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Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton -- who was an MK during filming -- appears in an episode of 'MasterChef' that aired February 6, 2022. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
February 7, 2022, 11:02 am
Lawmakers rapped for appearing on reality TV cooking competition
Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton and Likud MK David Amsalem filmed an episode of ‘MasterChef VIP’ last year in runup to March 2021 national election
By Amy Spiro
Vanessa Abittan during her first appearance on 'Master Chef' (Channel 12 screenshot)
September 25, 2019, 10:28 pm
Winner of Israeli cooking show outed as wife of French fugitive
Vanessa Abittan, who won ‘Master Chef’ on Saturday, is married to a man convicted in France for ‘swindle of century’
By Simona Weinglass
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Israeli Arab to win on “MasterChef Israel,” brings Jews, Muslims and Christians together through the A-Sham festival. (Ehab Shukha, via JTA)
December 25, 2017, 3:19 pm
Christmastime in Haifa is a celebration of Arab food
MasterChef Israel culinary star brings Jews and Arabs together through food fest
By Debra Kamin
A pastry chef at Roladin serving a customer in Tel Aviv, March 7, 2017. (Andrew Tobin/via JTA)
March 10, 2017, 3:04 pm
Israeli chefs take hamantaschen to a whole new level
From sweet potato and feta to marzipan, the three-cornered holiday treats are getting a gourmet update this year
By Andrew Tobin
In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, Israeli Arab chef Johnny Goric poses during a Arab Food Festival in Haifa, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
December 11, 2015, 9:41 am
Arab chefs in Israel carve out a distinctive cuisine
Despite conflict and the international acclaim already won by Israeli cooking, Palestinian fare finds an eager audience among Israelis
By Daniella Cheslow
Chef Haim Cohen (second from left), at the finale of the most recent season of 'Master Chef' (Courtesy Haim Cohen Facebook page)
September 13, 2015, 3:04 am
Celeb chef helps raise money for holiday meals
Ad with Master Chef judge Haim Cohen part of campaign to put food on the table for 200,000 impoverished Israelis
By Jessica Steinberg
Chef Yonatan Roshfeld cooking in the kitchen of his signature restaurant, Herbert Samuel (Courtesy Herbert Samuel)
May 27, 2015, 12:02 pm
Chef Roshfeld splits from Strauss
The uber chef and the dairy owners break up the business
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Several kessim, or Ethiopian rabbinical leaders, at a past Sigd celebration at Jerusalem's Haas Promenade when thousands gather to pray and recite Psalms. (Flash90)
November 18, 2014, 10:41 am
Non-Ethiopians join in Sigd, the holiday of Torah and ‘aliya’ to Israel
Following the example of the Moroccan Mimouna, a sectarian festival goes mainstream
By Jessica Steinberg
Tom Franz and Jamie Geller cooking up seven species at the City of David (photo credit: David Vaaknin/Courtesy City of David)
September 17, 2014, 12:24 pm
Focus on the Bible’s 7 ‘super’ foods
Kosher chefs Jamie Geller and Tom Franz team up at the City of David
By Jessica Steinberg
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, winner of the 2014 season of 'MasterChef' directed the A-Sham Food Festival in Haifa, taking place during Chanukah (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
April 8, 2014, 11:04 pm
A master chef steps into the limelight
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel joined Israel’s premier cooking show to gain a platform for her dream: an Arab-Jewish culinary school
By Debra Kamin
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, winner of the 2014 season of 'MasterChef' directed the A-Sham Food Festival in Haifa, taking place during Chanukah (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
April 6, 2014, 6:48 pm
Microbiologist wins Israel’s ‘MasterChef’
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, 33, who plans to open a Jewish-Arab culinary school
By JTA
So French So Tasty brings France's best chefs to Israel. (photo credit: croissant and French flag)
February 10, 2014, 5:05 am
Creme de la creme of French chefs in Israel this week
During the So French So Tasty festival, 19 of France’s best culinary minds will cook at Israel’s most beloved restaurants
By Debra Kamin
Chef Eyal Shani (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
November 3, 2013, 5:08 pm
Master chef shows off his sausage
Eyal Shani, co-host of ‘MasterChef’ Israel, shares explicit photo of himself in the bathroom
By ToI Staff
'Rising Star' utilizes second-screen technology, giving viewers power over the action. (photo credit: Courtesy Keshet Broadcasting)
October 1, 2013, 4:49 pm
Is Israel’s next ‘Homeland’ a singing competition?
‘Rising Star,’ a new Israeli reality show, is soaring in the ratings, and shaking up the market, by putting its viewers in the judging seat
By Debra Kamin
December 14, 2012, 1:54 am
Jerusalem ‘out-of-the-box’ thinkers get a treat with a mini-TED conference
Attendees get to learn about how No can mean Yes, and how to put an Israeli on the moon
By David Shamah
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