Katrina Kollegaeva

Katrina, or Katya, was born in Tallinn, to a Russian dad from Crimea and Ukrainian mother, but came of age in London where she moved ‘on a whim’ at the age of 19. Katya is a freelance food writer (including a several years as a Time Out restaurant critic) and a graduate in the Social Anthropology of Food from the University of London. She works for the Soil Association as a food sourcing expert and in her ‘spare’ time, creates pop-up dining experiences Russian Revels with her fellow Slavic foodie Karina Baldry.