Caroline Hatchett Caroline is a Southern-born and New York-based restaurant industry writer, casserole aficionado, and former prep cook. She has covered the hospitality industry for more than a decade. Experience Caroline has been immersed in hospitality and publishing for more than 15 years. She worked as banquet prep cook in college, was fired from her last serving gig, wrote an early farm-to-table-blog (that has thankfully disappeared from the internet), fact-checked Zagat print guides, and earned a bougie basic cuisine certificate from Le Cordon Bleu Paris. For eight-plus years, she served as editor of StarChefs, a restaurant industry publication that took her into more than 1,000 kitchens and bars across the country. She also directed programming for StarChefs International Chefs Congress, a culinary symposium attended by 2,000 industry professionals. She now writes for Eater, Wine Enthusiast, Robb Report, Liquor.com, Garden & Gun, Plate, and more. Caroline also serves on the board of Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation, a national nonprofit working to make the restaurant industry safer, more equitable, and just. About Food & Wine Food & Wine, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is an award-winning online resource for anyone passionate about the culinary world. With rigorously tested recipes and the most trusted restaurant, drinks, culinary travel and home coverage, we inspire and empower people everywhere to discover, create, and devour the best in food and wine. Learn more about us and our editorial process.