Childhood and youth of Nika Belotserkovskaya
Veronica was born into the family of a Russian language teacher and engineer. Veronica's grandmother was the chief doctor of an Odessa meat processing plant. Apparently, her talent as a cook was passed on to her granddaughter. Belotserkovskaya remembers moments with her grandmother as “full happiness.”
Famous blogger Nika Belotserkovskaya
Nika spent her childhood in Leningrad and studied at a physics and mathematics school. After graduation, she entered the Faculty of Technologies of Rare and Scattered Elements at the Leningrad Institute of Technology. As a freshman, but having already lost interest in the exact sciences, Veronica got married.
At the same time, she became interested in animation and entered an experimental course as a production designer and animator director, which took place as part of the Higher Directing Courses. There she studied with Soviet production designer Yuri Norshtein.
For three years, Veronica studied the specialty and established herself as one of the most talented students. However, she was unable to obtain a diploma because, having separated from her first husband, she married a second time.
Without a diploma or without a goal
Nika met her first husband, Ian, when she was in her first year at university, but after they met and soon got married, interest in the exact sciences was completely lost. Now there was a new task in turn - to become a successful animator, for this Nika enrolls in courses, but never finishes them. By the way, the second attempt to become a director was interrupted by a meeting with Belotserkovsky. The fact is that not only was there not enough time, but the desire to get just such a profession was gone. However, this did not stop Veronica from enchantingly joining the social scene and becoming a fairly successful figure in it. Her style of cooking and appearance are copied by many. Today she is the standard for many women who are over 30.
The beginning of Nika Belotserkovskaya's career
Veronica started working in 1993.
She became the marketing director of an influential securities company that owned 11 large stores. She opened her first agency, Trend St. Petersburg, which specialized in outdoor advertising, in 1995. In 1997 it was sold, and Veronica went to work at a large production center created on regional television. After ORT began implementing a regional television broadcasting project in St. Petersburg in 1998, Nika was asked to build this business, to which she agreed. Nika Belotserkovskaya and Sobaka.ru: recipe for the TOP 50 award In 2003, Nika began working on the Sobaka.ru magazine. After that, she bought the publications Aeroflot, Time out, as well as the website woman.ru and, having given birth to her third son, transferred control into the hands of a top manager. Veronica Belotserkovskaya started her own blog on Livejournal in 2009. It began to be included in the top 10 best domestic culinary blogs. According to her, the success of the blog is simple: it is not forced. If he wants to write, he writes; if he doesn’t want to, he doesn’t write.
Creation
In 2009, Nika Belotserkovskaya embarked on the path leading to her calling - cooking. This year she begins to write a culinary blog on LiveJournal belonika.livejournal.com. Soon it becomes one of the top ten Russian pages on the platform.
Nika Belotserkovskaya
As Belotserkovskaya says, she inherited her culinary talent from her Odessa grandmother, who worked at a meat processing plant all her life. Nika spent her school summer holidays in Odessa. These were the happiest days in the girl’s life, which she compares to heaven and calls “well-fed happiness.” Belotserkovskaya says that her time at her grandmother's had the smell of baking with vanilla.
As Veronica got older, she began writing down her grandmother’s favorite recipes for herself. And they came in handy for her in adulthood. At first, Nika shared some of them on her personal blog, and in March 2010 she presented them in her first cookbook called “Recipes.” Illustrated with bright photographs of delicious dishes, the publication was published in a huge circulation and was instantly sold out.
Book by Nika Belotserkovskaya “Recipes”
Inspired by the success, Nika Belotserkovskaya immediately prepared a second book, which she called “Diets.” As the name suggests, this culinary collection includes exclusively dietary and healthy dishes. Interestingly, most of the recipes for his books and the beautiful illustrations for them, made by the author himself, first appeared on Veronica’s blog, which turned out to be a wonderful promotional advertisement and an excellent commercial move.
Nika developed her own diet and quickly got rid of excesses. The photo of the writer before and after losing weight shows a huge difference: Belotserkovskaya lost 25 kg. The blogger’s current weight is 53 kg with a height of 173 cm.
Nika Belotserkovskaya before and after losing weight
Nika herself laughs when she is asked how she lost weight, and suggests asking how she gained weight. After all, Veronica, whom many remembered as a buxom eater, was an athlete for a long time and constantly adhered to a healthy diet.
Belotserkovskaya willingly shares not only the secrets of her diet, which she described in detail in the book, but also honestly tells reporters about her appearance and makeup. According to the writer, St. Petersburg makeup artist Elena Krygina taught her how to apply makeup.
