Career
Gessler is known for presenting television programme Kuchenne rewolucje (Polish version of Kitchen Nightmares) and judging in MasterChef. Born in Poland to an Italian-Polish father Mirosław Ikonowicz and a Russian mother Olga Borkowska, Magda Gessler grew up in Sofia. In 1972 Gessler settled in Madrid, where she graduated from Academy of Fine Arts.
Gessler has two children: Tadeusz and Lara.
Her restaurants include: Zielnik Cafe, U Fukiera, Słodki. Słony, Ale Gloria, Venezia, Jadka (all in Warsaw), Polka in Żelazowa Wola and Kryształowa in Katowice.