Veronika Belotserkovskaya

Veronika Borisovna Belotserkovskaya (née Protopopova; born 25 June 1970) is a Russian journalist, media manager, blogger, TV presenter, publisher and entrepreneur, author of popular cookbooks. She has also been a publisher at Sobaka.ru and also owns a culinary school in southern France.

Biography Belotserkovskaya was born on 25 June 1970 in Odesa in the family of an engineer and a teacher of the Russian language. She attended the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology and later the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors.

Prior to 2003, Belotserkovskaya had been involved in television advertising and served as co-owner and general director of Trend St. Petersburg. She once owned the Moscow and Saint Petersburg versions of Time Out before selling them to "C-Media" in 2014. A video version of the culinary recipes of Veronika Belotserkovskaya was released on the Domashny TV channel. In 2014, Belotserkovskaya starred in the ironic video clip of the Leningrad song "Patriotka".

In mid-2010s, Belotserkovskaya started a culinary blog on the blog hosting platform LiveJournal. Her vivid photos and recipes were mixed with everyday lifestyle notes. Soon, the blog attracted millions of followers. Belotserkovskaya developed the passion for cooking into further projects such as exclusive gastronomic tours and cooking classes with world top chefs in Provence, Tuscany, Piedmont and Sicily. By 2021, she had published several cookbooks, all of which were bestsellers.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Belotserkovskaya publicly condemned Russian invasion of Ukraine via her social network accounts, mainly in Instagram. Belotserkovskaya herself learned about the criminal case “from Telegram channels”. In April 2022, authorities seized Belotserkovskaya’s property in Russia.

Personal life Belotserkovskaya was first married to artist Yan Antonyshev with whom she had a son. Belotserkovskaya currently lives in southern France.

Cookbooks

Retseptyshi — Atticus Publishing Group, KoLibri — 2009 (ISBN 978-5-389-00722-2) Dietyshi — KoLibri — 2010 (ISBN 978-5-389-00805-2, 978-5-389-01142-7) About Food. About Wine. Provence — Eksmo — 2011 (ISBN 978-5-699-53546-0) Gastronomic Retseptyshi — Eksmo — 2012 (ISBN 978-5-699-58598-4) Made in Italy. Gastronomic Recipes. In Two Volumes — Eksmo — 2013 (ISBN 978-5-699-66869-4)