Nika Belotserkovskaya and Elena Krygina
Veronica did not stop at two editions. Seeing the success and demand of the first books, she immediately took on the next ones. Soon a culinary collection of Italian cuisine recipes appeared. In order to find and select the best and most affordable recipes, Nika Belotserkovskaya traveled through Tuscany and other regions of the Apennine Peninsula. Translator and colleague Ella Martino traveled with her.
The joint work was called “Taste of Tuscany”. Following this, another book “About Food” was published. About wine. Provence”, already with recipes of French cuisine.
Nika Belotserkovskaya at the presentation of her cookbook “About Food. About wine. Provence"
Nika transferred the copyright to “Taste of Tuscany” to Ella Martino. The fact is that soon after the release of the collection, Martino filed claims against Veronica, accusing her of plagiarism. She replied that all the dishes were prepared in her kitchen, the food was paid for with money from the Belotserkovsky family, and even the silverware and dishes were used. The scandal subsided, but the copyright still passed to the Italian chef.
Nika Belotserkovskaya
In 2011, Nika Belotserkovskaya opened her culinary school in the French town of Egolier. All classes take place in an old hotel with a vintage interior.
Belotserkovskaya’s frequent guest in France is her best friend Ksenia Sobchak.
Ksenia Sobchak and Nika Belotserkovskaya
In 2014, Nika released her 6th cookbook “#meat”. It became the first collection of the writer, which was accompanied by video versions of recipes. The filming of the videos was supervised by Elena Spirina, the blogger’s constant collaborator during the creation of Veronica’s video projects.
In 2015, the writer released two works at once - “#pastapasta” and “Everything under the Christmas tree.”
Nika Belotserkovskaya with her cookbook “#meatmeat”
In September 2021, Nika intrigued fans by posting a video on Instagram in which Channel One presenter Andrei Malakhov slowly takes off his jacket. As the press knows, Andrei and Veronica are good friends, and the seductive post, which Nika even tagged with the hashtag “where Natasha is looking,” was just a joke.
In the same year, Belotserkovskaya published a new masterpiece called “#Not Sticking,” which she dedicated to the preparation of confectionery products and advice on how to implement the ideas of star chefs at home. The collection includes recipes for apple pies, cheesecakes, souffles, cookies, as well as panna cotta, tiramisu, piparelli and other delicious dishes.
Andrey Malakhov and Nika Belotserkovskaya
In February 2021, the writer appeared at the opening of Sergei Shnurov’s creative exhibition “Retrospective of Brand Realism” at the Erarta Museum in St. Petersburg. Nika was friends with the musician’s ex-wife Matilda Shnurova for a long time. The socialite listened to Belotserkovskaya’s advice when creating the Kokoko restaurant.
Nika Belotserkovskaya and Sergei Shnurov
In the same year, another essay by the writer on the topic of food was published. Veronica published the book “In your mouth all year round,” which includes recipes for canned preparations from European chefs, as well as Nika’s friends and their relatives. Belotserkovskaya clarified that she borrowed the name from her subscriber.
Nika Belotserkovskaya and her books
In 2010, Nika presented her first book, “Recipes,” which sold out in huge numbers throughout the country. After it the book “Diets” was published. Belotserkovskaya publishes most of her recipes on her blog and accompanied by photographs, which she always takes herself.
Book “Recipes” by Nika Belotserkovskaya
The next book, dedicated to Italian cuisine, was called “Taste of Tuscany.” Authorship rights were given to companion, translator and cook Ella Martino. Nika says that Ella has become a very close person to her, often comes to visit and “simply loves building the whole staff.”
Nika Belotserkovskaya before and after diet
Presentation of the third book “About food. About wine. Provence" took place in 2011 in Moscow.
Biography
Nika Belotserkovskaya is a popular culinary blogger and writer who has won the love of millions of readers with her numerous collections of recipes for original dishes.
Culinary blogger and writer Nika Belotserkovskaya
Veronica not only writes down and comes up with recipes herself, but also makes videos about cooking and teaches at a culinary school. The author's bestsellers were the books "Recipes" and "Diets".
Personal life of Nika Belotserkovskaya
Nika was married to Russian graphic artist Yan Antonyshev (Old City group), from this marriage the star has a son. The fifth spouse was Boris Belotserkovsky. He is on the Forbes list of richest people and owns a gambling business. The married couple has five sons between them: Nika’s child, Boris’s two sons from a previous marriage and two common sons.
Nika Belotserkovskaya and her husband Boris
Nika admits that Boris spent a long time trying to formalize the relationship. However, she did not need a stamp in her passport. A year after they met, he began to be offended and said that “decent girls don’t behave like that.” And Belotserkovsky’s pregnancy and “wild” stubbornness were the decisive factors.
