Career
He has Armenian, Austrian, Hungarian and Ukrainian descent. He became fascinated with European cuisine during his studies at the historical faculty of the Jagiellonian University. He was instantly offered the job of a culinary critic of the Krakow variation of the Gazeta Wyborcza daily.
Soon afterwards his essays and descriptions of various restaurants in Krakow became so popular that he was moved to the all-national weekly magazine published by Gazeta Wyborcza.
He also started cooperation with various other newspapers, including Przekrój, Wprost (2002–2005) and Newsweek Polska (since 2005). In 1996 he was also offered a short programme in the morning block of the public television Although far from prime time, the programme gained much popularity and, since August 1998, Makłowicz has been preparing a weekly show named Robert Makłowicz"s Culinary Travels.
Each show is prepared in a different region of the world and presents the local cuisine as prepared by Makłowicz himself or by local people, not necessarily professional chefs. Robert Makłowicz is Armenian Catholic.