Magdalena Gessler
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| Born | Magdalena Daria Ikonowicz 10 July 1953 |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid |
| Spouse(s) | 1st - Volkhart Müller 2nd - Piotr Gessler |
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Magdalena Daria Gessler (née Ikonowicz, also known as Magda Gessler; born July 10, 1953) is a Polish television personality, restaurateur and painter.[1] Gessler is known for presenting TV programme Kuchenne rewolucje (Polish version of Kitchen Nightmares) and judging in MasterChef.
Biography
Born in Poland to an Italian-Polish father Mirosław Ikonowicz[2] and a Russian mother Olga Borkowska,[2] Magda Gessler grew up in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her father was a journalist and mother was a chef. In 1972 Gessler settled in Madrid, where she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts.[3]
In the 1980s, she married German journalist Volkhart Müller. After his death Magda Gessler returned to Poland and married Polish restaurateur Piotr Gessler.
Her current partner is a Polish-Canadian doctor, Waldemar Kozerawski.[4] Gessler has two children: Tadeusz and Lara.
Her restaurants include: Zielnik Cafe, U Fukiera, Słodki... Słony, Ale Gloria, Venezia, Jadka (all in Warsaw), Polka in Żelazowa Wola, Kryształowa in Katowice and Santo Porto in Gdynia.
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