Karen Katz is a veteran executive producer and writer with over 1500 hours of television programming to her credit. Some of her more popular shows are Emeril Live, The Next Great Baker, and Fit for Fashion. She has received numerous awards and nominations for her work, and has produced for a variety of networks and companies including Food Network, Discovery Networks, HBO Family, Lifetime, Sesame Workshop, Al Roker Entertainment, NHK, and Fox International. Although she has traveled the world for her work from the streets of Hoboken to the jungles in Malaysia, she calls Brooklyn, New York, her home.