The couple's marriage is happy. Nika admits that she is very dependent on her husband, however, Boris is not authoritarian and everyone has their own “delineated territory.”
From salesman to influential businessman
The fifth husband of Nika Belotserkovskaya was millionaire Boris Belotserkovsky. This was also not his first attempt to find happiness in his personal life. Before meeting Nika, he was married three times and raised two sons.
The future businessman was born in Leningrad. His parents belonged to the modern intelligentsia . My father was a scientist and the author of several books on radio engineering. Mother was a doctor and served as head of the department. Since childhood, Boris was interested in modern technologies and their development. In addition, the boy had very well developed logical thinking.
After graduating from school, Boris wanted to continue the dynasty of doctors, but decided that he would not be able to cope with the entrance exams. Then his choice fell on the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation. He became a student of this university without any problems. After graduation, Boris received a good position at an enterprise that produced agricultural machinery.
Thanks to his logical thinking, Boris Belotserkovsky managed to achieve success in business, which began with the production of candles for cakes and the sale of computer equipment. Having saved up a certain amount, the guy organized a business selling slot machines. He invested about 1 million in start-up capital into this enterprise. And I was right. Now Boris Belotserkovsky is included in the ranking of the richest and most influential people in Russia according to Forbes magazine and is not in last place there.
Interesting facts from the life of Veronica Belotserkovskaya
In the living room of her French villa, Nika was upholstering the furniture with her own hands.
Her hobbies are good, fast cars, always with good musical equipment. All the cars she has were purchased with her own funds. Every year she buys a new car. Lately he has been driving a Gelenvagen Mercedes. Moreover, each of her cars has a name.
Nika Belotserkovskaya loves to cook for friends and family
Another hobby is cooking. Nika loves to cook for her friends and family and treat them with her delicacies.
In the “what to talk about” column, Nika writes: “About the prospects for the publishing business in Russia, as well as about what amazing magazines Time-Out and Sobaka.ru are.”
Nika Belotserkovskaya and Ksenia Sobchak
More than anything else, she loves photography, traveling and sharing experiences.
He calls an airplane his most ridiculous purchase, as he is terribly afraid of flying.
How did the culinary blog come about?
Being pregnant with her third son, being in France, a kind of “wife on the outskirts” - her husband worked in Russia, she was going crazy with boredom. She started a blog from her. At first there were recipes - each unique - therefore “remade” for the author, and at the same time - popular, because fans appeared almost instantly. They keep recipes from Belotserkovskaya in their heads. Veronica finished her first book with the working and then final title “Recipes” when her youngest son was only one and a half years old.
The book literally blew up the culinary industry. The sixth one is currently being prepared for release. In the span of eleven years, Belotserkovskaya accomplished a lot. Moreover, as the super-popular blogger herself admits, she doesn’t particularly raise children. Well, there is no fanatical motherhood in this woman.
The socialite does not forget about her appearance. The main recipe for excellent shape is contained in the most ordinary female happiness. But at the same time, Nika Belotserkovskaya tries not only to devote a lot of time to children. Show them the world, but also feed them delicious and healthy food. Boris Belotserkovsky, the husband, helps his wife in everything and always supports his wife in all her endeavors. In addition, he communicates well with the children from his first marriage to Yan Antonyshev. By the way, Nika herself took the surname of her first husband and bore it for several years before the divorce, then changed the surname of her new husband, a famous businessman.
Education of non-canonical complexity
The popular blogger says about her role as a mother: “I’m not a echidna mother. The main thing is to love them and not bother them too much. And what will grow there will grow. Nobody tutored me as a child either, although for the first eight years I was an excellent student.”
Nika Belotserkovskaya tries to be an exemplary mother, but without fanaticism. By the way, she allows all her recipes to be tried not only by her husband, but also by her children.
Nika Belotserkovskaya has almost never been seen in any scandal. She tries to harmonize her active life, and at the same time remain a normal woman. The blogger says that she likes to invite guests to the house, but not to form too large groups. Although, in one of the interviews, Belotserkovskaya recalls the birthday of one of the children. “He (Grisha) invited the whole class home, the mothers came with the children to “stare at me.” And the mothers there oh-ho... There was such a political moment, we were accepted into this International school without a waiting list, at the end of the year (they really really liked the child)... And there was a waiting list of 300 children. Everyone, naturally, was wildly swollen. And I had to give the Sweetest of the Sweetest. Here. Therefore, pretentious catering was automatically excluded. Everyone was swollen from my lunch. She shared recipes, talked about pies... She was completely rehabilitated.”
