'I'm pursuing my own dreams': My Kitchen Rules' Zana Pali reveals she has quit law and is opening her own Italian cafe... just days after showing off her luxurious Melbourne mansion

She's the high-flying lawyer who courted controversy with her no-holds-barred criticism on My Kitchen Rules.

And now Zana Pali is breaking out to open a brand new business in a cut throat industry.

The 26-year-old has revealed to Daily Mail Australia that she is opening her own Italian cafe in highly competitive central Melbourne.

'It'll be my first hospitality venture with more to come,' the reality star said. 

Zana is a lawyer by profession but stepped back from law to work at Lygon Street restaurant 400 Gradi, earlier in the year.

'I’ve left Gradi to pursue my own hospitality dreams,' Zana explained, 'I have a business partner who is also a lawyer and we are both opening espresso bars around Melbourne.'

Zana is married to Gianni Romano, who is of Italian heritage, which may have inspired the coffee shop. 

'It's Italian themed/ Florence style with marble bench tops and the tiles all being hand crafted and painted in Italy,' she divulged. 

'We are opening on the 15th of January at 91 William Street. It’s called Culpa Espresso Latin for guilty as it's near the courts.'

The fare that will be on offer at Culpa will certainly fulfill the guilty pleasures of some. 

'It'll be high end, proper stuff from Italy,' reveals Zana. 

'Desserts and pastries are all from little artisan Italian paticcieria and there will be handmade Italian panninis and the like.'

Although Zana and her husband are a tight unit, this will be her project.  

'Gianni is staying in law this is more my dream but he’s always there helping and supporting me,' she said. 

On Monday Zana treated fans to a full look at both the interior and the exterior of their jaw-dropping abode in City of Port Phillip, which she claims is 'built the way Gianni and I like it!'

She shared images of the four bedroom property, which features a lap pool and a self-contained studio above a double garage to her blog.

The couple previously lived in a $2 million pad in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton.