Karen Akunowicz, Chef
Chef Karen Akunowicz is a celebrity chef, restauranteur and the 2018 James Beard Foundation Award® winner for Best Chef: Northeast. In 2020 her debut restaurant Fox & the Knife was a James Beard Award finalist® for Best New Restaurant in America. She was awarded the 2025 Michelin Guide designation of Bib Gourmand for both Bar Volpe and Fox & the Knife.
Chef Karen is the Chef/Owner of Fox & the Knife Enoteca in South Boston, Bar Volpe Ristorante, and Fox Pasta Company. Chef Karen has been touted as "Boston's Queen of Pasta" and her restaurant Fox & the Knife was called an "Instant Classic" by Food & Wine Magazine and named one of their "Best New Restaurants in America". In 2024 Chef Karen opened her third restaurant, Fox & Flight by Karen Akunowicz in Logan Airport in Boston.
Chef Akunowicz is a well-known television personality and a fan favorite on Bravo TV's Emmy-nominated Top Chef (seasons Season 13 as well as All-Stars). She is a rising star on Food Network's Tournament of Champions and has appeared as a judge on Top Chef, Top Chef Canada, America's Worst Cooks, Guy's Grocery Games and America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation. She is a recurring judge on Beat Bobby Flay.
Karen was named one of the "21 Badass Women Changing the Food World" by Marie Claire Magazine and is the author of "Crave: Bold Recipes That Make You Want Seconds" which was published in September of 2023 by W.W. Norton.
