About
For the past thirty years, Karen Katz has been a multi-award-winning television executive producer, showrunner, and writer, with over 1,500 hours of programming under her belt. Her work has appeared on Food Network, Discovery Networks, HBO Family, WETA, BBC,NHK, Nickelodeon, Lifetime, PBS, and Fox International. From behind the camera, she has witnessed and taste-tested the delectable creations of some of the world’s most beloved chefs. Her work has taken her from the comfort of her Brooklyn home, which she shares with her husband, to the far reaches of Europe and Asia where she spent her downtime discovering all the culinary delights available. She is a passionate home cook and very proud of her lobster risotto.
She is the author of the award winning memoir, GETTING SAUCED: How I Learned Everything I Know About Food From Working in TV.
Her first children's book, THE STORY OF OODLES BOUFFANT will be released this August, 2026.
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Featured Work
GETTING SAUCED: How I Learned Everything I Know About Food from Working in TV
Savor the dish behind each dish!
As executive producer of Emeril Live during its glory days, Karen Katz witnessed all the backstage chaos and drama as the show’s growing pains were splayed out like a butterflied leg of lamb. Grab a seat at the VIP table and go behind-the-scenes into the wild world of food television production in Karen’s memoir, Getting Sauced.
Karen’s culinary journey, from a childhood of Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks to Michelin 3-star dinners, is a glutton-to-glamour ride. Expanding her food experience from Sunday family take-outs of Moo Goo Gai Pan to the Swiss Alps for spit-roasted wild boar, she eventually finds her way into the Food Network kitchens uncovering all the secrets of how to prep a turducken for television.
Along the way she encounters a culinary Who’s Who: Emeril Lagasse, Julia Child, Bobby Flay, Susan Feniger, Jacques Pépin, Jean Georges Vongerichten, Buddy Valastro, Martha Stewart… to name a few. Watch as each, in their own way, teaches Karen, not only how to cook, but how to cook with love and enthusiasm.
