Michal Ansky (Hebrew: מיכל אנסקי; born 11 October 1980), is an Israeli gastronomist, food journalist and television personality.

[1] Michal's paternal grandfather, Eliezer Asher Ansky, born Abrabanel (1903–1990) was the founder and director of the Bimatenu children's theatre and worked in his sixties as an artist, creating a sculpture for the Tel Aviv Rabbinate and creatively restoring a wall mosaic in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, among others.

[9] Following the completion of her military service, Ansky wrote a column called "The Missing Piece" (Hahatiha hahasera)[10] for 'Walla' culture website, was part of the all-girl talk show "Girls" (Banot)[8] which aired on Hot Cable network in 2007, and wrote and presented a historical and culinary segment for the TV show "Quality time" (Zman Eichut)[8] which aired in 2007 on Channel 1.

Later that year, Ansky started hosting two TV cooking shows: "As Fresh As It Gets"[11] alongside Chef Omer Miller and "The Queen of the Market",[12] both focusing on local and organic produce.

[14] In April 2012, Ansky hosted the first season of Junior Master Chef Israel, alongside Haim Cohen, Eyal Shani and Yonatan Rochfeld.

The purpose of the market, which exists these days in six locations in Israel (Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Raanana, Herzeliya, Holon and Rishon Lezion).

In 2010, Ansky founded "Shuk Hanamal",[21] the first indoor market in Israel at the Tel Aviv port, together with her husband, the architect Roee Hemed, and Shir Halpern.

[23][24] She managed to salvage some joint ventures with a court approved "divorce" restructuring, so that they reverted fully to her name in return for a 1.2 million NIS payment to Rubicon.