Krista Ruane is an Emmy nominated Director/ Producer/ Writer and award winning freelance Creative Director, Development Executive (TV) and NYT Best-selling cookbook author. 

Her first cookbook collaboration with renowned outdoorsman, Steven Rinella, The Meateater Fish and Game Cookbook (2018), sold over 475,000 copies to date. Their follow up cookbook, The Meateater Outdoor Cookbook, released in 2024 reached #4 on the NYT & Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers lists.

Krista recently held the position of Executive Development Consultant with Film 45 and Fifth Season where she co-developed and was a Consulting Producer for the 2024 Apple TV documentary series OMNIVORE, narrated by Rene Redzepi. OMNIVORE, an unprecedented 8-part documentary series reveals the stories of the food ingredients that unite humanity, are entrenched in our diverse cultures, and are impacted by the health of our planet. 

Prior to that she was VP Culinary Creative Director at the acclaimed Zero Point Zero (ZPZ) production company known for the creation of Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain where she spearheaded $2MM campaigns for VOLPI FOODS’ Brand Identity and Branded Content. She oversaw all aspects of content, visuals and execution helping to transform the brand from a 100-year old B2B to a thriving B2C that moved to #2 in its category in just 4 years with a valuation shift of $88MM to $880MM. 

Over the years, Krista has played an integral role as a strategist, creative director / development lead consulting with brands including The Forest Farmers, MeatEater, Inc, Masterclass, Zero Point Zero (ZPZ), Mario Batali LLC, Kraft and Hellmann’s and visionary thought leaders including, Matt Goulding, Steven Rinella, Mario Batali, Carla Hall, David Zilber, Fabienne Tobak and Karis Jagger (High on the Hog), Jeff Gordinier, Laurie Woolever and many more.