Andrea Gentl is an award-winning food and travel photographer and cookbook author. Over the span of her 30-year career, she has photographed the world's leading chefs and culinary pioneers while telling her own distinct story, through her images. It is from that perspective, as well as through extensive travel, that she writes, cooks, and creates. Gentl works in collaboration with her husband and partner, Martin Hyers. Her first book, Cooking with Mushrooms, was published in 2022 and won an award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.