Bret Thorn Patricia Cobe

🍴 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality since 1999, hosts "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn" podcast. He reported on NYC food scene in The New York Sun from 2005 to 2008 and covered business in Thailand during 1992-1997. A Tufts University magna cum laude graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member, Thorn studied French cooking at Le Cordon Bleu in 1986 and Chinese in Beijing during Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. He won a Jesse H. Neal Award in 2006 and joined Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014.

📖 Bret Thorn, senior food & beverage editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality, hosts "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn" podcast. He's written for The New York Sun (2005-2008), covered business in Thailand (1992-1997), and has been with Nation’s Restaurant News since 1999. A magna cum laude Tufts University graduate, Thorn also studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and in China. He won the 2006 Jesse H. Neal Award, joined Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014, and resides in Brooklyn, N.Y. Contact him at [email protected] and follow on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

🍴 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News since 1999 and Restaurant Hospitality since 2016, has built a prolific career in food journalism. He was a columnist for The New York Sun from 2005 to 2008 and previously contributed to Manager magazine and Asia Times in Thailand from 1992 to 1997. A magna cum laude Tufts University graduate, Thorn studied French cooking at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and Chinese language and culture at universities in Beijing and Nanjing. His work earned him the 2006 Jesse H. Neal Award and an induction into the Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014. Thorn also hosts a podcast, has written for encyclopedias, and was IFEC president in 2005. Email: [email protected] Social Media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.