Robert Makłowicz, born in 1963 in Kraków, journalist, youtuber, author of books and TV shows on cuisine, culture and history. He studied law and history at the Jagiellonian University. He has always been passionate about history, especially that of Central Europe during the reign of the last two Habsburgs – Emperor Franz Joseph and Emperor Charles.

His other interests include the general consumption – of literature (favourite authors: Joseph Roth and Andrzej Bobkowski), music (from punk rock to Bartók, with a particular focus on the songs of the Csángó people), fruit distillates (especially from Williams pears, mulberries, quinces, plums, apples, apricots and mixed), wines (especially grüner veltliner and pinot noir) and cuisine (with a strange predilection for maize porridge with sheep cheese and Mangalica pork greaves).