Marta Yanci

Marta Yanci is a Dubai-based Spanish chef and the owner and founder of Marta's Kitchen, a boutique Dubai catering company and Marta's Workshop, a culinary atelier restaurant. Born in San Sebastián, Spain in 1980, Marta Yanci started her career in Law but shifted to the culinary world shortly after moving to Dubai.

Less than one year after opening, Marta's Workshop won the Hidden Gem award of Dubai's Restaurant Buzz Food Awards.

In 2013, Chef Marta was hired by Spain's Canal Cocina food channel to produce a dedicated cooking show. Season 1 of the series, entitled "Recipes for Under 5 euros" brought 22 chapter adapted Chef Marta's creations adapted to constrained budgets.

Following the success of the first season, Chef Marta returned to Canal Cocina to launch the second season of her show. Due to the success of her show and her business in Dubai, Marta's story received a wide coverage across Spanish media

In 2011, she won the Dubai's Best Amateur Cook competition of the Studio One show of Dubai One TV, judged by Chef Sameer Miglani of the Movenpick Hotel in Bur Dubai. After this award, Marta founded Marta's Kitchen, offering private at first and growing the business to larger capacities later on.

Through Marta's Kitchen, Marta Yanci has developed initiatives to use cooking and the culinary arts as a channel to bring people together and.

Marta is an advocate of and a regular contributor to Dubai's and online portals. Her cooking philosophy is to maximize taste and texture. She is married and has two children.