recalling the casting, the girl claims that her hands did not obey her excitement, and emotions covered her head. But the judges were able to discern her culinary talent. As a result, she is among the top twenty best amateur chefs in Ukraine.
The future winner of the project went through a difficult path of struggle and tears at the culinary show, although this is not visible when you look at the smiling Olga Martynovskaya in the photo.
The girl learned to put her theoretical knowledge into practice, to combine different tastes. Olga stubbornly went to victory, because her goal is to open a small French restaurant, as well as give her parents a trip to France.
Olga Martynovskaya was remembered by the audience as a girl with an open and radiant smile that never left her face. And on December 25, 2015, the judges declared Olga Martynovskaya the winner of Master Chef. It was an exciting and turning point in the girl's life. From this day on, a new page of success begins in the biography of Olga Martynovskaya.
Training at Le Cordon Bleu
After winning the third season of "Master Chef" Olga Martynovskaya goes tostudying at the famous culinary academy in France. Knowing the language helps a girl a lot in mastering culinary science. And often she acts as a translator of the words of chefs-teachers for her classmates.
However, Olga admits that the learning process at Le Cordon Bleu seemed very measured to her, and sometimes she lacked the adrenaline that she felt on the Master Chef project.
About eating habits
Speaking of culinary passions, Olga does not operate with intricate names, but admits that her mother's cheesecakes with apples remain her favorite dish. Having lived for some time in France, she admires the technology and tastes of local desserts and sauces.
And she made her biggest culinary discovery when she tried a dish called "escargot". This is a gourmet French snail dish served with dry white wine. It was unusual for her that this mollusk has no value in her homeland, but here it is considered a real delicacy. However, after tasting the dish, Olga recognized it as a restaurant one.
About marriage and the birth of a child
In November 2015, a significant event takes place in Olga Martynovskaya's personal life: she is getting married. Her chosen one is Ivan Kobets, whom she met while working in one of the restaurants in Kyiv. The girl says that next to her husband she feels more confident, calm and balanced.
A March 30, 2016 inbiography of Olga Martynovskaya there was another change. She became a happy mother, giving her husband a daughter, Vera.
Olga Martynovskaya today
After winning the show "Master Chef 3", the girl received an invitation from Hector Jimenez Bravo to join his team as a teacher at the Culinary Academy. Now Olga is a food producer of the projects "Master Chef" and "Master Chef. Children".
The girl acts as an expert in the program of the STB channel "Everything will be tasty". And, of course, the main roles in her life are a happy mother and wife.
